Sanity… is for the Weak

And what better way to spend it than over a game of Zombies!!! this dark and stormy night?

Happy Halloween everyone!

Audio/Visual Update

Audio:Slave
In the B&O:
+Quincy Jones: Big Band Bossa Nova
+Experience Hendrix: The Best of Jimi Hendrix
+Café Tel Aviv - Middle East Chillout

Visual:Slave
In the DVD:
+Mama Mia! The Movie
+Journey to the Center of the Earth
+The Good, The Bad, The Weird
+A History of Violence
+Paprika

Animania:
+イヴの時間
+ToraDora (とらドラ)
+To Aru Majutsu no Index (とある魔術の禁書目録)
+Rideback
+K-On! (けいおん!)
+Eden of the East (東のエデン)
+Strike Witches (ストライクウィッチーズ) DVD

Movies to Catch - ‘09:
+Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea (崖の上のポニョ)
+Slumdog Millionaire
+Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance
+Full Battle Rattle
+Reclaiming the Blade
+Watchmen
+Terminator: Salvation
+Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
+2012
+Star Trek
+Up
+Angels and Demons
+Fanboys
+Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
+Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
+Fast and Furious
+G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra

WTF, Hollywood? WTF?
+Astroboy
+Dragonball: The Movie

Movies soooo bad, it’s gotta be gooood
+Zombie Strippers
+Jack Brooks - Monster Slayer

Current Reads
RAWs
+謎の彼女Ｘ - Chapter 33
+魔法 先生 ネギま! - Chapter 249
+会長はメイド様! - Volume 6
+ソード・ワールドRPG 2.0 (SW2.0)

Dead Tree
+Homework for Grown-ups: Everything you learnt at school… and promptly forgot
+Dragon Warriors RPG 2008
+The Book of War

Online
+Questionable Content
+Real Life
+The Order of the Stick
+Turn Signals on a Land Raider

Sword World 2.0
Or, ソード・ワールドRPG 2.0 (SW2.0) as it is known in the original Japanese, is one of the pioneer Japanese languange role-playing-game systems. And it happens to be just one of the things I specifically went to Tokyo earlier this year for:

This should take me a while to translate to a point where it’s actually playable, but hey, what’s another hobby?

Interestingly enough, I had quite a bit of a hard time looking for the books, because the first time I saw the book, it was printed in a large filo format, rather than the current handy three-part paperback. I had looked for the large hard-cover all over Akihabara, and was about to give up when Great Cthulhu showed the way, literally. Simply put, I was looking at the RPG section, which contained oddly enough, Japanese language editions of GURPS, D&D and the Call of Cthlhu RPGs to no avail, when suddenly stack of books collapsed and dropped the Call of Cthulhu rulebook onto a small paperback stack. And when I picked up the dropped book what did I see? Sword World 2.0. Ha!

And so, I got tagged. On Facebook, of all places. Anyhoo, here goes:

ANGER:
Q: Who did you last get angry with?
A: An angry drunk, who insulted my friends, my family and called me of all things, a coward who’s too pussy to start a fight with him. And to top it off, he suddenly headbutted me and smashed my nose. I really, really, really wanted to go Fiore on his ass… but the mission came first.

Q: Weapon of choice?
A: Swift kick to the nether regions.

Q: Would you hit a member of the opposite sex?
A: If I have to.

Q: How about of the same sex?
A: Oh yes….

Q: Who was the last person who got really angry at you?
A: Probably my wife.

Q: Pet peeve?
A: Stupidity.

Q: Do you keep grudges?
A: I’ll forgive, but not forget.

SLOTH

Q: What is the one thing you’re supposed to do daily that you haven’t done in a long time?
A: Go jogging. My job sucks.

Q: Latest time you ever woke up?
A: 6pm.

Q: Name a person you’ve been meaning to contact, but haven’t
A: Mom.

Q: What is the last lame excuse you made?
A: Who? Me? I never!

Q: How many times did you hit the SNOOZE button on your alarm clock today?
A: Three times. The last one is my dogs barking because they need to go for a walk…

GLUTTONY
Q: What is your OVERPRICED beverage of choice?
A: Coke from Mac’s. At a cost price of $0.08 per regular drink, inclusive of cup, lid, straw, ice and actual drink, for a sale price of $1.20. I know, because I’ve worked for the Scotsman for four years.

Q: Meat eaters-White or dark meat? Vegetarian-Vegan or not?
A: My motto is: “Never Refuse Food”.

Q: Greatest amount of alcohol you’ve had in one sitting/outing/event?
A: Two bottles of wine, two beers, half a bottle of whiskey, half a bottle of vodka and a Graveyard, but not in that order. There was probably more after that, but I don’t remember…

Q: Used a professional diet company?
A: Huh? Whatzzat?

Q: Do you have an issue with your weight?
A: No.

Q: Sweet,Spicy or Salty foods?
A: See motto above.

LUST
Q: How many people have you seen naked (not counting movies/family)?
A: I plead the Fifth.

Q: How many people have seen YOU naked (not counting family/Doctors)?
A: I plead the Fifth

Q: Have you ever caught yourself staring at the chest/crotch of a member of the gender of choice during a normal conversation?
A: Yes.

Q: Have you “Done it”?
A: Yes.

Q: What is your favorite body part on a person of your gender of choice?
A: I look at the overall package. But if I have to pick, I’d go with nice hair.

Q: Have you ever been propositioned by a prostitute?
A: Nope. Been accosted by pimps many times though.

GREED
Q: What’s your guilty pleasure store?
A: Bags and Books.

Q: Rich or Famous?
A: Rich. It may not buy me happiness, but it buys things that make me happy.

Q: Accept a boring job if it means MEGABUCKS?
A: Hell, yes.

PRIDE
Q: Most proud of what accomplishment?
A: Got my wife to marry me, despite my character flaws and all.

Q: What one thing have you done that your family is most proud of?
A: I have no idea.

Q: Annoyed by finishing in second place?
A: No, so long as I finish.

Q: What’s one thing that you have yet to do but would like to accomplish in your life?
A: Kids.

“FACEBOOK” ENVY
Q: What item (person) of your current FACEBOOK friends would you most want to have for your own?
A: Cheryl & JE’s beautiful old house in Sweden.

Q: Which of your FACEBOOK friends would you want to go on “Trading Spaces” with?
A: None. I’m happy where I am.

Q: Of all your FACEBOOK buddies, which one do you envy the most?
A: None. I have Zen.

FINAL QUESTION: WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE DEADLY SIN?
A: Gluttony. I love to cook and I love to eat. Probably will die of heart failure soon.

As quoted from wikipedia:

The Bayeux Tapestry (French: Tapisserie de Bayeux) is a 50 cm by 70 m (20 in by 230 ft) long embroidered cloth—not an actual tapestry—which explains the events leading up to the 1066 Norman invasion of England as well as the events of the invasion itself. The Tapestry is annotated in Latin.

In itself interesting reading, especially for those of us in PHEMAS, but I found something else that makes use of the imagery found in the tapestry: The Historic Tale Construction Kit

Bwahahahaha!!

Humor aside though, the write-up on medieval swordsmanship in last sunday’s newspaper has certainly sparked a lot of interest in the society, and I do believe we will have a large influx of new faces at training this weekend. Hopefully, we will find new blood among these who will be passionate about the art and is willing to spend the sweat and the pain to take up swordsmanship as a life-long commitment.

Yes, I was bored.

+Jack Spade Canvas Day Bag
+Jack Spade Boar Skin Wallet
+Sony Ericsson W850i
+Victorionox Card Case
+Quetin i lambë eldaiva: A Quenya Course
+Chinese Knock-off Swiss Card
+SAF SOG EOD Powerlock
+Ridolfo Capo Ferro’s Gran Simulacro dell’arte e dell’uso della scherma
+Steve Jackson’s GEV micro game
+Eye Drops
+Spare Pens
+Moleskine
+House and Office Keys
+Current Read: Homework for Grown-ups: Everything you learnt at school… and promptly forgot
+PSP in pouch with remote and headset

Listening to:
JNR Dials Deep

Current Read:
Traveller

Mood:
Hot and irritable

Traveller Core Rulebook and a Heineken.

Bliss.

Patapon madness.

It’s annoying, yet strangely hypnotic and endearing at the same time.

Another one of those things that drive you over the edge of sanity…

Oh god. Back to Shadow Moses.

And a serious lol moment in this cut-scene.

If you don’t get the reference, this is the same place when you had to change discs for the first Metal Gear Solid game way back on the PS1.

I *heart* my PS3

First of all, a big Hello! to the lovely Auri, whom I’ve finally gotten to meet.

Today marks the halfway point of the “Five Days of Fiore” Seminar, and I think I can see the exhaustion and mental overload starting to set in. So far, the seminars that we’ve had has always been over weekends, and stretching one out to five days is a first, not just for PHEMAS back home, but apparently for SESH here as well.

In a bid to keep interest high, Guy injected some humor in today’s session by having us recreate the illustrations in the manuscript ~ it was quite a sight, especially in the Play of Dagger against Swords, we even had Ilkka wear the crown of the Master:

Even I got into the act with the introduction to the play of Zhogo Largo:

In any case the last three days have been both a revision in the source of our Art, and an exploration of how the process of translating the manuscript into actual physical movements is done. In doing so, I believe that many of us have come to a greater understanding and appreciation of how the entire system is interconnected, with the foundation built up form the unarmed sections and evolving through the dagger and sword plays. Tomorrow, we will continue with swords, before going on to polearms.

Now I bid everyone goodnight, and I shall retire to rub my sore and aching muscles before drifting off to restful slumber.

Hyvää yötä!

This was too funny (for students of history, at least) not to share.

Mildly offensive (to some) language contained herein:

*Hitler[AoE] has joined the game.*
*Eisenhower has joined the game.*
*paTTon has joined the game.*
*MacRthr has joined the game. *
*Churchill has joined the game.*
*benny-tow has joined the game.*
*T0J0 has joined the game.*
*Roosevelt has joined the game.*
*Stalin has joined the game.*
*deGaulle has joined the game.*

Roosevelt: hey sup
T0J0: y0
Stalin: hi
Churchill: hi
Hitler[AoE]: cool, i start with panzer tanks!
paTTon: lol more like panzy tanks
T0JO: lol
Roosevelt: o this sux i got a depression!
benny-tow: haha america sux
Stalin: hey hitler you dont fight me i dont fight u, cool?
Hitler[AoE]; sure whatever
Stalin: cool
deGaulle: sacre, Hitler rushed some1 help
Hitler[AoE]: lol byebye frenchy
Roosevelt: i dont got sh!t to help, congress not activated yt, sry
Churchill: wtf the luftwaffle is attacking me
Roosevelt: get antiair guns
Churchill: i cant afford them, swap me some destroyers?
Roosevelt: ok i get bases in carib ok?
Churchill: right, whatever
benny-tow: haha deals in open chat, u n00bs know what team talk is?
paTTon: stfu
Roosevelt: o yah hit the navajo button guys
deGaulle: eisenhower ur worthless come help me quick
Eisenhower: i cant do sh!t til rosevelt gives me an army
paTTon: yah hurry the f#ck up
Churchill: d00d im gettin pounded
Roosevelt: No army till congress act, only navy
Stalin: dont take democracy next time, its lame
deGaulle: this is so weak u guys suck
*deGaulle has left the game.*
Stalin: forgot, u lame too lol
T0J0: lol o no america im comin 4 u
Roosevelt: wtf! thats bullsh!t u fags im gunna kick ur asses
T0JO: not without ur harbors u wont! lol
Roosevelt: u little bitch ill get u
T0J0: mac i’m totally kicking ur ass
MacRthr: BRB AFK
Churchill: got army up now fdr?
Roosevelt: totaly, im gonna attack the axis too, k?
benny-tow: with what? ur wheelchair?
benny-tow: lol did u mess up ur legs AND ur head?
Hitler[AoE]: ROFLMAO i attack first hahaha!

Hitler[AoE]: wtf
Hitler[AoE]: america hax, u had depression and now u got congress up & a huge f#ckin army
Hitler[AoE]: thats bullsh!t u hacker
Roosevelt: thats democrocy, not so lame
Churchill: lol no more france for u hitler
Hitler[AoE]: tojo help me!
T0J0: wtf u want me to do, im on the other side of the world retard
Hitler[AoE]: fine ill clear you a path
Stalin: WTF u as***le! WE HAD A F#CKIN TRUCE
Hitler[AoE]: i changed my mind lol
benny-tow: haha
benny-tow: hey ur losing ur guys in africa im gonna need help in italy
soon sum1
T0J0: sayonara i cant help u i got my hands full
Hitler[AoE]: im 2 busy 2 help
Roosevelt: yah thats right bitch im comin for ya
Stalin: church help me
Churchill: like u helped me before?, sure ill just sit here.u ask fdr
Churchill: & why u give oil to Hitler[AoE]? no wonder i got jumped early
Stalin: dont be an ass
Churchill: dont be a commie. oops too late
Eisenhower: LOL
benny-tow: hahahh oh shit help
Hitler: o man ur f#cked
paTTon: oh what now bitch
Roosevelt: whos the cripple now lol
*benny-tow has been eliminated.*
benny-tow: lame
Roosevelt: u pwnd him totaly patton
paTTon: thnx

Hitler[AoE]: WTF eisenhower hax hes killing all my sh!t
Hitler[AoE]: quit u hacker so u dont ruin my record
Hitler[AoE]: ok fine I throw all my reserves in ardenne, now give up bitch
Eisenhower: Nuts!
benny~tow: wtf that mean?
Eisenhower: meant to say nutsack lol finger slipped
paTTon: coming to get u hitler u hun paper hanging sob
Stalin: rofl
T0J0: HAHAHHAA
Hitler[AoE]: u guys are f#ckin gay
Hitler[AoE]: ur never getting in my city
*Hitler[AoE] has been eliminated.*
benny~tow: OMG u noob you killed yourself
Eisenhower: ROFLOLOLOL
Stalin: OMG LMAO!
Hitler[AoE]: WTF i didnt click there omg this game blows
*Hitler[AoE] has left the game*
paTTon: hahahhah
T0J0: WTF my teammates are n00bs
benny~tow: shut up noob
T0J0: u shut up, u dead
Roosevelt: haha wut a moron
paTTon: wtf am i gunna do now?
Eisenhower: yah me too
T0J0: why dont u attack me o thats right u dont got no ships lololol
Eisenhower: f#ck u
paTTon: lemme go thru ur base commie at least attack TJ and help at least!
Stalin: go to hell lol
paTTon: f#ck this sh!t im goin afk
Eisenhower: yah this is gay
MacRthr: k back! lots of ships to pound TJ base
*Roosevelt has left the game.*

paTTon: wtf?
Eisenhower: sh!t now we need some1 to join
*tru_m4n has joined the game.*

tru_m4n: hi all im fillin in for fdr
T0J0: hey
Stalin: sup
Churchill: hi
tru_m4n: OMG OMG OMG i got all his stuff!
tru_m4n: NUKES! HOLY SHIT I GOT NUKES
Stalin: d00d gimmie some plz
tru_m4n: no way i only got like a couple
Stalin: omg dont be gay gimmie nuculer secrets
T0J0: wtf is nukes?
T0J0: holy sh!tholysh!thoylsh!t!
*T0J0 has been eliminated.*
*The Allied team has won the game!*
Eisenhower: awesome!
Churchill: gg noobs no re
T0J0: thats bs u f#ckin suck
*T0J0 has left the game.*
*Eisenhower has left the game.*
Stalin: next game im not going to be on ur team, u guys didnt help me for sh!t
tru_m4n: and u not even ataack tojo, what a whiner
Churchill: wutever, we didnt need ur help neway dumbass
tru_m4n: l8r all
Churchill: l8r
Stalin: f#ck u all my spies steal ur nukes next game
MacRthr: f#ck u commie!!!
MacRthr: ur next bitch!
tru_m4n: shut up commie lol
*tru_m4n has left the game.*
benny~tow: lololol u commie
Churchill: ROFL
Churchill: bye commie
*Churchill has left the game.*
benny~tow: bye, I got to hang out somewhere else
*benny~tow has left the game.*
*MacRthr has left the game.*
Stalin: i hate u all fags
*Stalin has left the game.*
paTTon: lol no1 is left
paTTon: weeeee i got a limousine
*paTTon has been eliminated.*
paTTon: o sh!t! all glory is fleetin
*paTTon has left the game.*

LoL!!!!1!!

One more day to Helsinki!

Muggings! Car-Jackings! Drive-by Shootings! All these, and more, all accompanied by a rockin’ soundtrack!

Heh.

Gary Gygax, who co-created the fantasy game Dungeons & Dragons and helped start the role-playing phenomenon, died Tuesday morning at his home in Lake Geneva. He was 69. Besides his wife, Gygax is survived by six children.

Thank you, Mr Gygax, for the hours of entertainment through out my childhood and even to today.

You will be missed.

Here’s wishing all a Prosperous Lunar New Year!

Been gorging ourselves silly with all the new year goodies and great food, and gaming non-stop for the last two days. Methinks this is going to be a great year ahead.

Yet another gem from Japan ~ Oneechanbara, the Movie:

So, the question now is, would a B-grade production of a movie based on a B-grade game combine and become a movie classic?

Then again, you can’t go any further wrong with bikini-clad girls cleaving through hordes of undead with a pair of katana, right?

This was just too cute not to share.

*** WARNING: Heavy Dungeons & Dragons Reference ***

:Link:
Jinx

Singlesticks in the Park

We went to Toa Payoh park, a short 15-minute walk from my home, for our usual Saturday Morning Singlesticks. Ken has a much more detailed description on his blog on the event.

Suffice to say, Ken has made tremendous improvement to his play and and control. Bravo!

Separately, we made a little headway in interpreting Bolognese swordmanship, from the excellent resource by the Order Of The Seven Hearts. It’s much more easier when you have someone to to through the instructions for the play to understand what works and why, rather than trying to muddle through by one’s self!

Saturday Gaming
Saturday afternoon and night is gaming as usual ~ what was unusual was that we tried a new card-game that evening ~ Three Dragon Ante. Highly addictive, it has elements of trick-taking and bluffing, with sudden reversals and other surprises. I foresee that this will probably become a regular at our Saturday night gaming sessions

Have you ever played or heard of the game “Mastermind“?

I’ve played it quite a bit when I was much, much younger, but what really intrigued me was the cover ~

It seemed that the guy with his mysterious smile mocked me with every game I played with my cousins and aunts; oh, how I hated losing!

But recently, I came across this article which gave the story behind that game cover.

Go on, have a read. And re-live a simpler time.

The Æon Trinity campaign has ended last week, and so this week we try something new: Scion

School Nights
On a side note, wifey attended her company’s annual Dinner & Dance. Funny thing was, the theme for this year’s event was “Back to School”.

And so, she dug up a set of her old school’s uniform from somewhere, and….. looks like she had a lot of fun!

I am a lucky man

If there’s anything better than reading the hilariously funny web-comic The Order of the Stick, it’s playing the Order of the Stick Adventure Game: The Dungeon of Dorukan

Seriously funny shit ~ we were laughing non-stop!

Æon Trinity

It’s been a while since I’ve picked up the dice, and I’m enjoying every minute of it!

*roar!*

Two words: Heavenly Sword.

I *heart* my PS3

Finally got around to scanning the local gaming magazine that featured the society recently.

Despite the rather misleading title of “Gaming IRL”, the interior was actually more-or-less spot on about what we do what we’re about. Do go and pick up a copy (it comes together with the other excellent gaming mag, Game Axis) today!

Open Session last night was a real eye-opener. With Ilkka, we were doing many new things, including cutting, abrazare, single-hand techniques, and some conditioning. Of great interest was the concept on the position of strength and leverage (see the elbow, push the elbow!), the relative order of the three joints (wrist, elbow, shoulder) and where to exert said leverage based on what the opponent is trying to do.

Finally, while doing a demo on single-hand techniques, Ilkka put me a lock, with the swords ~ and it was something we could have done right out of abrazare, firmly convincing me that the foundation of Italian Swordsmanship is based on the unarmed techniques of Fiore’s . Get abrazare right, and everything else becomes easier. More foundation training on the basics from now on, I suppose.

After attending O/S for the first time after so long (damned %$#@! work schedule….), I’m all fired up and more enthused about swordsmanship than ever before. On a side note, I think my new diet of just having a vegetarian meal for lunch is working ~ I’ve actually lost about 1kg in the week I’ve gone semi-vegan, and I feel more alert and energetic this whole week. Shall continue and see if I can trim some more.

Gaming Humor

It’s kinda like how I feel at work sometimes. After all, there is no problem that cannot be solved with the suitable application of high-explosives

Metal. Gear. Solid.

I want!

Role Playing Games:
D&D 1st ed, D&D 3rd ed, GURPS, Blue Planet, Heavy Gear, Jovian Chronicles, Tékumel: Empire of the Petal Throne , Tribe 8, Cyberpunk 2020, Cyberpunk V.3, Castle Falkenstein, D6, True 20 RPG, Ars Magica, Mekton, Shadowrun 1st - 4th ed, Earthdawn 1st & 2nd ed, Crimson Empire, Paronia XP, Deadlands, Deadlands: Hell On Earth, Waste World, Rifts, Palladium Fantasy, A|State, SLA Industries, Dragon Warriors, Ars Magica, Call of Cthulhu, Delta Green, Delta Green: Count Down, 7th Sea, Legend of the Five Rings 1st & 2nd ed, Fading Suns, The Seventh Seal, Darkwood, Space 1889, Conspiracy X, Over The Edge, Dark Conspiracy, Tunnels & Trolls, Gear Kreig, Secret of Zir’an, All Flesh Must Be Eaten, The Lord of the Rings RPG, Skyrealms of Jorune, Underground, Godlike, Haven: City of Violence, Lone Wolf: The RPG, Unknown Armies.

That’s just the RPG systems on the shelf. I haven’t counted the GURPS sourcebooks, D20 sourcebooks or the stuff still at my mom’s place.

Ditto with the boardgames on top nor the card games on the next shelf.

So how come I’m not gaming more, damnit!?

As usual, my dog doesn’t look too impressed.

Must. Resist. Urge. To Laugh. Like. Dr Evil….

*fails*

Mwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!

I have to admit, I’ve been a little jittery ever since the VA shootings a few days ago. Not that I fear that something similar will occur here on our peaceful little island, but rather that the usual blame game of “he’s a loner”, and “it’s all because of those violent video games he plays”.

Why is it that the gaming hobby gets more than it’s fair share of this backlash? Back in the 80’s it was D&D and Satanism, and now it’s Counter Strike or Grand Theft Auto.

Are people simply looking for an easy way out? I read the article by Heather Chaplin, co-author with Aaron Ruby of Smartbomb: The Quest for Art, Entertainment & Big Bucks in the Videogame Revolution, and I realise that this is probably so.

As a culture, we fetishize violence……. The fact is, whether we want to admit it or not, we’re seeped in violence both virtual and real. We don’t just play violent; we are, deep down at our core, violent.

Look at our history. We’ve been waging war every day since manifest destiny first became popular more than a hundred years ago - some above ground like the current war in Iraq, others clandestine…. Just a few years ago, we gave the go ahead to our government for a policy of pre-emptive strike. What is that if not an emphatic endorsement of violence as the prime solution to a given problem?

And as the Virginia Tech shootings reminds us once again, anyone who wants a gun can get one as long as they can pay for it.

Most of us learn how to abstract away the faux-violence of pop culture and to stay numb to the real violence in the world around us. But when one of us does become sick - really sick the way Cho was - perhaps it shouldn’t be so surprising that the sickness manifests itself as a bloody reflection of all the culture showed him.

To blame violent videogames for this, let alone videogames as a medium, is short sighted, hypocritical, absurd, and, frankly, a little desperate. It’s an argument made by people who fear a medium they don’t understand and want a bogeyman more than they want real answers.

- Heather Chaplin

Come to think of it, Cho might not have walked this path of insanity and violence if he had actually been a gamer ~ providing him a safe and suitable outlet for his fustration, and the chance to meet and know people how actually shared this hobby. Who knows, he might have just turned out to be just another nerdy gamer.

:Links:
Slashdot: Gamers Grapple With VA Tech Shooting
Dr. Phil Blames Video Games for Virginia Tech Massacre
MSNBC Agrees With Kotaku: Jack’s A Tool
Feature: Dissecting Jack’s Lies
Gamers to rally in New York, but may be missing the point
Op Ed: SmartBomb Author on Va Tech Shooting

I think I’ve found the perfect thing to hang in the new car.

Fuzzy Dice. Not just any old fuzzy Dice, but D20’s

w00t!

:Link:
D20 Fuzzy Dice Danglers

GTA IV, what else?

And of course the other reason is Metal Gear Solid 4:

Anime Updates
Finished Kanon 06 and Ghost Hunt (?)

Kanon Remake
At times happy and funny, and others tragic and heart breaking, this is an emotional roller-coaster of a series. Not going to recommend it to wifey though, or at least, I won’t be anywhere near when she’s watching this or I’ll end up with my Tee-shirt half wet from tears and snot. She’s emo that way. :p

Ghost Hunt
Episode 25 ended rather… abruptly. Did the producers run out of funds of something? But all in all, a great season, with very unusual background, great story and creepy atmosphere, this series really creeped me out. Recommended if you’re feeling hot and need a chill down your spine….

New to watch

Lovely Complex
Been reading this best-selling manga for a while now, and it’s finally made it’s way to animated series. The first episode just aired in Tokyo yesterday evening, and I’m waiting for it to be uploaded to youtube… or something

Mahou Shojou Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS
Aaaaaaaannnd Season 3 is finally out. From what little I could make out with my limited Japanese, looks like the new season will focus more on the new blood than the old Nanoha/Fate/Hayate combination. We’ll see… in the meantime, the upload quality on youtube sucked, big time.

:Links:
+Lovely Complex
+Mahou Shojou Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS

15 ~ 16 Jun 07
Esplanade Concert Hall

I. Frgging. Wanna. Go.

This is Gamer/Geek cred on the line here. Who’s with me?

*rawr!*

:Links:
SISTIC Ticket bookings
Play! Symphony Homepage
Wikipedia entry