Stargate, Seagate and Manga all mixed up

MORE GAMING BITS on a slow winter Sunday. This time, we have anime, Stargate and a US tour from Seagate. What more could you want from a single article, any more additions may make your head explode with joy.

Speaking of which, we start out with TOKYOPOP Manga Creator, a version of Planetwide Media's Comic Book Creator. If it is not stunningly obvious, this one has Japanese Manga for artwork instead of US comic book characters and themes.

The idea is pretty simple, you make your own manga one drag and drop at a time. No artwork skills are necessary, but some design aesthetic is probably a good thing to avoid the cartoon equivalent of folk songs and white boy rap. I think this one will do well, there is a target rich environment it to sell into.

That brings us to the next biggie, Stargate Worlds. This MMO has gone from pre- to non-pre- production. What that means for you drooling Stargate fans is that it is now time to come out of the basement and stop mourning the loss of the last SG-1 game. Mother will be so pleased to see you again!

As you can see, it is pretty and set in a Egyptian themed desert world. Not much else to say at this point other than it looks pretty good and has a lot of potential. The Stargate universe is a good setting for a video game.

Last up we have a 16 city tour from Seagate to promote their participation in the gaming market, specifically the new consoles. There are contests, games to play and the usual song and dance that accompanies these events. All are free, and they start out in Minneapolis on the 24th (IE last Friday) and end up in San Jose on March 17th. You can read all about it here. µ