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In celebration of E3 this week I am posting a link to a terrific site for anyone who finds themselves humming the theme song from Bubble Bobble and wishing that somewhere, somehow, a fourteen year old had done a techno remix of it. Well wait no longer, the day has arrived. Head on over to Overclocked ReMix and start downloading. The music is fun, and some of it is actually really good.
Excellent, now that you are in the proper frame of mind, it is time to begin a quick look deep down into my soul. SWEET JESUS! What the hell is THAT?!
Okay. The inner soul is bad, let's keep this post to things that are far less dark, twisted, and terrifying than the inner machinations of an obsessive compulsive soul. Instead, we'll have a quick peek at Appleseed. On Saturday Lee and I sat down to watch Appleseed and I have to say, it was one of the most enjoyable bits of Anime I have seen in a while. The characters were decent, and the story was fairly standard, but what really shone was the 3D animation. You could grab a still shot from the movie at almost any point and it would look like a traditional 2D Anime flick. But to watch it move was a thing of beauty. I purchased the DVD based on a hunch, really, I had truly enjoyed the Appleseed 2D movie that came out years ago, and had hoped and prayed that this one would be as good. My only regret is that, due to a prior engagement, we had to turn it off before the end, and so Lee missed the seven giant spider-like weapons platforms that proceeded to trash most of the city, and the epic battle that surrounded them. Oh, guess I should have put up a spoiler warning, bah, you'll watch it anyway.
I know that everyone else is already talking about E3, but lets face it, it's big news so I might as well throw in my two cents worth. This week insome form or another all the major players will slide their first pawn into place, setting the stage for the bizarre manoeuvres to come. Microsoft has already put out some information on their next system, the X-Box 360, and now Nintendo has countered with a small amount of data on the Revolution. Sony has decided to make the last move and will be putting out a press release tonight.
So far the details are sketchy on all three systems. The Revolution will be getting a late start, with a proposed launch date in 2006, and the controller may not even be revealed at E3 this year. The Xbox 360 may, or may not, be backwards compatable. The PS3 is still incredibly ethereal, with almost no concrete information available.
In my opinion the Nintendo DS might end up having the Best in Show award for the year, though. The PSP is a terrific machine, and there's no denying that I want one. The Nintendo DS has had a very slow start, but has incredible potential. I think that the mix of low expectations, solid hardware, and Nintendo's creative powerhouse of a team will make for at least one must-have title being revealed on the DS this week. At least, they better, because so far they have had very little that can even begin to compete in the next generation of the handheld wars.
Now, if the team over at Laser Squad Nemesis were to announce a DS version, I would be at the local video game store in a matter of minutes.
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