Angel Error

At the risk of proving what you’ve already suspected — that I’m a complete and utter geek-nerd — I have to draw your attention to a Major Error in the “100th Episode” of Angel (the one in which Cordelia returns). And yes, I’m sure this has been pointed out by many others, but darnit, I’m behind in my Tivo watching.

Anyway, in this Angel ep, Spike is shown playing a video game. We’re facing him so we can’t see the screen, but we can see the console. It’s an XBox. But we can also hear the sounds, and he’s playing Donkey Kong, of all things! In fact his dialog even says something about a big ape throwing barrels.

So what’s up with that? Playing Donkey Kong on an XBox? If they’d gone with Galaga or something, we could pass it off as him playing one of those Namco Museum type games, but a Nintendo property on Micrsoft hardware! That just ain’t right!!! 🙂

I jest of course. Actually, it was a pretty damned potent episode, and yet one more reason to lament the fact that the show has been cancelled.

Y’s VI: The Ark of Napishtim

According to the Jan. 04 issue of Play and confirmed here at IGN, Konami is porting Y’s VI: The Ark of Napishtim to the PS2 for a worldwide release (its currently out for the PC in Japanese).

Old-school gamers will remember The Legend of Y’s being one of the ‘system sellers’ for the TurboGrafx-16 CD Drive add-on gizmo (and later, for the TurboDuo). Fond memories…I’m looking forward to playing the latest Y’s title!

To whet your appetite, check out this trailer from the PC game!

PSP Delayed

Sony delays launch of PSP

Sony has informed publishers, developers and retailers that while it still plans to launch its handheld gaming and entertainment device in Japan this holiday season, the PSP will not hit shelves in North America or Europe until calendar year 2005.

More specifically, it should be out by March 2005.

This changes things a bit…the Nintendo DS handheld will be the only new hardware on the market for the Christmas ’04 season (unless Phantom actually ships, of course).