[Now Reading| Kavalier & Clay]

Another cool interview with the guys at Telltale Studios. Can you tell Im excited for this game? Guess what, you should be too. Even if youve never read the comic (which you should) this should be exciting, since its coming from the people behind Sam & Max, Full Throttle and Grim Fandango. Soapbox off.

Check out the teaser video too. Looks like they are doing a good job of translating the Bone world to 3d.

Newsarama Article

[Now Playing| Metroid Prime - GC]

Splinter Cell Choas Theory has been announced for the DS. Since I love all things SC, I was looking around for any info on the game. Well, I didnt find any. However, I did find these N-Gage shots.

They ported Asphalt Urban GT (which started as an N-Gage game) to the DS easily, so Im wondering if this is what the DS version of SC will look like. I hope so.

Gamespy Review of the N-Gage game

[Now Playing| Metroid Prime - GC]

Lookie Lookie. The first batch of colored DS’s is shipping. Both the black and white look awesome. Nice boxes too. Head on over to Portagame for more pics:

B&W DS Pics

[Now Playing| YTaG - DS]

Jeff Minter, master of retro gaming and creator of Tempest 2000 (among many others), has a forum for his Llamasoft Site. I enjoying reading what the old school players on this forum have to say. According to them and Jeff (who goes by Yak on the forum) Yoshi Touch & Go is awesome. I couldnt agree more.

Llamasoft Forum

[Now Playing| DkJb - GC]

With the launch of the PSP today I realized that, once again, Nintendo is missing out a key genre to help the DS in the mainstream marketplace. Sports.

More than any other genre, I think sports games are the key to attracting the mainstream gamer. This being the case, you would think Nintendo would place a great empahsis on either a) making more sports games or b) encouraging developers to do so.

We have seen Nintendo making some progress lately. They have been eager to team with EA to provide exclusive content to Nintendo fans. They have also announced Pennant Chase Baseball for the Cube, which is the first traditional sports title they will have published since NBA Courtside 02. Im hoping that this becomes a trend and we see more Nintendo published sports games in the future.

While the DS did have a decent sports lineup at launch, there isnt much in the foreseeable future. And leaving the sports games to EA probably isnt the best option. Madden was alright, and proves that the DS can handle a 3D sports game, but imagine if they really took the DS into consideration. Id love to see the ability to make your own plays by drawing them on the touch screen or call audibles into the mic. However, I dont know if I trust EA to bring these functions to fruition.

Plus, the Nintendo audience usually skews towards a more acardey experience, so why havent we seen an announcement for any of the Street or Blitz titles?

In the end, I believe that sports titles are a very important part of the gaming puzzle. I hope the Nintendo recognizes this and makes an effort to have more sports titles published for the DS. The future of sports games looks bleak for the DS. Fortunately, Konami is planning on bringing Winning Eleven to the DS.

[Now Reading| Lucifer #60]

My friend Mike moved back to Atlanta recently and we finally hung out today. Mike, his brother and I had lunch and caught up. One of the first things Mike said to me was “Ive been keeping up with 4 color rebellion, but its all Nintendo stuff now.”

For those of you who dont know, 4 color rebellion started off as a comic book site. Myself and a few others were going to write about comics and the industry. However, it eventually became clear that I was the only one who was going to be writing anything for the time being and so I wrote about video games. I love comics, but I dont follow them as religiously as some of my buddies.

Im hoping to get some more people on board to write comic stuff for this site. In the meantime, for Mikes sake and because I love comics, here are five good reasons why you should be reading comics:

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[Now Playing| DkJb - GC]

Here is the European mini site for Jungle Beat. Nothing really new here, but damn, I have to have the soundtrack to this game. You can listen to three of the songs on the site. Nice.

Jungle Beat Euro Style

[Now Playing| YTaG - DS]

Here are some screens from this cute looking little DS game. Sorta reminds me of Klonoa and Kirby mixed together. Follow the link for ten more pics:

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[Now Playing| YTag - DS]

This game keeps looking better and better. Im not sure that I would have the attention span for a Fire Emblem game, but I know my brother loved the GBA one.

Japanese Fire Emblem Trailer

[Now Playing| DkJb - GC]

Here is another great site for everyone to add to their bookmarks. It may be in French, but its pretty easy to navigate and they usually have a link right on the page for a translation. I cant speak much for thier editorial content, but they are always quick to post new pics and movies.

JuexFrance Site

And to go along with thier induction to the IGNore! list, check out some new pics of Jump Super Stars (available in Japan on August 8th):

JSS Pics

IGNore! - full listing

[Now Playing| Pikmin 2 - GC]

Well, its a beautiful, sunny day here in Atlanta. I have the whole day off. So, what am I doing? Playing Pikmin 2 of course!

Everytime I go out on a nice day, it just makes me want to play Pikmin. Maybe thats why Im so pale. Anyway, here is a fun picture of the little pikmin window stickers I got of Nintendo Power.

Pikmin in my bathroom
UPDATE: New Fancier Pic

[Now Playing| DkJb - GC]

Im not really sure how you get these things because I cant read Japanese. But, here they are. Meteos shirts and hats to liven up your wardrobe.

Meteos Swag Link

[Now Playing| DkJb - GC]

Just a funny little flash game. Move your mouse to keep the drunk guy from falling over.

Staggering Flash Game

[Now Playing| DkJb - GC]

I picked up this nice DS case a few weeks ago at Target. I figured I would show it off since it works really well and looks pretty nice too. Its called the NDS14 and sells for $10.

[Now Playing| DkJb - GC]

Look what I just got in the mail. Oh yeah! (< — said in a Mario voice)

These golden Mario figures (about 2in tall) were only released in Japan to Club Nintendo members. How come we dont get cool stuff like this here in the US? Ahh, good old ebay.