We are pleased to announce the release of Mega64′s first online Webisode! Our webisodes are going to be little story-pieces centered around the characters of the Mega64 world. Our first one features Dr. Poque, creator of the Mega64, as he receives some fascinating business advice from his co-conspirator/roommate, Horatio. It’s called “Poqueoblog.”

Of course, people who have bought our DVDs before are already familiar with these characters. A lot of people on the internet don’t realize that our DVDs feature half-hour episodes, with a mix of characters/storylines and Mega64 video game skits mashed all together. It’s for that reason today that we’re also offering up a classic skit from our archives- The Luigi’s Mansion skit.

So basically, if you’ve already seen our DVDs, then you’ve already seen Luigi’s Mansion. But hey, enjoy a new segment featuring our characters! If you haven’t seen our DVDs but hate anything with a storyline, then just watch Luigi’s Mansion. This is absolutely win-win, here, people.

It’s really weird for me looking back at the Luigi’s Mansion video. I don’t know if it still stands up. I think it was kind of scary for us at the time, because we were still new at the whole thing, and we were kinda messing up somebody else’s house. But now I look back and realize that all we were really doing was vacuuming. I think if we filmed this today, we’d have probably more directly towards peoples’ faces, culminating in an angry soccer coach trying to take our camera away. Oh, and we’d all be shirtless. Maybe that’s saying something about where Mega64 is really heading.

Anyway, a few news items:

-We will once again be doing the videos for the Game Developers Conference. This year, we’ll be doing some slightly stranger videos for the independent games award ceremony. It’ll be held at the Moscone Center in San Francisco on February 20th, so y’know, if you already have a badge for that thing, come check it out. And say hi to us, because we’ll probably be walking around there all week. And probably lonely.

-Rocco was a guest on last week’s Joystiq Podcast. He hadn’t slept in a really long time, but he apparently remembers talking about video games. If this sounds appealing to you, please, listen.

-We were serious the other day about our DVDs being almost gone. They totally are. Version 2 is sold out, and there’s a couple V1′s left. Click below and buy.

-We have a bunch of new merchandise on the way.

-Yes, we directed a music video for Freezepop, but no, we have no idea where it is right now.

-The PAX 2007 DVD, featuring the full-length documentary “FanPAXTic!: A Visual Journey of the Penny Arcade Expo,” made by Rocco, is projected to be released in late February or early March.

-The site will be redesigned soon, and we just might introduce a new weekly feature with it that our hardcore fans will really, really like.

Come back Tuesday for a new podcast where we’ll discuss all this new stuff going on. Thanks for supporting Mega64. We don’t know why you do it, but we still appreciate it so, so much.