!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Zine Scene - O t a k u B o y O n l i n e - Zine Scene The best news from the best vid-gaming sites -- Oct. 14, 1998 Vol. 1 No. 9 My GOD! It's fulla stars! -- written by OtakuBoy - "It's got to be REAL!" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hey, let OtakuBoy spew in your e-mail box! Send a "hey, subscribe me" to Otakuboy@bigfoot.com OtakuBoy loves you. OtakuBoy cares. That's why OtakuBoy unleashes his virtual scrubbing bubbles onto all the online console video game sites -- even on sites you've never heard of before -- to scour out the best features, reviews, previews, and news. Then OtakuBoy tells you where to go get them. OtakuBoy loves you. Now, love OtakuBoy back. =OtakuBoy Speaketh ========================================= OtakuBoy watched his first Pokemon episode today -- and he's still reeling from the Japanese-ness of the whole show. How is it that a trip causes a person to leap 900 feet into the air? And why won't that little tan monster talk ENGLISH! ENGLISH, you bug! I'm really kidding. Pokemon grabbed my interest and everyone here should try to see it -- at least once. You too will believe a man can trip on an acorn and launch 900 feet into the air. Oy veh. ----------- Pocket-Station-On-The-Brain. That's the theme for Sony coverage on many of the sites. If Playstation means you it's a station you play with, does PocketStation mean it's a station you put in your pocket? ;P IGNPSX has a nice story on the whole sensation, but they don't re-list the titles. You're gonna have to go to Game Fan for that. Read both. Print 'em out. Stuff 'em your pocket. Can your heart stand the anxiety likely to come from this idea? Videogames.com decides to release a "Quake screen a day" to celebrate the new "Quake" for PSX. The first one appeared last night. Tonight... Well, you know the drill. Since that's likely to be over quickly, bop on over to IGNPSX to see what they got in their "Rugrats" preview. Could it be that Dig Dug has been reincarnated? Well, Videogames.com thinks so in their super cool preview of Vermin. See if you can figure out all the similarities and e-mail 'em to otakuboy@bigfoot.com. "Colorful phrase-o- the-day" goes to Console Domain and their review of "Buggy." "PLOPS FROM THE SKY?!" I think I can say that without spoiling the review. Meanwhile, Videogames.com reviews "X Games Pro Boarder." Will there be a Nude Code in Tomb Raider 3? Excuse me while I head to the restroom to take care of -- ahh -- something. Thank you. All better now. Check out GameFan for the latest. Actually the story has something to do with Lara's new wardrobe, but as soon as I saw "nude code" ... well, you know. Oh, hey, back to Pokemon. Nintendo launched their new Pokemon site. Details are... Well, there are NO details on SixtyFour.com, but there is a convenient link. And speaking of things that make the GameBoy go spitter-spat, Midway will support Color GameBoy in a big way. Details at Digital-Ages. Side rant: I have decided that some things shouldn't be done. If you're playing AD&D, you shouldn't attack a Red Dragon with a morning star. Bad idea. Simliarly, Nintendojo wonders if "Fighting Force 64" is bad idea. Videogames.com has a nifty preview of "Jest," that game that says, "I'm funny, laugh at me." IGN64 runs with a preview of "O.D.T." (Or Die Trying). And SixtyFour.com carries news of Nintendo ending another counterfeit problem. Oh, when will those pirates learn, huh? Ok, OK, I'm wrong! There's still Tokyo Game Show stuff coming down about Dreamcast. First, apparently Neo Geo Pocket will link to Dreamcast. Why? Ummm... you have to check out both Digital-Ages and GameFan for the goods. I guess for SNK, "if you can't beat 'em, link to 'em." Meanwhile, SegaX runs a very nice sourced story about how Sega may answer to a sudden appearance of PSX2. Will "Akolyte" come over to Dreamcast? Well, Dreamcaster.net thinks so. And to prove it, they sent their spies into a chat room to see what they developers had to say about a possible port. If you've ever wanted to play a title with characters that look like Weebles that could, if you pushed hard enough, fall down, then, please, head over to Videogames.com and their preview of "Sengoku Turb," latest Dreamcast title out da box. GameFan runs a news story about Sega of America's first release for Dreamcast? What is it? I'm not going to spoil it for you. Sorry. Oh, and if you've a hankerin' for a pic of WebTV and Dreamcast, check it out at SegaX! Oh, and one last note: If you're a frequent buying member at EB, then check out FGNOnline for an oh-so special offer. Otakuboy -- who is, as of today, suffering from pneumonia -- out. ============================================================ Links: -- What games will ya be able to stuff in yer PocketStation? -- http://www.gamefan.com/hotinfo/10_98/10_14e.htm -- They dig deeper for info on PocketStation. -- http://psx.ign.com/news/5269.html -- A Quake screen a day helps keep the therapist booked. -- http://www.videogames.com/psx/shoot/quake2/screenindex.html -- Rugrats. -- http://psx.ign.com/previews/10340.html -- Vermin & Dig Dug are cousins! Identical cousins! -- http://www.videogames.com/psx/pltfrm/vermin/ -- Buggy "plops from the sky." -- http://www.consoledomain.com/psx/reviews/Buggy.html -- Woah, dude, like X Games Pro Boarder. -- http://www.videogames.com/psx/sports/xgamesp/review.html -- Nude code? Oh, oh, oh my. -- http://www.gamefan.com/hotinfo/10_98/10_14d.htm -- A new Pokemon site! -- http://www.sixtyfour.com/ -- Midway: "We love Color Gameboy!" -- http://www.digital-ages.com/dao/news/next/w27_5.htm -- Some things shouldn't be done, right? -- http://www.nintendojo.com/games/fightforce/ -- Surely you JEST! -- http://www.videogames.com/n64/pltfrm/jest/ -- Click this link. Or Die Trying. -- http://ign64.ign.com/previews/3917.html -- Bust dat ass on dem counterfeiters. -- http://www.sixtyfour.com/ -- Neo Geo Pockets Dreamcast. -- http://www.digital-ages.com/dao/news/next/w27_6.htm -- http://www.gamefan.com/hotinfo/10_98/10_14c.htm -- We ain't 'fraid a-no PSX2. -- http://www.segadreamcast.net/news/news_981014_contingencyplans.htm -- Will Akolyte dump on Dreamcast? -- http://www.dreamcaster.net/news/101398-04.htm -- They look like weebles, except these can fall. -- http://www.videogames.com/dream/rpg/sengoku/screenindex.html -- The first Sega of America title. -- http://www.gamefan.com/hotinfo/10_98/10_14a.htm -- Dreamcast and Web TV! -- http://www.segadreamcast.net/news/news_981014_webtvdc.htm -- EB Frequent Buyers! -- http://www.fgnonline.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------ Thus ends another ish of OtakuBoy Online. The place for the squeeky clean zine scene... and those zines better get to writin' better features. Zine Scene - O t a k u B o y O n l i n e - Zine Scene -- Oct. 14, 1998 Vol. 1 No. 9 My GOD! It's fulla stars! -- written by OtakuBoy - "It's got to be REAL!" Please, let the love into your e-mail box! Send a "hey, subscribe me" to Otakuboy@bigfoot.com !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!