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Pojo's Friday News Index & Archive

December 2004

• 12-31-04  No Postings Today. New Year's Eve Holiday -- On to 2005!
   

• 12-17-04  Who inherits your online stuff when you die? -- Kids naughty, so dad sells their gifts on eBay -- Viz Announces Shonen Jump Advanced -- Game Review: Yu-Gi-Oh! Power of Chaos: Yugi the Destiny -- Developing Life Skills Through Play Trading Card Games -- Hacking San Andreas -- New Tekken 5 Free-roaming mode -- Topless teen gets game she appeared in banned -- New Pokémon Title in Development -- Brooklyn Park boy wins 2004 Pokemon tournament -- Rumor Mill: Nintendo Buttons and D-pad scrapped. Game Reviews and More!!
   

• 12-17-04  Yu-Gi-Oh! Goes On-Line! -- Tis the Season fort Yu-Gi-Oh counterfeits -- "Dragonshard" D&D Screenshots -- Duel Masters Showdown on GBA -- First 4 issues of ``Batman'' reprinted -- Upper Deck's Points Program Announced -- NFL Street 2, Call of Duty: Finest Hour and other reviews -- EDGE's gaming awards of 2004 -- Pokemon GC Screenshots -- Nintendo's MP3/MPEG4 For GBA.
   

• 12-10-04  GenCon uses the force to unite gamers -- The Hidden Risks of Demo Discs -- Naughty or Nice this Christmas? Explicit games gain ground, risk putting off customers (yeah...right.) -- Sony's PS2 Shipments stuck in Suez -- Mega Man Kicks Retail Butt -- NBA Street V3: Take it to the Court -- Pokemon players meet to compete -- High tech gifts for low prices -- Ping Pals(TM)customizers -- Dragon Ball Z Budokai 3 Review -- Anime magnetism draws fans to South Florida -- And Other Newsy Stuff!!
   

• 12-03-04  SpongeBob Kidnapped! Plankton sought for questioning -- Rare Babe Ruth Miniature Fetches $1,325 for Charity -- Firaxis Games and Atari Re-Captures The Magic of Sid Meier's PIRATES! Also, Enter to win the PIRATES! PLUNDER contest where you could sail away with a $250 Atari Gift Certificate or other great prizes -- Develop your own comics, stories, or games! Game Manufacturers Association talks about how. -- D&D players shape pop culture -- Star Wars Events This Weekend --Merchant sues insurer over stolen cards -- Children can’t get enough Pokemon -- Japanese gaming bible Famitsu, Shigeru Miyamoto, let slip some details about Nintendo's future directions. Also, Nintendo will enter the movie making biz. Hooray for Hollywood!

November 2004

• 11-26-04  Thanksgiving Week Holiday
   

• 11-19-04  The Virgin Mary in a Grilled Cheese! -- New PC Gaming Tournament Kicks Off at Los Angeles Convention Center at 'GAMERCON 2004' -- DUEL MASTERS Trading Card Game Tournament Schedule Announced -- Ghost Recon 2 gold for PS2 -- Logitech Wireless Extension Connects Game Console To Broadband Connection -- Jackie Chan Adventures Review -- Win a gold Game Boy Advance -- Nintendo DS and GBA TV Tuner -- VIZ Releases Ani-Manga for Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie! And Gobs More!
   

• 11-12-04  Collectible MLB SportsClix -- Topps announced auction for first Babe Ruth SportsClix  -- A 'Fusion' of Nintendo and music -- Nintendo Cracks Down on Piracy -- Toy Challenge 2005 Documentary Film -- Atari Ships Two  'Duel Masters' Games -- 'Two Swords' Debuts at #1 Bestseller -- Starwars: Battlefront -- Resident Evil 4 PS2 2005' -- Project Zero II for Xbox -- Godzilla: Save the Earth stomps on PS2 -- Halo 2 -- Pokemon FireRed/LeafGreen Review -- Master of Yu-Yu -- Pokemon Product Recall -- 'Doom 3' voted the best PC game -- More Dragon Ball Games Coming -- Ultimate DVD Companion for 'Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 3'

October 2004

• 10-29-04  Nintendo Launches Christmas Blitz -- Nintendo Targets Female Gamers -- Magic: the Gathering State Tourneys -- New Japan-themed expansion for Magic -- BioWare game developer to offer premium game content for sale over Internet -- What it takes to create a truly inspired game -- Japan's success for Burnout 3 -- Sony plans GT4 bundle for new PS2 in Japan -- Game Reviews: NBA Ballers; Full Spectrum Warrior; Tony Hawk's Underground 2; Pokémon FireRed / LeafGreen -- Pokemon Episode Delayed Due to Earthquake Depiction -- Nintendo Says 'Touching Is Good' -- Nintendo takes Chinese iQue console online -- Nintendo sues porn site; followed immediately by: Nintendo Apologises -- DBZ The Trivia Game -- DBZ Budokai 3 Goes Gold; -- VIZ announces 2 Box Sets for Maison Ikkoku Series -- and a bucket load More!!
   

• 10-22-04  New Games and Stuff for Nintendo DS -- Madden NFL 2005 and Spider-Man 2 and a dozen other games by Nintendo -- D&D lives on, after all these years. Gamers celebrate 30 years of D&D -- Playboy game release pulled back -- DEMON STONE - PS2 Review -- Thrustmaster Unveils Its New Gamepads for PC and PS2 -- Nintendo confirms DS wireless downloads -- Medal of Honor: Dogs of War Announced Spring of 2005 -- Shonen Jump Teams With AOL to Offer Dragin Ball Flash Manga.
   

• 10-08-04  DUEL MASTERS introduces Special Edition Shadowclash Collector Set -- Dragon Ball Advance Adventure -- Yu Yu Hakusho: Dark Tournament -- Nintendo Unveils Lineup for DS Handheld  -- Full DS conference details leaked -- Nintendo DS Box Art Revealed? -- Nintendo DS Icon-based menu system -- Pokemon movie to have wireless downloads for DS -- Pokemon Dash Race game -- Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2005 -- Grand Theft Auto Advance Preview and More!!!!
   

• 10-01-04  Apple may have lighter, flash-based iPod in the works -- Installing a PS2 in your car is a Snap -- Speakin’ of; Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas reviewed -- Tiger Woods recall --PS3? -- Pokemon Vol. 3 and 4 Ship for GBA Sony launches hand-held to challenge Nintendo -- Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 3 Preview -- Yu Yu Hakusho tied with Dragon Ball GT as top-rated -- Dragon Ball GT A Hero's Legacy: $24.95 and a whole lot more!!!

September 2004

• 09-24-04  First day sales of Pokémon Emerald kick @ss! -- Sony trims down PS2’s design! -- Star Wars Battlefront Out! -- Pokemon Trade and Battle Day
  at Toys 'r Us THIS SATURDAY!! -- More Game Reviews -- Nintendo DS Factsheet! -- Winnie the Pooh gets his Game On! -- Dragon Ball on PSP -- and sooo much more you might poop yourself!!!! (he said poop again... heh heh.)
   

• 09-17-04  Pokemon's premiere constructed events free - Gen Con So Cal 2004 - MechWarrior: Age of Destruction - MLB™ SportsClix™: Extra Bases Expansion - Upper Deck's U.S. History CCG - Def Jam Fight for NY - Neverwinter Nights - The Political Machine - Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone - G.I. JOE VS. COBRA on DVD - Boss battles in X-Men: Legends - New PS2 Racing Wheel - Burnout 3: Takedown - Deception IV - Xbox/PS2 Super Monkey Ball - PS2 Final Fantasy VII - New PSX models - Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 2 - Pre-Orders on Nintendo DS - Rurouni Kenshin Manga Monthly - Do you need more?!?
   

• 09-10-04  DVD Review: Yu Yu Hakusho - V.25 -- Majesco Ships 'Dragon Ball GT' for GBA -- Want to teach kids positive values? Have them play Pokemon! -- Nintendo Rocks with Fusion Tour. -- SCi wins Vietnam battle as new Conflict title debuts as Best-ever. -- Playboy: The Mansion makes you a virtual Hugh Hefner. -- Huge Update on WWE SmackDown! vs. Raw For PS2. -- Future Publishing will launch The Official Duel Masters Magazine in September. And, a tad more!
   

• 09-03-04  D&D Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone -- A D&D Interview with Wizards of the West Coast's Ed Stark -- Duel Masters: Cobalt on PS2 --
  Magic world championships -- Dragonshard -- Ghost Recon 2 -- NASCAR 2005 -- Star Wars Battlefront -- Mortal Kombat -- Deception Fray -- More Pokémon News then should be legal -- Nintendo Drops Price of GBA SP to $79.99! -- Nintendo Peripheral Revealed -- Eat at Wendy's and you could win a four-day trip to Washington -- Nintendo intros GBA SP just for girls -- Dragon Ball Z Budokai 3!  And, tons More!!!

August 2004

• 08-27-04  MechWarrior: Falcon’s Prey Expansion Releases - D&D designers, writers discuss the future of licensed games - Real American Hero' Establishes Beachhead in TGC with GI Joe - Mortal Kombat Coming to NGC After All! - Bloodrayne Goes Topless in Playboy Deal - Brothers in Arms WW2 PC Game due in early 05 - Dragon Ball Advance Adventure Announced - And Tons More!!!
   

• 08-21-04  Atari readies 2nd DM GBA title - More Dungeons and Dragons News and Articles, including how gals are now getting caught up in the craze. - Sony takes TV High Tech - Jaws - Nokia mixes Games and Phones - Nintendo registers "mystery" device patent - and a smidge more!!
   

• 08-13-04  Wizard World Chicago - Upper Deck's $1 Million Pro Circuit at Gen Con - Dungeons and Dragons and Eberron - Neverwinter Nights 2 - ESPN NFL 2K5 - PS2 motion-tracker technology - Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie - Artist wins big with Pokemon - Budokai 3 Interview - and So So So Much More!!
   

• 08-06-04  Duelmasters' Sempai Legends news - Some New Game Announcments like "Neverwinter Nights 2" - A Cool place in Cape Cod for Duelers - Importer Caught with counterfeit DBZ cards - Football players like to Duel Off the field too - Microsoft buying Nintendo? Nin says No Way! - No New X Box this year - Pokemon Toy Re-Call - some Star Wars diaries and soooo much more!!!

July 2004

• 07.30.04  WizKids Releases Pirates of the Spanish Main - FUNimation Events for Otakon 2004, Baltimore, MD this weekend! - Nintendo DS Unveiled -  NBA STREET V3 Now in Development - Nintendo Reveals Pokémon Fire/Leaf Pre-Order Bonus - The Punisher on PS2! - Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto - Take heart, brainiac misfits -- being a geek is cool! - And, TONS MORE!!!
   

• 07.23.04  WizKids® And NCSoft® Team Up For City of Heroes HeroClix®. - GenConIndy News - Metal Gear Solid 3 - Clocking of PS2s a Big No No - Madden Football - X-Men - Katamari Damacy - Tony Hawk - Bujingai - WWE SmackDown - The Lord of the Rings - $1 Million MAGIC: THE GATHERING Championship - Pokemon seizures - and Emerald news!!
   

• 07.16.04  WizKids’ Pirates of the Spanish Main - WizKids Wins Six Origins Awards, Takes Game of the Year - Duel Masters shows up Big Time at COMIC-CON 2004 in San Diego -  Some new Pokemon things happening in Japan including Emerald! - Our Cool Friends at SCORE are coming out with a NEW TGC that might just get medevil on your rear end - Say What? Paid to PLAY VIDEO GAMES? These kids land a Hot summer job - and a Lot More!!!
   

• 07.02.04  Free comic-book giveaway in Boston, Marvel HeroClix: Ultimates Releases, Blue Gender - The Warrior - Feature Movie, An update on Dragonball Z: Supersonic Warriors, A Nintendo Character Profile  - Rouge the Bat -- (sorry, no pictures.), A Neopets 10-City Mall Tour, and G.I. JOE Will Soon Be a Trading Card Game!

June 2004

• 06.25.04  DBZ Movie Back On! Donkey Kong VS Mario, Retro Gaming, New Manga Based Comics, Portable Pokemon Episodes, Magic the Gathering as addictive as Crack?!?, and Scully on PS2 .... in a word, Yum!

• 06.18.04  New Pokemon fun on deck with 'EX Hidden Legends'; Star Wars Miniatures; Wizards of the Coast's truth-dare card game targets girls; and more!

• 06.11.04  Nintendo's next-generation, Wizards of the Coast Banned List, Pokemon box & More!

• 06.04.04  DBZ Live Action Movie Plans Cancelled & More

May 2004

• 05.28.04  DBZ anime coming to Game Boy Advance & more

• 05.21.04  Pokemon Leaf Green & Fire Red News,
  ...............and more video game news

• 05.14.04  Nintendo DS Officially announced & more

• 05.07.04  MTG Allstar Tourney at E3 & more

April  2004

• 04.30.04  PS2 Price Cut & more news

• 04.09.04  Ronald McDonald just too suspicious

January 2004

• 01.22.04  MLB Sportsclix announced

• 01.16.04  TMNT Trading Card Game Announced

• 01.16.04  DC VS Trading Card Game Announced

Comiccon 2004 Pojo Report.