Nerdy News for Tuesday, May 10, 2005

IGN is gearing up for E3 with a lot of pre-show previews. If you are an avid gamer and want video reviews, online game guides, and other stuff, then I highly recommend IGN's $18-$20 membership where you get all the E3 video reports (and I get no money from IGN). IGN's hot scoop yesterday were these photos of the XBox 360 and the various components. You know the design of the XBox 360 looks cool and all that, but won't those white components get all smudged up pretty quickly with greasy fingerprints? I often eat Cheetos while playing a game. I suppose I will have to buy the XBox 360 when it comes out and then trade up later for a special edition XBox that is Halo green. Over at AICN, there's news that Goyer has plans for two more Batman sequels. In the second movie, the Batman will fight the Joker, but won't kill him. In the third movie, the Joker will be tried by Harvey Dent, and this time the Joker is the one who scars Dent's face for life. Newsarama has a revealing interview with Peter David about his Hulk plans for the rest of this year, and a great interview with the artist of my favorite superhero series, Howard Porter. I haven't picked up the Adam Strange series yet, as I waited for the trade, but now I might regret it because that Rann-Thanagar War mini-series looks pretty damn cool. There's more hard evidence that Lucasfilm will produce a Star Wars TV show set between Episodes 3 and 4, and filming will occur in budget land, Australia. Finally, let me leave you with some eye candy: the bimbos in Midway's upcoming Blitz: Playmakers video game. They aren't gonna let losing the NFL license stop them! Nuff said.