- The best read of the week, and one close to my heart, is a long
piece from Ernie Smith of Tedium on
commercial mascots and their video games. Featured prominently are the Noid and
M.C. Kids, of course, along with other lesser known items like a Doom-engine Chex game.
- Hardcore Gamer’s Marcus Estrada has a neat, informative
little piece on the Doctor V64, which was a knockoff Nintendo 64 development
kit. Read about it on
their site.
- Live in Arizona, and want to play classic video games? You’re
in luck! The Daily Courier has a
business profile on Black Box Gaming, which allows you to lounge and play vidya
games. Read about the cool little store here,
in a story by Max Efrein.
- Now on Merchoid! Nintendo-themed
bikinis.
- Boooo: Sounds like an automated FOX filter to take down
their content on YouTube “accidentally” took down a clip of some dudes playing Double Dribble. Why? Well, because Family Guy used that clip in an episode.
And, the show didn’t credit the brothers either. Read
about it on IGN.
- Alan Young, the voice of Scrooge McDuck on Duck Tales, has
passed away.
- Nintendo has released some trailers for its latest Kirby
game, Planet Robobot, for the 3DS.
Check them out via Siliconera here!
And give a listen to our past episode here!
- These dudes tagged us on Twitter, so how can I not give
them a plug? There is a music remix project for The
Guardian Legend, which we’ve covered in the past. To check out their
tracks, go here!
- I forgot to post this last week, but it’s still a really
good read! From Eurogamer’s Wesley Yin-Poole, the
rise and fall of Lionhead, creators (in a way) of Fable and headed by Peter Molyneux.
- Also from Eurogamer: Keith Stuart has a
fun piece on how he was blacklisted from early Sega releases, even though
he was running a magazine about the Dreamcast.
- Ron Gilbert, the creator of Maniac Mansion and Money
Island, wants
to buy back the IP from Disney. The mouse acquired the titles after buying
the Star Wars empire for $4 billion in
2012. (And hey, check out our Maniac
Mansion episode!)
ON THIS DAY IN VIDEO
GAME HISTORY…
- Historically, May 26 hasn’t been especially great for
games, but the first installment in the inFamous series
came out on this day in 2009. The Playstation-exclusive series combined
open-world gaming with superhero powers, and it was generally well-received.
- The NES version of The Lion
King came out only in Europe on May 25, 1995. Yes, new NES games were
still being made in 1995! Although, this was indeed the last release for
Europe. It’s probably for the best, as Westwood Studios’ effort wasn’t all that good.
Video game history
information comes from GameFAQs and Moby Games. And as always, if you’d like to support the show, do so via our Amazon link.
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