In this third installment of Ubisoft’s “Splinter Cell” spy-thriller franchise, you use unique gadgets and stealth to foil yet another terrorist plot as the series’ grizzled protagonist Sam Fisher. The graphics have leapt miles over Pandora tomorrow, making this one of the best looking games for current generation systems. Environments are more open, and there is less of a penalty for alarms. Environments include Asia, a lighthouse in South America, and a bank in Portugal. The multiplayer has recieved a facelift as well, offering a cool alternative to the Halos and Perfect Darks of online gaming. The co-op mode can almost stand on its own as a seperate game. Since the Splinter Cell series first arrived in 2003, many games have tried to copy its blend of political intrigue and stealth action, but none have come close. The only games that compare to Splinter Cell are Metal Gear and Thief, and those games are different enough as it is. If you don’t have Chaos Theory, grab it now while it’s cheap (The Xbox version is only $13 used at Gamestop), because Splinter Cell: Double Agent will be out very soon.

Cars.com has an nice interview with NPR’s famous Car Talk hosts Click & Clack on their roles in ‘Cars’ from Disney/Pixar.
Cars opens wide June 9, 2006.
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Action-Figure.com is reporting that the Onslaught Series of Marvel Legends figures (Wave 13) has hit store shelves and sightings have been reported. One of their readers has also submitted the case breakdown for the figures.

• Abomination x3
• Loki x3
• Deathstrike x3
• Blackheart x2
• Green Goblin x2
• Pyro x1

It appears as though Pyro will be foolishly shortpacked, while Abomination, Loki, and Deathstrike will become shelf-warmers.

On a side note, I noticed that Onslaught is only about 8 inches tall. So don’t be shocked when you put him together and he is half the size of the Sentinel. On the bright side, with this wave we return to the 6 piece build a figure, instead of the 10 piece that is nigh impossible to find a single piece of.

Good Hunting, Collectors!

HobbyLink Japan has posted a very clear picture of MP03 Starscream. It shows Starscream from the usual angles, a few new ones, and a picture of Starscream in robot using the base/stand from vehicle mode to look as though he is hovering in the air. Starscrean impresses with every new photo.

Botcon.com has revealed the next Beast Wars figure in the exclusive set to get a pre-beast form. Dinobot appears as a repainted Armada Hoist. The color scheme is based on the 10th Anniversary figure currently at retail now. The announcement made special note that there is no black on this figure and that colors may vary of different monitors.

 

Apparently Samuel L Jackson isn’t the only one having to deal with MF-ing snakes on his MF-ing plane this summer.

Pilot Fights Black Snake Stowaway on Plane. Apparently this little snake found its way on to a single engine plane, causing the lone pilot to have to grab it and make an emergency landing. The most ridiculous movie premise of the summer just got a little more realistic.
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IGN has posted 6 pages of Super Mario Galaxy screen captures. Many of them seem to be from the boss fight previously seen that surfaced around the time of E3.

   

Astrotrain’s train mode was seemingly absent when Hasbro released images last month of the first wave of the new upcoming Transformers Classics line. In the past week or so, they updated with a picture of the missing alt mode. I have attached it below for your viewing pleasure.