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Our beloved.Tiffwas kind enough to point me in the direction of this amazing new oki-ni8-inch Dunny, which releases Sept 6th in a limited run of 1000 pieces. She and I are obsessed with all things vinyl, as we may have mentionedin our previous posts. Retro themed modern toys are like the perfect marriage of geek love and obsessive-compulsive collector syndrome. Best part of these lovelies is that you canbuy your own blank onesand paint to your heart’s content....

[A critical eye takes time to develop. RetRose Tinted is a regular feature in which I re-examine games of yesteryear to see if my memories of them live up to the reality.] I have always had a keen interest in the concepts of time travel. Since I’ve never been intelligent or motivated enough to develop a time travel theory of my own (and then use it to engage in a highly dangerous experiment where I find myself leaping from life to life, striving… you get the idea), I nurtured the interest through the various forms of media I consume....

There was a time when Robin Williams was one of the funniest people around, but, as with all great comedians other than George Burns, if they don’t die young they simply start to get old and annoying. Williams is at the “family fun” stage of his career, which appeals to the older generation that grew up with him and now has kids. As such, I’ve lost a lot of respect for him as a comedian....

When a press release hit our inbox with the header “MTV Games and Paramount Pictures TakeSTAR TREKandRock Band‘Where No Man Has Gone Before’,” we swore it had to be an April Fools’ joke. As it turns out, it’s not. In fact, there’s nothing funny or even preposterous about the promotion, which is unfortunate. MTV Games and Harmonix are teaming up with Paramount Pictures and Spyglass for a promotion leading up the May 8 release of theStar Trekfilm, directed by J....

Here’s aSonic Generationsgameplay trailer, showing off both the 2D gameplay of Classic Sonic and the 3D speeding of Modern Sonic. You may open fire with your “Sonic Cycle” comments when ready! It looks good, but then again, so do all Sonic games when it comes to the trailers. I’m going to keep a very careful guard until I get to play it myself. That is, if SEGA will let me near the thing after what happened with thelast Sonic game....

Couldrumorsof Sony deciding to call its motion controller “Arc” be true? If a recently registered domain name spotted byVGChartzis any indication, all signs point to “yes.” The domain playstationarc.com was registered by Sony Computer Entertainment in October of last year according to a WHOIS search. Another Web site,http://www.ps3arc.com, has appeared; but don’t be fooled — it, along with the mentioned Kownage Expansion Pack, is a hoax and not owned by Sony....

Oh, Black Friday. The biggest purchase I’ve ever made on this day where Americans kill each other for a shot at a low-priced television is a five-pound jug of GNC Pro Performance 100% Whey Protein. It wasn’t on sale, mind you. I just needed to get some globular protein in my body. But I realize this grand Friday is a big deal to a lot of consumers, and it should be an even bigger one this year to someone looking for a PS3 deal....

Like the title says, Tara Long and I are on the latest episode of ByteJacker. On Youtube, people are saying that I look really concerned, that I agree with everything, and that I don’t know sht. Interesting feedback. I guess I should try to care less, disagree more, and know more sht? Anyway, I love this show, and I’m glad I have an excuse to post it. Thanks for having us on, Anthony....

Full disclosure: The excitement in the headline is phony. I won’t pretend I’m interested inTatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All Stars, but I will say that many on our staff are. Like, obsessively interested in this game. At our anniversary party earlier in the year, they played the Japanese version of the title projected on the side of our office building… until 5am. The cops were called. So it was surprising when I let them know about this GameStopTatsunuko vs....

Thailand is certainly doing a great job of emulating we in the West with its ridiculous hysteria overGrand Theft Auto IVand other violent videogames. Since the murder of a local cabbie which has been linked toGrand Theft Auto IV, however flimsily, Thai officials havebanned the gameand issued a warning over theten most dangerous videogamesof all time. Jesada Chandraprasert, who writes atTechnology Thailandfor Cnet Asia, haspoked funat the ridiculous scaremongering currently going on over videogames in his country:...

With GDC shenanigans beginning to ramp up, naturally I’ve been guilted into covering The Daily Hotness for Hamza. After expressing my inability to come up with even the most vaguely entertaining of topics, I heard the words everyone wants to hear from their boss. “Make it surreal. Have we explored a 70’s disco porn theme yet?” Battlefield 3was revealed with some stunning footage, Gaijin Games gobbled up Robotube Games,Gears of War 3was dated for September, Epic teased next-gen Unreal Engine 3 tech (more meat cubes?...

So far,Slideris the only PlayStation Move title I want to play. Which is really saying something. Probably. GDC is still going on this week in San Francisco and we brought you a ton of original content today. Check it all out and let us know what you think of it all! GDC 10 Originals:GDC 10: Lead and Gold is no Team FortressGDC 10: Mount and Blade: Warband impressionsGDC 10: Magicka in moving picturesGDC 10: Falling to your death: The Canabalt postmortemGDC 10: Green Day: Rock Band details, release dateGDC 10: the Indie Game Maker RantGDC 10: Is this PlayStation Move’s answer to Wii Bowling?...

Not much was posted on Thursday so I combined yesterday and today’s Hotness to form the Hotnesses. Yes, it’s a really horrible title. Anyway, a number of us took the last couple of days off to enjoy this holiday weekend. Don’t be mad, we need a break. Bloggin’ ain’t easy you know! Here’s everything that happened the last couple of days, but more importantly, how was your Thanksgiving? Thursday & Friday Regulars:HAWP wishes you a happy Thanksgiving with a new episodeThe Week inRock BandDLC: Naked Brothers Band, Children of Bodom, Squeeze, etc....