So much awesome new stuff to kick off June with!

I'm not really into video games any more these days but back in the day my ATARI 2600 was the shit. Despite the low grade game graphics of the time one of the clever marketing strategies that ATARI used to utilize was to feature some really cool illustrations on the video game cartridges. Among my favorites was Defender, Missile Command, Asteroids, Berserk and Space Invaders. Aside from being well done illustrations they always seemed to tell a story that went well beyond the video game premise. If you need a reminder they're easy enough to see by doing a Google image search. It all makes me wonder what a Rom spaceknight game might have looked like.
This is too advanced for Atari of the 80s but just imagine a Rom  video game with graphics like this latest Rom spaceknight animation video that just turned up on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVpUydd3cjs

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Perhaps it was just the appearance of some Rom spaceknight issues in a couple of scenes in the original Robocop but for years now I've heard speculations about how Robocop was in part inspired by Rom. I recently came across this fairly recent online article on expertcomics.com that seems to substantiate that rumor. And if that's true how could the original have been anything less then awesome having been inspired by Blade Runner, Judge Dredd and ROM? As for the new one, heh . . we'll see. In the mean time here are some other latest Rom related fan art finds: http://pcweenies.com/tag/rom-spaceknight/
 http://browse.deviantart.com/art/Uncommon-Heroes-151514250
http://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=1018523&GSub=117697

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CLASSIC-MARVEL-FIGURINE-COLLECTION-TORPEDO-SPECIAL-CUSTOM-EAGLEMOSS-/121091341503

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And lastly, know your Sabras! We have four kinds to choose from here. And when I say I wanna get me some of that I'll you can which one of these Sabras I'm talking about here.