October 2008

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Gears Of War 2: Anime Or Gay Friendly?

Well, recently the Gears of War media machine has released the spiritual successor to “Mad World” trailer and it feels like a too emo variation of the predecessor. This one, for Gears of War 2, is titled: “Last Day”. I don’t know, it doesn’t ring with me like Donnie Darko did and hence the “Mad World” [...]

Tapping to the beats : “Rhythm Tengoku Gold” Review

Tapping to the beats : “Rhythm Tengoku Gold” Review

Not too long ago, the guys behind “WarioWare” games released a funky GBA Rhythm game, “Rhythm Tengoku” (literally meaning “Rhythm Heaven” in English). The game really did turn out to be a sort of “heaven” for fans of rhythm games with its funky levels, comical characters and very simple gameplay. It was definitely a memorable [...]

Diwali crackers and Otaku-ness

*The Occasion Its Diwali time once again in India, and everyone is busy buying sweets and crackers (thats what we call fireworks here, not something that polly would want). Its India’s festival of lights where people of all ages have fun blasting crackers the whole night. Little kids with sparklers and plastic guns that blast “tickli”s [...]

Naruto Databook 3 Analysis I

Naruto Databook 3 Analysis I

So, user Agrias over at Mangahelpers was nice enough to upload some scans of this book. For anyone who doesn’t know, Databooks are a common class of books published by many mangas (specially long running ones) in which the creative team of that manga put out vital and/or non-vital statistics concerning characters, events, backgrounds, consequences, abilities [...]

Getting ‘yer booty off PSN : A Huge Pain.. in ‘yer booty

[UPDATE] Just now I finished download the game for the nth time.. this time the “current went off” only twice throughout the download, although I expected it to not work like all the previous times. I was staring at the “loading please wait” screen that comes before the installation starts(after which the error is usually [...]

Halo 3 Secret ODST update?

UPDATE 2 The game has been officially Announced, and it will be called “Halo 3:Recon” and yes, the game will infact be based on the ODST. It will be a tactical shooter, no Idea if its Third Person or First person, will have emphasis on “Stealth”. The game will release with new maps and some [...]