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Iron Man Bobble Head

noreply@blogger.com (electric goldfish) — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 19:59:00 +0000

The local Blockbuster (and likely all Blockbuster stores nationwide) is offering an Iron Man bobble head as a 'gift' when you put 10 dollars down on an Iron Man preorder. If you were going to pick this up on the first day of release, you might as well get it at Blockbuster for the extra swag.

Official release date for the DVD is Sept. 30.

(as usual, sorry for the poor cell phone camera quality)

Stalk AotS online

noreply@blogger.com (electric goldfish) — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 19:51:00 +0000

I can't recall where I found this (in my cold medicine fueled haze) but the end result is the same! Turns out that the hosts of G4 TV's Attack of the Show have blogs (that are updated frequently) as well as Twitter accounts. So, add em on to your Flist and see what they are up to at 3am.

Kevin Pereira
KevinPereira.com - Blog
Twitter

Olivia Munn
HeyOlivia.com - Blog
Twitter

Attack of the Show official site

Link Drop - Seasonal Allergy Edition

noreply@blogger.com (electric goldfish) — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 20:10:00 +0000

Hi folks, how the time flies - or more accurately, how I lose days when I have sinusitis. @_@ Anyway, let's dig through the old google notebook and see what goodies are in there....let's see here. Hm!

Domo-kun will be the Halloween mascot for Target stores
via ANN

A Zero Punctuation style animated short explaining why GameStop is evil. As a previous employee (Asst mgr!) this was relevant to my interests. However, his enunciation needs work.
via Kotaku

Run Neo-Geo games on your DS. Or just skip all the painful bits and buy a Neo Geo Pocket.
via DS fanboy & Play Asia

You can also Twitter on your DS. In Spanish, that is.
via: Gamer Tell

Large Hadron Collider rap. 'Nuff said.
via Wired

You too can download the annoying song in the Mercenaries 2 commercial!

Minami-ke season 3 on the way! Please be more like season 1 (funny) than season 2 (not funny at all)
via ANN

Yet another Ignis figure I'd love to have.
via Kid Nemo

Old but relevant news: There's going to be a Justice League Arcade game.
via insert credit

One last push if you haven't pre-ordered Lego Batman (WHY!?) - Topless Robot reveals Alfred as a playable character.

All right, that's all I got for you. It's time for my cold meds and a nap. ~_~ <ZZzzzz)

AMV - More than Enough

noreply@blogger.com (electric goldfish) — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 20:55:00 +0000

I'm not a fan of this anime, but the AMV is good and the song gets lodged in your head.

Luigi's Revenge!

noreply@blogger.com (electric goldfish) — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:37:00 +0000

The Japanese Super Mario Strikers Commercial. The ending makes it great.

and the winners are...

noreply@blogger.com (electric goldfish) — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:24:00 +0000

Marvel Twitter Survey Results for favorite animal-themed character: 1. Wolfsbane, 2. Rhino, 3. Spider-Man/Black Panther/Squirrel Girl (tie)

That was unexpected! w00t! I had hopes she'd place, but never thought she'd win!

Marvel Universe Bio of Wolfsbane

Alan Ball, don't make Sookie a ho, kthx-

noreply@blogger.com (electric goldfish) — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 05:00:00 +0000

Yahoo TV wrote a nice little article about True Blood, a series I have obviously been looking forward to. It worries me a little though. It seems that Alan Ball, the producer and person that adapted the books to tv, has decided to sex it up a bit.

I've read the first six books, I am pretty familiar with Sookie's Bon Temps. (the small town where she lives) I understand that Sookie's brother Jason has always been a himbo, but do they need to slut it up so much with Sookie and Bill? It's true the attraction was always there for those two, but it was more of an intrigue with Sookie, as she can't read vampire thoughts for whatever reason, and Bill's silence was a treat.

From the article:

"True Blood" also pushes the content boundaries of premium cable, with plenty of extravagantly gushing arteries and over-the-top bedroom antics to rival Showtime's "Californication" -- all mixed with a good dose of Southern gothic goofiness.

"The books are violent and that's part of the appeal," he says. "It's visceral and predatory and unapologetically sexual. And it's unapologetically romantic in the sense of an old-fashioned romance novel."

The Sookie Stackhouse/Southern Vampire series aren't supposed to emulate the massive amounts of smut that the Laurell K Hamilton books have turned into. (which is really too bad because the first few were great). Sookie gets laid, sure - but not a lot and not right off the bat.

Like I said, I worry.

(image taken from true-blood.net)

Animal Themed Marvel Characters

noreply@blogger.com (electric goldfish) — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 22:45:00 +0000

I am really digging Marvel's Twitter Surveys (and not just the ones I think up! Heh!) The most recent Twitter survey is as follows:

Who's your favorite animal-themed Marvel character (not just named after an animal like Wolverine)?

Thery're tying this in with their 'Take 10' list. Now, Wolverine and/or Spiderman are likely to win, but let's think outside of the box shall we? I voted Wolfsbane. (hell yesh!)

As usual, Marvel's Twitter feed is here if you want to vote too.

My Aquarium Update

noreply@blogger.com (electric goldfish) — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 18:00:00 +0000

So, I mentioned small fish being a bit too small on My Aquarium. Well, I set the tank to run while I printed a couple things and if you just leave it to run, the 'game' will pick a random fish to focus on, zoom in and follow him around for a little while, then switch to another fish. That's cool! I can see the details in my tiny danios and tetras now. Best 5 dollar expenditure ever.

Picture taken from official site.
I don't currently have any Angelfish in my tank.

Infinite Mario Kart item hack

noreply@blogger.com (electric goldfish) — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 18:19:00 +0000

Nintendo Wii Fanboy posted a video showing a player with infinite blue shells. I clicked on it to see the related videos. I thought the blue shell hack was only for blue shells. However, I found videos for infinite Bullet Bills as well as Infinite Lightning. Obviously, these are hacks. I am personally not a fan of hacks. I play to have fun, not for the singular goal of winning everything evar omg.

The hacks come through a program called Ocarina, which in turn is located in a hack channel called The Homebrew Channel. I thought about linking to these sites but I'm not a huge fan of Wii hacking/modding, so I'm just going to say Google it if you must.

Image from Penny Arcade

My Aquarium on the VC

noreply@blogger.com (electric goldfish) — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 16:57:00 +0000

Just found out that My Aquarium dropped for the VC and picked it up immediately. This is my kind of download. I can't really keep a real aquarium in the house, so I'm happy with a virtual one.

The small fish are very small on the screen, but after watching the trailer (below) I see that they are most likely fry (baby fish) that I need to feed so they can grow. There are a bunch of 'locked' fish that I can't see yet, so game-like aspects have been attached onto the download. I look forward to relaxing and watching my fish grow.

Marvel Likes My Survey Suggestion

noreply@blogger.com (electric goldfish) — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 22:33:00 +0000

Haha!

Well, me and a gentleman by the name of Mike thought up the same survey question for Marvel's Twitter Survey.

Who is your favorite X-Men member who's NOT Wolverine?

Now don't get me wrong, I love Wolvie. However, asking 'favorite X-Man' to the internet is kind of a foregone conclusion. Naturally, I responded with Rogue.

Marvel's Twitter feed is here if you'd like to add your response. (Twitter acct needed ^^)

Happy Birthday Ramen!!!

noreply@blogger.com (electric goldfish) — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 01:41:00 +0000

Randomly searching around Wakachan (pretty much the more well organized cousin of 4chan - although still full of NSFW images) I found that August 25th (today) is Instant Ramen's 50th birthday! Thanks Anonymous!

From Momofuku Ando's wikipedia page:

With Japan still suffering from a shortage of food in the post-war era, the Ministry of Health tried to encourage people to eat bread made from wheat flour that was supplied by the United States. Ando wondered why bread was recommended instead of noodles, which were more familiar to Japanese people. The Ministry's response was that noodle companies were too small and unstable to satisfy supply needs, so Ando decided to develop the production of noodles by himself. The experience convinced him that "Peace will come to the world when the people have enough to eat."

On August 25, 1958, at the age of 48, and after months of trial and error experimentation to perfect his flash-frying method, Ando marketed the first package of precooked instant noodles. Called Chikin Ramen (チキンラーメン, Chikin Ramen?), after the original chicken flavour.

Proper True Blood trailer

noreply@blogger.com (electric goldfish) — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 22:26:00 +0000

First I found out they were making a TV series of a book series I enjo y. Then, Anna Paquin is cast as the main character. Then I spy with my little...uh...ear (work with me here people!) a Concrete Blonde song in the trailer. (starts at 1:14 and ends at 1:42 if you're wondering) I don't know if they could cater to me any more if they tried. The song was Bloodletting, naturally.

Just Pee in the Closet

noreply@blogger.com (electric goldfish) — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 04:36:00 +0000

...with confidence!

Lego Batman Keychain Promo

noreply@blogger.com (electric goldfish) — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:51:00 +0000

Just found out the other day while wandering in to Gamestop, that there is a promotional offer for Lego Batman preorders. If you pre order the game (which looks to be full of wonderful and awesome) you get one of four Lego Batman keychains. the options are Batman, Robin, Joker and Catwoman. My local Gamestop said they could not get a specific keychain for me, but went ahead and put a note in the computer for a Catwoman anyway. Odds are, if you get in early to pick it up, then your odds of picking a keychain go up dramatically. So, MORE incentive to pick up Lego Batman. *sigh*

Gamestop site with preorder info
EBGames site with preorder info

Also of major note, the PS2 version of the game is $29.99, while the 360, Wii and PS3 versions are $49.99. I only have a Wii & a PS2 so it was a tough call. Save money and risk waggle controls or have faith in the Wiimote...

photo credit: top photo from my cell phone camera (best it's ever taken!)
bottom photo from EBGames.com

Thanks for Nothing, DC

noreply@blogger.com (electric goldfish) — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 07:16:00 +0000

So, I was telling a friend about the upcoming Secret Six ongoing series and went to DC to check any info they had. They have info all right - the first three covers. The issue 3 cover has the 'secret' addition to the team that Gail Simone has been incredibly tight lipped about. So yeah, spoilers. Bummer. I wanted the mystery. If you want to spoil it for yourself, go here. If not, avoid previews for a bit.

True Blood

noreply@blogger.com (electric goldfish) — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:29:00 +0000

The viral marketing campaign for HBO's new show True Blood is in full swing. True Blood is based on Charlaine Harris' 'Southern Vampire' mystery series. The main character, Sookie Stackhouse is played by Anna Paquin. (still catering to the geeks, and I love her for it!) True Blood starts Sunday, September 7th at 9pm.

Blood Copy - "News" on vampires in Bon Temps, Louisiana and community concern.

Love Bitten - Vampire Dating site

Tru Beverage - Synthetic blood beverage for your bloodsucking buddies.

photo from True-Blood.net

No Fay, No Rain

noreply@blogger.com (electric goldfish) — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:34:00 +0000

Fay has decided she can't be arsed with Tampa Bay. No rain, but I'm staying at home and messing around in the kitchen anyway.

Back...with a small delay

noreply@blogger.com (electric goldfish) — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:02:00 +0000

I've returned, but now I'm in a bit of a holding pattern, watching to see where Hurricane Fay is going. More posts later (possibly tomorrow). Power willing - I'll likely be stuck at home surfing the internet.

Away From Blog

noreply@blogger.com (electric goldfish) — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 05:59:00 +0000

be back Sunday evening. Yall be good. :)

X-Men Arcade Game

noreply@blogger.com (electric goldfish) — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:15:00 +0000

Got to play this the other day at a local arcade (yes, there are one or two left).Good times.

Blog Drop - Japan-esque Edition

noreply@blogger.com (electric goldfish) — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 20:02:00 +0000

Some news that may amuse you. Or horrify you, either way.

Marvel is printing a mini-series called Big Hero Six. They're "Japan's top heroes" (ssh, no one tell any of the Super Sentai groups).

Their names/powers are as follows:

Hiro (the most brilliant mind in Japan), Baymax (his reliable synthetic entity), Honey Lemon (with her super-powered purse), and Gogo Tomago (an unstoppable explosive ball of energy)!

Gogo Tamago? Like, Gogo Egg?

I suppose after watching Sorcerer Hunters that I should be used to food names. No worse than Carrot Glaces or Chocolate Misu I suppose.

But not the tomato, it's mine.

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In other news, ANN reports that Kamen no Maid guy volume 9 will bundle with a dvd with one episode that was essentially "too hot for tv". As you may have guessed (clever you), it's the essential hot springs vacation episode.

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Kotobukiya is getting their chocolate in Marvel's peanut butter by releasing busts of Scott and Alex Summers, better known as Cyclops and Havok. $79.99 USD per bust if you're interested.
source: Kid Nemo Co.

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In one last Japanese-y moment, allow me to present to you some contact lenses that will make you look more like an anime character (and creep the hell out of people you stare at)
source: Inventor Spot

Blog Drop - Posting about Marvel edition.

noreply@blogger.com (electric goldfish) — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 01:21:00 +0000

Marvel comics are all over the place. All over the internets of late as well.

Being all over said intertubes, they've joined the Twitter bandwagon.

Marvel editor tries to take over DC comics offices (but did they have a flag?)

This rant at io9 about the Dodson cover for Uncanny 500 gives me the rage. There are times to complain about how women are portrayed in comics and then there is randomly pulling stuff out of your bum. Stuff like this is why people think that when legitimate complaints are made, they are ignored or mocked. Thanks for continuing to cry wolf!

X- Men Milestones on Marvel Digital Comics

Does Cyclops need to be put in the psych ward? A fun comics "news" story

Some of the cooler cosplayers at San Diego Comic Con (from Agent M's twitpics)
Dazzler
Black Queen

Izuna 2 poster - posted

noreply@blogger.com (electric goldfish) — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 19:03:00 +0000

Put up my Izuna poster. (with a little help from the Ogre ears I got at Universal)

I really need to Windex that mirror 0_o;