He was much less dead in the second era, soooo...

You kids and your downloads...

Where can I find this game on a cartridge?

*hides bacon

Luck, eh?

Having played MHT the last few days, I'm reminded of my very first Captain Commando title, and I lament. Yes, fellow Wii owners, I humbly submit that it is high time for a glorious Wii-exclusive remake of...

STRIDER!

I'm still getting used to it/haven't developed a preference.

My only complaint about the CC Procontrols is the movement stick doesn't want you to turn around on a dime, but rather you have to make sort of a large-ish circle to turn around. This was especially cumbersome in the town, where I should have been able to simply look in the other direction to speak to the next person in the area. The problem seems to be a combination of the control and the character animation taking really big steps. I dunno.

God, I remember playing Make Knights all those years ago, being ever so careful to not break the figures when twisting them. I think a Borderlands one would be neat, same with Mass Effect.

Legendaryscmt

I've been beggin them to bring MK back. There are still some players out there...

There's also this:

HEROCLIX WATCHMEN

February 12, 2010 (Hillside, NJ) – WizKids/NECA, the leader in collectible miniature gaming today announced the Watchmen HeroClix Collector's Boxed Set and Dr. Manhattan Colossal Figure for the HeroClix game, through a license agreement with Warner Bros. Consumer Products on behalf of DC Comics. Watchmen HeroClix brings the characters of Warner Bros. Pictures' Watchmen film to gamers' tabletops summer 2010.

The Watchmen Collector's Boxed Set includes 25 highly detailed, 3D miniatures including Dr. Manhattan, Rorschach, Nite Owl and Silk Spectre. The Collector's Boxed Set, which includes a complete set of Watchmen HeroClix figures, comes in deluxe, display-quality packaging. The Watchmen HeroClix Dr. Manhattan Colossal Figure (sold separately) is built to movie-accurate scale and stands over 14 inches tall. Watchmen HeroClix premieres this summer at San Diego Comic-Con, and will be available at comic and game shops nationwide and on Amazon.com.

Wizkids

This is the kind of thing I was hoping would emerge from NECA's acquisition of WK, but I didn't dare to dream so big. I'm astounded. I need to start selling stuff...

Since it's not a video game, I'm having doubts that many of you have ever even heard about HeroClix. But for the sake of OT and maybe the broader topic of non-video games in general, do those of you who are familiar with this collectable miniatures game have shoeboxes full of little plastic men in your closet? If you're not savvy, but curious, I should explain that HeroClix is a strategy game based on comic book hero battles, akin to a diversified version of chess.

So, Wizkids Games is back up and running and are ready to launch a new starter in May (the 12th, to be exact). They've put up previews of every figure in the set which is based on DC's Blackest Night crossover event.

Naturally, there's Hal Jordan of the mean and green,

Mera represents the Red Lanterns,

Orange Lantern Lex Luthor,

Scarecrow with the yellow ring of fear,

Hope for a reborn Flash,

Atom of the Indigo Tribe,

and a sweetheart of an Amazon, Wonder Woman.

As an aside, WizKids made a similar game based on Halo a few years back, and there's always a lingering chance that they may take on more video game properties in the future. What kinds of VG licenses would you like to see turned into tiny effigies?

^Actually, the selling point that hooked me on the Energizer induction charger was that it doesn't matter if the sleeve or WM+ (or both) is on or not. It really does charge the batteries without an electrical circuit between the base and the battery.

IGN review

And I found this regarding customer support. There is nothing about these on Energizer's website, rather this PDP has a license to use Energizer's name for their induction charging systems. There is also an updated product offering on their website, different (and cheaper) than the one I bought.

There is an Energizer charging "plate" (for lack of a better word) available where I work that comes with four Energizer battery packs and allows you to charge four Wii Remotes at a time (it is one of those cordless chargers). It goes for fifty dollars and it is the unit that I am thinking about picking up. Anyone have any experiences with it?

Euaggelistes

Are you talking about the induction charger? I have the two-remote charger, and it works well enough charging the batteries without actually making contact (fascinating technology), but there's a major drawback. It may just be that the unit I bought is faulty, and I have serious thoughts about returning it, but all too often the remote bugs out on me. We've noticed it most often playing NSMB, where all of the sudden the character you're playing will just run to one side of the screen. If you look at the remote, the four blue lights are blinking, and sometimes go out completely. The Wii doesn't stop the game to tell you that communications have been interrupted, but control usually returns in about 4 seconds (which is useless if there's a pit or enemy nearby, you're already dead). This happens with one of the induction battery packs more often than the other, but it indeed happens with both. With Mario, I kept thinking it had to do with the fact that I almost never take my thumb off of the '1' button and often hold down the '2' simultaneously for long jumps - the button combo that will disconnect a remote under the settings menu. But when playing the same way with regular "AA" batteries, the same problem never occurs.

I've done some searching to see if anyone else reported the same problem, but there are very few instances of anyone even claiming to own the same recharger. I think I'll try Energizer's customer service this week and see what I can find out from them.

Just scored the Varia suit last night in Prime. It's been quite a few years since I played some Metroid, having skipped GC, but I love how much it feels like Super Metroid. The scanning is a bit tedious, but the exploration and action are stellar.