Mash-ups in the world of music are nothing but what do you do when you’re tired of dropping Britney Spears lyrics over Justice anthems all day? How about “sampling” two classic video games and combining them for some seriously-reworked Nintendo love.

Such is the case in Megaman vs. Ghosts and Goblins, a fully functional online mash-up developed from two of my favorite childhood games created by mystery-man Staticreator. This Flash-based, online rework of the classics has all the classic pitfalls and netherworld creatures of the original G ‘n’ G title only, this time, our protagist is none other than Dr. Light’s robotic boy hero, Mega-Man. Blasting your way to success is a breeze once you upgrade to Mega-Man’s healthy life meter and advanced jumping capabilities from Arthur …

A lovely piece of information popped up in my inbox today in regards to my beloved Roku Box:

First, you can now watch, in high definition (HD), the hundreds of movies and TV episodes offered in HD instantly by Netflix. Second, an incredible 40,000 movies and TV shows from Amazon Video On Demand will soon be available to choose from on your Roku player.

Why is this important? Beyond the foreshadowing that my credit card bill will skyrocket with microtransactions from Amazon the same way it currently does with Beatport and Apple, this news puts another nail in the coffin of the “why would I want to buy an Blue-Ray player” argument. Let’s face it, with the exception of the printed word (sorry Kindle, I’m still holding …