tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62649892009-09-27T03:16:31.343-04:00Is That All?Video Games, Anime, and other stuff.Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06620249083862615815noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6264989.post-32221795684494508902007-07-12T00:06:00.001-04:002007-07-12T00:07:52.188-04:00I pretty much receded into giddy, insane laughter when I saw this. Oh teaser trailer, why do you taunt me so???!!! Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06620249083862615815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6264989.post-12904953948961999122007-05-02T02:16:00.000-04:002007-05-02T02:33:22.087-04:00I've been pretty much taking a sabbatical from updating the blog to finish up with school work. I'll get back to it soon, I think. Been playing Devil Summoner, Baten Kaitos: Origins, Manhunt, God of War, and Gurumin in the meantime.But that doesn't mean we can't have a trailer, does it? :) This is from a upcoming PS2 game called Baroque. I have no idea what it's about, but it's got a snazzy animeSarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06620249083862615815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6264989.post-3101960482925162452007-04-14T03:47:00.000-04:002007-04-14T04:11:45.668-04:00Here's a new trailer for Crysis from GDC 2007, showcasing some the of cool visual effects being used in the game. The shot where the shock-wave overtakes you is really amazing. Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06620249083862615815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6264989.post-74495304732480032812007-04-14T02:21:00.000-04:002007-04-14T04:14:30.975-04:00FOXNews.com has a report on how classic and newer arcade games are becoming popular again with the American public. I would agree as I'm one of the contributers to this; I play Bust-A-Move 2 and Soul Caliber 2 at least twice a week at the bowling alley.The US Army is going to launch a new game channel at the Global Gaming League in early June. This will not only help promote army related games, Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06620249083862615815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6264989.post-17397693531173692442007-04-13T02:43:00.000-04:002007-04-13T03:17:00.045-04:00New trailers for Manhunt 2 are out.WARNING: The following video is pretty disturbing, so people under 16 probably shouldn't watch.Very creepy looking...but I'm loving the atmosphere. I can't wait to play it. Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06620249083862615815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6264989.post-74337105232378994902007-04-13T01:09:00.000-04:002007-04-13T02:42:48.004-04:00MSNBC has a Top 5 `Grand Theft Auto` clones list. I really only agree with two of the choices, because I don't think that using elements like the sand-box style gameplay and an open world necessarily constitutes a GTA clone. And if we're going by that format, shouldn't Crackdown be on the list?Game Daily has a much more interesting list of games with Greek influence in them. I was surprised Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06620249083862615815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6264989.post-23277190612320458152007-04-13T00:25:00.000-04:002007-04-13T00:38:15.682-04:00I'm trying to figure out what exactly I'm wanting to do with this blog. But I can't deny that anime and gaming (gaming more than anime these days, it seems) are my primary interests, and in working harder to get more news to post about, rather than just being cheap and taking it from other blogs all the time, I'm delving further and further into the subjects. This pretty much only serves to Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06620249083862615815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6264989.post-72975899131106063902007-04-12T06:38:00.000-04:002007-04-12T07:19:37.282-04:00Let's do some game videos, shall we?Trailer-wise, One Piece: Unlimited Adventure is coming to the Wii. Unstead of a fighting game or a crap-ass party game, this one appears to be an adventure game. With bug catching. Well, maybe it'll fare better on a next-gen console.MMORPGs are going in a new direction in Bounty Bay. This game seems to focus on sea and ship adventures. Mentioned classes are Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06620249083862615815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6264989.post-14037646903190835352007-04-12T04:54:00.000-04:002007-04-12T06:38:04.605-04:00I'm a little slow with anything new today, so bear with me if you've heard this already. ::ahem::On Saturday 14th, YMCAs around the country will start incorporating "active Wii games into their Healthy Kids Day events" as a way to help keep kids active and also to promote family togetherness. This sounds like a really great program. If this is why I can't get ahold of a Wii to save my life, then Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06620249083862615815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6264989.post-24144875636496838782007-04-11T02:32:00.000-04:002007-04-11T03:34:46.517-04:00In gaming news, many US retailers are dropping 20 gig PS3s and are only selling the 60 gig version. The reasoning behind this is that apparently the 60 gig version is more popular. Kinda sucks for me, since all I really want is the version that's cheaper.Wii and PS3 owners will be getting a new music player for their web browsers. At least, the ones living in the UK will.Game Informer has an Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06620249083862615815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6264989.post-85414857103114828572007-04-11T01:34:00.000-04:002007-10-09T20:25:13.882-04:00Some interesting new Japanese game trailers today. First, yet another tactical RPG, this time from a company called Spike. Elvandia Story looks it's taking a page from Fire Emblem's fighting system, but the graphics actually seem a step up from the little SD sprites we've been seeing in Ar Tonelico and Atelier Iris. They just may be cell shaded ::gasp!::.Next, a cute little Japanese baseball gameSarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06620249083862615815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6264989.post-63308966457314928222007-04-10T04:40:00.000-04:002007-04-10T12:02:19.229-04:00I lost the post I was writing, God bleeping dammit. Anyhow, here's a interesting looking opening for Lupin the Third: Lupin's Death. In it, Lupin...dies?! Well, I don't really know. The tombstone shot at the end reminds me of the end of the Metal Gear Solid 4 trailer. An Alien apparently laid eggs in Lupin's body (not really), cause something's trying to burst out of his chest. I don't have much Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06620249083862615815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6264989.post-84976924325152148502007-04-10T03:31:00.000-04:002007-04-10T03:50:51.761-04:00I just can't seem to get back on track with any anime news lately. In new licensing news, Bandai has the rights to Zegapain and Funimation has Jigoku Shoujo/Hell Girl.I am glad that Funimation has Jigoku Shoujo, despite the fact that Funi tends to do stupid marketing ads and such. But Funimation always gives their titles a lot of love, particular ones like Jigoku Shoujo and Full Metal AlchemistSarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06620249083862615815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6264989.post-50319267830041201922007-04-05T03:19:00.000-04:002007-04-05T04:19:04.188-04:001up.com has a preview of the new Eureka Seven game for the PS2. The news doesn't appear good so far, which is too bad. Eureka Seven could've have translated into a pretty kick-ass game, but it seems this next installment is following its predecessor, and pretty much all other anime based games, into the $10 bargain bin. I kinda had high hopes for it in the beginning, like I did the IPGX game.Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06620249083862615815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6264989.post-81232925780012609942007-04-05T03:09:00.000-04:002007-04-05T03:14:28.522-04:00For those of you guys still trying their damnest to get ahold of a Wii (like me), EB Games is now taking preorders for Wii Family Packs for $549.92. Besides the system, you get a 1 gig memory card, an extra Wii Remote and Nunchuck, Twilight Princess, Super Monkey Ball Banana Blitz, Cooking Mama: Cook Off, and Sonic and the Secret Rings. It ships out on the 23rd of April, so you may want to get Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06620249083862615815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6264989.post-29867436170716960092007-04-04T01:45:00.000-04:002007-04-04T02:31:35.163-04:00More game trailers! Gametrailers.com just posted a new trailer for this interesting looking new platformer called Brave. It kinda looks like Zelda, only with Native Americans.Then there's this cute looking Wii game called The Dog Island. Apparantly, this is based off The Dog Collection, where they photograph the dogs' faces really close up so it looks like they have huge noggins. It appears that Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06620249083862615815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6264989.post-15619105520475018922007-04-02T03:23:00.000-04:002007-04-02T03:52:51.297-04:00Here's some fun looking game trailers. Yet another Nippon Ichi RPG, with animated sprites and massive amounts of customizing, Soul Nomad. Don't get me wrong, Nippon Ichi usually makes pretty good games, and I usually like them, but can't they upgrade from the sprites and the slightly dated looking animation to something a bit more, I don't know, modern? But graphics aren't the most important Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06620249083862615815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6264989.post-1979658158344151932007-04-02T02:54:00.000-04:002007-04-02T03:06:17.258-04:00....I did it. I fucking did it. By all rights, cracking open my PS2 had to be one of the dumbest things I could try to do, because the odds of me having to buy a new PS2 by the time I was done were sky high. But I unscrewed that sucker, and (using a few online guides for help) I dusted the inside, cleaned the little laser light reader, and put it all back together. And HOT DAMN, I can finally Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06620249083862615815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6264989.post-71464364929160212432007-03-29T02:18:00.000-04:002007-03-29T02:24:39.668-04:00I'm in the process of cracking open my PS2 and cleaning the laser light reader, so MAYBE I can friggin' play God of War. I'm way overdue for it. In the meantime, I'm giving my little Gamecube some love and playing FF: Crystal Chronicles.I've finished Boogiepop VS the Imaginator: Part 1. I love the Boogiepop universe; I find it fascinating. I kinda wish now that the anime series had focused Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06620249083862615815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6264989.post-21797214335408438582007-03-06T21:03:00.000-05:002007-03-06T21:12:30.560-05:00This is too funny. Manga toilet paper. Now we can take those books out of the bathroom. Now if they made hentai style toilet, certain kinds of men could do numbers 1, 2, and 3 in one fell swoop. Now that's multi-functional! Here's the website if your browser supports japanese. Here's the story ANN did if you'd rather just read english. Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06620249083862615815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6264989.post-77835814949928916572007-03-05T23:16:00.000-05:002007-03-05T23:26:19.549-05:00Aw, wook at my wittle bwoggie. It's so simplistic and boring. DON'T YOU JUST WOVE IT???!!!Hah...Anyhow, I got to see the end of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, give or take a few missing eps. I'm starting to understand how the world works in this anime, and I have to say, it's pretty brilliant. I'd like to watch it again at some point. In the meantime, I might start watching that Uta Kata Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06620249083862615815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6264989.post-3279940264015617232007-02-22T02:37:00.000-05:002007-02-22T02:55:36.557-05:00I'm starting to think that I must be masocistic (crud, I can't remember how to spell that) to try and pursue being a English voice actor for anime. I mean, for one, it's not going to pay enough to support me, so I'll probably have to have at least two other jobs. It's hard as hell to break into normal voice acting as it is, let alone anime voice acting. And about half the anime community has suchSarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06620249083862615815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6264989.post-48809333897287476502007-02-20T22:05:00.000-05:002007-02-20T22:07:06.930-05:00Oh yeah, speaking of anime, the guy who runs the club here at college let me borrow the whole series of Higurashi no Naku Koro ni fansubbed. Should make for an interesting viewing. News at eleven. :)Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06620249083862615815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6264989.post-33362017840212951322007-02-20T21:46:00.000-05:002007-02-20T21:58:55.805-05:00I'm dwelling on my inability to write cohesive essays in college. Many of my family members and friends have read little fictional stories and dumb fanfics I wrote and said, "Oh Sarah, you're such a good writer!" And then I get to college and have to write some essay. Not only would it take me some 2 weeks agonizing over it, but without some extensive outside editing, I end up wandering all Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06620249083862615815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6264989.post-25702849234406841762007-02-13T03:44:00.000-05:002007-02-13T03:50:44.504-05:00I finished watching Jigoku Shoujo/Hell Girl. Excellent show, though I think some more attention on Hajime's and Tsugumi's characters would have given the ending an extra punch. Not that the ending didn't make me cry though. Still, I wonder where the series can go now in the second season. I mean, we know about Ai's past now. Maybe the second season will show her being freed from the revenge Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06620249083862615815noreply@blogger.com0