Greetings, Free-Roaming Vapours!

I’m feeling a bit under the weather right now, so this installment won’t be very big.  But, I do wanna share with you a severe injustice that’s being done to the geek community right now (you may already be aware of it):

Activision has decided not to put out the new Ghostbusters video game that was scheduled to be released in October.

As you probably know already, Dan Aykroyd has been trying to get a third round of the GB franchise going for a long time.  Last year, he was finally able to put his plans into action – but instead of making a third film, it was decided to tell the story through a different medium…

A video game.

The result is an amazing-looking game that finally gives fans what they’ve wanted for so long – Ghostbusters 3.  That’s right, it’s and all new story written by Aykroyd and Harold Ramis, and features the return of all four of the original actors to voice their film counterparts.  Also coming back are William Atherton and Annie Potts - the original actors for EPA jerk Walter Peck and mousy secretary Janine Melnitz, respectively.

The screen shots and promo videos really demonstrate who great this game looks.  Combine that with the fact that every single one of us (except for you, Party McPooperstein) wants the opportunity to throw a proton beam at some ex-lifers, and you got yourself a highly-anticipated game…

…except the fact that when I went to pre-order it last weekend I found out it was taken off of Activision’s release list.

Jerks.

Now, not to worry.  After doing some digging, it appears that the game hasn’t been canceled.  It’s just that Activision is a big, stoopid doo-doo head.  Meanwhile, Aykroyd and the developers themselves are still shopping around for a new distributor.  From what I’ve learned, it looks like the game may be postponed until next year to coincide with the 25^th anniversary of the original movie.  And that may end up working in the game’s favor.  So, just hang in there.  We’ll get our GB game.

In the meantime, just remember – if someone asks you if you’re a god, you say “yes”!

The Don tried to think of the most harmless thing.  The giant, angry ham sandwich is his fault.

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