Monday, October 29, 2007

Did You Play with Toy Robots?

11:40PM Brian Ashcraft | To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: T-Minus Seven Days I love robots. I really, really love them. How much? Maybe almost as much as Joel. Maybe. Gotta book of robot toys over the weekend called Super #1 Robot. There’s a ton of pics. The entire book features oodles of Japanese toy robots from the 70s and early 80s. So yes, it’s a book of toy robot porn. So rad. When I was a kid, I had the above robot toy. The Voltron one. If you did not, you clearly missed out. Really. What you missed last night SSBB gets editor, friends Reggie interested in Little Big Planet Bad game. Awesome music. Ceramic White PS3 on display More »

Did 17th Century Japanese Doms Wear This?

11:00PM Brian Ashcraft | MAKES NO SENSE. Those familiar with Toshihiro Nagoshi and his skin will not be shocked. The third instalment in the series features what looks like a dominatrix in red leather clothes. In “Waterfall Training”, the main character can get new skills if he is able to overcome his shameful desires. It’s based on button pushing, so it actually more timing based than actually repression sure urges. Though, what’s up with the gal’s get-up? This PS3 exclusive is set in the 1605 Kyoto — no way they had shiny vinyl back then! Ryu Ga Gotoku 3 Systems [Famitsu] More »

Pokemon Seat Cushion for Classroom Sitting

10:40PM Brian Ashcraft | There is it, the pre-order Pokémon seat cushion. Today, Mini-Bash took it to school. When he got back home, he told us that no other kids had a yellow Diamond & Pearl cushion, but that one other kid had a blue one. The rest? They apparently had Pooh Bear and Anpanman ones, which Mini-Bash once again confirmed are “for babies.” Gotta pre-order, kiddos! More »

Someone Thinks A Spyro Movie Is A Good Idea

10:30PM Luke Plunkett | There are many gaming mascots who deserve a kid’s movie adaptation. Ratchet & Clank, for example. Those adorable Raving Rabbids. Shit, even Bubsy could probably scrape together 87 minutes of passable children’s entertainment. But Spyro? We have our doubts. But what do we know. The Animation Picture Company have picked up the rights to Sierra’s character, with plans to make a “stereoscopic 3-D computer-animated feature”. As for the plot: The story follows Spyro, a rare purple dragon of prophecy, on a voyage of self-discovery as he struggles to come to terms with his potential while finding himself embroiled in an epic struggle against evil. No director or producer on-board yet, but Steve and Daniel Altiere (naught but the unreleased Dr. Dolittle 4 on their records) will be writing up the screenplay based on the three games. Can’t wait. “Spyro the Dragon” Becomes Film [Dark Horizons, thanks Spank Farmer!] More »

Kotakuland’s Favorite Paper Airplane

10:00PM Brian Ashcraft | And the prizes just keep coming! That’s our Ace Combat 6 winning entry. Round of applause for contestant seong! So, seong, to claim your prize, send us an email at kotakucontestATgmailDOTcom. Wait, did I write prize? Oh, no. To collect your prizes. Congrats! More »

SSBB Gets Stage Builder, “Smash Friends”

9:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Another Super Smash Bros. Brawl reveals another new cha— Hang on! Today’s Smash Bros. DOJO!! update announces SSBB stage building. That’s way better than some adding some a character from one of Nintendo’s less popular games. The editor lets players pick the background pattern and pre-installed music. From the looks of it, the editor seems pretty straightforward and easy as the controls let you flip parts left to right, enlarge/shrink parts, zoom in/out, swap palettes and erase. The stage editor is SD card compatible, and the stages can be sent via Friend Codes to your buddies that have been registered as a “Smash Friend.” (Does that mean another code to register?) What’s more, it’s also possible to submit your stages to Nintendo (sounds like one a day). Then, Nintendo will select one from all those submitted and then send that to everyone’s Wii, giving players a new stage every day! The site does say: This is our ideal current plan. We still don’t know the exact service period. And future tuning may result in changes to the spec. Fingers crossed that any changes they make is for the better. Stage Builder [Smash Bros. DOJO!! Thanks to all who sent this in!] More »

Which Rival’s Titles Does Reggie Swoon Over?

8:30PM Luke Plunkett | Reggie’s a big man. Literally, yes, he’s an imposing guy, but he’s also big enough to admit there are games on rival platforms he’d love to see with a Nintendo seal on the box. Games like these: I’ve been very intrigued with Little Big Planet (from Sony). I don’t know that it belongs on their platform. Microsoft has done well. There are a range of first-person shooter type games that are all very well done that could all do quite well on a Nintendo platform. Certainly, the Halo trilogy – anyone who would look at that and say, “No, I think we could live without it”, probably doesn’t think real long about this industry. Even games like BioShock. I thought that was tremendously well done. The writing was tremendously clever. I would love to see more of that type of content in the industry overall that actually makes people think a little bit. Predictable and respectful. For the most part. The “I don’t know that it belongs on their platform” bit, though, was that really necessary? No, no it probably was not. REGGIE FILS-AIME [San Francisco Chronicle] More »