Second Life

For a program that has no point whatsoever, I can spend so much time in Second Life. It's a bit silly, really. I camp, I lose in the casino, I run screaming from people at the beach with oversized phalluses. No one under 18 should ever wander in there, but for us jaded folk, it really can be quite interesting. What chat rooms evolved into, really.

Today I met Lucy Lowe quite by accident. She was having a conversation that I was accidentally eavesdropping on. Once I found my way out of the room I was in, I joined in and it was quite nice.
Lucy's Profile

I'll post a snap of my avatar, when I get a halfway decent one.

Dirth of DS games?

There is rumbling around the internet that there are fewer quality ds games being released over the summer. (Aside from Pokemon of course). So, I'll make a couple of completely unfounded suggestions on games that look very interesting.

Spectrobes - March 2007
Two heroes embark on a mission to save their galaxy – to do so they must excavate, awaken, train and collect all the Spectrobes they can and battle to defeat the Krawl.
by Disney Interactive
Seems like the next step in Pokemon. Still, I really like the idea of excavation, and using all of the features of the ds. Well, except the microphone. I hate blowing into my ds; it's strange and vaguely creepy.

Puzzle Quest - March 2007
An rpg where the battles are solved with puzzles. Think Culdcept + Columns = Puzzle Quest (hopefully without the awful pacing of Culdcept)
by D3 Publishing

Housewife Superstar - release date tba
The game, though it's just in concept form now, is basically about being the perfect housewife - learning flower arranging, embroidery, dressing up, and various other things, but all a bit tongue in cheek, not taking it seriously.
image & quote via Insert Credit

The character design looks fantastic.

So, the future of the ds isn't so bleak. Kill some time finishing off your plethora of Final Fantasy games for the gba/ds or pick up Izuna: Legend of the Unemployed Ninja and you'll have more time to play games and less time to whine about what is or isn't coming down the pipe.

Getting on Tecnorati

Technorati Profile

Cap. Croaks

Comic book hero Captain America dies
NEW YORK - Captain America has undertaken his last mission — at least for now. The venerable superhero is killed in the issue of his namesake comic that hit stands Wednesday, the Daily News reported.

On the new edition's pages, a sniper shoots down the shield-wielding hero as he leaves a courthouse, according to the newspaper.

Read the rest here.
NY Times Version here

Death in Marvel Comics is never permanent. Ever. Ask Magneto or Jean Grey, or Sunfire. You get my drift. Still, bummer, Cap.

25% off sale @ Tokyopop

From Tokyopop to my email, to you.
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'Cause TOKYOPOP loves you: We are extending our exclusive 25% discount on all manga--now through March 15!

Just follow these steps:

(1) Go to the TOKYOPOP estore.
Estore here
(2) Add all the TOKYOPOP manga you want to your shopping cart.
(3) When you check out, enter "AVENGER" in the Coupon Code box to save lots and lots of moolah on great manga!
(4) Wait by your mail box for your delivery of manga goodness.

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Some suggestions from -eg-
Tramps Like Us (shoujo/josei)
Peach Girl (shoujo)
Sgt. Frog (comedy)
Sorcerer Hunters (action/comedy/fantasy)
Kodocha (comedy)
Rozen Maiden (shojo/fantasy)
Elemental Gelade (Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Magical Girl, Romance)

Paquin starring in HBO drama

Anna Paquin is taking her first role in a TV series as the star of Alan Ball's HBO drama pilot True Blood. Ball, creator of HBO's Six Feet Under, is set to direct and executive produce the new show, which has also cast Ryan Kwanten and Sam Trammell. The story, based on Charlaine Harris' Southern Vampire book series, is about vampires who integrate into a small Louisiana town and a love story between a vampire and Sookie Stackhouse (Paquin), a waitress who can read people's minds.

Info from EW.com

It's more of a murder mystery than a love story. I've read at least 4 of the Southern Vampire Series novels and they're all pretty damn awesome. Although looking at Amazon, I'm pretty far behind still. Anywho, novels reccomended - I'm also way excited for the show. Anna will make a great Sookie Stackhouse.

Pick up the books:
Amazon.com

Alibris

Internet Famous? No, not really.

Geek not Geek ep 21

Friend of mine asked me to be a warm body on his radio show, which I did. So there. I'm quiet, but they never told me my levels were low. ;_; I'm listening to it now...which is hella akward.

Anywho, if you liked me, tell em I'm faboo and maybe I can worm my way into a few more shows.

One True Seiyuu

A seiyū, seiyuu or seiyu (声優, seiyū, seiyuu) is a Japanese voice actor. Seiyū work in radio, television and movies, perform voice-overs for non-Japanese movies, provide narration, and work as anime and video game character actors. Conventional usage among American fans is to use "seiyū" to refer to the Japanese actor and "voice actor" when speaking of a character actor in a series translated into English.

Japan currently produces 70% of the animated series in the world. Because the animation industry in Japan is so prolific, seiyū are able to achieve fame on a national level and are able to have full time careers performing voice overs.

Source: Wikipedia.com


Now many people don't know who many seiyuu are, but you must remember one. Megumi Hayashibara - as of February 2007, Hayashibara is the most prolific female seiyū with 194 credits to her name.

Now stop and think about that for a moment.
194.
Yeah, I know...

Here, have a list.
Voice Credits

Some of her more well known roles are Rei Ayanami (Evangelion), Nuku Nuku (Cat Girl Nuku Nuku), Lina Inverse (Slayers), Tira Misu (Sorcerer Hunters) and Haruka (Love Hina). You know, all of those shows that give you the warm fuzzies when you're filling your anime top tens. This woman has staying power, as well as one of the most recognised voices in anime in the past decade or so.

In addition to voicing anime, game and drama roles, she also has released solo cds, has had a few radio shows, has written several books and currently writes articles for Newtype Japan.
oh.
She's also a registered nurse. Just in case the VA job didn't work out...0_o;

Do you now understand the massive skills she has? I certainly hope so.

Here's a video tribute (that I did not make) showcasing some of her roles and songs. It's a bit Slayers heavy, but if I made it, it'd be Sorcerer Hunters heavy. Everyone has a favorite.


People may say that she's old news, but she is one of the main voice actors in Satoshi Kon's new movie, Paprika. (Which looks to be outstanding by the way)

Paprika hits American theaters May 25, 2007

And just because I can, here's a video of her singing the Love Hina theme song, Sakura Saku

SSX pre-post

Sadly, I have not been able to get my hands on SSX Blur and most likely will not be able to for about another week. There is bickering over at joystiq. It seems that the game has a bit of a learning curve. As I said, I have not played it, but all of the SSX games have a learning curve. If you're not flying down the hill face first on your first few tries, then it's too easy.

The other big rumor is that the ubers are inconsistent and difficult to pull off. I hope this isn't true, but it seems to be as most all reviewers, whether they liked it or not, commented on it.

http://www.joystiq.com/2007/02/28/metareview-ssx-blur/

Enjoy a delicious video. The new character design will take some getting used to, but in-game models look great.

Roses...get your guns?

There was a post on Kotaku about Metal Gear Solid online servers going down, but the picture was more striking to me than anything. I didn't realize that they had put the Rumble Roses hidden somewhere in there. Here's the screen shot of Rowdy Reiko vs Reiko. Strange.



If you're interested in the original post, it's here
Metal Gear Online Servers Going Down

Source: Kotaku (duh)