• 16Jun 08

  Metal Gear Essentials and Wii Games Update

  Metal Gear Solid Essentials

  

  Well, without a PS3, I couldn't get MGS4, so I celebrated by getting the MGS Essentials to fill the gaps in my MGS collection. I've finished the original MGS before, but that was my cousin's copy and the only way I'd get it from him now is to pry it from his cold dead hands.

  The collection doesn't have much is the way of extras, but the first thing I did was pop in MGS to see if it was still any good after all these years. Surprisingly, it is. Sure, the visuals are seriously dated but the game is still as fun to play today as it as then.

  Mario Kart, Then and Now

  

  Super Mario Kart spent a lot of time in my SNES, and Mario Kart Wii is awesome, even if I can't play with the wheel. (I still need an analog stick to drive, what can I say). So to everyone out there, be sure to send me your Friend Codes. (And if you have codes for Mario Strikers or SSB Brawl, send those too.

  Wii Games Up

  No More Heroes

  

  I hate it when people say, If you liked (Insert Name of Game Here), you'll love (Insert Name of Game Here) but if you liked Suda 51's Killer 7, you'll like No More Heroes.

  I wasn't going to bother mentioning this game, but then I saw this:

  

  In order to promote the game, Suda 51 published a series of cosplay photos of Japanese models dressed as Sylvia Christel.

  Talk about knowing your target audience. ^-^ Check out some of the pictures I found in my PlaySylvia album.

  Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles

  

  I kinda wish RE2 and Code: Veronica were included in the lineup for this one, but this is an addictive shooter. Now all we need is the Wii version of Resident Evil Zero and maybe that Silent Hill arcade shooter and we're set.

  Thanks for reading!

  Be sure to leave comments or else, I'll get depressed.

  

  Or not....

  • Posted Jun 16, 2008 6:15 pm PT
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• 20Oct 07

  I've got a theme going now. A theme of Roses

  For the handful of you who actually pay any attention to my profile, you might have noticed I've changed things up a bit recently. I've built my profile and forum images to fit a theme. Namely, Reiko Hinomoto.

  Truth be told, it started with some animations I found. I embedded them in banners and put the in my forum signature. Then I decided I may as well change my avatar to match. After spending all that time toying around with my graphics programs I decided, what the hell, I'll make a new banner for my profile too.

  I just wish I didn't have to redo it so the tabs didn't block the text on the bottom. Why did I bother with all this?

  

  MySignature Banners:

  

  

  • Posted Oct 20, 2007 9:16 pm PT
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• 20Jun 07

  Haruhi Suzumiya comes to DVD

  

  One of the greatest anime series of the last ten years has finally come to English DVD. Yup, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya is now available in English. I loved this series to death when it was on the fansub circuit and when I heard about the uber-DVD box for the first volume I knew I had to have it. But, wait, fansub fans! Don't throw out those fan translated episodes just yet!

  You see, Bandai has put the episodes on this DVD in *chronological* order not the *broadcast* order.

  What does that mean? Well, if you're not familiar with the series, the episodes were shown out of chronological order deliberately. But to make the series more accessable, Bandai put the episodes in the "correct" order (with the exception of "The Adventures of Mikuru Asahina" which remains the first episode).

  Now, I don't mind this too much, but I would have liked it if Bandai had left the order alone. The biggest drawback to this change is in the episode previews. In the original previews we got Kyon and Haruhi bickering over the episode number. Now we just get Nagato announcing the title of the next episode, which is kind of a downer.

  Still, for Haruhi nuts like myself the Special DVD is a must have. Aside from the special box it comes with a copy of Haruhi's hair ribbon (I have no idea what to do with it), a pencil board, a Haruhi-ism iron-on and the Hare Hare Yukai single CD.

  Now, the special edition of Vol. 2, due out on the 3rd of July, comes with a ton of extras too. Including a DVD of the first five episodes in the broadcast order. So maybe we'll be able to get both orders.

  More on this when the DVD is in my hands.

  • Posted Jun 20, 2007 8:29 pm PT
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