Hey Olivia!

Everyone's favorite G4 vixen Olivia Munn is started a weblog especially for ComicCon! From her new website HeyOlivia.com, the host of Attack of the Show will be posting up some video blogs of all the G4 coverage and behind-the-scenes goodness from the 'Con. However, so far as of this writing there's just a couple of videos of her in her hotel room decked out in a robe and flossing (not that's a bad thing of course) talking about getting ready for the show, watching "The Sandlot" all night and her '1337 texting skillz'. Awesome.


I WONDER what the newly-single* gaming/internet goddess will dress up as this year?

*I'll see you (and her) at the G4/StrangeCo and the SuperHero parties later tonight!

The impossible is now possible! Twice!

In the console wars of the silver age of videogames (I'm talking the '90's kiddies) Nintendo had a rivalry with Sega. In turn their mascots Mario and Sonic the Hedgehog respectively had their own beef.

You see, Sonic had been Mario's rival from the silver age of videogames when the SNES and the Sega Genesis fought to be number one in the console game, so it just made sense to the gamers out there to actually see the rivalry materialize. However, in recent years its has been more closely possible as Sega had gone the way of Atari, stopped producing consoles of their own after the Sega Dreamcast, and decided to focus on producing games. Since then we've been seeing an influx of what would've been blasphemy 10 years ago: Sega games on Nintendo systems!


Sega had acquired the rights to the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and had originally thought to fill the game with Sonic characters, then some geniuses at Sega had later asked Nintendo to include their characters as well. Thus, earlier this year they had dropped a bombshell: Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games!


The character selection screen you would've never thought you'd ever see 10 years ago.
So the game marks a milestone of gamer's dreams brought to life. However, rumors of Sonic appearing in a game with Mario had never been so deeply rooted since Smash Bros. Melee for Nintendo Gamecube. Since the game pits video game mascots upon each other and Sega was producing games for Nintendo, gamers thought Sonic's appearance in the game would be appropriate enough to finally see if he could best Mario in a fight for #1 videogame mascot. People spread rumors of how Sonic was a secret character in the game but in reality no blue hedgehog was available in sight.


Fast forward to the upcoming and anticipated Smash Bros. Brawl for the Wii. With this game, we've seen the impossible before: Konami's Solid Snake appears as a secret character.


With that in mind check out what was JUST announced today:


It's official: Sonic in Smash Bros. Brawl!

That's right, now I'll never get sleep until January February 10, 2008!

Attn: Gamers

There will be TWO games you can play at Comic Con before all those poser-gamer-'bees. Atari, Inc. will be featuring demos of "Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3" (holla-say-whatt) and "Godzilla: Unleashed."

Wii-sters, Lucky you, you will be able to play both games on your system.And, uh, Playstation 2 Playas, you get the Dragon Ball game! yay.

What I love about the Comic Con is being able to check out cool stuff before it hits main stream. dontcha' love having brag rights?

like, "oh, that game....SO last season! get with the program..." ;)
Both games are actually scheduled to release late this year.

Dragon Ball Z-sters, head to FUNimation Entertainment booth, # 4129

Godzilla skrillas, head to Foundation 9 booth, # 4630

[exclusive game screenshots provided by the cool pr peeps of atari, inc., i love them!]

Captron Champ. "thats what i said! -- Data"

(Captron Champions! Seen in the Captron Mag ---dad made the blue arrow just in case he forgot which one i was, hard to distinguish since i am the only girl in the pic, right??? haha...)

So okay, I was a bit off...
it was a Captron Competition.
Sorry, but note, it was seventeen years ago. (gollie i'm old...)
As I said before and without further ado, I finally was able to find these pix.
Ruffles Rock ;)


( ok, so why did i just notice that my outfit is a tad like michael's? black and white and ruffle accents??? omg...)

Ha, anyhoo...since I'm a tad rusty on my gamer skills,
All you champions (past, present, and future) should check out:


Their next stops are SAN DIEGO and Las Vegas.
Online registrations just started for these two cities and are FREE.

Games played will be: Street Fighter 3: Third Strike, Marvel vs. Capcom 2, Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo, Super Smash Brothers Melee, Guilty Gear XX Slash, Virtua Fighter 5, Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection, and Capcom vs. SNK 2.

Anyone planning on participating???

Are Wii having fun yet???

Take your Wii Gaming Experience to the next level:
Equip your Wii with the right weapon of choice.





I mean, sure, use the bat to play baseball on Wii Sports or use the sword for Legend of Zelda but,
what if...
you use the golf club to stir your ingredients on Cooking Mama or use the sword to chop your onions!
Now that will have Mama screaming (with accent and all,) "Bet-tter dhan Ma-Ma!"

That's my kind of Wii Experience.

I Am 8 Bit 2007 @ Gallery 1988

On May 12, Juligie , MURSE1, and I went up to LA's Gallery 1988 on the last day of the I Am 8-Bit art show. Just before they took the pieces down, we were able to see all the great art works inspired by classic videogames! As big videogame fans, the opportunity to see popular artists make creative and witty work based on our favorite videogame characters was a real treat!


Koopas, Contra, and Donkey Kong

a painted NES Advantage

the bros. of the super variety

Classic character conundrum!

Cute plush rendition of Donkey Kong, a THWOMP, and Frogger on crutches!

"I love the Powerglove. It's so baaaaad."

Pac mania!

Earthworm Jim is still pretty bad ass.

The Birth of Venus remixed with my favorite videogame character Samus!

Mario mad tea party!

Bowser planning his clown machine from Super Mario World

About a hundred hand-molded characters!

Megaman, Link, and Samus among them!

Burgertime in plush form!

The videogame Last Supper - Donkey Kong Jesus?

I don't remember these scenes in the games!

Ghosts & Goblins done in 'calaca day of the dead' style.

Some colorful work by Jon Burgerman

A 3D Centipede *Coily the snake from Q*Bert!

Gotta love Bubble Bobble!

Super Mario, Pacman, and Mega man!

Jason Sho Green makes a Zelda dungeon an airport checkpoint.

Gie getting a closer look and Murse getting some shots of the gallery.

Its just a videogame!

and finally, a Frogger photograph by Brian McCarty!

If you haven't picked up the book I Am 8-bit - Art Inspired by Classic Videogames of the 80's by curator Jon M. Gibson you're missing out on some more great art!


156 pages full of art and information from the initial i am 8-bit show gallery in 2005 and 2006 as well as videogame memories from the artist themselves. This great page-turner is available here at Amazon.com.

Find out more about the show at iam8bit.net


Check out my photo gallery to see A LOT more of the fantastic art!