It must drive Huey Lewis nuts some days…
Posted on April 30, 2007
The Japanese love Ghostbusters, or at least, they love the theme song, as it seems to end up on a lot of their rhythm games - case in point above, where someone posted the video that runs in the background when you dance dance your butt butt off off in the Japan-only PS2 title, Stepping Selection (video game reviewers love the song too.) Another example would be Beatmania IIDX Gold, a Japanese arcade drumming game. At least, I think it’s drumming.
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Cereal:Geek pt. 2
Posted on April 29, 2007
I mentioned previously a new magazine called Cereal:Geek. Well, I finally got my copy in the mail a couple of weeks back - I just haven’t had time to mention it.
It’s as keen as I expected it to be - besides additional art by Ken Steacy (he of the Now comics cover fame) they did a walk-through of the opening credits, an article on sometimes RGB contributing studio, Toei, and did head-to-head essays on RGB versus Filmation’s Ghost Busters, complete with Peter fighting Jake. And that’s just the Ghostbusters stuff - they covered a lot of Saturday morning ground, and promise more good stuff to come.
Issue one is currently only available via their website, but the second issue will be solicited through Previews (at which time, they also think they may re-offer the first issue.)
And in the meantime, they’ve been posting notable clips from various cartoons, including RGB, on YouTube.
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Back off man, I’m a musicalalogical-scientist.
Posted on April 28, 2007
Take a pair of Tesla coils, hook them up to a MIDI controller, and play the Ghostbusters MIDI file from the NES version of the game - the result? High energy EM fields buzzing out the theme to Ghostbusters. Now that’s a science project I can get behind!
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GB2 Video Press Kit
Posted on April 25, 2007
For years now, I’ve had a copy of the GB2 video press kit - a video tape of material for TV stations to us in promoting the movie. And now, FINALLY, someone has put it on YouTube for everyone to see (no, not me. I’m not that high-tech.)
Thanks to GozerJr for spotting them.
[UPDATE] AJ at GBProps found a fourth part, and it’s still missing a bunch of stuff from the press kit.
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Converting a GI Joe to a GB = GB Joe?
Posted on April 23, 2007
Years ago - many many years ago - a fella by the name of Arron Mack arrived on the scene, showing off his custom Ghostbuster 12″ figure. The tiny props and costume he made, not to mention the Ray style head, were amazing. Over time, we lost track of him, but now, exactly seven years and one month since we first posted about his figure, Mack is back. He has posted pictures of his kit and better yet, is looking to see who might be interested in buying additional kits.
And one interested should go let him know and even if you’re not, you should see the pictures he posted.
[update] Score! I found the old article and the links still work. Here are the original photos he posted (including the two posted at GB.net.) And two pictures of Pooh Bear. That’s a bonus, let’s say.
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Ghostbusters in 5 seconds… er… 16 seconds
Posted on April 23, 2007
The title is misleading, but it’s still funny - thanks J.P.!
Critical failure roll, you cross the streams.
Posted on April 21, 2007
In the wake of my posting about the GB-style d20 game system, some gently, slightly condescendingly, but ultimately pointlessly reminded me that there was already a GB RPG. Yes, but this is new, and not everyone wants to track down a copy of the old game.
However, they did rightly illustrate that I probably should have pushed my old RPG features more, especially now that I updated part one (part two, due before the end of the world) with old, rescued online materials to help a person set up their own classic GB RPG game.
Also, James N. spotted a situation appropriate episode of Full Frontal Nerdity. Thanks, mate! Ace!
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Busting makes me feel… [roll roll roll] …good.
Posted on April 18, 2007
When the d20 system, made famous in Dungeons and Dragons, was made available to game developers under a broad, open license, I wondered how long it would take for someone to apply it to Ghostbusters. Well, now I can stop the clock - Octavirate Entertainment is releasing ExorSystems, Inc™. While not a licensed Ghostbusters product - not a Ghostbusters product period - it’s clearly close to the hearts of the designers.
I’m still looking it over, but why wait for me? Go check out the free preview at RPGNow.com.
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Ramis clarifies situation - GB3 not so much, video game, yes.
Posted on April 6, 2007
Attending the Vail Film Festival (where he won a career award), Harold Ramis was interviewed by the local paper, and was as you’d expect, instantly asked about a third Ghostbusters. Ramis confirmed that the live-action option with the original actors is “slim”, and that he and Aykroyd have discussed a CGI film with Columbia, making it a possibility, but far from confirmed.
However, he did back-up Aykroyd’s earlier comments about there being a video game.
Harold Ramis: […] The only thing I know for sure is there is a video game coming out that Danny and I are going to do the voices for. So that’ll be fun.
CS: When will that happen?
HR: We haven’t recorded yet, but they’ve showed me all the animations for the game and the game settings and the characters. It’s all in the works now. I guess it’s a long development period on games and very expensive - they invest a lot of money in these things.
So, the video game is more than just Aykroyd hint dropping, both he and Ramis are providing voices (as you’d suspect, no mention of Bill Murray, but surprisingly also no mention of Ernie Hudson), and it’s already in the early production phase (which puts it in line with Aykroyd’s suggestion that it would be out in 2008.)
Gold star to Italian Raymond for the spot.
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“You can’t park that here!”
Posted on April 5, 2007
From Profiles In History’s latest auction, a prop sign from the New York firehall location.
403. Parking sign from Ghost Busters. (Columbia, 1984) White with red letters aluminum parking sign printed, “RESERVED FOR GHOST BUSTERS, ALL OTHERS WILL BE TOWED AWAY”. From the first Ghost Busters film. Most likely used for the Ghostbusters’ vehicle, the ECTO-1. $400 – $600
Thanks to PKESurge for the heads-up. The auction is by registration only, but it may not be too late yet.
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