Shokotan GET!

(Otaku Idoru) Shokotan has a nice little interview on the Japan Times website. I hope she's as nice as she sounds. Because if she wasn't, that would be a bummer of epic proportions.

Anyway! Read it here.

Retroforce Give! MegaDrive

The very entertaining RetroForce GO podcast is teaming with Child's Play for a charity auction of "retro proportions" There will be a giant ebay auction and the money made on the auction will go directly to Child’s Play, a community based charity that helps sick kids by providing them with videogames to play while in the hospital.

If you want to donate, (PlayStation/Nintendo 64 or earlier) or see the huge list of 350+ games, please go the original article for a mailing address as well as the list.

Retroforce GIVE!

I'm going to root around in my gaming closet to see if there is anything I can add to the list.

Oh, of note, in the comment area from Chad, Retroforce GO host -
@Everyone,
And, please, don't worry about boxes, manuals, or everything being in mint condition. We will take whatever you are willing to part with! Oh, and no reason to stick with just games! If you have any old posters, t-shirts, toys ... anything retro videogame-related will do.

Legend of Chun Li trailer

Oddly enough, looks good to me. Still rather annoyed at the white girl playing her, (No Asian Actresses in all of Asia could play Chun Li? Wut? I shouldn't complain, she's half Chinese) HOWEVER, I think the trailer looks ok. Very HK Cinema.

Happy Holidays from Marvel

Click here to see Marvel's cute Holiday greeting card.

Kanye West Parody

Kevin Pereira and some friends make a Kanye style song & video. Very funny. Found via KP's Twitter stream.

8 Bit Christmas Goodness

Classic Christmas Songs in the Style of Classic NES Games. This full release contains 18 tracks total.

And it's available as a a free download. Is there really anything more that needs to be said?

originally found on Destructoid

Majel Barret Roddenberry Passes Away

My heart broke a little bit with this news.

Majel Barret-Roddenberry, (widow of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry) died Thursday Dec. 18 due to Leukemia.

Roddenberry was involved in the "Star Trek" universe for more than four decades.

Personally, I really enjoyed her role as in Star Trek: The Next Generation as the Betazoid Ambassador Lwaxana Troi, mother of ship's counselor Deanna Troi.

She will be missed.

expanded details and anecdotes here at Yahoo and here at Telegraph.co.uk William Shatner remembers her as well on his video blog.

Santa Penguins

oh gawd, they jingle! *_*

(originally found at Japan Probe)

Kuroshitsuji DS Game

Destructoid reports that the wonderful anime, Kuroshitsuji (Black Butler) is going to get it's own DS game.

Square Enix owns the rights to the show, so I have high hopes that it will be very cool, not that it will ever be released anywhere outside of Japan. However, I can always keep a dim hope of playing dish washing minigames.

Read the entire article here.

Wolverine Origins Trailer Out

So, if you are like me and didn't sit through The Day The Earth Stood Still, then you missed the Wolverine Origins trailer. Until today. Trailer is up and good quality. You can view it on myspace (and it looks like Facebook as well) if you add X-Men Origins as a friend. Tacky, but worth it, I'd say. Go to myspace.com/x-menorigins to take a peek.

The official W:O site will be http://www.x-menorigins.com/

(ps that is Emma Frost in there, I don't care what you say)