What, a review? Yup! We managed to score review copies of the first four titles in the Hasbro Family Game Night family, and we're starting today with Scrabble.

Figure of the Day has updated once again! The daily feature on figures you might have but might not-- either way, here's what you've been missing! Spanning from the original Power of the Force series of 1995 to the latest of The Legacy Collection, it's almost like a history lesson!

Our pals at The Allspark added a great Masterpiece Edition Grimlock Gallery. Hasbro has been evasive about its US release, but the dinosaur robot is out in Japan right now for a little over $100. It looks stunning-- take a look at the pictures!

Wii Ware this week has Bonsai Barber, a game which involves gardening. No, really. It's a clever idea-- have you tried it? How is it?

Season 1 is in stores this week, but you might be interested to see the revised art and supplement list for season 2 on TVShowsOnDVD.com. The show had been airing on IFC in the USA but appears to be pulled from the schedule, possibly to avoid hurting DVD sales.

Figure of the Day has updated once again! The daily feature on figures you might have but might not-- either way, here's what you've been missing! Spanning from the original Power of the Force series of 1995 to the latest of The Legacy Collection, it's almost like a history lesson!

The final figure of this year's Botcon set has been revealed, and it's Thunder Clash, a clever reuse Transformers Energon Rodimus mold, but the coloring... it doesn't seem complete, does it? We love the garish UK-accurate colors but we could stand a little more deco on the all-white torso there.

This week it's The Diswasher: Dead Samurai, a commercial release of an XNA contest winner thing from a while back. There are cyborgs and dishes and stuff. Let us know if you tried it. $10, or 800 MS points.

Hasbro's G.I. Joe marketing team proves its non-worth today as Adult Swim leaks the news that they will be airing a cartoon which we've known about for nearly a year now. Call us old-fashioned, but aren't there usually announcements or press releases when a show comes to be rather than it limply appearing on a cable network's web site schedule? This is kinda sad for a start for what many are hoping will be a fun show, particularly since the toys for the show were released months ago and there seems to be no attempt to let people know that the show is coming. Does it suck or something? Either way, set your DVRs for early/late April 25/26!

Ad: Another year, another sale! Save on hundreds of items from Hasbro, McFarlane, Mattel, and more at the Entertainment Earth Anniversary Sale! Over 500 items have had their prices slashed, and several have already sold out. You can get Mr. Potato Heads as low as $3.30, Counselor Troi for $3.30, and discontinued Star Wars toys for about $5 or $6!

Target retail stores have a number of Transformers Animated toys on sale this week. Deluxe figures are down to $8, larger toys are at least $2 off, with the Leader-class figures at a very low $29.99. However, the real big shock is the apparently chain-wide, unadvertised sale on their Voyager-with-Activator exclusive packs. Formerly $24.99 a pop, you can now get Shockwave (Purple) with Bumblebee and Sunstorm with Ratchet for $4.99. This is not a typo. We went to 3 Target stores, of which 2 had signs up advertising the new lower price, but all 3 had them scan at $4.99. If you like Transformers or if you know someone who has a birthday coming up, we cannot stress how good these deals are. Typically, each Voyager-class toy is $19.99-$24.99, while the Activators toys tend to be around $7.99. So as you can see, getting the Activators-class toy for $5 is pretty awesome. Especially when there's a much larger exclusive toy packaged with it. Happy hunting!

Galactic Hunter has posted a new Q&A column this week! Be sure to click through and read up on the latest!

Site Super Hero Times has the scoop on all of Mattel's Comic-Con plans! The debut of the Ghostbusters line will take place with Egon Spengler, packaged with an exclusive Slimer figure! We gotta get it. And so do you. We expect it to be $20-$30.

The Transformers Club confirmed Hasbro will sell a reissue of Soundwave at Comic-Con this year for $50. They say it will be the single-capacity version with Buzzsaw, Laserbeak, Ratbat, and Ravage. (No Rumble or Frenzy, apparently.) Still, it seems to be the most complete reissue of the character yet so if you need one, why not go for this one? The last release was a Toys "R" Us exclusive in the USA, and it was $30 with 2 tapes and a unique double-capacity torso.

Site Super Hero Times has the scoop on all of Mattel's Comic-Con plans! For Justice Leage, there's a 3-pack with Abin Sur, Pre-Lantern Hal Jordan, and Sinestro. DC Universe has the Super Powers characters the Wonder Twins! There's also an offer for a free Infinite Heroes (3 3/4-inch scale) Anti-Monitor. Good times!

One of the great "lost" toy concepts was a "Powers of Grayskull" expansion for Masters of the Universe during the 1980s. The idea was that it took place ages before the story of Prince Adam, and would bring in new heroes like He-Man's ancestor He-Ro with his guide, Eldor. This figure is going to be a Comic-Con exclusive this year, so if you're going to San Diego this July, bring some cash for this guy. He-Man.org has the scoop.

If you have a Target store nearby, check out their clearance and/or PlayStation 2 section. EA's Hasbro Family Game Night (which has 6 games and not Scrabble) has been marked down to $13.98, which is actually a stunning deal for what you get. The collection includes Boggle, Sorry!, Sorry! Sliders, Connect 4, Battleship, and Yahtzee. Normal price for this particular edition is $20-$30, so that ain't bad. You may need to dust your PS2 first, but still, if you're one of the few gamers who just bought one after the recent price drop then this may be an ideal game to gift someone or buy for yourself. There's other clearance stuff to be had at Target but nothing seems to involve Mr. Potato Head or the major game franchises we generally discuss here, so happy hunting, cheapskates!

Like the leaked memo indicated, the Nintendo DSi was released in the USA yesterday for a much higher price. The new revision of the handheld takes the DS Lite, slims it down, drops the GameBoy Advance slot, and added two cameras and internal storage for downloading games, like the WiiWare service. Also, some new releases are reportedly unplayable on the old DS models-- so keep an eye open for that when you make your purchases.

Good news if you want a cheap Xbox camera! Microsoft has dropped the price of You're In The Movies to $19.99. What's better, Amazon had it for $10. We say "had" because they're accepting backorders now, but there you go-- if you're playing Viva Pinata Trouble in Paradise, that's a cheapo camera for you right there. The reviews we've heard of the game itself aren't too fantastic, but really, this is a PSA to get a cheap camera. So there you go.

Another review? But of course! Today we look at one of our favorite gaming genres of the 1980s with the 2009 release of R-Type Dimensions on the Xbox Live Arcade service.

Figure of the Day has updated once again! The daily feature on figures you might have but might not-- either way, here's what you've been missing! Spanning from the original Power of the Force series of 1995 to the latest of The Legacy Collection, it's almost like a history lesson!

The site TVShowsOnDVD.com confirmed that due to technical mumbo-jumbo, they're going to play musical chairs with the extras on their new Mystery Science Theater 3000 Volume 15 DVD collection. Click the pic to see the news on what was dropped, and the non-news of the replacement non-announcement. Which wasn't mentioned yet.

LEGO and Toys "R" Us posted a poll for fans, complete with concept art, allowing collectors/kids/you to vote on a future release! Your choices include a City Square, a Public Transportation Center, and a Truck Stop. All three look awesome, we're sure as heck not sure which one we're going to vote for. On one hand, crazy truckers. On another, there's a statue to deface. And on the third, vestigial hand, there's crazy bus hobos. Decisions, decisions! Go vote.

Wii Ware this week has EQUILIBRIO, a game which uses the controller or the Wii Fit balance board. You move a ball into a hole, much like Friday night. (You remember, right?) It's 500 points/$5.

With the advent of the Nintendo DSi, which you can read about here on the blog of some chick named Carolyn that we follow on Twitter, Nintendo tossed up a bunch of games on their new online store for downloadable software. The portable comes with a 1,000 point/$10 credit. So what can you buy? Quite a bit.

Gaming site Gamasutra has a great article on the popularity of the increasingly ubiquitous metagaming element known as the "achievement." Specifically, Microsoft's version of it. To date 2.5 billion achievement points have been unlocked, which is pretty amazing considering that some are actually difficult to get. (Seriously, how many people get 1,000/1,000 on anything?) The most interesting factoid? Microsoft thanks these achievements as increasing the game to console attachment rate. While we don't think we've ever bought a game just for the points, it's certainly true that we kept playing some iffy ones just to get a few extra achievements.

We love games, but we aren't experts in survival horror. Konami sent us a news release on their new game, so we're going to go ahead and just print the intro for you.

After what we assume were a bunch of delays, Capcom is releasing the cute puzzler Flock this week. It will cost $15 in whatever currency you use on the Playstation 2, Xbox 360, or PC. Early reviews are quite positive.

It's rare that there's a board game that makes the transition to electronic format that goes from being incredibly simple to surprisingly robust. Connect 4 is indeed surprisingly robust. Most importantly, it's fun, which is not what you would expect from a game that you thought you grew out of when you were 12.

Figure of the Day has updated once again! The daily feature on figures you might have but might not-- either way, here's what you've been missing! Spanning from the original Power of the Force series of 1995 to the latest of The Legacy Collection, it's almost like a history lesson!

Mere days after its release, fans are already cobbling together an add-on kit for Masterpiece Edition Grimlock! It still isn't available in the USA (although Hasbro is hinting it's coming), but you can pick up a set of gear including his much-needed crown. Neat!

This week you've got your choice of two slightly more expensive titles. Weighing in at 1,200 points ($15) it's Flock!, a title published by Capcom in which a UFO herds livestock. We can't wait to play it. It's also coming to the PC and Playstation 3 for their equivalents of $15, which we believe to be $15 in real money.

Our pals at Telltale let us know that (in their own words): "The Eisner Award committee has just revealed that our 20th Anniversary Edition of Surfin' the Highway, the complete Sam & Max comic collection, has been nominated for an Eisner in the Best Graphic Album -- Reprint category." Neat!

Figure of the Day has updated once again! The daily feature on figures you might have but might not-- either way, here's what you've been missing! Spanning from the original Power of the Force series of 1995 to the latest of The Legacy Collection, it's almost like a history lesson!

If you like such things, Botcon posted all five bios from their upcoming boxed set-- Flak, Scourge, Kup, Landshark, and Thunder Clash are all present and accounted for! There's no mention of Unicron, and the art is pretty fantastic. (We think we know the artists but we aren't sure.) Do check it out.

According to intel (pics) obtained by IGN, it seems Rare's Nintendo 64 title Perfect Dark may be on the way to the Xbox 360. After the original Xbox 360 PD adventure, we're not sure why, but hey, if it's cheap to do why not right? Click through for more, as well as a hearty "no comment" from Microsoft.

Not only will Eidos' new Batman game have the voices of the real Batman and Joker from Batman: The Animated Series, but fans will also have the opportunity to pony up big bucks for a collector's edition of the game. And now you can see what it comes with on their Facebook page. It has a batarang. It comes in a batarang-shaped box. There's some nifty books and disc art. Sold yet? Click through to see more. This game should retail for $100 for the CE. The title (we're not sure if it's the CE or both) will be on the Xbox 360, PC, and Playstation 3.

If you thought that a little toy UFO and some livestock are just what the doctor ordered, Capcom's online store has just the housecall for you. This odd little $30 toy set includes eight animals and a space ship. The ship's top is removable with storage space for the animals, plus you can put the UFO on a plastic display stand. Kudos to Capcom for cranking out the toy before fans had to beg for it. Nintendo, we're looking at you for some toy Metroids. Still. 22 years later.

Galactic Hunter has posted a new Q&A column this week! Be sure to click through and read up on the latest!

Site GameSetWatch has a lost chapter from your childhood, assuming you were a kid in the late 1980s. Mike Tyson's Intergalactic Power Punch is the spiritual sequel to the classic boxing game, except you play Mike Tyson rather than Little Mac, and your opponents are space aliens. Seriously. We can't make this stuff up. Go check it out, there are videos and a healthy backstory on this project of the damned.

Various fan sites have shots of a bagged toy that showed up on TaoBao.com. It's the Leobreaker toy from Cybertron, repainted as Razorclaw. It looks great! Since it's bagged, and based on some rumors, it's likely a Botcon exclusive item-- it of course won't be confirmed until the show next month. But it looks pretty sweet, don't it?

SNK Playmore's new 2D fighting game is totally 2D. And oh yes, more pictures got out. Lots more. Kotaku seems to have some speculation on which new characters might appear, and by new, we mean old. We can't wait. This game will be on the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3.

After 3 games on the GameBoy Advance and 2 on the Nintendo DS-- in Japan-- Nintendo is bringing The Legendary Starfy to the USA. Kotaku has some shots of the game, which we've played a little bit in the past. It's like a Kirby game, but under the sea. It's really good fun, and we look forward to trying one in English for a change, particularly since Nintendo has mentioned possible releases of the series over the past few years.

We march along to the third of four games (so far) in EA's Hasbro Family Game Night package with a look at Battleship on the Xbox Live Arcade service.

For about a year and change now we've been in the market for an Xbox 360 arcade fighting stick worth a damn. We are not a handy people, and Hori/Mad Catz products have been in short supply in our Los Angeles game store circles. As such, we're at a point where we're trying a lot of unorthodox outlets to get a new controller of the gods. We'll tell you more about that situation if it pans out, but we did see a Google ad that caught our eyes-- and we know absolutely nothing about the company. It was just new to us.

Figure of the Day has updated once again! The daily feature on figures you might have but might not-- either way, here's what you've been missing! Spanning from the original Power of the Force series of 1995 to the latest of The Legacy Collection, it's almost like a history lesson!

Wii Ware this week has Party Fun Pirate, which we are told is based on this other thing we've never heard of. But it does have pirates, so that's a +1 for interesting. It's 500 points/$5.

Blah blah blah Hasbro blah blah DVD blah blah the following press release.

Got a DSi? You have options! One is Mixed Messages, a party game for up to 21 players. Yes, 21. The news release says it's like "telephone" in that you pass a message from player to player. It's 500 points/$5.

Back in the 1980s and 1990s, the point-and-click or walk-and-type adventure genres were dominated by LucasArts (formerly LucasFilm Games), Sierra On-Line, and a few other companies which brought us numerous awesome quests. And then they all went away. Thankfully Telltale Games is continuing to support the genre with gems like Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People Episode 1: Homestar Ruiner for the Nintendo Wii and the PC. We're looking at the Wii version. (And yes, this did come out last year.)

Figure of the Day has updated once again! The daily feature on figures you might have but might not-- either way, here's what you've been missing! Spanning from the original Power of the Force series of 1995 to the latest of The Legacy Collection, it's almost like a history lesson!

This week you've got a remake of a real classic. Weighing in at 800 points ($10) it's Sega's OutRun Online Arcade . Word on the street has it that it's got more bells and whistles than the last version of OutRun, plus it's cheaper. And looks nicer. We'll be trying it out as soon as the space-time continuum aligns and permits such flights of fancy, which may be this weekend.

Because it's late and we're tired, we decided that rather than right a story pointing out that this was already on Adult Swim's schedule, we'll just cut together some sentences from Hasbro's new press release today. "Hasbro created 60 minutes of total content for this new story which will be presented as 11 episodes." Beginning on April 17, fans will be able to see the first five minutes of the brand new, stand-alone animated mini-series on AdultSwim.com. These episodes are broken down to ten 5-minute episodes and one 10-minute finale. Following the first episode on April 17, subsequent installments will be posted on the Adult Swim website leading up to a full presentation of the entire series. This finale will be broadcast on Adult Swim April 25 at midnight. This televised event will not only feature all episodes seen online, but will be the first time fans can watch the final 10 minutes of the G.I. Joe: Resolute saga. All episodes, including the finale, will be available to view online after this airing."

Figure of the Day has updated once again! The daily feature on figures you might have but might not-- either way, here's what you've been missing! Spanning from the original Power of the Force series of 1995 to the latest of The Legacy Collection, it's almost like a history lesson!

After being unceremoniously ushered from toy aisles by Star Wars and lagging interest in the 1990s, Playmates has returned to Star Trek, which has brought the final frontier back to mass-marketers. That's the good news. Also good news is that the roleplay toys look particularly sharp, the vehicles are nice, and the figures in the 3 3/4-inch scale include big accessories which tie in to larger playsets. The bad news? The figures suck.

Initially announced as (we think) a launch feature of the "New Xbox Experience" last year, the whole Xbox Primetime idea of real people competing for prizes and stuff was delayed. But now, Joystiq has a new trailer of the game. What's there? Lots of avatar support and footage of the actual game show. What's missing? Bob Saget. We wants us some aristocrats.

While we reported buzz of this game like a year ago, it looks like Capcom's Marvel vs. Capcom 2 is pretty much a sure thing for the Xbox Live Arcade in the near future. How do we know?

Word of a "Championship Edition" update of Street Fighter IV was out and about prior to the game's release, and we were told this should have been made available around the game's release. It isn't out yet, but Capcom is now talking about this new update.

Galactic Hunter has posted a new Q&A column this week! Be sure to click through and read up on the latest!

Capcom sent us what this free "Championship Mode" will include. Rather than try and write something amusing, we're just going to give you the relevant details.

The next Comic-Con exclusive out of Habsro is this shiny metallic repaint of the Transformers Mighty Muggs Optimus Prime. The standard edition is in stores now, but the new version will have shiny metallic paint and a foil-covered box. And cost more. It's pretty shiny, so don't complain you just bought the regular one if you would rather have this one-- we tried to warn you.

That pretty much says it all. The FLAGG is in it, there's a lot of killing, and it's pretty violent. And so far, fairly humorless. The series is a bunch of five- or so minute installments, so if you saw the 2003-2005 Clone Wars series, this is exactly like that in terms of format. Check them out, two episodes were up as of press time with more scheduled to go up today.

We pay tribute to our 8-bit lords this week with a look at Mega Man 9 on the Xbox Live Arcade service. The same game is on WiiWare and also the Playstation Network.

Over at BoingBoing Offworld there's a stunning gallery of new t-shirts based on old video games. Some of which are pretty amazing-- the Arkanoid and Galaxian shirts we would buy and wear proudly without fear of losing our lunch money. If you're of the 8- or 16-bit generations we think you'll enjoy the gallery.

Figure of the Day has updated once again! The daily feature on figures you might have but might not-- either way, here's what you've been missing! Spanning from the original Power of the Force series of 1995 to the latest of The Legacy Collection, it's almost like a history lesson!

Wii Ware this week has Crystal Defenders R1, and it's 800 points/$8. This makes it $2 less than the Xbox 360 port, which we found to be entertaining but we haven't yet unlocked the full thing. Basically, you set up some pixelly dudes who beat on classic Squaresoft enemies which march in a parade through some bushes. It's more fun than we made it sound.

Got a DSi? You have options! One is Dr. Mario Express, a one-player port of the classic NES/GameBoy game from 1990. Which we remember buying new, because we're very, very old. It's 500 points/$5 and if it's anything like the original black-and-white game we expect you will enjoy it.

We recently contacted Japan's Taito Corporation for some dirt on Arkanoid Live, and not only did they write back, but they granted us a brief interview! We sent in some questions and got this reply, which we now share with you. We thank them for their time!

Figure of the Day has updated once again! The daily feature on figures you might have but might not-- either way, here's what you've been missing! Spanning from the original Power of the Force series of 1995 to the latest of The Legacy Collection, it's almost like a history lesson!

The Apple/Arcade/PC/whatever classic! Odds are you've played this in some form or another, and at 1,200 points ($15) we're fairly sure that Tozai's Lode Runner will be worth playing when it becomes available for download shortly after this post goes live. A level editor is included, so there should be a lot of replay in this title. We'll let you know when we get our hands on a copy.

If you've seen the various Comedians of Comedy tours you have no doubt seen the very funny Maria Bamford. Her third full-length comedy CD (likely the first you'll ever see in a retail store) hit Tuesday and it's called Unwanted Thoughts Syndrome. In addition to the comedy CD, a bonus DVD is included with all 20 episodes of her SuperDeluxe program, The Maria Bamford Show. We're likely to post a review in the coming weeks, but we expect you will enjoy this if you like the other stuff we post here. The DVD is about one hour and sixteen minutes, and the CD is just over 50 minutes.

Figure of the Day has updated once again! The daily feature on figures you might have but might not-- either way, here's what you've been missing! Spanning from the original Power of the Force series of 1995 to the latest of The Legacy Collection, it's almost like a history lesson!

Coming shortly to PSN and Xbox Live Arcade is Star Trek D-A-C, but we don't know what those letters stand for. "Digital Action Campaign?" "Daily Automated Comeuppance?" We just don't know-- but the people at Paramount Digital Entertainment are telling us it's a shooter coming to consoles in May and the PC "shortly thereafter" (their words.)

We love shooters, we love SNK, and we love King of Fighters, but we're not so sure about putting all three together. "Sky Stage" is a vertical shooter in which your fighter, apparently, shoots stuff. We flat-out don't get it, and this may be the first time we write this, but we don't particularly think we'll care if this comes to the USA. After the Wii Castlevania last year we thought the days of shoving game X into genre Y were over, but no, apparently we remain too Pollyanna-ish for our own good. And for that, we apologize.

We've played precious few PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16 games-- so we're going to let Hudson describe this one.

Galactic Hunter has posted a new Q&A column this week! Be sure to click through and read up on the latest!

In a move which we assume will soon herald the end of Hasbro's "looking the other way" for various unlicensed add-on kits, a number of new made-in-China toys were revealed at TFCon in Canada, so says TFW2005. Toys which are essentially new Junkions and Springer were shown, fully transformable, and kinda cool. Oh, there's a new and original combiner team too. Want to see them? Of course you do.

Last weekend they posted the first couple. and now the whole show is up and ready to watch. Who lives? Who dies? Find out! Click the pic and watch the show.

Capcom did indeed update with the new Championship Mode as promised last Friday, so when you switch on your Xbox 360 (or we presume PS3) you will be informed that there's a new downloadable free package for you, and it's going to bug you to download it until you do.

The much-publicized Bet Buy $9.99 sale is on. We're not going into details because the selection is so "your mileage may vary" that we don't want to upset you if you miss the good stuff, like Infinite Undiscovery or Soulcalibur IV. So you might want to go check those out at your local stores.

We dug the first game in the series, so this week we look at the sequel. Yes, that's right, it's the 16bit.com review of Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People Episode 2: Strong Badia the Free for the Nintendo Wii and the PC. We're looking at the Wii version, as that is our way.

Since the ESRB announcement last year, the achievements leaking a couple weeks back, and the controller pre-orders all over the web, some people denied that Capcom would be producing Marvel vs. Capcom 2 for the Xbox 360. Well, this is what you get for denying the obvious-- it's official, it's coming out in a couple of months, it's going to be $15, but there's a catch-- it's going to be on the Playstation 3 as well!

Figure of the Day has updated once again! The daily feature on figures you might have but might not-- either way, here's what you've been missing! Spanning from the original Power of the Force series of 1995 to the latest of The Legacy Collection, it's almost like a history lesson!

This year, there's a 12-inch movie Baroness and a 3 3/4-inch Destro 2-pack. The lady comes in a fancy-pants box with some pretty slick art which we argue is better than the figure. Destro's packaging has only been partially revealed, and the figure hasn't been revealed at all. Hasbro.com has some more details, including the $30 price tag for Baroness and $25 for the Destros.

Wii Ware this week has Cocoto Platform Jumper, and it's 700 points/$7. We had no idea what the heck this was so we looked it up. An out-of-context sentence: "Cocoto, his little devil friends and the mysterious Fairy protect the secret of the magma - the source of their power - in a magic cauldron.." We think we'll go ahead and finally download Gradius Rebirth instead, thanks.

Got a DSi? You have options! One is Paper Airplane Chase, which looks a heck of a lot like a Mac game we played many moons ago. It's $2/200 points.

Figure of the Day has updated once again! The daily feature on figures you might have but might not-- either way, here's what you've been missing! Spanning from the original Power of the Force series of 1995 to the latest of The Legacy Collection, it's almost like a history lesson!

Surprise-- it's gorgeous! TVShowsOnDVD.com has the full breakdown of what you get and how it's going to look. The first boxed set has 4 discs, PSAs, a Toy Fair presentation from 1963, and most awesome of all, archival toy commercials. We may have just sold ourselves on a set. Expect it this July.

While many have blamed piracy as being the key reason the Playstation Portable hasn't been going places, we've been fast to point out that there wasn't anything we found worth playing in the past year. Namco decided it was time to, you know, make something for it. That's the good news.

Capcom hasn't been too quiet about their intents to release Street Fighter IV for Windows, specifically the Games for Windows sub-platform. Meaning you can play on Windows Live (like Xbox Live), and you can earn achievement points too.

If you follow Retronauts on Twitter-- and you should-- you'd see this story (and another article from which it was born) explaining something you probably didn't know-- that Capcom has been using overpowered hardware and making its games in widescreen for longer than you might think! So it looks like it might be ready to go and look awesome without too much futzing with sprites. That's very good news, and it's a fascinating read.