Wow!  I’m really bummed that I can’t check out this show in person.  Gallery 1988 in LA looks like they’ve got another another huge hit of an art show on their hands with The 3G Show: Ghostbusters, Goonies & Gremlins.  It’s a brilliant concept with a great lineup of artists.  Check the wealth of images below for previews and additional promo materials:

The opening is from 7-10 pm tonight at G1988, at 7020 Melrose in Los Angeles.

For more info about the show and Gallery 1988, please check out their official site here.

Attention New Mexico Nerds: yet another cool art show, featuring our pal, Jonathan Perea @ Trillion Art Space, tonight. Get your Albuquerque Nerd on, y’all!

Get all the deets on Revenge of the Supercool here.

One of the coolest Nerd events of the fall has to be IndieCade, the independent video game festival taking place October 8-10, in Culver City, California.

Featuring an award show hosted by Star Trek superstar/reading fanatic LeVar Burton, the fest celebrates the spirit of indie game development.

With an opportunity for gamers, investors, and creators to rub elbows, this is a chance to see the future of gaming…now. Ranging from artsy to innovative to just plain weird, this is sure to be a badass time. Plus, LeVar Burton is there! Nominated games include:

Bit.Trip Runner:

Cargo Delivery:

LIMBO:

Monsters Stole My Princess (Probably):

See all the nominees, learn all about IndieCade, and get tickets here.

Follow LeVar Burton on twitter here.

Capcom has released a brief look at the upcoming Mega Man Universe game which is set to be on display at this weekends PAX event in Seattle. The video still doesn’t give us an idea of what the game actually is but the look is fantastic, with what I’d describe as Mega Man 2.5D.

Our friends at the OhNo!Doom Gallery will have not one but two awesome shows opening this Saturday, September 4th! Long time associate of Nerd City, Max Bare will, along with his sister, Zoe, feature a bunch of sibling-themed collaborative pieces for the Bare Squared show. Ohio’s Amanda Spayd will also be showing her creepy, yet lovably awesome work in Bedtime Stories: The Art of Amanda Louise Spayd.

The opening reception is from 6-10 pm and the shows will run until September 25th. OhNo!Doom is located at 1800 N. Milwaukee in Chicago.

For more info on the Bares, Max’s official blog is here and Zoe’s site is here.

To check out more work by Amanda Spayd, her official site is here.

Finally, for all of the latest from OhNo!Doom, check out their site here.

When the news broke about a new Back To The Future game from Telltale Games, most of us got excited. This is due to the fact that Telltale games have been releasing fantastic new games in the Sam & Max series along with the brand new Monkey Island games. Not much is known about the new BTTF game, but if its a point and click adventure or anything like the games mentioned earlier, fans of the BTTF series should not be disappointed. And to calm your nerves even more, Telltale has announced that Christopher Lloyd will be back to reprise his role as Doc Brown and Telltale has the official likeness rights to use Michael J. Fox as Marty McFly and the official design of the DeLorean from the flicks. Finally, Bob Gale is being brought in to consult on the creation of the script and game as well. With all that news, I’m predicting a fun game from Telltale this time around and look forward to its release this October to coincide with the 25th Anniversary of the original Back To The Future.

On top of a Back To The Future game, Telltale is also working on new Jurassic Park games as well. There is no word on what systems these games will be for, but based off of previous game releases they should hit all major consoles.

Source: Telltale Games and Kotaku

Major Nelson has some new hardware news and that is in regards to the newly designed Xbox 360 controller. One big complaint of 360 users has been that the D-Pad doesn’t feel correct. Compared to the Wii, PS3 and other systems, the 360 D-Pad has never been popped up but more of a smooth style on a disc, I guess that’s how I’d explain it. But this November 9th, Microsoft will be launching the new controller that has an extended D-Pad that will be similar to how the D-Pad feels on other controllers. What is interesting about this new controller though is that you can still keep the D-Pad in it’s original smooth state if you’d like as you control how the D-Pad sticks up by turning the D-Pad on the controller. This new controller should definitly appeal more to fighting game fans that don’t use a joystick and just to the general market as well. The downside for 360 owners is that you can only buy this new controller in the bundled charge kit for $65, but considering it is better to have a charge kit than buying tons of batteries it’s not that big of a deal. Once again this new controller will be available in stores on November 9th.

Yesterday saw the release of Metroid: Other M for the Nintendo Wii. With this game being one of the most highly anticipated releases for the Wii this year, I had high hopes for a fun experience. Luckily I wasn’t disappointed by what I got. I’ll be the first to admit that I’ve never beaten a Metroid game in the past and I wasn’t that big of a fan of the Prime series, but I love 2D style gameplay and classic Nintendo properties so this seemed like a good fit.

The gameplay is fantastic, holding the Wiimote sideways like a classic NES controller makes you feel like you’re playing the original NES or SNES titles. All the buttons are laid out perfectly for the control system and switching from 3rd to 1st person is much smoother and responsive than I thought it would be. The only downside is while in 1st person view you can not move around, so doing this while in a fight can definitely disorient you at first when you are begin attacked by aliens and you can’t see them.

While playing as Samus you will automatically lock on to enemies so that you aren’t just randomly shooting around, if you aim in their direction you’ll probably end up shooting your target. On top of that morphing into a ball is a very smooth transaction and handles quite well on the D-Pad. The D-Pad can get frustrating on some of the platform elements as you feel restricted by the size of the D-pad and it can make navigating certain platforms tricky. Outside of that I really had no complaints with the control or set up for the game.

Currently I only have two issues with the game. The first is that you are limited to you weapons and what you can use at the beginning of the game. You are equipped with everything you’d need, but the army you are working with only authorizes use of certain items at certain stages of the game. This is consistant though with other Metroid games as you would have to find upgrades to your suit before being able to use said weapons, but starting off with them and waiting for someone to tell you it is ok to use is a little frusturating especially when you see a puzzle you would like to solve but can’t due to authorization restrictions. Outside of that extremely minor complaint the only other issue I have with the game is that there are way too many cut scenes in the game. The cut scenes are important as they really flesh out Samus’ past and connects Super Metroid to this game, but you can not skip them at all you have to sit through them. This is quite the downfall as it seems that after about 15mins of gameplay you are subjected to another 5+mins of cinema. Within the first hour of playing, I was only controlling Samus for about 25 of the 60mins, the rest were cut scenes. I’m hoping this gets better as I go through the game, but based off of other reviews it doesn’t seem this will happen. So far after being only a few hours into the game I can honestly recommend this to any Wii owner and you should enjoy the game. It’s not as good as Mario Galaxy 2 or some other titles but it is a definite own for any Nintendo fan. I’d say all in all I’d give it a 7 out of 10.

Thanks to Gametrailers for the preview video.

Argentina is a magical land where double L’s are pronounced as soft J’s and, in  the 80’s, they had the best MOTU bootlegs, knockoffs and variants.  The good people at the online Ebay store, Argentostore, are trying to keep some of that MOTU/Argentina magic alive by releasing some really amazing vintage-style customs.  These are sculpted by Pablo (yes, just “Pablo”) and are available exclusively through their Ebay store.

That’s where we get to these 11 pieces of customized plastic awesomeness.  They are being sold as a set and each figure is referential to a specific 80’s appearance of Mer-Man.  Please click on the pics below for more details.

If you’re the world’s biggest Mer-Man fan & you’ve got $300 to spare, head over to this Ebay auction right now and make them yours!

Or, if you’re getting your Christmas shopping done early, head over there and make them mine.