NIS America: Holy Invasion of Privacy, Badman! 2 will be a twofer

PSP owners who passed on the original Holy Invasion of Privacy, Badman! because it was a download-only title can stop pouting: According to Amazon.com, Holy Invasion of Privacy, Badman! and its sequel will share space on a UMD that will hit store shelves on March 2 for the lower-than-low price of $29.99.

Here's a Holy Invasion of Privacy, Badman! 2 trailer, for anyone who hasn't seen it:

Castlevania: The Adventure Rebirth remix (aka Christopher Belmont is a dancing queen)

If you haven't yet checked out the official U.S. trailer for Castlevania: The Adventure Rebirth, do yourself a favor and check it out now:



The choice of music is interesting, don't you think? Maybe the folks at Konami are trying to give us a hint as to how (and where) Christoper Belmont likes to spend his time when he's not hunting Dracula...

A peek into Mario's closet

SplitReason.com--which sells "gear for geeks and gamers"--wants to know what you think about the following t-shirt design (created by Glen Brogan and called "Mario's Closet"):

I'd certainly buy a t-shirt bearing this design--assuming I like the cut of the shirt. How about you?

(BTW, you can share your thoughts on the design here.)

Out.com considers 'the gayest video games'

Out magazine rarely, if ever, covers video games, so I was a bit surprised when I saw an article about "the gayest video games" pop up on Out.com recently.

The article (if it can be called that) starts out well enough, with the following, flirty text: "From the enduring love affair of the Contra boys to the sexplosion of Street Fighter, here are our favorite, gayest video games."

It kind of goes downhill from there, though. For instance, here's the text that accompanies Super Mario Bros., the first entry on Out's list: "Cleaning pipes and taking names." Duke Nukem's is even worse: "Chasing pussy was just a front for the muscled Chelsea queen."

Oh, well, at least they're talking about video games. Right?

Is it strange that I want a 360 just so I can play XBLA games?

I know I've mentioned the above before, but it's true--I want an Xbox 360, but only so I can play an increasing number of XBLA games.

Case in point: The upcoming Arkedo Series: 03 Pixel!



According to tinycartridge.com's Eric Caoili, this lovely little game is the product of a collaboration between two well-regarded French developers: Pastagames (makers of Maestro! Jump in Music) and Arkedo Studio (Big Bang Mini).

Should I ever get a 360, I'll have to pick up another of Arkedo's XBLA releases, too--Arkedo Series: 01 Jump!, which boasts a similarly.retro-rific appearance.