You might remember Unity favorite Mega Ran from his latest Mega Man-inspired tracks, or from his recent appearance on our Comic-Con stream, but if you don't know him, you really should. 

A good place to start would be this new interview with him, which includes some inspiration, his interesting personal background, and of course some mp3s of recent tracks (the awesomeness of which is why he's getting interviewed in the first place!).

CHH: Do you consider yourself a Nerdcore artist?

MR: Yes and no. I made Mega Ran before I knew what Nerdcore was. Prior to that, I made what people called conscious rap. Prior to that, not a lot of people know but I made gospel rap. So when I make a song or album with that theme, people will classify me there. It just so happened that making rap music with nerdy themes is what made me somewhat famous so now I'm Nerdcore. That's cool.

You can find the whole thing here.

1Up's resident retro-master (and creator of the always-fun Retronauts blog) Jeremy Parish has a new piece up on the joys of Mega Man Zero Collection's new "arranged" mode that lets you play through all the games in a cohesive, sequential experince. 

As mentioned in IGN's MMZ Collection recap, you should also keep your eyes peeled for new dialogue and sprite-swapping fun, and once you feel your skills have powered up, you can also tackle the unchanged original games individually. 

For anyone thinking "hey, what's the deal with this whole Mega Man Zero Collection thing?", head over to IGN for a nice recap of what you can expect. 

For anyone that hasn't played all of these games before, this collection is really an amazing value, packing a ton of platforming, boss-battling goodness into a great DSi package.  If you have played the games before, you don't need convincing about how fun they are, so take a trip down memory lane, and keep your eyes peeled for unlockable extras like new dialogue and some sprite-swapping fun. 

Spotted over on waylou: A homemade "Rubik's Cube" featuring the Robot Master select screen from Mega Man 1-6. 

Given how similar most of the sides look without careful inspection, solving this not only requires cube skillz, but also the ability to recognize your Robot Masters and the game they're from at a glance. 

Unity member Yoshi Vu gives us a new take on Mega Man and some notable robot masters (plus Met!) with this fantastic series of rendered models. 

You can see the full set in high-res here, and Kotaku even ran a story on them.  Way to go Yoshi!