The following may or may not be an actual conversation between me and a college roommate.

My Roommate: Yo Will! Check out this book I read for history class!

Me: You actually read? I thought you just played football and lifted weights all day!

My Romomate: Heck yeah! It’s called Romance of the Three Kingdoms! I thought it was some sappy romance novel, but it’s got sorcerers, babes, dudes getting their heads chopped off, dudes chopping their wives up and eating them and all kinds of crazy $#!t!

Me: Awesome. They made some video games about it you know. You select a Chinese general, kill hundreds of enemies, and you even get to ride on horseback!

Roomie: I already know about that. Koei made them and they’re called Dynasty Warriors. So that’s what those games are based on…

Me: Nope, Capcom made them, and it was a pair of arcade titles called Dynasty Wars and Warriors of Fate. They’re arcade games, so they’re a bit hard to find.

Roomie: Awesome! I’m gonna find them right now!
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World of Goo is yet another independently developed physics-based puzzle game (hey, I just can’t get enough of these), and it was one of the first games available on Nintendo’s WiiWare service. Developed by ex-EA staff members Kyle Gabler and Ron Carmel, World of Goo can best be described as a cross between Lemmings, Jenga, and a can of Play-Doh. Your goal is to get a group of goo balls to a pipe. You can form the goo into different shapes and connect them into towers, bridges, or whatever else you think can help you solve the level. There are 5 different chapters, each with their own graphical style, theme, and levels. Early on in the game you’ll unlock the “World of Goo Corporation”, which is a bonus level where you use your excess goo balls to try to compete with other players as you attempt to build a bigger tower than everyone else. World of Goo is a fun and whimsical game that can be enjoyed on quite a few platforms. It has received several awards as well, so puzzle gamers will definitely want to check this game out.

Check Out Shownotes Behind the Cut!
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Youtube user withonea has some pretty inspired edits on his account, but the lip syncs and the actions for this one in particular are pretty great. Take a look at some of his other work after the jump.
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A reminder to all collectors. Today, at 12:00 Noon EST, MattyCollector.com will have some new items up for sale. The monthly Masters of the Universe figure, Scareglow, will be up for sale. Yes, he glows in the dark. Also up for sale is the reissue He-Man figure and the DC Universe Classics “Color of Fear” 2-pack featuring Yellow lanterns; Romat-Ru and Karu-Sil.

Continue after the jump for pictures!

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In a recent interview with MTV, which is blocked in Canada because of a joint asshatery between MTV and the CRTC, director Roland Emmerich expressed interest in two sequels to the hit movie Independence Day with a tentative title “ID4-ever”.

Nearly immediately after hearing news of this I began early plans for a sequel to the hit film Mexican Independence Day, a Mexican language version of the film. After an initial creative meeting yesterday with Daniel Gardner, co-star (Adam Baldwin) and co-writer of Mexican Independence Day, a tentative title “Mexican Independence Day 2: Mexican Independence Day-Ever” has been decided upon. Of course this title should definitely be classified as “In Production” and any change to the real film can drastically change the plans for this one. We are still quite hopeful to get all of the original cast back for the sequel, though Cheese is pretty old, and cats only live so long.