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Bioshock 2

The first gameplay footage looks very cool.  I love the scene with the water rushing in:

Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings

The trailer for this new Wii game is more entertaining than the last film:

I'll definitely be picking this up when it comes out.

-Otis

REALLY Super Mario Bros.

The Wii Scream

Snoopy Flying Ace

Coming in 2010:

As soon as I saw this, I immediately became 5 years old again, spinning this 45:

Speaking of Peanuts, you can now view the last 50 years of the strip for free online.

And you should.

-Otis

Batman: The Brave and The Bold

I'm very excited about the new animated Batman series that debuts on Cartoon Network on November 14th.  I'm a Batman fan.  I can remember with fondness watching the Adam West series as a child . . . reading The Dark Knight Returns for the first time . . . the Bat-mania of the summer of 1989 and Tim Burton's wonderful film.  But lately, I've been going through Bat-withdrawl.  The Bruce Timm produced animated adventures have ended and Christian Bale is, to put it kindly, is not my cup of tea.

So when I saw the trailer for Batman: The Brave and The Bold, I became very excited.  From my Comic-Con table this last July, I had a view of a large video screen that played the trailer on a loop, and the images were very appealing to me.  It's a bit campier than I would prefer (The Dark Knight Returns and the Bruce Timm version being my favorite versions of Batman), but this new show looks like fun.

And it looks like Batman.  As opposed to the most recent live action film, which felt more like S.W.A.T.man to me.

Anyway, check out the trailer for the new show.  It looks like a winner:

BioShock 2: Sea of Dreams Trailer

Okami . . . 10 Hours In

For the last two weeks, at the end of each work day, I've spent a little bit of time playing Okami.  I'm about 10 hours into the game, or 1/5 of the way through the entire story.

My first impressions were less that stellar.  While I thought the game was visually beautiful, the opening animated sequence was excruciatingly long (20 minutes) and the controls were quite frustrating at first.  But about an hour or two into th game that initial frustration gave way to an understanding of the gameplay mechanics and I began to enjoy the experience greatly.

Reviews have compared Okami to The Legend of Zelda, and structurally, the games are very similar.  But the visual style and mood of the story sets this apart from Zelda.  Once I accepted that this was not going to be a Zalda close, I began to appreciate this as a separate experience.

And so far, it has been a great experience.

I'll let you know if that changes.

Oh, and I found the amazing artwork at the top of this post on deviantART.  You can view the artist's gallery HERE.

-Otis

Wanna Race?

Here's my Mario Kart friend code:

0516-7670-0009

Hit me up for a game sometime.

-Otis

Thank You, Best Buy

Now that Blu Ray has won the high def format war, Best Buy is offering $50 gift cards to people who purchased HD DVD players from them before February 23rd, 2008.  I received mine in the mail today.  I'm stunned at how fast it came.  To read more about the deal, click HERE.

So thank you, Best Buy.  Just in time to pick up Okami Wii for free!

Speaking of Okami Wii . . .