The first 10 minutes of Ragnarok Online for the Nintendo DS consists of continuously tapping the screen with the hope that by doing so, the characters would talk a little bit faster. Yup, be prepared to wait if you want to get into the game as the introduction is done in-game and it requires user [...]

With all the talk about Nintendo’s anti-piracy efforts, including its anti-piracy website and filling lawsuits (in Japan) against the importers of a pioneer Slot-1 flashcart (which enables running of pirated ROMS on the DS), the big N is still not doing enough. A quick check on ebay.co.uk yielded posts such as: new pink nintendo lite [...]

Do you do some housekeeping work on your Digg friends list? I know I do, in fact I just did. I used to have over 400 people in my friends list and I found that almost half are inactive. Many of them inactive since October 2008, some even further.  So goodbye to them, no hard [...]

My video review on assembling those cool Star Wars lightsabers (complete with LED lights and lithium battery-powered) from the Yujin gashapon collection received some pretty good comments. But this, this is just borderlining on awesome. I would certainly love have any of these two lightsabers from Master Replicas on my desk. Anyone care to get [...]

December 12 sees the release of Square Enix’s Final Fantasy Miniature Trading Figures Vol.3. Essentially a collection of popular Final Fantasy characters in adorable super-deformed style, these figurines deserve the display space from anyone who calls himself/herself a Final Fantasy fan. Priced at USD 5.49 each, the characters available in Vol.3 are: Aerith Gainsborough Tidus [...]

Do you know what you should get a epicurean/gourmet/foodie who owns a Nintendo DS? Not a food game like Diner Dash, but a cook book software called Personal Trainer: Cooking. Essentially a cook book with a heck more stuff thrown in, including step-by-step guides with voice overs, cooking tips, creating shopping lists, recipe search, and [...]

I think I broke my platform game jinx this year not only by finishing Metal Slug 7, but also the recently released The Tale of Despereaux, both of which are on the Nintendo DS. While the Metal Slug games have their own distinctive flair (and fan base), The Tale of Despereaux surprised me by being [...]

I just realized that good old nineoverten.blogspot.com had surpassed the 150,000 hits mark a couple of days ago. The old site to nineoverten.com (think of it as an archive) has been attracting a lot of organic traffic despite the lack of updates since March 08. Anyways, do check it out as it contains a lot [...]

I don’t know why people collect/ogle over these type of figurines, after all, they are merely physical representations of virtual buxom women found only in video games and anime. But hey, since the following figurines (two different versions of Kasumi from the Dead or Alive video games) are selling for a discount and since some [...]

While Soldner-X, a shmup deemed as a throwback to old-school shoot ‘em up action, sees its release this week on the Playstation Network for USD 9.99, I’ve got a better deal for you. Add 10 bucks to that to the price tag mentioned above, and you’ll get the limited edition PC version of the game [...]