Still Saturday Supercade!

From the Official 2010 report on Agricultural Affairs: "Gaming pumpkins make Halloween at least 100% better!"

Saturday Supercade!

Things are getting a little spooky around the vault!

What better way to begin the celebration of Halloween than some awesome Atari 2600 Haunted House art? Even better, thanks to Playeronepodcast.com we have the above photo of Haunted House pencils...that is just so incredibly awesome that I can think of no better word for it at this moment!

Friday Flyers Break...For Tron Legacy!

Tron Night 2010. Was it worth a combined driving time of 7 hours to see 30-35 minutes of scenes from the upcoming movie? I believe my friend Bit from the original Tron says it best, "Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes."

I've included this little 55 second clip by way of ComingSoon.Net just to wet your whistle without really giving anything away. I will say my head was spinning after watching the preview last night, wanting to talk about every little thing that made my synapses explode in utter geek happiness. The film seems to be far more dramatic than it's predecessor. There is a dark tale I believe we will all enjoy when we get to see the full feature on December 17th.

Let us hope, dear readers, that this will not turn into another Scott Pilgrim incident where the fan base just doesn't show to support the film. Let's hope that Disney has a blockbuster on their hands and we shall get to see more of Sam Flynn and his adventures on the Grid.

It Must Be Thursday.

Yah! Sorry about no real gaming news today but I'm headed off to another city, braving the open highways, swollen creeks, and possibly undead bears to go and attend Tron Night 2010. 20 minutes of footage will be screened from Tron: Legacy at various Imax 3D theatres across the world tonight...so if for some strange reason I do not make it back...it's been fun.

Box Art Wednesday...Halloween Edition!

Oh, my friends, look at what we have here! The ultra rare and some say mythical Universal Monsters and more importantly, Monster Squad, Atari 2600 titles. Unfortunately I was unable to secure the boxes for Monster Squad, The Wolf Man, nor Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man. I've spent almost everything I have in the bank for these rare items but the Gypsy I bought them from swears that there is a Frankenstein and The Mummy cartridge in the back of her wagon.

I'd probably be even more ecstatic about these purchases if not for two things:

1) I was able to post some screenshots of the gameplay. My primitive computer won't let me.
2) When I purchased these titles I was bit by the Gypsy's dog, well, it was more like a wolf.

At least she threw in the Invisible Man title for free after that...huh...never noticed how bright the moon is tonight...friends, it seems so very hot here in the vault...Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

And So Our Story Begins...

Well, Lionhead studios certainly knows how to make a game...and as the photos I've taken above prove they also are a fair hand at crafting a collector's edition to boot.

Coming in a tome-sized hardcover 'book' you will find the game when you open the cover of the book as well as a secret compartment at the bottom that slides out and reveals a set of playing cards create by Lionhead studios that depict all the manner of people and creatures you shall encounter while journeying in Albion. There is also a metal Guild Seal coin to "assist players in making critical decisions that will impact the fate of the world forever." which has a blue side for Good decisions and a red side for Evil.

The collector's edition also contains some downloadable content to help your Hero place his or her foot in the right direction on the trail of overthrowing your evil brother and freeing the good people of Albion.

Best of all, the thing just looks pretty nifty on my shelf.

Great Scott!

I can officially say that I am just all manner of worked up over this upcoming Back to the Future episodic games by those fine folks over at TellTale Games...and this video just makes the wait for the official trailer of the title on December 2nd all the harder. So please allow me to introduce the voice of Marty McFly for the upcoming games, Mr. AJ LoCasico!

Thanks to LazyGamer.net who say that the game takes place six months after Back to the Future Part III...this is...heavy.