My cousin, Richard, is NBC’s Chief Foreign Correspondant, and he lives an incredible life report the news from the Middle East. Occasionally, our family is lucky enough to have him back stateside. The other benefit is that he tends to do the talk show circuit, and here is his appearance from last night’s Colbert Report.

While this online side-scroller most likely will never see the light of day in the US, here is the animated trailer for the Korean-market-bound Rockman Online. Luckily, we will be getting Mega Man Universe here, and rumor has it that we’ll be seeing more of that game at PAX.

Check out this fan project of what a Mega Man game would be like if instead of battling the Robot Masters, Mega Man took on the World Warriors.

Here is the first level, Mega Man vs. Ryu:

This video features Conny Kalcher, the VP of Consumer Experience at Lego, discussing the company’s philosophy on working with the community. It is refreshing to hear an executive extolling the benefits of working with fans and embracing a philosophy of openness. I think this outlook is what help keeps Lego fresh and sets them apart from other toy companies.

I’ve already expressed my elation that one of my all-time favorite computer games is getting a sequel, so I leave you with this glorious trailer to get you excited. This game can’t come soon enough.