Alright y’all. I love me some Sonic the Hedgehog, but the good folks over at CNET and destructoid have reported that Sonic 4 will be done, not by Sonic Team, but by Dimps.

Now, admittedly, Dimps made good sonic games, like Sonic Rush and Sonic Advance… but I had really hoped Sonic Team had simply shaped up. Well, it’s way better than another fail game, at least, but part of my nerd heart still doesn’t want to give up on Sonic Team, despite all their failings.

Oh well, either way, at least we have more proof that Sonic 4 will be a good game, and not another boil on my soul like so many Sonic Team games.

Here’s the links, and there’s a snazzy screen shot of the developer info  on Destructoid: CNET Destructoid

Yep, you read correctly. Johnny Yong Bosch is going to be in the next Saw film, obviously titled Saw VII, but possibly also calld Saw 3-freakin’-D.

Bosch, whom I’ve met at anime cons for the signing of everything Trigun I own as well as a Power Rangers VHS and to (admittedly creepily) ask him to record my voice mail message, has been in quite a few of this nerd’s favorite things. He was my favorite Ninja Ranger because I loved the Frog Zord, and because White Ranger was never as cool as Green Ranger. Sorry Tommy. Good luck in Mixed Martial Arts! He’s kicking serious tail, btw. Not to divert, but here’s the vid, which I saw on nerd news blog Topless Robot.

Holy crap, Jason, way to earn Tommy’s whopping four Ranger helmets, plus that shiny doctorate he got in the later seasons.

Back on topic, Bosch is also the voice of Vash the Stampede, from Trigun, as well as dozens of other anime, but Trigun is my favorite.

He’s also been in TONS of games and a few movies. His IMDB is worth a look.

It’s there that I saw, thanks to my good buddy Niko, that he is going to be in the next Saw movie.

Holy crap, I think the heroes of my childhood are clashing with the villains of my adulthood.

Jigsaw is going to kill my favorite voice actor, and second favorite power ranger… in 3D.

I think I need to pray. -GG

Been too long, waiting for this game. Too long have I endured since the wonders that were Sonic, Sonic 2 and 3, as well as Sonic and Knuckles. Heck, I’ll even let CD, 3D Blast and Mean Bean Machine slide, and those are PUSHING IT. Since then… well… since then…

For the love of God, and all that is Holy...

And that’s just the GAMES. Let’s not gent into Sonic X, which was the biggest freaking fail since Sonic took the fail train into fail village and shacked up with princess fail at the fail hotel. Even the comics have gone to crap, not to mention Sonic Underground… ugh… I need to go puke…

I know, Jack, that’s how I felt when I played Sonic Heroes, too.

That being said, yesterday we got wind that Project Needlemouse is now, officially, Sonic the Hedgehog 4. It will be a downloadable game that comes in installments, like the Half Life Episode games. It’ll be released on Wii, PS3, and 360, as well as a ’secret 4th system’ rumored to be the Ipod touch and the Iphone, which aren’t gaming consoles, you morons.

The plot, btw, is following the original, taking place just after the rescue of angel island and the destruction of the Death Egg.

The first chapter is now slated for later this year, expect spontaneous updates from me here, or you can go to more official sources, like SEGA or Wikipedia. -GG

So, as a lot of you know, or SHOULD know, we’ve got info on a new sonic game today.

If you somehow missed the funbus, get your ticket to ride over at SEGA’s blog.

So far, we know ONLY SONIC is playable. Thank you, merciful rainbow Obama Jesus. Will the others appear? Who knows, but if I had anything so say about it, most would die in terrible fires. Why? Here’s a bulleted list.

• Sonic, he can really move (but not in 3D)
• Sonic, he’s got an attitude (in the comics and pre 2000)
• Sonic, he’s the fastest thing ali-ee-ive (but not when next to ANY OTHER CHARACTER BECAUSE THEIR ALL THE SAME SPEED NOW.)

Here, I’ll even give you the Needlemouse teaser.

Sweet, huh?

Well, today we get the full details, like come new concept art and the true title. Brace for fail, pray for Sonic the Hedgehog 4, only on the Sega Genesis.

In honor of the next probably terrible game’s birth, I bring you a look back at better times, just funkily remixed.

I’ll hit you guys up later with details. Until then, -GG.

So, for those of you who missed this breaking news, Mac released a new product today. It’s called the iPad, and it’s a laptop encased solely in a giant touch screen monitor.

Pictured here: The iPhone+, Never lose it again!

So… it’s a laptop… with no protection for the screen. Brilliant. Two weeks from now, we’ll have 50 dollar broken iPads all over ebay.

You can draw, that’s nifty… I can’t imagine it’d be comfortable unless you had a table and a stand… Other than that, it’s just another step towards ‘why do I need that?’ brought to you by Apple.

…

WAIT A MINUTE.

Pictured: so THAT'S why I need one!

Holy cow… while this product isn’t anywhere NEAR practical… we can use it for Dungeons and Dragons. Well, not that guy in prison, but for the rest of us, AWESOME! My fire effect with have a FIRE graphic! It’s like SUPER CHESS!

Pictured Here: Check and mate. Now let's get the pawns back from the log flume.

Now… if you want to order one, go here, Now, for the rest of us, let’s roll up some characters. Dibs on Dragonborn Fighter!

Alright. Those of you who remember, here’s a pic of the upcoming A Team movie’s acting stars.

Ripped from Spill.com, “The photo includes Bradley Cooper as Lt. Templeton “Faceman” Peck, Quinton “Rampage” Jackson as Sgt. “B.A.” Baracus, Sharlto Copley as Capt. “Howling Mad” Murdock, and Liam Neeson as John “Hannibal” Smith.” and also, “The Joe Carnahan-directed The A-Team will hit theaters on June 11th, 2010.”

Here’s a link. -GG

Go HERE guys.

That’s right, for a week, you can get Bioshock for PC for $5, and if it gets deleted, it’s FREE to re-download.

If you have a PC and want this game, there’s no reason to skip it now. Get it, because it’s awesome.

Hey all, with the move, the start of a new semester, and CRAPPY internet for the past couple of weeks, Glitchy Goblin has had more than its fair share of bumps in the road.

HOWEVER, we’re back, and I don’t plan to stop again any time soon. Also, now I’ll be getting by with a little help from my friends, as Jamal Rice will be doing his own sporadic nerd-isms and you can expect a weekly comic to surface soon, more details to come!

Think Brains, goblinites. Later!

SKANKS!

Yup, you heard me. Skanks. Normally, I’m above the hoity-toity nonsense in the celebrity arena, but not this time. I’m a geek blogger, and my precious blade, my long fawned over free speech, my sharpened and shined literacy has been threatened, and I’ll fall to the abyssmal pits before I let this go unchecked.

So stay with me, my soldiers, as I draw free speech from its scabard and attempt to slay my skanky foe.

Liskula Cohen is a skank, in my opinion.

Who is Liskula Cohen? Why, you’ve missed the train, my friend…

here’s a link to a picture of her, hosted by http://michelleallison.prblogs.org/.

The long and short of the ‘what happened’: Basically, a blogger made a blog called ‘Skanks of NYC,’ where she then called Cohen a skank, saying she was unnatractive and it would be gross to see her grinding some guy in a club, because she’s getting a little old to be acting that way.

Cohen contacted the blogger and the site was removed… but if what I have read is true, she didn’t stop there.

Cohen apparently called her lawyer and before you knew it, they were strong-arming google into giving up the blogger’s name.

Google relented, and the blogger was nearly sued for 3 million dollars.

Why I’m so ANGRY: Do you know what this means? It means, thanks to this case, that anyone who insults anyone can now have their annonymity stripped away and can be sued over a bloody insult that middle-schoolers use ever single day.

It means that bashing a corporation for unjust treatment can have you thrown into a spotlight and blackballed, your career ruined, and it could even mean the endangerment of you and your family. I’m talking some serious, Germany-style S.S. stuff here. Brace yourself.

I too, have now called Cohen a skank. Why? Because she couldn’t take a little bad press. Cohen flew off the handle and nearly sued a woman for a childish insult, and ruined internet annonymity forever. No more free speech, no more self-expression.

Thanks to Cohen, we can expect to see our liberties stripped away one by one, just like China has seen Google blocked and keeps its citizens from reading about their trysts. We will watch as the corporations of America invade the last frontier where we were all equals… and watch them destroy it, sinking our blogging battleships beneath the tremulous waves, because they have stolen Poseidon’s trident, and they can see us now, not as equals, but as ants.

Basically, the free speech we had on the internet is now as easily extinguished as the protesters with signs that stand outside their buildings… and will accomplish just as little.

So, because she has potentially ruined the internet revolution by making Google sell out a blogger, all because of ONE LITTLE INSULT, I say to you, Liskula Cohen, YOU ARE A SKANK. That is my PERSONAL OPINION, SO DON’T SUE ME TOO, SKANK.

Email me, if you read this, I’d LOVE to hear your side of the argument.

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