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DC got the license, and is giving it the same lavish treatment as their in-house blockbusters like Batman and Superman. Robotech VS Predator VS Robocop: coming soon to a comic store near you. ... I'd buy it... *hangs head in shame*

Of course, Peg can actually cut lasers out of the air with his swords. And if he pulls the big sword out, he can actually use the edge to REFLECT lasers back at the attacker like a robo-Jedi. Which is why he doesn't carry guns.

See, I think part of the problem is that they don't look alien at all. They all looked like robot people. Or robot people that got in a fight with a blender, in some cases. They're like Star Trek aliens: Add some forehead ridges and pointy ears to a human and pretend. Yes, even the Decepticons. Transformers 2 tried to offset this a little bit with Arcee and Demolisher, but they still came off as people on unicycles more than anything else.

The unenlightened masses refer to him as Drift. They have not discovered his true glory yet.

It's like if the Orkin Man was 3 inches tall and ADORABLE!

Speaking of Compile and emulators... I REALLY wish someone had snagged Zanac X Zanac for a US release. It's such a fun game. Even has the original ship in it as an unlockable(and no fewer than three versions of NES/FamiCom Zanac available right from the start alongside the PS1 sequel). Edit: And all 4 ships are given microprocessor names for their model numbers, which warms my silicon heart. 68030, 80586, 3000A, and 6502FC.

Am I the only person that thought the "push to talk" button on the back of the head was the best part of Masterpiece Prime? ... Yes? Okay, never mind then.

Oh. Well, then... ... They seriously reused the buckethead design? Geez...

Fair enough. But.... robot WOLVES! Seriously, I want to see toys of the inorganics(I think that's what they were called). NEVER gonna happen(especially not at any decent quality), but I want to see 'em. Admittedly, it's been many years since I watched it. I don't remember anything as garishly offensive from a purely technical standpoint as I've heard Shadow Chronicles has(I gather the low-budget CG is especially atrocious). Obviously, from an aesthetic perspective, Shadow Chronicles benefits greatly from not having Super Buckethead/Breetai. ... Man, you're gonna make me dig the tape out at this rate.

Was it the Cat's Eye re-entry escort mission? Or the "defend the base until the evacuation timer runs out" mission? And I'm the guy that LIKED Battlecry.

I'm sorry? What about Robotech 2: The Sentinels? Was it a truncated TV movie made from 3 episodes worth of content that ended as the story actually began? Well, yes. Did it actually get made and released? Yeah. I think I still have my taped-off-the-air copy from way back when somewhere... complete with thunderstorm warnings! From what I hear, Shadow Chronicles isn't complete either, so... the first point's not really relevant. And The Sentinels had higher production standards and robot wolves, so it's CLEARLY the better product. Tommy Yune: Failing even to achieve his achievements.

Small Wonder? Oh man... I am SO sorry we exported that. You have my deepest condolences. Seriously, isn't that banned by the Geneva Convention?

For me, Mortal Kombat will always mean one thing above all else: the infinite uppercut juggle. Sadly, I strongly doubt it will be present in the new game.

I was waiting for the widescreen releases. At least I have the clips I downloaded off bittorrent... It's a pretty neat toy, BUT... Two fusion cannons? Am I the only person that sees that and thinks it's overkill even for Megatron? I'm still incredibly disappointed that Animated went out like it did. It deserved better. Heck, they'd only just started opening entire plot threads when they killed it.

Hooray quality control! Actually, the chrome sword surprises me, aside from being incorrect. I thought Hasbro simply didn't DO chromed plastic anymore because it was easy to break and make something sharp and pointy with?

Not something I ever thought I'd hear said about the animation industry. Itano is hardcore.

Because no one bought Powered Up, but EVERYONE bought MM9 and MM10(even some people that don't LIKE Megaman). Though they have to rework the assets in any case, so it's kind of crazy. You could probably get away with a quick hack on many SNES games by setting the playfield layer to the same depth as the sprite layer, and the background layers to further distances. For a known target(say, Megaman X, to keep the theme), it's easy to specify which layers go where and how far they should be from each other. I'd actually like to see an emulator add the option, just for giggles. But for the NES... a quick and dirty hack won't work. Your playfield is the same layer as the background, so you can't do simple per-layer distance adjustments. Setting the depth of individual background elements on the game's collision map would be more complex AND generate some funky effects in the process. First example I can think of where it would fail horribly is the platforms in the Guts Man stage in MM1. The railings they ride on would be in the background, while the platforms themselves would be in the foreground. I suppose you can hand-tune the depths of every object on the map individually, but... sweet merciful Althena, that's a lot of work for a minimal payout. So yeah... long story short, I'm curious to see how they handle it. http://homepage.mac.com/qubedstudios/ Maybe related?

VR controllers keep popping up, mainly in the PC market(in fact, most Power Gloves sold went to computer hobbyists. It was easy to adapt it for PC use, and it was the cheapest VR controller money could buy that actually WORKED). No one so far's been willing to commit to getting them taken seriously, so they all wind up as expensive toys with very little use.

I thought he left on the SDF-3 with the REF, and became one with the Protoculture to save their bacon in End of the Circle? ... WILL YOU PEOPLE STOP MAKING ME REMEMBER END OF THE CIRCLE?!?!?! THE FACT THAT I MAY BE MIS-REMEMBERING IT IS NOT REALLY A MITIGATING FACTOR!

From what I heard, you will ONLY face A blinking red light, because all errors are represented by the red power switch logo. But we shall always remember the Crimson Pacman in our hearts!

Man, a desk that clean... 's not healthy. Product of an unstable individual, I tell ya. I don't have a digital camera handy, but mine has all sorts of junk on it. Random crap like antihistamines and some Transformers parts and shoelaces(your guess is as good as mine). LIKE A DESK IS SUPPOSED TO!

3DS makes me so glad I couldn't justify a DSi XL(only wanted it because it's bigger than a DSLite and I'm an old fogey, not because there's any DSi software I'm interested in). I'd feel like the kids that got a GameBoy Color right before the Advance came out. As soon as a black+red version hits shelves, I'll be all over that. Virtual Boy, yo! ... But when do we get a 3DS XL? I actually WANT the bigger system!

Didn't they retroactively place ALL Transformers cartoons in the same continuity?

Touche, good sir. I just recently rethemed. I WOULD have different wallpapers on both screens, but... apparently, finding a decent, high-res, widescreen-appropriate picture of the Gunbuster is an exercise in futility. At least, it was that night. I didn't have anything handy, and doing an image search for a Gainax anime generates SURPRISINGLY few awesome robot pictures and an awful lot of boob shots. And yes, my desktop has just a bit of clutter. I should clean up.

Physically proprietary, or is it merely a matter of formatting like with the current drives. You can open the enclosure and swap the drive out, but getting it to work without ghosting an existing 360 drive onto it was impossible last I heard(which was admittedly quite a while back, but I doubt the situation's changed since it'd be big news).