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Powerglove Goes to Japan with Mega– er, Rockman

Powerglove Goes to Japan with Mega– er, Rockman

With but one small exception, we haven't said much about the speed metal group Powerglove. It hasn't been by design or anything, merely circumstance. However, today brings a little bit of news to help us change that. Via Heat Man, Cap Kobun has come across a little...

Powerglove Goes to Japan with Mega– er, Rockman

Bandai D-Arts Zero Type 2 Contest

Yeah Zero is cool, blah blah blah. I wasted all my ridiculous prose writing for the opening post, and you're not here for that crap anyway. You've got no time for it; you're just that cool, aren't you? So let's cut to the chase. We got two Zero figures. You wanna win...

Powerglove Goes to Japan with Mega– er, Rockman

Mega Man X2 Releasing on European Wii VC This Week

Well how's that for a touch of irony? Europe didn't get Mega Man X for quite a while until after North America got it, but now you guys appear to be getting Mega Man X2 before us! The game will be available on the Wii's Virtual Console service the 31st, this Thursday...

Powerglove Goes to Japan with Mega– er, Rockman

Mega Man Cartoon Opening Remade in 8-Bit Style

Say what you will about the Ruby-Spears Mega Man cartoon, but at least it had a cool opening. Which is why it made perfect sense for YouTube user ColoniaContraAtaca to remake it in the style of the games which inspired it: You can compare it with the original here, or...

Powerglove Goes to Japan with Mega– er, Rockman

Custom Kotobukiya Rockman “Quint” Figure

Click to enlarge. Here is a neat little find from CAP Kobun: a customized Kotobukiya Rockman figure, designed by Ken Nagano to look like the Blue Bomber's futuristic alter-ego, Quint! As for the Sakugarne? That's made from scratch. You can find the individual pictures...

Powerglove Goes to Japan with Mega– er, Rockman

Is “Blue Bomber” a Blight on Mega Man?

For nearly as long as Mega Man has been around, fans and the media have also known the robot hero as the "Blue Bomber." We've discussed the origin of this term in the past, but now the question has been put forth: is it really appropriate for Dr. Light's prized...

Powerglove Goes to Japan with Mega– er, Rockman

Rockman Tracks from Zoku Fami Compi

The curious licensed Famicom album Zoku Fami Compi is out today in Japan. As we reported before, it's the second CD in a series of arrangements from various Famicom (NES) games. Given the interests of viewers to this site, I thought it relevant to let you hear the...

Powerglove Goes to Japan with Mega– er, Rockman

Worlds of Power: Mega Man 2 Animated

We've talked about the Scholastic Worlds of Power book based on Mega Man 2 before, and we've even seen the Angry Video Game Nerd, James Rolfe, perform a straight reading of it. But never in our wildest imaginations did we imagine we would ever be able to watch it:...

Powerglove Goes to Japan with Mega– er, Rockman

Covers and Solicitation for Archie’s Mega Man #17

A new day, a new solicitation for Archie's Mega Man comic book series. This time, we're looking at two new covers as issue #17 is set to reveal the origin of everyone's favorite Red Rocker, Proto Man! But, there's something more to this issue... something rather...

Powerglove Goes to Japan with Mega– er, Rockman

Homage to old-school gaming on Community tonight

Cult favorite TV sitcom Community is renowned for doing stylized and spoof episodes based on all kinds of popular culture and tonight's three-part season finale is no exception. The first episode of the night, Digital Estate Planning, will have an old-school gaming...

Powerglove Goes to Japan with Mega– er, Rockman

Mega Man Comic Covers on deviantART

Just a quick note for you fans of Mega Man art and the Archie comic alike; colorist Matt Herms has added some new covers to his gallery on deviantART. Now, you can see such awesome images as Mega Man squaring off against Crash Man, the tabloid-esque cover to issue...

Powerglove Goes to Japan with Mega– er, Rockman

Mega Ran’s “Endless” Remixed

Get ready to drop asterisks like it's hot (though this track contains no NSFW language, as far as I can tell). This is a remix of "Endless" from Random's Mega Man 9 album, done by J1Studios. Pretty cool if you ask me, and although I'm not a big rap connoisseur, the...

Powerglove Goes to Japan with Mega– er, Rockman

Mega Man Versus Marathon on May 17th

Beginning at 6pm EST this Thursday, May 17th, the Ocean City Trinity, Triple Speed Runners, Bonus Stage Marathons, and Team Brocket are holding a 72-hour "Mega Man Versus" marathon for Child's Play, during which they will be playing through 24 different games from the...