Finnish metal band Lordi were involved in a shooting this week while in my home state of Kentucky. Some thugs, who apparently had stolen a car earlier than night, opened fire on a post-show gathering of the band and their fans. Although one fan was held a gunpoint, their were no injuries reported from the incident. The nefarious ones that did the firing managed to escape and the police are still searching for them.
To celebrate Halloween, our friends at Lujo Records have put together a compilation Masquerade: A Lujo Records Tribute. The album features Lujo bands covering other Lujo bands and can be yours for a mere $5.
Featured songs include The Dark Romantics covering History Invades and Look Mexico, Look Mexico covering Mouse Fire, Mouse Fire covering The Dark Romantics and Baby Teeth, A Lull Covering Suffering And The Hideous Thieves, The Out_Circuit covering Frantic Mantis, Frantic Mantis covering History Invades, History Invades covering Frantic Mantis and The Evaluation, Hidari Mae covering The Out_Circuit, Steno Pool covering Suffering, ATAK covering the Evaluation, Drugstore covering ATAK, All City Affairs covering Roy, Caverns covering Drugstore, and Death House Chaplain covering IPOF!
A recent news feature on the controversy surrounding Manhunt 2.
MTV News has posted an extensive write-up on the Phoenix Wright game series that includes several quotes from the game’s creator, Minae Matsukawa. Here, Matsukawa explains that the series wasn’t originally a law game:
“The original director and creator, Mr. Shuu Takumi, had wanted to make a game where the player would find the lies and contradictions in statements when he set out to make the first [Game Boy Advance] ‘Gyakuten Saiban’ ['Ace Attorney'] game,” Matsukawa said. “And it was from that single gameplay concept that he realized the perfect setting would be in the courtroom, or so I’ve heard.”
“Phoenix Wright: Trials and Tribulation,” the latest entry in the series, is now available in stores for the Nintendo DS.
An upcoming episode of CBS’ NUMB3RS will take place at a comic convention. The creators of the show had an open call for real comic book creators to play themselves at the imaginary con, and, according to Newsarama, several answered it.
There were some familiar names among the creators and guest stars for the shoot, and Word Balloon got the low down from one of the featured extras, indie comic artist Tony (In My Lifetime , Postcards: True Stories That Never Happened) Fleecs.
Look for the episode to air on November 23 at 10 pm EST.
Marvel Comics has made a few changes to the video section of their website. Trailers and clips are now organized as channels to allow you to find the ones that relate to your favorite character more easily. While visiting, make sure to check out the preview of the upcoming Spectacular Spider-Man cartoon and leave a comment about what you think. Some of the recent comic book animated project end up being better than the live-action ones, however, this one seems to be a bit cheesy.
While we are on the subject of deceased music legends, why not take a look at this years Forbes’ Top-Earning Dead Celebritiea list! Here are those that followed the king:
2. John Lennon ($44 million)
3. Charles M. Schulz ($35 million)
4. George Harrison ($22 million)
5. Albert Einstein ($18 million)
What, no Abe Vigoda??? Oh wait, he’s still alive.
Rosanne, Kathleen, Cindy and Tara Cash - daughters of Johnny Cash and his first wife, Vivian - have hired California laywer Eric Bjorgum to investigate why they haven’t received any royalty money from Cash’s hit, “Ring Of Fire.” According to the lawyer, John Carter Cash, Cash’s only child from his marriage to June Carter, received the “lion’s share” of the royalties.
Two new Nintendo DS Lite packages will be introduced on Black Friday. According to a Sears ad, starting the day after thanksgiving you can buy either the Nintendogs: Best Friend Edition or The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hour Glass box for $149. Both editions come with their respective games and a custom paint job.
The speculation that Microsoft would included IPTV functionality in the Xbox 360 fall update has been negated by the company. Someone at the website Xbox 360 Fanboy recently discovered some IPTV features built into a unit, which prompted Microsoft to send the following explanation to Gamespot:
“This was an isolated incident where these features were inadvertently exposed while the customer’s console was being serviced and is unrelated to the fall update.”
Gamespot goes on to explain that it looks as though the IPTV feature won’t be active this year. However, the technology to produce content for the system should be in the hands of the producers by December.
