Have a wonderful New Year in 2006 from Old Man Musings!

Have fun and enjoy your games! Thank you readers!

Here is a little Flash game with bouncing pandas that’s been out for a few months, but it’s still fun and nicely drawn. Who knew pandas could bounce so well?

These darn chipmunks need to try harder …

Global timekeepers have decided to extend the last day of 2005 by one second. On the 31st of December 2005 (Saturday), time will stand still for a second at midnight - instant time travel. Enjoy your extra second- make it count!

Over at the Banpresto they an interactive Flash ad for this walking and talking Tony Tony Chopper from the anime and manga series One Piece. Give it a try it’s so cute!

Once again it’d help if I could read or understand Japanese.

Note: I think the purple note sound is the silliest.

Check out Dan Goodsell’s Play-doh collection which includes many different playsets of yesteryear. They’re mainly comprised of sets ranging from the 1950’s up to the 1980’s.

I wonder if the actual Play-doh lasts that long? I imagine it’d probably dry up or get eaten by now. (Thankfully it’s non-toxic!)

The brothers McLeod present Fuggy Fuggy. Watch the little ninja that could.

Stan Lee is acknowledged as the Godfather of Marvel comics and creator of countless comic crusaders including Spider-Man, Incredible Hulk, Fantastic Four, Dr. Strange, X-Men, Daredevil, Mighty Thor and Iron Man.

Stan Lee: “Face front, true believer!”

The Electric Company was the greatest TV show back in the day. Then, last week, when I saw the Family Guy episode with Stewie and that part about how his day went, I nearly lost it. It was even more funny since I hadn’t thought of The Electric Company (or Sesame Street) in decades.

If you like the pinball song, check out a groovy track sampling of it here.

Note: The adult nostalgia market is going strong.

Update: Video mix of the original pinball clips.

Update 2: Perhaps this was from Sesame Street, as I can find no evidence to prove otherwise.

Thanks to 4CR for pointing this funny Pac-Man video out. Pac-Man es victorioso!

DangerMouse is the greatest mouse spy the world has ever known in one of the greatest British cartoons television has shown. The famed animation studios of Cosgrove Hall for Thames Television, created these tongue-in-cheek adventures…oh crikey! With its 70s dance groove music, movie spoofs, and pop-up action words, this show has been a big hit since it was first released. DangerMouse is as popular with the kids as it is the adults with all its sophisticated parodies and remarks.

He’s the greatest, he’s fantastic!
Wherever there is danger he’ll be there!
He’s the ace, he’s amazing!
He’s the strongest, he’s the quickest, he’s the best!

(Read on …)

The latest news on game sales in Japan is that the Nintendo DS sales hit 5 million units! It’s only been a little more then a year since its release in Japan and they’ve already sold 5,000,000 — that is no easy task. Nintendo continues to focus on games for women, adults and seniors in a bid to expand the overall game-playing population, apart from providing sophisticated graphics and realistic actions.

Nintendo said the sales growth of its DS game machines is the fastest ever in Japan’s video game market.

Old Man Musings wishes you the best during this Holiday season. Be safe and have an enjoyable time with friends and family.

Can’t get enough Megaman? Check out Brokenfunction.com and play Megaman in 2 crazy crossovers. Megaman in the world of Ghosts ‘n’ Goblins is pretty dang tricky. The other is Megaman vs Metroid which is Megaman in the world of Samus Aran. Great ideas and fun!

From our family to yours, Happy Festivus! A Festivus for the rest of us!

The Festivus Pole. The Airing of Grievances. The Feats of Strength.

Frank Costanza: I’ll get the pole out of the crawl space…

I just caught this video over at 4cr and it is a blast. Run Pac-man, run!