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These are my daily “Good to Know” links for 05/12/08 … please enjoy:

WiiWare is live!! | Joystiq

We know there’s little chance that the Nintendo faithful among you haven’t already circled May 12 on your calendar with your Nintendo World Championships 1990 commemorative Sharpie, but just in case, let us remind you that the WiiWare service is now live.

11-year-old gives $440 to Clinton campaign | The Times West Virginian

11-year-old Dalton Hatfield feels so strongly that Hillary Clinton should be the next president he not only sold his bicycle, but video games and anything else that “I could make money with” to donate to the former first lady’s bid for the nomination.

Not Quite Yet | RealClearPolitics

Elite opinion on the Democratic race has congealed around the idea that it is over. Clinton has no chance whatsoever to win the nomination now. I think she is nearly finished, but not quite yet.

Colossal Castle or Humble Home? Same Price ? Your Choice | DivineCaroline

From the rolling green pastures of France, to the sparkling coastline of Mexico, why live in a cramped, rat-infested junior one-bedroom when you can reign high in your very own castle?

The Get Out Clause, Manchester’s stars of CCTV cameras | Telegraph

Unable to afford a camera crew and equipment, The Get Out Clause decided to make use of the cameras seen all over British streets. Afterwards they wrote to the companies involved and asked for the footage under the Freedom of Information Act.

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These are my daily “Good to Know” links for 04/10/08 … please enjoy:

Incredible! on Vimeo

Dig the runningman!

How the iPhone is killing the ‘Net | Network World

Zittrain argues that today?s Internet appliances such as the iPhone and Xbox hamper innovation. That?s because these locked-down devices prohibit the kind of tinkering by end users that made PCs and the Internet such a force of action and change.

Episodic Strong Bad Game Coming to WiiWare | Kotaku

Strong Bad’s Cool Game for Attractive People, a series of episodic games for WiiWare, is coming to the Wii this June, Telltale Games announced today. The game will include plenty of dialog-based puzzles, the ability to make prank phone calls, and more!

Ugly? Adorable? | Uglorable!

Adorable pictures of “Ugly” animals! Super cute/ugly!

Arlington Cemetery Makes Historic Exception for World War I Veteran | Salem-News.Com

Buckles did not qualify for internment at Arlington, so Ross Perot, former U.S. Presidential candidate, took the cause to the White House. In less than two weeks, he had succeeded in securing an internment for Frank Buckles at Arlington National Cemetery.

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I was thinking today that I wanted a nice relaxing game to play, and remembered long ago that it was promised that “Beautiful Katamari” would be released for Wii. I hadn’t heard any news, so I thought I’d do a little digging and I’ve only come up with two relevant items… the first, from TripleTags (but not citing any sources):

Pushed back to August 2008

For all you Katamari fans out there, bad news. Beautiful Katamari for the Wii has been pushed back. Wondering if this game is really coming out, I checked a couple other places. Target shows that it is sold out of the game, while Gamestop doesn’t even list it. Interesting. And the only thing Namco shows is that Beautiful Katamari is available for the 360 (and has been). We will keep you posted though, no worries.

So, that got me wondering if anyone shows it for Pre-Sale with an August Release Date, and oddly enough, Walmart shows it for sale:

Coming Soon

Preorder this item today and it should ship on 08/29/2008

So Walmart shows it for sale (and allows pre-sale) with a ship date of August 29th, this year. I wonder if this is valid? I don’t wanna get my hopes up, but it’s nice to think we could be helping the Prince roll up items on the Wii.

While it’s not Katamari Damacy, De Blob seriously reminds me of the gameplay… check out the video showing it. Now that’s just the “sandbox,” but it is being made into a game for the Wii according to Joystiq:

THQ recently touted its original Wii games, saying that the company is creating titles especially for that platform, and pushing multi-platform, “next-generation” games on the PS3 and 360. de Blob is one of the first of these Wii-only games, although its origins go back to a student, PC project. Still, de Blob’s strange style matches the Wii.

In this cute game, players splatter color over a whitewashed world. That’s mostly it, all of the buildings, roads, trees, and other objects are blank, and its up to you to colorize the surroundings. The analog stick steers the blob character, while flicks with the Wiimote jump or perform other actions. The D-pad can change the camera angle, but it usually stayed in a clear position when I recently played.

It looks quite fun, and while not Katamari, it would be a nice laid back replacement, methinks.  If I find out anything else out, I’ll be sure to post it, but until then, just keep an eye out!!

These are my daily “Good to Know” links for 04/05/08 … please enjoy:

Battle of the Bands (Wii) | Joystiq

Battle of the Bands pits gamers against each other in a rhythm competition. The tug-of-war between the players causes the song play to play in the winner's genre, so you could hear "Whoomp! There it is" as country or "Man of Constant Sorrow" in hip-hop.

Windows 7 to arrive next year, says Bill Gates | Engadget

Bill Gates told investors this afternoon that Windows 7 will come "in the next year" and that he's "super-enthused" about it.

Viper made of recycled keyboard | Korean Art & Artist

This work is Viper made of recycled computer keyboard painter Choi Jung Hyun made this work at his exhibition for the purpose of making audience be aware of the importance of recycling.

Old School Geek Computer Desk | BoingBoing

A computer geek's desk from 25 years ago, complete with a Star Wars drinking glass collection

In Memorium: 'The Office' Dedicates Episode To Internet Piano Prodigy | Defamer

In case you missed it, at the end of the episode they showed a video of a 15-year-old boy playing The Office theme on his piano, followed by an "In Memoriam" note. That boy was Nathan Alden Robinson, who died last month of complications from the flu.

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