A fistful of linkage.

• Reader Syd sends along the SciFi.com review of Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles. Yes, people are still reviewing it. As an aside, the local Wal-Mart 'round here has flagged their remaining copies with the "going" tag that means they'll be pulling it from the shelves to replace it with something that's actually moving soon ...



• Nenad of the United Earth Group dropped me a line to promote Robotech Genesis, their overly ambitious CG animated fan project. As far as I can tell from the spiffy-keen trailers, it appears to be a fan remake of The Macross Saga with updated/redesigned mecha, uniforms, etc. He says a third, all-new trailer is coming along soon and the finished product should be rolled out in October. Add it to your bookmarks and keep checking back. Lookin' good!



• Singer/songwriter Michael Bradley, of Robotech: The New Generation fame, and his band the RK Project will be performing at the Rhythm Lounge the evening of Sunday, July 1. That's a stone's throw from the Long Beach Convention Center during the weekend of Anime Expo. There will be a cover charge, but y'know, I don't think any force on Earth could keep me away. I am so there.

Taking the New Generation with you.

In one of those funny moments of synchronicity that seem to happen on occasion, just as the Robotech.com store finally got the New Generation deck for Hero Factory's ROBOTECH card game in stock, they also posted the news that the cell phone game Tommy Yune's been trying to hype for about half a year now is launching on AT&T's Cingular phone network next week, with more carriers to come later. Mind you, neither of these things are anything I'm personally into -- I'm still iffy on whether I'm getting that Robotech Masters deck, tempting though it may be, and I just don't need the distraction of Alpha Fighters on my cell phone, no matter how much that game looks like something I would have been shoving quarters into at the local arcade about twelve years ago -- but y'know, it's something and probably worth mentioning.

In other gaming news, The Masters has Palladium Books' latest press release regarding the upcoming Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles RPG book. You expect me to copy & paste? Nah, I'd rather you hop on over and take a look at his blog, because I'm a nice guy like that.