Found this at a local Japanese store. I’m shocked they didn’t call this the Official Face Roller, but then the folks who named this probably had no idea. Yaay for engrish.
Next time someone in raid claims to be facerolling, I will know what (wtf?!) they are doing.
Nintendo has dropped the price on the fancy 3DS (as of August 12, 2011). Clearly they haven’t sold enough units and are hoping to stimulate the sale of games and 3DSs by making it cheaper.
Totally sold me. I am now the proud owner of a brand new teal 3DS!! I can play Ocarina of Time!!!
As a side note to the awesome power of cheaper 3DSs, the executives of Nintendo are taking a pay cut to accompany this price drop. The press release states that they feel responsible for the poor showing of the 3DS.
I have to say that I find this incredible fabulous, not that they are losing money, but the taking responsibility. It’s something we are sorely lacking in the USA. Then again our culture never involved Seppuku for failure. Can’t help but think that a little more Seppuku would do us good.
Castlevania, though one of the longest and most glorified franchises, has never really been on my radar. It’s a bit of a drawback really, because I don’t have any warm gushy nostalgia surrounding this franchise, to soften any of its rough edges. In short, I’m less forgiving.
This also means I am not usually drawn to any new Castlevania releases, but a friend of mine insisted that this was the greatest game to evAr walk to the earth, so it had to be tried.
Let the slandering begin.
Did you forget about Mothers Day? Too busy playing World of Warcraft?
Well fret no more because we have the perfect gift for you!! Get her the newest WoW companion, the Cenarion Hatchling!! Get her two (you are a day late after all.)
And the very best thing about this purchase, all proceeds go to help the Red Cross Japan Relief fund. That’s right folks, double brownie points!!
(Purchase one of these before July 10th and 100% of the proceeds will go to the Red Cross to help with the Japan relief efforts.)
I got myself two! =D
‘Sonic’ and ‘Street Fighter’ iPhone and iTouch Titles Temporarily On Sale. 100% of Proceeds Go to Japan Relief.
http://toucharcade.com/2011/03/15/sonic-and-street-fighter-titles-temporarily-on-sale/
Buy games, make a difference.
The 9.0 Earthquake in Japan is an incredible tragedy and the true fall out from this destruction will be felt for generations to come.
As Japan is one of my favorite places on earth, I have a particular need to help them!
Here are some resources to find out ways to help/donate:
Charity Navigator – only reputable charities
Red Cross – Japan charity
http://www.japansociety.org/earthquake
Here are some links other than the media to help keep track of what is going on:
Green Action – for a nuclear free japan – tracking the nuclear events
Tokyo lives – blog report out of Tokyo (goodish news)
Save the Japanese Dolphins Report on the event
My thoughts are with all the people struggling in Japan.
The Kirby franchise has never really drawn me, nor have the previous Kirby games I played impressed me much. But with all the fabulous reviews that Kirby’s Epic Yarn was pulling in, I admit I was curious.
So I set my expectations low, partially because it is a Kirby game, but mostly because I don’t often agree with the average reviewer. Those favorable reviews have sucked me in before, sucked me in a burned me!!
With low expectations and lots of caution I sat down to play the game and was blown away. I was simply stunned at how fabulous it was – mouth agape shocked!
It’s simple, it’s fun, it’s light, it’s cute, but most importantly it’s the most adorable game ever made.
Elite Beat Agents is a perfect example of the greatness that can come out of Japan, especially when they let their kooky side shine.
A rather eccentric little rhythm game, that showcases around twenty easily recognizable and entertaining songs. These are cleverly paired with strangely appropriate stories, which revolve around people in need. Once these folks are identified and their need quantified, the Elite Beat Agents are sent in to dance their way to a fabulous solution.
This is a game for all those people who used to play space invaders back in the day, for those who want to relive the glory days of when two bit graphics were awesome and games were simpler. Or maybe just for those, who want to torture their kids by trying to share some “history” with them.
For me it’s a blatant reminder of how much I suck at Space Invaders. I sucked at it back then and (shockingly enough) I suck at it now. Thankfully by the time I was introduced to computer games it was already ancient, meaning there were lots of much better options to play. Which is probably why I never got any better at playing it.
The DS version isn’t all about nostalgia; they did tried to modernize the game a bit. It boasts the original version, plus an updated advanced Space Invaders, which are essentially different variations on the original. Additional levels and bonus fighter plane skills get unlocked as you progress through the game.
Somehow I totally missed April Fools this year. Granted its not really a holiday (sort of like Pie Day) but its all in good fun. And fun is after all fun, right? (^_^)
Turns out that I hadn’t really missed all that much. Then again I’m a day late so maybe I missed all the fabulous ones.
Anyway, here are the ones that I think are definitely worth sharing:
-Bungie reveals new turn-based Halo Mulitplayer!!
http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=25354
-Blizzard finally puts in an accurate EPEEN rating into WoW. Now everyone finally knows how leet you are by just looking at your head.
http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/underdev/equipmentpotency.xml
-Google Japan developes a new “Japanese” keyboard, solving years of struggle with substandard “romanised” keyboards.
http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http://googlejapan.blogspot.com/2010/04/google.html&sl=ja&tl=en
-Spam just got a sparkle upgrade: Canned Unicorn Meat!!
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/41/unicorn-meat.shtml
