The Joystiq Weekend: November 23 - 26, 2007
by Ross Miller 
{ Nov 26th 2007 at 11:59PM }
Joystiquery
A History of Weekly Webcomic Wrapup
DS Fanboy Lite: Nov. 17 - Nov. 23
Japanese hardware sales, Nov. 12 - Nov. 18: And now for a haiku edition
Joystiq Holidaze: Gaming Hots and Nots
Joystiq Podcast 026 - Space fondling edition
Reminder: Win a $5K gaming PC from Falcon Northwest
Rock Band and turkey: a Thanksgiving family test
Today's double video: twice the Altair, twice the Altair
Today's most tedious video: Picking weeds in Animal Crossing
Today's Katamariest video: Cartoon Network's 'Chowder'
News
Sony denies PlayStation Phone ... again
Unreal Engine 3 coming to Wii (but not by Epic)
Sisters of Battle, Dark Eldar lead charge in Dawn of War: Soulstorm
THQ's Squad Command-themed PSP is sexy, ridiculously limited
PS3 beats Wii in Japan for second week
Tomb Raider: Anniversary now on Xbox Live Marketplace
Ubisoft UK boss: Industry 'crying out' for new IPs
Defective Rock Band guitars get defective patch
GameTrailers compares Super Mario Galaxy and Super Mario Sunshine
PS3 Assassin's Creed patch coming soon
Gamestop sells demo disc as new game
GameTrailers breaks down Street Fighter IV trailer
New games this week: Leftovers edition
Double Dribble, Vegas Stakes, Ecco Jr. come to Virtual Console
Unreal Tournament PS3 shipping in 'limited quantities' Dec. 10
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. devs hop onboard Xbox 360 love train
Warhawk expands in December with new maps, dropship
PSP Slim sells 1 million in Japan
Guitar Hero III's wireless Gibson available solo in early 2008
Rockstar's British appeal begins for Manhunt 2
Browse others' friends lists with 360 fall update
This Wednesday: Asteroids, Asteroids Deluxe come to XBLA
Deus Ex 3 gets the green light
Namco unveils Fragile, a new Wii RPG
Nintendo resisting urge to smash 'R4' device
Rumors & Speculation
PS3 version of Orange Box might be 'downright unplayable'
Rumor: New achievements coming to older Valve games
MTV Games hints at next big thing; announcement coming soon
Culture & Community
Use the Rock Band drums with your PC
Bioshock and Enemy Territory on sale on Steam, 20% off
GamesRadar finds ten of the world's best gamers, you aren't one
Guitar Hero III featured on Will It Blend
Ars Technica tackles report linking WiFi and autism
'Some Punctuation' riffs on Yahtzee's Art of Theft
Play Famicom games on your DS Lite with 'Familator'
Man returns gutted Xbox 360 for cash
Ken Kutaragi to receive AIAS Lifetime Achievement Award
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
samfish @ Nov 27th 2007 12:03AM
I didn't see Optimus Prime when that video game out and I don't see it now.
Kn1ves @ Nov 27th 2007 12:09AM
you're blind. the door/box/window looks like a front end of a truck just like optimus price
samfish @ Nov 27th 2007 12:17AM
I see the truck that T-1000 used to chase John Conner on his dirt bike in in Terminator 2.
rTwelve @ Nov 27th 2007 12:27AM
Skynet sent him back to destroy John Connor's great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-
great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandmother.
rTwelve @ Nov 27th 2007 12:28AM
Ugh, once again, CSS styling foils the joke.
GRANTED @ Nov 27th 2007 2:35PM
your point was not lost
rTwelve @ Nov 27th 2007 12:09AM
I hope they changed disguises... if I was living back then and I came across Megatron disguised as a wooden house I'd be like "Hey buddy, meet my Greek fire..."
Kn1ves @ Nov 27th 2007 12:10AM
*m
Richard @ Nov 27th 2007 12:33AM
That is one of the coolest Easter Eggs ever.
João Gonçalves @ Nov 27th 2007 12:41AM
It makes me wonder what kind of role Optimus Prime and the rest of the Autobots would have played in the Third Crusade.
gonk @ Nov 27th 2007 12:44AM
that pic isnt loading
Sieged Eagle @ Nov 27th 2007 1:19AM
Haha, funny. For some reason, I suddenly have thoughts of an EE ending where that shack door turns into Optimus Prime, then walks while looking at the sunset and re-transforming while saying "Transform and roll out!" and then heading for the sunset.
If something like that happened on a game that has a timeline located in the past... it would be epic indeed.
Blast Processing Megadrive @ Nov 27th 2007 1:33AM
Why am I feeling déjà vu...?
rTwelve @ Nov 27th 2007 1:43AM
I saw it a week ago on Xbox 360 Fanboy. You probably saw it there, or somewhere else.
Either way, waaah old news whine bitch blargh
Blast Processing Megadrive @ Nov 27th 2007 3:31AM
No, this isn't a "lol old news" post. I seriously am having déjà vu about this. Don't vist 360 Fanboy, nor have played Assassin's Creed. Yet I could've sworn I had seen this image on Joystiq already....
ThornedVenom @ Nov 27th 2007 2:58AM
WOW, talk about camouflage.
gok @ Nov 27th 2007 6:49AM
pic courtesy of /v/
Zsavior @ Nov 27th 2007 9:06AM
Ahem....I always wanted to sing this
You got the touch
You got the power
After all is said and done
You've never walked, you've never run,
You're a winner
You got the moves, you know the streets
Break the rules, take the heat
You're nobody's fool
You're at your best when when the goin' gets rough
You've been put to the test, but it's never enough
You got the touch
You got the power
When all hell's breakin' loose
You'll be riding the eye of the storm
You got the heart
You got the motion
You know that when things get too tough
You got the touch
You never bend, you never break
You seem to know just what it takes
You're a fighter
It's in the blood, it's in the will
It's in the mighty hands of steel
When you're standin' your ground
And you never get hit when your back's to the wall
Gonna fight to the end and you're takin' it all
You got the touch
You got the power
When all hell's breakin' loose
You'll be riding the eye of the storm
You got the heart
You got the motion
You know that when things get too tough
You got the touch
You're fightin' fire with fire
You know you got the touch
You're at your best when when the road gets rough
You've been put to the test, but it's never enough
You got the touch
You got the power
You got the touch
You got the power
Ranko @ Nov 27th 2007 9:33AM
Honk Honk!
Greyseal @ Nov 27th 2007 10:59AM
Why does the Nukoda article keep hedging on whether or not this is an "actual" homage? Is there really any question that this was intended? There's no way that's coincidence.