Archive: January, 2009

  • New Mario Kart Figurines, Now With Bike!

    January 13, 2009 Figurines and Collectibles 2




    Check this out, it’s the new Mario Kart Racing Collection Gashapon from Yujin. Featuring 4 different characters (Mario, Luigi, Peach and Yoshi) on their respective karts, this new series even has a figurine featuring Mario on a bike! Priced at USD 3.90 per figurine and shipped randomly, these Mario Kart figurines are cool additions to [...]

  • Noon Update: Resistance Fall of Man Hits the Bargain Bin!

    January 12, 2009 Bargains and Discounts, Sony PS3 0




    If there’s anything that screams “BARGAIN”, it’s Resistance: Fall of Man for the PS3 going for just USD 19.90 a pop! Check it out here.

  • Fallout 3 & Hokuto No Ken Similarities

    January 12, 2009 Musings, Sony PS3 4




    If I ever had the chance to interview the developers of Fallout 3, my main question would be was the game inspired by the classic manga Hokuto No Ken (a.k.a Fist of the North Star)? The similarities are pretty striking: Hokuto No Ken Fallout 3 Lone wanderer as main character Lone wanderer as main character [...]

  • Intro Movie for Flower, Sun and Rain (Nintendo DS)

    January 11, 2009 Nintendo DS, Video Reviews 2




    Check out the following intro movie for Flower, Sun and Rain, a NDS remake of a PS2 adventure game from the guy who brought you games such as killer7 and No More Heroes for the GameCube and Nintendo Wii respectively. Here’s a tip. If you are planning to pirate the game by downloading the ROM, [...]

  • Wordfish ~ A Review

    January 11, 2009 Nintendo DS, Video Game Reviews 2




    Despite English being my primary language, there are occasion words that can leave me dumbfounded. Take for instance, affectation. Do you know what it means? Neither do I, not until I started playing Wordfish for the Nintendo DS. As you can guess, Wordfish is one of those post-Brain Age games that name-drop doctors and in [...]

  • Initial D: Extreme Stage (PS3) First Impressions

    January 10, 2009 Sony PS3, Video Game Reviews 0




    Initial D: Extreme Stage for the PS3 is one weird racing game. While it looks like its shiny, pretty arcade counterpart, it also features one heck of a rubberband AI implementation which reminded me of Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde. Case in point, I was racing an AI opponent, and after having built a very [...]

  • 1 USD Dollar Bill In The Mail Thanks To Time Magazine

    January 8, 2009 Musings 2




    I’m a subscriber of Time Magazine and I received a letter from the publisher to participate in a Corporate Awareness Survey. Aside from the survey form and the postage-paid return envelope, included in the letter was a 1 US Dollar note as a token of their appreciation. Heh. Hopefully our local postmen don’t go about [...]

  • Yesterday’s Video Game Purchase

    January 8, 2009 Uncategorized 0




    It’s more like the only purchase this month.  I helped offload a copy of Initial D: Extreme Stage for the PS3 from a friend of mine for RM 80. With Play-Asia selling it for an already discounted price of USD 49.90, I saved RM 96 buying a barely used game. One thing to note though [...]

  • Feeling The Fallout Love

    January 7, 2009 Musings 0




    If you are like me, a fan of Fallout 3, do check out the The Vault, a comprehensive Fallout Wiki at http://fallout.wikia.com.

  • Siren: All 12 Episodes for One Bargain Bin Price of USD 24.90!

    January 7, 2009 Bargains and Discounts, Sony PS3 0




    Horror video game fans, you owe it to yourselves to get the complete Siren experience for the PS3. Deemed an unusual, terrifying success by Gamespot (link), the game was previously made available as episodic content via the PSN before being compiled onto a single Blu-ray disc. The compilation, which features all 12 episodes, is called [...]