The Week in Links Friday / 06.08.07 / 09:09PM / Joe
Tsukiko Amano's "Chou" music video (YouTube) This is the beautiful song used as the end theme to Fatal Frame 2: Crimson Butterfly. Hard to believe, but I'm a major Fatal Frame fan with 150+ plays of this song in my iTunes and I had never gotten around to watching this before.
Gates hints at plans for new videogame control system (GamesIndustry.biz) Bill Gates drops the MEGATON with the statement "imagine a game machine where you just can pick up the bat and swing it or the tennis racket and swing it."
If you think all those early Wii-Remote-in-the-TV accidents were a problem, wait until Microsoft unveils the camera-enabled game where you just swing an actual baseball bat around your living room. What a dumbass.
Two for the Price of One (Mark Evanier) Evanier recalls a penny-pinching nightmare at 1970s Marvel when they decided they would scam the artists into drawing two pages - but only pay them for one - by having them flip the drawing board sideways.
"At the same time in the Marvel men's room, a sign was posted asking everyone not to waste bathroom supplies. I couldn't resist. I added a little sign that instructed everyone to turn one piece of toilet paper sideways and pretend it was two pieces."
Blue Superman (The Roar of Comics) A look back at electric blue Superman, Dr. Suess-style.
Super Smash Bros. Brawl *Hearts* All Controllers (Kotaku) Smash Brawl will offer support for Wii Remote, Wii Remote + Nunchuk, Wii Classic Controller and the GameCube controller. Yes yes yes yes yes. Now: will it support four Wii Remotes AND four GameCube controllers, resulting in a never-before-seen eight player Smash Bros?
Interactive Console Comparison Chart (VGChartz) Click the "align launches" button to see how the 360 has sucked just as hard as the PS3. For extra fun, set all three consoles to Japan-only. 360 FLATLINE.
MySpace sucks less When did MySpace start letting you add comments to your own profile page? Maybe now you can actually hold a fucking conversation.
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