We’ve all heard about this nasty CDi games. EGM seems obsessed with bringing them up in nearly every issue. Well now some kindly soul has uploaded videos of the introduction and ending cutscenes from both games. Watch if you dare…
Wand Of Gamelon Intro, Ending
Faces Of Evil Intro, Ending
I can’t wait to bomb some Dodongos!

Former Dreamcast and current Xbox 360 pitchman Peter Moore has a seat on the couch with various 1up.com editors in this set of videos.
Part 1
part 2
If you’ve got 20 minutes, a broadband connection, and a hankerin’ to see what Moore has to say its worth watching. He doesn’t stay on message as much as the infamous EGM interview. If you don’t have the time, I’ll bulletpoint some of the important bits…
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Major Leage Gaming has landed a major deal with the USA Network to broadcast its 2006 Championship Season in 7 hour-long installments.
See the MLG coverage blitz in action.
Two games definitely on the roster this year are long-time favorites Super Smash Brothers Melee on Gamecube and Halo 2 on Xbox. New games may be added later, but these 2 titles will be present at every event.
This should be a heck of a show. I don’t know how well it will play to non-gamers, but Halo and SSBM players shouldn’t miss this.

I hope this is everything we’ve all come to expect.
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1up previews the Family Guy game
Say, what are the odds this game is going to be… terrible?
The absolute best they can do is retread jokes from the show and not turn in an unplayable mess. Think I’m wrong? Try digging out some South Park and Simpsons games from a bargain bin. The Simpsons arcade game is argueably the only good game to be based on a comedy show, and it just aped the sidescrolling beat-em-up style of TMNT, Final Fight, Double Dragon et al. Do I even bother mentioning Friends?

You’ll recall we already showed you a Clerks II Teaser. Well that was the internet-only version. This is the green-band version for theaters.

Everyone’s favorite japanese animation house has released a trailer for their next movie.
The Legend Of Earthsea
Its a film based on the fantasy series by Ursula K. Le Guin. Theres not a lick of english in the trailer, but you can at least watch it. Probably be another year before we see it in the states.

The Cartoons of Robert Smigel finally get a best-of special on April 29 on Saturday Night Live. In addition to showcasing memorable “TV Funhouse” shorts from the past, the special will also include new segments featuring Ace & Gary the Ambiguously Gay Duo as voiced by Stephen Colbert and Steve Carrel.
This is long over due. Even when the lamest hosts and worst skits derail SNL, any show with a cartoon is worth watching. I’m recording this one.