Metroid: Other M (link roundup)

Ninja Gaiden meets Metroid in Metroid: Other M coming from Team Ninja. Hopefully, it will have a save system that respects gamers who can't commit to 45 minute gaming sessions.

*The code was making my page go wacky, so I replaced the far superior Gametrailers video with one from Youtube.

And a few more links:

1. "This is not a prank but there’s a koala who just walked into our house and is sleeping on our bed." Photo link. Via.

2. Vinyl toy news site ToyCyte had to lay off its writers.

3. Sign warns "Children left unattended will be traded for donuts." Via these sites.

4. When he was 14 months old Osel Hita Torres was identified as a reincarnated Buddhist leader by the Dalai Lama. His parents gave him up to the Buddhists. He's now 24 and apparently enjoys giving interviews mocking the religion. Via.

*Previously: Lego Koala.

*Buy Metroid toys at eBay.

Buddha Papercraft (link roundup)

Download the Buddha at Borobudur Temple paper toy here. Via.

And few more links:

1. Despoiler brings word of an ARG about werewolves.

2. Photo of Colonel Sanders in a kimono offering watermelon. Via.

3. Good Fark headline: Swedish court says you can abort your child if it's a girl and you wanted a boy, or if it's a boy and you wanted a cthulhu.

4. Jason Kottke rounds up items at Amazon with terrific reviews. For example, uranium ore.

*Previously: ARG turns out to be elaborate rickroll.

*Buy werewolf toys at eBay.

A new robotic religion

"Lord Lakshmi," "Lord Krishna," and "Lord Buddha" - - three ads by JWT India for a robotics school called I-Robo School. Via.

*Previously: George Harrison wanted to be Krishna.

*Buy tin robots at eBay.