:: Gēmu Kaihatsu no Sekai ::

ハヤテのごとく！ - Hayate the Combat Butler

2009-02-10T02:50:00.003+08:00

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Genre: Action, Romantic Comedy, Parody

Air Period: April 1, 2007 – March 30, 2008

Episodes: 52

"Abandoned by his parents and given a monumentally large debt as a Christmas present, 16-year old Ayasaki Hayate is at the lowest point of his life. Desperately trying alter his hapless fate, he decides to kidnap someone to hold for a ransom. Due to an ill choice of words, the girl he tries to kidnap misunderstands the action as a confession of love. His plan is totally crushed when he gives his real name out. Realizing his wrongdoing, Hayate proceeds to rescue the girl from the yakuza, who had instead kidnapped her. The girl, as a token of thanks, offers Hayate a job as her butler. Hayate, overwhelmed by her kindness, vows to protect her even at the cost of his life.

16-year-old Hayate is really down on his luck. His unemployed parents are good-for-nothings who waste the money they have on gambling. One day, his parents have racked up a huge gambling debt that they had to sell Hayate to the yakuza for the value of his organs. In a desperate attempt to avoid that fate, Hayate decides to become a “bad guy” and kidnap someone to be held for ransom, but his efforts to do so are mistaken as a confession of love by the girl he targets." - ANN

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Spring 2009 Line-up

2009-01-30T23:46:00.001+08:00

Speaking of anime, the line up for Spring has arrived. (Credits to Denizen)

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Hayate no Gotoku 2! Wahahaha! Marked first on the Spring queue list. Saki, Shangri-La, K-ON, Hatsukoi Gentei look interesting. Haha, Beyblade remake, lol.

I'll check out Natsu no Arashi too. Hehe, Mainichi-Kaa San for the lols.

Happy Cow Year

2009-01-30T22:11:00.011+08:00

Went Kino today (20% discount storewide for members, wOOt! Once again, thanks to Cleon for lending me his card.) to grab a few books. Took home the following:

Okami Official Complete Works @ SGD 72.22. Interesting concept and ideas of using Japanese mythology and history. Traditional Japanese watercolour art style usage intrigued me further. Though haven't play the game, I'd say this would be an innovative concept to move into while tinkering for game ideas. Fully illustrated with colour, detailed descriptions, very nice.

Rockman Zero Official Complete Works @ SGD 49.00. The FFXI World Atlas disappeared from the shelves (service counter staff could find no data of the book within their database, how odd.) I had to choose between this and the DMC art book as a replacement. Rockman/Megaman is a classic. Hell, couldn't resist getting this one instead. (I'll take the DMC one next time I go back to Kino) Nice illustrations, impressive concepts. Plenty of characters posed at different angles. Happy I got this fella.

Pokemon Platinum game guide @ SGD 26.30. I took this because:

1) I'll be getting Platinum version.

2) Of all the game guides I've encountered so far, all are published by Prima Guides. Guess what: This Japanese one's by Nintendo itself! Holy shit! First time seeing a Nintendo official guide book. Hell I couldn't resist grabbing it.

3) A thick book like this costs only 26 bucks?! You gotta be kidding me. This ones I've seen this thick, or even thinner fetch at least about SGD 40. I'm surprised one can find this in Japan for only 1,200 Yen.

Damn, the book contains the entire Pokedex updated till Platinum, all maps of the game world with NPC locations and entrances/exits numbered, tips and tricks, items lists, etc. Pretty pretty book...

And as always, busy rushing projects ever since the last time I posted, not enough time to watch anime. Another two more weeks and my agony will be over... for the time being.

Graphic Book Mania

2009-01-18T23:16:00.004+08:00

I'm simply too busy to keep up with the major submissions within the next three weeks, not to mention continuing my anime campaign. I'll cut things short (got board game to finalize and finish tonight):

- Camped at Jackie's from yesterday to this afternoon. Did board game foundations and cleared the War of the Ring campaign. Now starting Rise of Sauron at Heroic.

- Went Kino yesterday afternoon, now marked as one of my favorite spots. The manga and graphic books helped fuel my interest in those areas. Saw the wide array of imported "treasures" ... think the DSi or new games can wait huh, more books instead.

- Grabbed a copy of Monster Hunter Illustrations at 65 bucks. (thanks Cleon for the 10% discount) This one's some awesome shit, very detailed. So happy I bought it. Consists of two books: one full coloured and the other monochrome. Booth are filled with beautiful concepts of the beastiary and characters. Excellent references for armoury and monsters, should help a lot in future game concepts.

I must make sure to continue Hayate no Gotoku tonight. (yawns)

War of the Ring

2009-01-15T23:30:00.005+08:00

"You... shall... not... pass!"

As we were fighting to gain control of the One Ring and ditch it into enemy territory. The four of us nearly spent two hours just to get the Ring into the goal five times. Damn Jackie and Jon for hindering our victory and camping behind the damn barrier to snipe.

Kaizer was blur enough to not join the second co-op game and went for tutorial, thinking we were in there with him. (I don't blame him. As always, it's Kaizer)

To the one dude who picked up the game case with so much force, leaving a mark on the plastic at the back, thanks.

To those who dragged the case against the table, thanks too.

Game controls were hard to pick up on start. The camera doesn't follow your characters direction for keyboard buttons A and D, and aiming for a target could bring headaches. You'll have to get used to the configurations, which was pretty fast. Have some wisdom while using the controls.

Overall, turned out to meet my expectations from the same guys of the Battlefront series. Quite worth the money. Funny though, being an EA title the security this time round was surprisingly "low". The same serial key could be used by as many as possible (without online capabilities) and playable without the disc in. I wonder how much they're counting on SecuROM.

Speaking of DRM, its all too controversial and contradicting. Nothing about it in detail inside the ToA, no mention of how many machines one disc could for, confusion led to a small debate and uncertainties with Jason and Kaizer over Kaizer's Mirror's Edge and other EA software.

I'll stick to adventuring in Middle Earth for now.

New year, new anime, new games

2009-01-02T21:43:00.001+08:00

2009 feels like a good year ahead. More releases, more epic stories to tell, waiting to see what's in store.

I checked the calendar, quite a number of long weekends this time round.

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Queue list for 2009:

Nintendo DS

1. Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon - Feb 16

2. Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride - Feb 17

3. Blue Dragon Plus - Feb 24

4. Little Magician's Magic Adventure - Mar 17

5. Pokemon: Platinum Version - Mar 22

6. Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time - Spring

7. Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days - TBA

8. Dragon Quest IX: Protectors of the Sky - TBA

Personal Computer

1. The Lord of the Rings: Conquest - 13 Jan

2. Mirror's Edge - 13 Jan

3. Street Fighter IV - Feb 17

4. Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - 27 Feb

5. Tom Clancy's EndWar - 2 Mar

6. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - TBA

7. Starcraft II - TBA

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Finally decided to get Pokemon Diamond. I felt that it was a good game worth the money, and heck yeah, got it yesterday. My first console game bought, and also the first DS Game bought.

Will be training while on the train to and from school.

灼眼のシャナⅡ - Shakugan no Shana II

2008-12-28T10:26:00.000+08:00

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Genre: Action, Romance, Supernatural, Drama

Air Period: October 5, 2007 – March 28, 2008

Episodes: 24

" Shana and Alastor, Lord of the Crimson Realm continue to do battle with the Denizens, who are trying to steal the Power of Existence from mortals. In the last battle, Yuji is revealed to be a mystes, a "torch" of nearly unlimited Power of Existince. Since the Denizens want to capture Yuji and use him to upset the balance of the Realm, Shana resolves to protect Yuji. Yuji then vows to join Shana in her fight. " - ANN

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メリークリスマス

2008-12-26T08:11:00.004+08:00

Yay for presents!

As usual the Christmas spread, guests, presents. Played a fair bit of multiplayer on DS with my cousin, tried couple of games which I got but yet to play.

The new laptop bag Mom gave came in unexpectedly right - just when my old one had it's shoulder strap half torn.

3 more days till school starts and assignment completion is still half-way there. I miss the studio, the people, the LAN gaming.

Dīesuai

2008-12-23T18:00:00.002+08:00

Checked the 'Black Market' today, not too surprised at the current pricing.

There was a $350 and a $299 on the 2nd floor, $390 on the 3rd floor, $399 and $410 on the 5th floor.

Pay another 100 bucks more and I can get a Wii.

And the prices mentioned have no 7% GST factored in.

I'll have to save big time... aiming to get it by June 2009. By then, the European version should be out. I'll see though, since its all region-locked and stuff.

Banzai!

2008-12-21T20:55:00.008+08:00

... and so the zombies would charge.

I can't believe I got my hands on a ('ahem') working copy, wOOt! (thanks, Bernie) Time to spread some zombie cheer tis' season.

I meant this.

On another less-thrilling, equally-exciting note,

And another...

NA's releasing it on 13th Jan, 2009. I bet this is the first title I'll grab for the coming new year.

What A Week...

2008-12-15T22:41:00.008+08:00

Glad to have last week flown by, I could've lost sanity if the turn of events continued. It SO HAPPENED that everything started failing:

1. HP Pavillion and Adobe CS3

2. Transferring 250+ GB of data between Portable and Holy Terrabyte

3. Linksys flop, adapter died

4. Holy Terrabyte won't accept GRID, Vegas 2, COD: World at War

5. Notebook self-support centre sucks so much that one laptop format isn't enough (I wonder how the heck do they maintain their hard disk images)

6. Because of the above 5, my first week plans went to the bin

I can't decide whether to laugh or cry at how nice the turn of events fit into place, just nice.

On a brighter note, I could catch up with Shana-chan. Yeah... and that overrides 50% of the above-mentioned agony.

I hope today's reformat would be the last until next year.

灼眼のシャナ - Shakugan no Shana

2008-12-15T22:30:00.003+08:00

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Genre: Action, Romance, Supernatural

Air Period: October 6, 2005 – March 23, 2006

Episodes: 24

" Sakai Yuji, a high school student who expected his normal life to last forever, is dead. When he was on his way home he witnessed a shocking view as the world suddenly froze: people were engulfed by blue flames and a monster resembling a large doll swallowed them. Just as the monster prepared to consume Yuji, a sword-wielding girl in black attire with flaming red eyes and hair that burns like embers saved him from the monster. The girl called herself a "Flame Haze" who hunts the "Guze no Tomogara", creatures from another world. As Yuji noticed a blue flame in his chest, she called him a "Torch", a temporary replacement, saying that the "real" Yuji's existence had already ended. Unfazed, Yuji befriended the strange girl, named her "Shana", and joined her fight against Tomogara and other Flame Hazes. " - ANN

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ゼロの使い魔～三美姫（プリンセッセ）の輪舞（ロンド）～ - Zero no Tsukaima ~Princess no Rondo~

2008-12-10T20:58:00.001+08:00

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Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Romantic comedy

Air Period: July 6, 2008 – September 21, 2008

Episodes: 12

" Following Saito's heroic actions in the war with Albion, Saito & Louise return to Tristain, only to have the runes which bind Saito & Louise disappear. Saito & Louise struggle with a relationship no longer defined as Master & Familiar, as they search for an Elf who has the power to restore life to the dead, and may hold the key to understanding Saito's loss of the Gandalfr's power. " - ANN

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ゼロの使い魔～双月の騎士～ - Zero no Tsukaima ~Futatsuki no Kishi~

2008-12-07T20:36:00.005+08:00

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Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Romantic Comedy

Air Period: July 9, 2007 – September 24, 2007

Episodes: 12

" This sequel is a continuation of the previous season, not long after the war. Louise and Saito seemingly getting along now since she knows that he had given up his only chance to return to Tokyo for her. The story continues as Louise begins to use Void Magic from a mysterious secret book she had recieved from her majesty Henrietta, while a new villain has appeared in town causing trouble. " - ANN

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Holidaaaaayys

2008-12-06T15:21:00.005+08:00

They're freaking here, dammit.

It's work and Anime marathon tis' season, (Gaagh!) high-time to catch up on previous series. Must catch up before more new one's come flooding in. (December got nothing new, lucky! But come January...)

Onwards to uploading all my previous anime reviews!

ゼロの使い魔 - Zero no Tsukaima

2008-12-04T19:15:00.012+08:00

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Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Romantic comedy

Air Period: July 3, 2006 – September 25, 2006

Episodes: 13

" Meet Louise, a budding magician. The students at the Tristain Academy call her "Zero Louise", due to her current record of zero successes with magic. In fact, her magic tends to go spectacularly wrong. Now, as an important test of her aptitude for magic, she must summon a familiar to be her servant. At this critical moment, she summons up all her magic and wishes for a familiar that is "devoted, beautiful and powerful", and gets... Hiraga Saito, an ordinary Japanese boy. It's difficult to say who is more surprised and dismayed, but the rules don't allow for second attempts. Louise is stuck with her strange familiar, and he with her. " - ANN

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ご愁傷さま二ノ宮くん - Goshūshō-sama Ninomiya-kun

2008-11-30T22:18:00.008+08:00

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Genre: Harem, Romantic comedy, Supernatural

Air Period: October 4, 2007 – December 20, 2007

Episodes: 12

" Ninomiya Shungo is a normal high school student living in a huge house. One day, his sister Ryoko send two siblings, Mayu and Mikihiro Tsukimura, to live with him so as to help Mayu overcome her problem—androphobia, by making Mayu and Shungo share the same room and bed, and to even take baths together. To make things even worse, Reika Hojo, the student council chair, somehow ends up becoming their maid. " - ANN

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Mic test...1,2,3...

2008-11-29T09:28:00.012+08:00

testing... testing...

I'm will be adding the other side of me within this website, effectively storing whatever memories possible.

Just a short introduction to this website: You'll be able to find Anime, games, music, figurines and model kits... simply put: Otaku-ism of the 21st century. (or so it seems)

A blog's like a journal, and you pen thoughts in journals ya? Blog's reflect the author's profile, so no need to waste time introducing myself. By now you should know who I am, what I deal in, and what I like.

So, otaku days... Hajime!

Anime Festival Asia '08

2008-11-24T08:43:00.005+08:00

The first such thing to exist in Singapore, it captured the hearts of so many, including me. Not too bad, much to see, much to buy. I got hold of my Gundams (ooh, Gundams!) and IFS's most expensive artbook. Good references.

Okawara's appearance was one of the insightful and interesting moments. You'd get to see what's happening at the designer's table. Creativity there, ya?

The live concerts were the draw. I missed Mizuki's one (doesn't really matter actually, I already caught a glimpse of him on Day 1). May'N showed up late (I came late too, lucky!) but I managed to use height as an advantage during the performance (thanks Jason for reserving me a spot at the cafeteria). I thought that the concert was a tad short - 5 or 6 songs, I can't remember. Still, am happy to catch a 90 bucks show for free.

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2008-11-20T21:47:00.007+08:00

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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance

Air Period: January 6, 2005 – March 31, 2005

Episodes: 13

" Yukito Kunisaki is on a journey, seeking a girl with wings who flies in the sky, as mentioned in a childhood tale. During this journey, he settles down in a small town, trying to make some money. There, he meets a strange girl named Misuzu. Misuzu quickly makes Yukito her friend and invites him to stay with her. Yukito decides to stay in the small town, and continue searching for the winged girl his mother had searched for in her life. " - ANN

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Winter 2008/2009 Line-up

2008-11-19T08:12:00.016+08:00

[Updated line-up]

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Let's see now... Tower of Druaga looks good, might watch... hmm...

Eh, Pretty Cure, hmm... nothing to say. Vipers' Creed reminds me of those militant group animes. White Album looks interesting, might consider that.

I'm looking out for MariaHolic, Akikan! and Asu no Yoichi at best.

Credits to Denizen for the heads-up.

カノン - Kanon

2008-11-14T21:41:00.004+08:00

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Genre: Drama, Romance, Supernatural

Air Period: October 5, 2006 – March 15, 2007

Episodes: 24

" Yuichi Aizawa returns to this city after seven years. In his childhood, he often visited it, but something happend in the past which caused him to block out his memories of the events of seven years ago. On the day after he gets settled in, he meets a girl carrying a backpack with wings on it. Her name is Tsukimiya Ayu and he begins to recall the memories he had lost. " - ANN

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瀬戸の花嫁 - Seto no Hanayome

2008-11-09T20:05:00.002+08:00

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Genre: Fantasy, Harem, Parody, Romantic comedy, Action

Air Period: April 1, 2007 – September 30, 2007

Episodes: 26

" A young boy gets saved from drowning by a mermaid but, according to mermaid law, if a human sees a mermaid's true form, both have to be killed. The only solution to the problem is for him to marry her. But can they keep her secret from being found out. " - ANN

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涼宮ハルヒの憂鬱 - The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya

2008-11-05T19:32:00.003+08:00

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Genre: Comedy, Science fiction, Slice of life, Supernatural

Air Period: April 2, 2006 – July 2, 2006

Episodes: 14

" On the first day of high school a girl named Haruhi Suzumiya introduces herself as having "no interest in ordinary humans". She asks for any aliens, time travelers, sliders or espers to join her. Watching her weird behaviour is Kyon who sits in front of Haruhi and is the only person who talks to her. When Kyon comments about Haruhi's joining every club in school and then quitting he unwittingly gives Haruhi an idea to start her own after school club. Thereafter Kyon and several others find themselves dragged, literally, into the Save our world by Overloading it with fun Suzumiya Haruhi's Brigade (the S.O.S. Brigade for short). " - ANN

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クラナド - CLANNAD

2008-10-31T19:28:00.003+08:00

Key has my absolute approval on this. Really, I can't seem to find much cracks in the series at all. When an anime makes you depressed for three days, you know it'll become an effective drama serial. Alot of baw, alot of self-composure, alot of thinking why the world we live in is suddenly shrinking.

If you are the intrapersonal sort, I guess you'd be able to fully understand the message Clannad brings across. Nagisa-chan fulfills what one would call the 'timid, no confidence, full-of-heart-and-soul' roles (I can't explain this very well). I salute the attitude to reform her dream club, to perform on stage. Okazaki-san is one-of-a-kind. No wonder the other girls want to cling onto him as well.

I'd say the arcs are told at a flavour just right. Tomoyo kicks are way epic (just look at the combos). I wonder what would happen if Sunohara were to be designed on par with Imadori...

By the starfishes and dangoes, I'd try my best to avoid such storylines in future.

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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance

Air Period: October 4, 2007 – March 27, 2008

Episodes: 23

" Tomoya Okazaki is a third year high school student resentful of his life. His mother passed away from a car accident when he was younger, causing his father to resort to alcohol and gambling. This results in fights between the two until Tomoya's shoulder is injured in a fight. Since then, Tomoya has had distant relationships with his father, causing him to become a delinquent over time. While on a walk to school, he meets a strange girl named Nagisa Furukawa who is a year older, but is repeating due to illness. Due to this, she is often alone as most of her friends have moved on. The two begin hanging out and slowly, as time goes by, Tomoya finds his life shifting in a new direction. " - ANN

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:: Gēmu Kaihatsu no Sekai ::

ハヤテのごとく！ - Hayate the Combat Butler

Spring 2009 Line-up

Happy Cow Year

Graphic Book Mania

War of the Ring

New year, new anime, new games

灼眼のシャナⅡ - Shakugan no Shana II

メリークリスマス

Dīesuai

Banzai!

What A Week...

灼眼のシャナ - Shakugan no Shana

ゼロの使い魔 ～三美姫（プリンセッセ）の輪舞（ロンド）～ - Zero no Tsukaima ~Princess no Rondo~

ゼロの使い魔 ～双月の騎士～ - Zero no Tsukaima ~Futatsuki no Kishi~

Holidaaaaayys

ゼロの使い魔 - Zero no Tsukaima

ご愁傷さま二ノ宮くん - Goshūshō-sama Ninomiya-kun

Mic test...1,2,3...

Anime Festival Asia '08

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Winter 2008/2009 Line-up

カノン - Kanon

瀬戸の花嫁 - Seto no Hanayome

涼宮ハルヒの憂鬱 - The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya

クラナド - CLANNAD

ゼロの使い魔～三美姫（プリンセッセ）の輪舞（ロンド）～ - Zero no Tsukaima ~Princess no Rondo~

ゼロの使い魔～双月の騎士～ - Zero no Tsukaima ~Futatsuki no Kishi~