irl Gambit?

As you may or may not know, I utterly loathe the Xmen character Gambit. However, he'd be a little more tolerable if he was this guy.

Paul Jean
Age: 29
Hometown: Nice, France
Current Salon: Paul-Jean's Salon on Robertson Ave. in West Hollywood, CA.
Signature Style: Shaggy looks that look like natural perfection

He was on the first ep of the Bravo TV show 'shear genius'. Too bad he was voted off at the end of said episode (omg spoiler!) He's Gambit - bad accent, strange hair, awful attitude, & full of swagger. (except, cute & amusing)

"Self Destruction USB Button"

What this thing actually does (aside from making a cool noise) is add usb ports to your pc. While I am good with the 4 ports I have, I'd still love to have this bad boy sitting on my desk. It'd be even better for a workplace pc.

via akihabaranews.com and geekstuff4u.com

Yaoi Publisher Goes Bankrupt

Japanese yaoi novel publisher Leaf Shuppan has declared bankruptcy. Considering that BIBLOS, Japan's former largest yaoi publisher, went bankrupt last year, it seems that even if it sells well, yaoi doesn't necessarily make the big bucks you'd expect.

Read it all here via animeOnline

So as rabid as those insane fangirls are at the cons, (and they can be WAY batshit crazy) they're still not spending enough. Spend more BL girls, I need to stand in the manga section at Borders and do my 'dirty old lady' laugh. It frightens my friends. ^^

Pac Man Vs on DS

Namco Bandai Games announced today that they're bringing yet another Namco Museum to store shelves this summer, this time for the Nintendo DS. However, this one contains the Gamecube multiplayer hit Pac-Man Vs.!

Read it all here via Kotaku

Oh by the way, that ghost image is available as a t-shirt from Club Namco, in case you were wondering.

Mai figure almost scoops Kotaku

While looking through figures yesterday, I saw a very well painted Shiranui Mai figure.(whether it was on my daily trolls or on a Japanese site, I have no idea)It's super nice, but a bit too much rear end for my tastes kthx. So, I posted about Ogiue-san instead. Kotaku did a feature on the Mai figure a day later. Drat! While I do have an eye for newsworthy stuff, it's apparently off the mark a tiny bit.
Here's the feature on the Mai sculpt


Edit: 4-10-2007
Hah! I did scoop animeOnline! WOO~
They covered the Ogiue-san fig as well. (see below) <3>

Genshiken figure - Ogiue-san

My hero, in a cosplay outfit with her hair down (not in the usual paintbrush fashion!)

Want.

On the off chance you can read the moon language. It's at Hobby Stock Japan.

KOF 06 match - Jivatma vs B Jenet

You can see when B really gets her groove on.
Best parts: end of Round 2- THE SHOE followed by laugh/taunt/cancel
That guy deserves a beating for playing as the boss character. That's just obnoxious.

Hayate the Combat Butler fansub released

This is my favorite pick for the new season of anime - probbly because I've read a few volumes of the manga. Gasubasubakuhatsu anime blog has some impressions of episode 1. I am downloading it as I type. Find it in your usual anime DL channels. (Hayate no Gotoku if Hayate the Combat Butler doesn't come up in your search)

Also downloading Maiking Breakthrough Gurren-Lagann (aka Tengen Toppa Gurren-Lagann) because a few of the anime blogs I read are freaking out about it. Generally, I hate mecha anime but I try to watch them every so often in case one breaks the mold. (no pun intended)

Gurren Lagaan Official Trailer

B(onne) Jenet figure

Ok, so it looks like her breasts are trying to escape from her dress...er...straps but STILL - this figure is very cool. (as cool as her G&H costumes from KOF 06? Hardly, but what is?) I've been frothing over various B Jenet figures and statues lately. Running though Mission Mode with her isn't helping the obsession... ~_~; How can you not love a character that will stop what she is doing to beat someone with her shoe?

SR DX KOF B Jenny 1P Pirates Ver. Ltd. Color
buy it at Hobby Link Japan! Buy it now! Spread the love of the mighty B Jenet!
*bad announcer voice: B JENNEY!*

Kotaku-ites Hate Second Life

Kotaku posted a news story about Second Life - well, another story in a series. Turns out that they'll be charging for custom last names. The feature will likely cost $100 up front and $50 a year. Read the entire post here. Do I think this is ridiculous? Yeah, pretty much, but that being said, it will also be wildly popular and the Lindens that Be will be lighting their cigars with $100 dollar bills. Reading through the comments on Kotaku, I must say, they HATE SL and all that frequent that world. While I have had run ins with everything from griefers (assholes) to furries (not as terrifying as initially suspected...but still...brr) - I find no reason to hate the place. Anywho, I commented on it, but so far Kotaku thinks my comments aren't post worthy XD SO! I'll post it here and make you suffer through it. (and also suffer through a vanity shot of my avatar!)
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Ok, people are having fits over having to buy vitual last names, but no one cares about the other thousands of useless micro-transactions in SL?

It's not particularly easy to get free Lindens to spend in there without dropping real money on them. So, why isn't anyone agast that people are spending cash on everything from virtual penises to bubblegum?

SL doesn't particularly offend me as much as it may offend others. It's really a shiny, shiny chat room with options to script and build. I've found that some of the ore 'hardcore' SL-ers aren't really gamers, so it's as much of a hobby to them as gaming is to Kotaku-ites. They probably don't think twice about dropping cash into their particular hobby.

They're going to make a crapton of money off of this. Guaranteed.