GTA IV PS3, prepare to be released? Tuesday, Mar 4 2008 

 GTA IV

Well, after seeing those HQ picture in GTA IV’s screenshot, i just know that this game will be the best game in PS3.  Grand Theft Auto IV is looking superb. Perhaps even more importantly, it’s looking finished. The millions of eager fans who were disappointed by the game’s postponement can rest easy, because bar a major catastrophe, the game should make its planned April release date. Having played it for two and a half hours at Rockstar’s London offices, we can report that the game is running smoothly, has relatively few bugs, and is as intricately detailed as we’d hope a GTA game would be. In fact, playing five missions and exploring two of the game’s massive districts was almost too much to digest in one sitting, and we left intoxicated by the amount of new characters, areas, and gameplay that it has to offer.

The voice-over work is pretty much finished at this stage, and it’s of the same high quality that we’ve come to expect from the Grand Theft Auto series. Little Jacob’s vocal style makes him pretty hard to understand, but there are subtitles available should you need them. The incidental conversations still help to flesh out the characters in GTAIV, and they’ve become even more well-rounded thanks to a multitude of dialogue recordings. Conversations change depending on how you approach missions, so if you have to repeat them, you’re unlikely to hear the same exchange the second time. We played one assassination mission that took place on a train platform, and the preceding cutscene changed completely when we approached the target from a different angle.

Wii outsells PS3 again! Monday, Mar 3 2008 

Just as i predicted from the best game console in 2007, Nintendo Wii become number 1 again in console selling.

According to a report from Reuters quoting figures from Famitsu publisher Enterbrain, 331,627 Wiis were sold in the four weeks to February 24, compared with 89,131 of the PS3. In January the Wii was outselling the PS3 3-to-1, and it now looks set to extend its lead to 4-to-1 in February.

Super Smash Bros., which was released on January 31, sold 800,000 in the first week it went on sale, and has since gone on to sell 1.33 million copies. Wii Fit, which was released on December 1, was also still going strong, and has sold 309,311 copies this month.

Microsoft’s Xbox 360 is still lagging some way behind the two homegrown consoles, having sold just 14,079 units in February.

Final Fantasy 7 Crisis Core!! Sunday, Mar 2 2008 

I think for now i’ll update my blog with newest game release and its review, so enjoy my first review about Final Fantasy 7 Crisis Core.

Zack

Crisis Core drops you in the role of Zack Fair, the elite SOLDIER operative who was only glimpsed in flashback in the original Final Fantasy VII. Like all members of SOLDIER, Zack is a special agent who cleans up after the nefarious Shin-Ra corporation, the organization that owns FFVII’s central city of Midgar, and the one which is quietly sucking dry the life force of the planet. A few hours into the storyline, we haven’t quite figured out where things are going yet. So far, we’ve been chasing after a rogue SOLDIER named Genesis alongside our mentor, a hard but noble agent named Angeal who’s showing plucky young Zack the ropes. Based on what we know about Shin-Ra from Final Fantasy VII, we can’t really blame Genesis for going against the grain, but we’ll see where the story goes from here.

Crisis Core wastes no time pulling at your nostalgic heartstrings. Familiar characters like effete goth heartthrob Sephiroth, spunky little ninja-in-training Yuffie, and austere Tseng of the Turks have gotten plenty of play so far, and we expect a lot more to show up throughout the game. The game’s CG-animated intro movie is highly reminiscent of the original game’s opening sequence (and is also of startlingly high quality, as is all of the CG we’ve seen so far). Even the sound effects that accompany menu selections and such are spot-on re-creations of those in FFVII. Fans will surely be pleased.

After a long time vacuum…I’m back!!! Sunday, Jan 20 2008 

Fyuh, looks like i’m vacuum from this blog for quite a long time… that’s because i was too busy with my final project and then end up forget about this blog…

Well, for starter i will give a review about the most recent anime i’ve been watching, Clannad. Enjoy please.

Clannad

Tomoya Okazaki is a third year high school student resentful of his life. His mother passed away from a car accident when he was younger, causing his father to resort to alcohol and cigarettes. This results in fights between the two until Tomoya’s shoulder is injured in a fight. Since then, Tomoya has had distant relationships with his father, causing him to become a delinquent over time. While on a walk to school, he meets a strange girl named Nagisa Furukawa who is a year older, but is repeating due to illness. Due to this, she is often alone as most of her friends have moved on. The two begin hanging out and slowly, as time goes by, Tomoya finds his life shifting in a new direction.

After Tevez, MU after Anelka? Thursday, Jul 26 2007 

Phew, it’s been a long time since the last time i’ve updated my blog isn’t it? Well anyway, here is the big news i’ve got from the official website of Manchester United. Seems like because the transfer problem of Tevez, Sir Alex will after Nicolas Anelka, the French Striker. Here is the full news anyway:

Nicolas Anelka

Sir Alex Ferguson will wait up to a year to complete the £30million capture of Carlos Tevez – and is ready to make Nicolas Anelka a stop-gap signing. United have until August 31 to sign Tevez, whose dispute with West Ham over his contractual status will be determined by agent Kia Joorabchian’s High Court case, which Fergie hopes will settle the matter by the deadline date. But, such is his determination to sign Tevez, the United boss is prepared to wait until the January transfer window or even next summer to land the Argentina striker. The Mirror also reports that Middlesbrough are set to land United striker Alan Smith for £6million.

In The Sun, Sir Alex Ferguson tells Jose Mourinho to shut it. Well, not quite, but when asked whether Mourinho’s decision to try and be calmer next season is a good idea, he responded: “It’s probably a good thing for him he’s said he’ll be less outspoken. He was getting himself in all sorts of difficulties.”

Suzumiya Haruhi 2nd season officialy announced!! Saturday, Jul 7 2007 

Well, that’s really a big news for me really. I’ve heard that the 2nd season will be released at Fall 2007 after CLANNAD being released, but then KyoAni Studio made an official announcement this day that Kyoto Animation’s schedule will be Suzumiya Haruhi in Fall/Winter 2007 and a light novel adaptation in Spring 2008, so CLANNAD seems to have been pushed back until Fall 2008. We probably won’t know anything more definitive until the official announcement is made. But, regardless of what airs when, this Fall season is going to be chock-full of sequels and potential blockbusters. It’s really worth for waiting isn’t it? Well, here is the source pictures from the official site, enjoy.

Haruhi 2nd 01: Watashi wa koko ni iru, Haruhi 2nd season release?

Haruhi 2nd 02: Episode clues and game info

Haruhi 2nd 03: Lucky star charas also celebrating the release of haruhi 2nd season

Champions Youth Cup in Malaysia Thursday, Jul 5 2007 

I get this info from AC Milan’s website, seems like there will be a tournament in malaysia, and the participants is big clubs in europe, although they are only the young team. But i think it’s still a good idea isn’t it? Well, here is the full news anyway.

milan

MILAN – The Youth Sector of Milan is proud and honoured, just like the entire club. The greatest world youth tournament for clubs will take place in August and Milan will be there. We’re talking about the “Champions Youth Cup – Malaysia 2007“. It is a great tournament which is born under the official consecration, under the sponsorship of the “G 14“, reserved to the players under 19.

12 out of 14 clubs Youth clubs from the organization will take part and a lot of attention and energy will be devoted to it. Milan, with Filippo Galli on the bench, will play one of the two opening matches aganst Flamengo. The other match, on the 8th of August at 18:45 (local time), will be between Malaysia Under 19 and Bayern Munich.

To prepare for a sort of summer “Champions League” for Youth teams, the games will be played in five cities, including Kuala Lumpur, where all the direct elimination matches will be played following the four groups stage of the first round. The second Rossoneri’s squad will gather at Milanello on the 21st of July and will observe the training camp of the start of the season in the same period of the first team, the European Champions.

The departure towards Malaysia is in program on the3rd of August, whereas Sebastiano Rossi, one of the elements of the technical staff of the Primavera squad, will remain at Milanello to work with the lads who are not Under 19, amongst which Willy Aubameyang (1987). The other teams of the Youth Sector of Milan will gather around the 17th of august, at the sports centre ‘Vismara’ of Milan. Then some formations will go to work in an important sports centre of Vittorio Veneto, the other group will then reach the mountain training camp of Cles, in Val di Non.

School Days become anime! Tuesday, Jul 3 2007 

School days anime

For everyone who doesn’t know about this title, school days is a simulation game in PC. But it’s not an ordinary simulation game, because we can control the story of the game with our choice, and the game is like a movie itself, so it spends very big space in your hard disk, approximately 14 Gb. But the quality of the artwork is very good, and the story is also top notched. Why is that? because it’s psycho, hehehe.

So, this game will become an anime in 2007, and it will be released today at July 3rd. I haven’t download it yet, but here is the preview of the first episode. Looks like from a game, but if you look again you will find some different thing from the game.

School days ep 1

And about the story, here is the brief story from me, enjoy.

Makoto has been, for many years, admiring a girl he has seen on the train. That girl is Kotonoha Katsura, and he even managed to take a photo of her with his cell phone. Due to new seating in his class, he ends up next to Sekai Saionji, a nosy girl but sweet and sincere. As she snoops for his cell phone while talking to him, she discovers his crush and vows to help him until Kotonoha agrees to go out with him. When Sekai finally gets them together, she realizes her own feelings after finding out that the person Kotonoha liked was, in fact, Makoto. While waiting for her train next to Makoto, who was waiting for Kotonoha, she has him talking about how he can repay her for all of her help. Before leaving for her train, she kisses him and cries when she boards the way home. This, right before Kotonoha arrived for her date with Makoto, sparked some feelings hidden deep inside him and now, he must deal with two girls.

Well, that’s the main story, but this game has 24 ending, so it depends on our choices in the game actually. From the rumors, i heard that the anime version has original ending, so its really worth to wait. The last from me is picture of kotonoha bringing her homemade bento and black tea, it looks very tasty. I want to eat it, and also eat her too, hehehe

Kotonoha with bento

Gundam 00 Update Thursday, Jun 28 2007 

At least i’ve got a new info about Gundam 00 (read: double O), the newest series of Gundam after Stargazer. Here is the news:

Gundam OO

Main character Setsuna, who according to his description hates himself, pilots the Exia, of course. Lockon, a young man who lost his family to terrorists, pilots the Dynames. Alleluiah (yes, Alleluiah), a gental orphan who pilots the Kyrios, and – surprise! There’s a female pilot after all: Tieria, piloting the Virtue.

Haruhi in PS2!!? Thursday, Jun 28 2007 

Well, i’m kinda shocked too when i saw this news. But if it’s true, it’s really great. I’ll definitely search that game. Well that’s that, here is the news anyway:

haruhi PS2

Canned Dogs has spotted an announcement in Famitsu about a new video game based on The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya – and it’s NOT the previously-announced PSP game. No, this looks to be a fantasy RPG featuring the SOS Brigade (which is extra funny if you’ve ever spotted the light novel promo art featuring the characters in RPG garb).

The art will be done by animators Kyoto Animation, and it looks like there will also be a figure of at least Haruhi in her RPG attire (looks like she’s a sword-swinging knight).

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