Pretty cool. This has been just a hobby for me, so I don't really have much for a retrospective, since I really didn't do much to try to grow an audience last year other than doing basic webmaster stuff for various search engines.
Anyways, I'll (hopefully) be launching a new look for this website by next weekend, but stuff always happens :/ MAAARCH.
Been really busy this week, but I managed to slap these things together. I don't know what I would use them for though ... other than street fighting ...
If you guys buy dvds like I do, then chances are you might have run into the same problem: whether or not to upgrade your favorites to the blu-ray format.
I've already replaced most of my favorites (Matrices, Godfathers, Rambos, Harry Potters, etc) and have sold off other collections in preparation of the upgrade (LOTR, Star Wars); so for me, this half of the problem is a no brainer, GET the blu-ray. But ...
The thing constantly antagonizes me about this situation is the unpredictability of anime releases on blu-ray. I had seen multitudes of Code Geass blu-rays in Tokyo nearly 2 years ago, yet they are no where to be seen here stateside. Knowing that it exists somewhere, should I continue to wait, or just purchase the DVD version? More pressing, the Lucky Star collection comes out next month, but with no mention of a blu-ray adaptation in sight, should I just bite and get it? As an aside, why does crap like Shigurui: Death Frenzy, Devil May Cry, and Kurmokami get blu-ray formatted, but fan favorites like Code Geass and Lucky Star do not.
Even though I almost always go through with it, I feel like a chump every time I re-buy a series in a new format, and especially so with anime dvds. Compared to mainstream dvds, these things depreciate at larger scale, and I often unload them at greater cost (box set weight shipping). I feel that anime blu-ray collections are a great value, since you can get entire series for 40-50 bucks a pop. But this great "value" is diminished every time I have to "trade in" dvd sets I literally bought 1 month prior to a blu-ray announcement.
Why can't the anime publishing companies just announce these things at the same time like all the other hollywood publishers? This is the thing that really gets me: a lot of the times, these things just show up unannounced and completely unexpectedly. I can't even properly plan (both mentally and financially) for the crap that the anime industry subjects me to. It's almost as if they do this to me on purpose.
And this is why I'm a complete fool. Despite everything that I've just written ... I tell you what ... I will still buy the god forsaken Lucky Star collection on DVD next month, and if the blu-ray version gets announced a month and a half later, I will also end up buying that too; half grudgingly that I have do this profane dance all over again, but half ecstatic that my precious Lucky Star blu-rays would be available in the first place.
Indigo Prophecy (PC 2005)
Indigo Prophecy is the last gen predecessor of PS3 title Heavy Rain, developed by the same studio, Quantic Dreams. It's pretty fun and short once you figure out how things work.
I'm not going to say too much about this game, because it's a pretty simple game borrowing from Resident Evil and Simon Says. Between the demo and this game, I will say that it's gotten me excited about playing Heavy Rain though.
I don't know if this xbox faceplate counts as breaking my New Year's resolution, since it falls under the "I really want it category", however it really slaps down the principle of common sense. Mine to be had for 49.99$ @ some online retailers, it is the epitome of Final Fantasy fanboy exploitation, but ... still ...
Saddest part is that I'm not even planning on getting the XBOX version of the game.
My friend asked me why I didn't get into Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2. It's not that I haven't played it at all; I did ... for about 30 mins on my XBOX360. I told him it sucked, but he I guess he wanted more specific reasons, enough to suggest that I blog about it.
So here are my impressions of the game in 5 succinct bulletpoints:
5. Aim assist, laff.
4. 2007 called, they want their graphics back.
3. It's not from Blizzard.
2. It's not a Final Fantasy.
1. It sucks.
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