So, between last weekend’s PAX shenanigans, more details on Sonic CD’s re-release and some weird trailer for SAGE that was released, we’ve got a lot to cover this week. Let’s go!

Sonic Retro News

• This shouldn’t come as a huge surprise at this point, but Sonic CD is coming to XBLA, PSN and a bevvy of mobile devices. Oh, and it’s being ported by Retro’s Own (TM) Taxman. Also, it’s pretty awesome. [ Sonic CD coming to everything except Nintendo systems ]
• Bgvanbur has been researching Cinepak on the Sega CD, which needless to say, isn’t the best-documented codec. So why not make a technical demo with…Nyan Cat? I’m sensing a trend here with hackers and that cat. [ Demystifying Cinepak for Sega ]
• The KKM linked a very odd video on the forums looking for an explanation behind it. Personally, I don’t have one, but it still needs to be seen for its sheer weirdness. That, and maybe one of you actually do know its origins. [ A weird video in the Supreme Topic ]

Sega/Sonic News

• Lots of great things happened for Sega at this year’s PAX: a great party at Gameworks, an award for best booth with Aliens: Colonial Marines, but most importantly…dance-off. [ Details on Twitter, for now ]
• Speaking of PAX, a new trailer for Rise of Nightmares was released for the expo, continuing the campy theme seen with their last video. This also confirms my feelings that watching anyone play with a Kinect will always be unintentionally hilarious. [ Rise of Nightmares – PAX 2011 Undead Spokesman Live Action Trailer ]
• The under-appreciated Valkyria Chronicles II is receiving a re-release in Japan as part of “Sega the Best,” a budget line there, for about $20. DLC is thrown in to boot. [ SEGA of Japan Gives Fans Another Edition of Valkyria Chronicles II! ]
• Junpei Takiguchi, known to Sega fans as the voice of Dr. Eggman in the Sonic the Hedgehog OVA, passed away today. He was 80 years old and lost a battle with stomach cancer. [ Voice Actor/Narrator Junpei Takiguchi Passes Away ]

Other Stuff

• From Portal helping a guy through house arrest to how a transwoman used video games to accept her identity, this blog is a great collection of essays on the importance of gaming. [ How games saved my life ]
• Think you can name any game just by the sound (or, more likely, are bored and have a few minutes to kill?) PBS has a neat little flash game that quizzes players on classic video game sound effects. [ Name That Game ]
• A set of French illustrations demonstrating life in the year 2000 done in the year 1910 have recently been scanned and uploaded to the Internet. brb, gotta refill the helium in my dual-blimp ship. [ What People in 1910 Thought the Year 2000 Would Be Like? ]

 

Monday Video

OK, So many fishies I got caviar for ovaries isn’t really a lyric I can drop in everyday conversation, but that is certainly not going to stop me from trying.