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Updates - Yagyu Ninja Scrolls, Psycho Busters? and Digital Otaku?s new site
2008-02-17 07:48:00 Review updates Well, I’ve been pretty busy getting a few reviews for Del Rey completed which are now published on the Comicbook Bin’s website. The Yagyu Ninja Scrolls Volume One was awesome and alot of fun to read as was Psycho Busters Volume One. You may read my review of the Yagyu Ninja Scrolls Volume One ... More About: Otaku , Site , Updates
Author of the month - Neil Gaiman and XBL: Friends List Part I
2008-02-12 23:17:00 Neil Gaiman, I pick you! ‘M is for Mirrors you’ll stare in forever/ N is for Night and for Nothing and Never’ - taken from one of Neil Gaiman’s journal entries. I thought I would introduce something different to my blog this month. I was going to pick an author that I like and talk about some ... More About: Friends , Writing , Xbox Live , Neil , List
The Yagyu Ninja Scrolls, The Outcast, One Republic and the joys of advertis
2008-02-09 06:53:00 Yagyu Ninja Scrolls - Volume One I am of course, talking about the new manga series The Yagyu Ninja Scrolls created by the authors of the awesome ‘Basilisk’ by Del Rey which I am reviewing at the moment. THIS book is AWESOME. It’s for mature audiences because it’s kind of violent and quite graphic in places ... More About: Music , Reviewing , Del Rey Manga , Republic
It?s all thanks to Buckethead?
2008-02-03 21:43:00 “Folks just call him Buckethead”… I had the biggest amount of hits on this site on Friday since I started this blog less than nine months ago. And it’s all because of Buckethead and his growing popularity. So I dedicate part of today’s post to Buckethead… may your popularity only continue to grow! And I am ... More About: Music , Comics , Reviewing , Del Rey Books
Devil May Cry 4 baby and Top Shelf wraps up for January 2008
2008-01-29 23:02:00 Hmmm what cover should I use? One of the toughest decisions I have to make as a magazine editor is deciding what to put on the cover every month. Sure, that may not sound difficult in theory but it’s the cover - it’s the ’skin’ of the magazine, what people (potential readers) see first. Some may ... More About: Baby , January , Graphic Novels , Reviewing , Devil
We are Anonymous, Age of Conan and the Umbrella Academy
2008-01-29 09:42:00 Hello, Scientology… We Are Anonymous If I received a message like this from a group of hackers, I’d be really concerned. I wonder what the Church of Scientology is doing about it? Do you think they’ll contact Xenu and ask for protection I can’t admit to knowing any hackers (an ex boyfriend of mine that ... More About: Music , Comics , Academy , Dark Horse , Umbrella
Gamers - what do you read on the internet? RvB has another tourney?
2008-01-24 22:14:00 Gamers read, oh yah they do… but what do they read? It’s imperative to keep up with the times in my chosen field - I guess that’s the same for anyone who takes their livelihood seriously. You want to know what’s going on so you are more informed. But sadly, not all information is good information ... More About: Internet , Read , The Internet , Gamers
R.I.P Heath Ledger?
2008-01-23 01:41:00 R.I.P Heath …you will be missed More About: Heath Ledger , Ledger
When you?re a writer? it?s not all peaches and cream son, Nine9?s and Termi
2008-01-20 23:29:00 ****Personal Rant # 3 - so you wanna be a writer?**** The other day I was informed about a thread in a gaming forum I frequent that was dissing my beloved magazine. Of course, it was pretty hard to NOT go entirely on the defensive, but I think I did OK. It’s hard when you know ... More About: Movies , Peaches , Writer , Cream
Cloverfield rocked but? was it based on a manga?!?
2008-01-17 23:38:00 Sorry about the second post… oh wait, why am I apologising? I know you all love me Anyway, I just had to post about this because I was catching up on some reading (yeah, I was supposed to be ‘working’ but you know, my work does involve knowing about manga and all things ... More About: Movies , Manga , Webcomics , Cloverfield
March issue? WCG news is coming, Robin Finck who?
2008-01-17 21:30:00 March issue 2008 is a go-go! I’m hard at work on the March issue and I’d love to divulge exactly what goodies we’ve got in store for you all but alas, you’re going to have to wait or better yet, subscribe to GC magazine Seriously though, we’ve got some really interesting information about the ... More About: News , Music , March , Robin , Issue
NewType is no more?! RvB event was a goer and BHO has arrived!!
2008-01-15 04:51:00 What the? New Type USA is finished… According to this news source, New Type magazine USA is no more. Thank goodness I didn’t decide to subscribe (at almost $25.00 a pop here in New Zealand, New Type magazine isn’t exactly cheap). It’s sad to see a great magazine go. What I’d like to know is, what will be replacing it because there doesn’t seem to be alot of magazines out there (in print anyway) that cover as much as New Type USA did. Anime and manga fans around the globe must surely have something to say about it? Stink Thumbs down! But a big thumbs up to… The RvB Guitar Hero III tourney on Friday night! Well, I have to say that my own account of the face off between Danger and DarkJyn won’t do it justice because the competition was really intense. You kinda had to be there to witness just how intense but all in all, the event went off. I am sure the gamers and the organisers were very happy with the result. And congratulation... More About: Event
Guitar Hero comp - RvB, Game Console covers?
2008-01-10 02:33:00 Guitar Heroes - strum yourself to er… stardom? So RvB are having another Xbox 360 competition tomorrow night and this time it’s for Guitar Hero III. It’s for expert level competitors only so that counts me out (by a LONGGGG shot lol) but I’ll be there all the same. A few of my friends will be ... More About: Guitar , Comp , Game , Console
Top Shelf Productions comic reviews
2008-01-04 04:56:00 Top Shelf Comix I’ve been asked to write three comic book reviews for The Comic book Bin. We are covering a Top Shelf Comix month at the Bin so a select group of writers have been given a few comics to review which is awesome! I have a huge workload ahead of me too with several series ... More About: Reviews , Reviewing , Top Shelf Productions
Hellgate: London is anything but Hell?
2008-01-02 20:22:00 Hellgate ROCKS!! So I am back into my MMORPG mode of game play on the PC. I’ve been contemplating playing Hellgate: London for some time and when I first saw it, I knew it would be the kind of game that I’d like. Turns out my intuition was dead on again! I’ve been playing it non-stop ... More About: Hell , Hellgate London , Hellgate
Welcome 2008? let?s hope it?s a good one :)
2008-01-01 07:06:00 Wahoo!! 01.01.08 has arrived. This is just a quick entry - the first for 2008 which is something to celebrate I just wanted to wish everyone a Happy New Year and to those of you who have yet to see the 1st of January, I hope you’re partying hard into the New Year!! Here is a ... More About: Hope , Good
The King of Kong: Competitive Video Gaming like you?ve never seen it before
2007-12-28 04:09:00 All Gamers NEED to see this movie! King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters is some of the best viewing I’ve seen in a while regarding video games and and competitive video gaming. Even though this is a story about two retro gamers who took the world by storm playing Donkey Kong, the story resonates far ... More About: Video , Movies , Gaming , The King
An honour for Digital Otaku… Merry Xmas and bring on the New Year!
2007-12-27 00:21:00 Digital Otaku on Active Anime/Del Rey’s blog roll… I was blogging an entry on my other blog when I noticed an incoming link I hadn’t seen before. Curious, I clicked on the URL and it took me to Active Anime’s Del Rey blog! And they have me listed in their blog roll now which is totally awesome and such an honour. Considering my work isn’t that publicised, I can use all of the exposure I can get. I am not actively seeking it, which means that when someone is linking back to my site, it’s all the better. On top of that, I also received an email asking if someone could text advertise on the site. Usually, people have to seek out advertising for their site to make money. None of my sites generate any income at all from ads so it was quite surprising to receive an email asking to advertise. We’ll see how it goes. I’ve had a few people email me every now and then wanting to use the content from my site for their own blogs or websites but n... More About: New Year , Digital , Year , Xmas , Merry Xmas
Gears of War, oh how I
2007-12-12 20:37:00 I only have eyes for Gears … I have been playing alot of Gears of War for the last six weeks or so. Recently, that has increased to pretty much every day. My goal is to get good enough to do something I’ve always wanted to do… compete at national level. Obviously this relies entirely on whether ... More About: Del Rey Manga
Woah, ACTIBLIZZ? Activision and Blizzard unite. Rumours of GHIV and CoDV!
2007-12-03 23:09:00 Activision and Blizzard join forces to create the largest video game publishing company in the world! This is some of the biggest news in the gaming world and people are buzzing about it so of course, I had to do my bit and buzz right along with them! The rumour mill is also buzzing with ... More About: Rumours , Activision , Unit
***Personal Rant No.2*** Beware, emotionally charged?
2007-12-03 01:11:00 This is still my blog and I apologise for the unprofessional nature of my next post… SKIP IT if you wish. /Rant begins… This is only the second personal rant I have ever had on this blog. I don’t keep a Bebo account or an LJ any longer or any other blog type space on the internet ... More About: Personal , Beware , Emotional
Game Console is hiring? yes, we are!
2007-11-06 23:36:00 Game Console Magazine NEEDS YOU… Woah, what’s going on? My second post in one day. Anyway, this post is really just to see if anyone actually reads my blog (lol) but seriously. The magazine that I currently work for is hiring a sales person. Not just any sales person though. You need to be a gamer ... More About: Hiring , Sole
My tribute to Buckethead
2007-11-06 22:01:00 For those of you who do not know me well, I love to write and I love to write poetry. I have written many poems, some of them rhyme, some of them don’t. Some of them make sense and some of them just find me lost within the meaning of the words. Either way, they ... More About: Poetry , Tribute , Thea
Orange Box, Conan, Guitar Hero 3 Demo, UT 3 Demo, gaming is taking over?
2007-11-01 05:34:00 Orange Box goodness… Mmm, Orange Box. So I am not afraid to admit to the fact that I am not a Half Life junkie who is overdosing on HL2, HLEP1 and HLEP2 as part of the Orange Box bundle. I will however be open to admitting that Portal is ONE AWESOME game. I couldn’t stop ... More About: Gaming , Guitar , Orange , Demo , Hero
Xmas is coming? and I?ve been hella busy :(
2007-10-30 02:59:00 This is a general post because a) I am too busy to write anything more specific right now and b) LOTS going on in my life and my head’s kind of spinninggggggg With Xmas coming, everything gets a little crazy. The gaming industry is no different. I have way too many games to review ... More About: Music , Busy
The WCG is over, Wikipedia and Japanese politicians clash, BBS 14 is on its
2007-10-09 04:44:00 The WCG is over, the NZ team is coming home… So the WCG for 2007 is at an end. And this has been a really awful week for sport all round. Losing the Rugby in the World Cup kind of started the bad weekend of sport for us. Regardless though, our NZ Cyber athletes can hold ... More About: Japanese , Wikipedia , Politicians , Clash , Politic
World Cyber Games UPDATE? Partially Disabled Hitmen FTW
2007-10-06 09:18:00 WCG is in full swing and I’m GOING STIR CRAZY… Well, everyone who knows me knows that I am the BIGGEST Partially Disabled Hitman fan around. So I don’t need to tell you how exciting it is to be watching the guys competing in Seattle at the moment in the World Cyber Games finals. They have played ... More About: Update
The face of Jericho, Crysis beta - first impressions, Manganovel website
2007-10-05 05:04:00 The face of ‘Jericho ’ isn’t that scary at all… It’s kinda funny when you see the faces behind the games. Clive Barker is no stranger to horror but he is a relatively ‘oldish newcomer’ to the video games industry, having penned the horrific yet extremely successful horror-fest ‘Undying‘ in 2001 only to return six years later ... More About: Website , Manga , First Impressions , Beta
CoD 4 beta ends, Crysis beta begins, I am all BETA?D out!
2007-10-03 03:23:00 CoD4 Beta Testing is over! Yes, that’s right folks. You’ll need to wait until the November release for the game now as the official word from Infinity Ward has been emailed to everyone. If you missed out on the beta, all I can say is.. It’s cool though. For everyone that did miss out, I was happy ... More About: Xbox 360 , Crysis , Ends
Buckethead Rocks MY WORLD?
More articles from this author:2007-10-02 00:27:00 Death Cube K… is HOT I have discovered Buckethead. I have always had a penchant for the weird and whacky things in life. But I don’t see Buckethead (aka Brian Carroll) as weird. He wears a KFC bucket on his head, a Halloween mask (because he likes horror movies) and a wig but so what? If ... More About: Music , World , Rocks , Thea 1, 2, 3 |
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