Dad has been to Japan several times and has experienced a number of things over there, amongst them an earthquake and expensive sashimi. One thing that he always mentions (besides the earthquake) would be the speed limit on Japanese roads. Unlike the speed limit on Malaysian roads which can range from 70km/h to 90 km/h, [...]

Fans of One Piece anime/manga are in luck today as the One Piece Mini Trading Figurine collection has just been released by Zacca P.A.P. Measuring 30 to 40 mm each, this collection features a total of 18 characters + 1 secret character. Interested? The collectibles costs USD 2.90 each and Play-Asia ships out random characters, [...]

Have you been to your local bookstore lately? Browsing through the Sci-Fi and Fantasy sections would probably yield a number of books which are video game tie-ins. The usual suspects are Diablo, Starcraft, Warcraft and Halo. The next question would be, as a video gamer, are you ever inclined to read these books? Well, I [...]

I sure can’t hold water in discussions regarding stuff like Final Fantasy game plots or which is my favourite FF character of all time, those are in the realm of geeks. One thing I noticed is that gamers in this category tend to stick with franchises and are suckers for hype. Go out and smell [...]

I’m actually quite surprised that the game that is taking up my time is one that is text-based and doesn’t need require much on my part. Such little investment and yet so addictive, that’s the way I would describe Wizards of the Coast’s Dungeons & Dragons: Tiny Adventures on Facebook. Tiny Adventures is pretty easy [...]

My girlfriend’s knack for picking rare Series 16 Be@rbricks continued when she picked out the DJ Ozma Artist Be@rbrick (1/48). Admittedly, both of us found it a little weird looking (with the girlfriend calling it the ugly chick Be@rbrick), but no matter, a rare Be@rbrick is still a rare Be@rbrick. Thanks babe. Thanks to her, [...]

I never fail to notice that TGI Friday’s wait staff would usually adorn their vests with colourful badges. Now (in my best Joker voice), how bout putting these Rockman 20th Anniversary Can Badges on them vests? These badges, produced by Yujin, are part of a long line of Rockman 20th Anniversary merchandise and Play-Asia has [...]

I’ve noted the differences between the box art for Japanese and American versions of games ever since my review of Atari Happy 10 Games (a.ka. Retro Atari Classics) more than one and a half years ago. And time and again I’ve always favoured Japanese box-art with the exception for Konami Arcade Hits Anyways, I was [...]

Did you know that the proper resolution for hooking up a PC with a Samsung R7 32-inch TV is 1360 * 768? This resolution wasn’t on my video card settings (I’m using an ATI 1600 PRO) but after downloading the latest drivers from the ATI site, everything was peachy at last . With the display [...]

There is a country in the world today whereby its new currency and its inflation rate will put a 39,900,000,000,000 dollar price tag on a 80GB Sony Playstation 3 (based on the USD 399 price tag on Amazon). According to TIME magazine, Zimbabwe recently released its new $100 billion banknote, which is equivalent to one [...]