Proton Charging: Hardcore Ghostbusters Online

If you had a hard time finding one of those Sexy Ghostbuster costumes this year, I think I might know why. It’s an army! And they’ve captured Mr. Stay-Puft, so don’t mess with them!

Thanks Dan!

While they were supposed to announce their products on their special Ghostbusters site, Master Replicas is apparently having a little technical difficulty. But rather than let Halloween pass with no word, MR made a short post on their main site.

Happy Halloween!

-Ghost Trap Limited Edition 1:1 scale with lights, sounds and other features. ETA: Spring 2009

-Proton Pack Limited Edition 1:1 scale with lights, sounds and other features. ETA: Fall 2009

Other products will be announced shortly. This is only the beginning!

Colour me surprised - I didn’t think they’d go for a 1:1 scale proton pack. That’s going to be one pricey piece of beautiful. Thanks to Brendan and Daniel.

Nothing more need be said really - Kotaku, via Variety, is reporting the official word we’ve been waiting for. You heard it here first, but now it’s golden, Atari has picked up the Ghostbusters video game and expects to release it “early Summer” next year (so… June? 8th maybe?)

The basic nature of the deal is that Atari paid Activision an unspecified amount to take the game off their hands (it’s being referred to as a flat fee, which suggests that Activision is cut out of the royalties, but that’s just a guess) and that Atari has arranged a right of first refusal with Sony to make follow-up games, if the first rocks the world.

Nevil and Sean, cheers for the heads up.

So far, seemingly, so good - the site overhaul has been running for nearly three days straight, and while I’ve personally had a page load stall a couple of times, a reload always got it back. So, my question to you, dear readers, is how’s it been going for you? I can’t tell if something is broken unless I bump into it myself, or you tell me, so feel free to make a comment or drop me a line (snazzy new button, top left.)

Cheers!

Time-Life has sent us some more promotional goods on the Real Ghostbusters DVD set, particularly the Steelbook disc cases. Some of this are elements we saw from Friday’s pic, but most are a new high-rez peek at the packaging. Maaaan, I don’t want to wait another couple of weeks!

- Full set unpacked and on display
- Firehall case
- All Steelbooks, with one open
- Steelbook One
- Steelbook Two
- Steelbook Three
- Steelbook Four
- Steelbook Five

Bill commented a heads up; “For those of you in the Fargo, ND/Moorhead, MN area, the local discount theater in Moorhead is showing Ghostbusters for $4 tonight and tomorrow at 9:30.”
At the Marcus Safari Theater - I’m assuming if you live in the area, you’ll know what I mean. Thanks, Bill.

Man, that’d be a blast - getting to watch Ghostbusters at a drive-in. I can’t go (I have plans. And I’m really far away. And my car isn’t water-proof. Also, I don’t have a car), but if you live close-by, maybe all you UK readers can go!

If you’re in the Scottsdale, Arizona area, you might want to hit the UA Pavillions 11 for the 7PM showing of Ghostbusters. The AZGBs will be in attendance, and there will be a trivia contest before hand, apparently. Go here for more info.

Family Channel will be showing both Ghostbusters movies, one after the other - perfect for post-trick-or-treat viewing! Check local listings!

[NOTE:} This is for the Canadian Family Channel, not the US Family Channel.

Never one to pass up an opportunity to mine our collective childhoods, Scott Kurtz at PvP has started an excellent Halloween story arc, which features a certain piece of Real Ghostbusters equipment. Here’s the start of the storyline. Though for some reason he’s using code - in this case, it’s called an MKE meter, or Monster Kinetic Energy meter. Which is alright, but I’m pretty sure detecting monster kinetic energy is either a motion sensor or getting punched in the face by a werewolf.