( vacation, games, etc. )

Hey, I should actually use this account sometimes.

( various odds and ends )

-Super Robot Wars Z3: Jigoku Hen to be released on 4/10. Some of the previous series from Z2 have been dumped in favor of Aquarion EVOL, Fullmetal Panic!, and Gundam Unicorn, which rounds out the stoic supersoldier quartet of Heero Yuy, Setsuna F. Seiei, Sagara Sousuke, and Chirico Kuuvey (sp?). It's also announced that, having concluded the TV ( Read more... )

Catching Fire: Same reaction as the first one, it's a reasonably well-put-together movie but I still don't get what the fuss is about. It's probably just a personal preferences thing - the themes and characters are well-written but fail to emotionally engage me on a personal level. Ends a bit abruptly ( Read more... )

Nothing that interesting is happening in the Big Blue Room, so more game news. Fortunately there's been some activity on the RPG front.

-Persona 5 announced for winter 2014. It's quite a ways off but one assumes that the fans would have invaded Atlus headquarters in an enraged mob if they'd done their big announcement of all the various spinoffs ( Read more... )

Spoilers @ Ender's Game, Thor 2.

( geek-interest movies )

Websites that are blocked in China: Twitter, Facebook, Youtube, various blogging sites, search engines for various blogging sites (including the Chinese Weibo), Compile Heart, figurine manufacturers. Strangely enough, not 2ch or 4chan. If part of the purpose of the Great Firewall is to "avoid corruption of the country's youth" as is the excuse ( Read more... )

Would post funny travel pictures on Twitter as seems to be the norm, except the country I traveled to does not believe in such things. Off comms for the next couple of weeks until I get back to somewhere without Internet Police. Or at least official Internet Police.

Been losing sleep to this recently, which is a bit of a surprise as the game wasn't even on my radar until some friends recommended it. The most important factor is that it seems to actually implement the concept of the story-based MMO better than SWToR, because in addition to having a main storyline it is also single-player and casual-friendly. ( Read more... )

-Diablo 3 expansion announced, to feature a new Act, higher level caps and/or new abilities, and the Crusader class.

-Warrior Princess of Arcadias appears to be Nippon Ichi's answer to the Odin Sphere style games.

-Shin Sangoku Musou 7 Moushouden announced. Because it's logical that players would want 3 Musou games in as many months or something ( Read more... )