This is my other Dragon Warrior figure that I picked up at our local Comicon 2 years ago. I wish I'd gotten more but my budget that day was tight. I hope to save enough for this years though I want to bring home a good haul XD Videogames, manga, plushies and more await me in May 21st 2011 when I will attend this years comicon so wish me luck finding nice goodies :D
Videogames, movies and toys from a girls POV
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Castle in the midst
Castle in the midst, originally uploaded by Atelier Cupcake.
I recently got a new Nikon D90 just because I really wanted to try the HD video of a dslr and this one was the best I could find performance vs money wise. I have another cam in my wish-list with better video quality and features but this one will do fine for now. So far I'm loving it. I made this little video to play around with it I hope you guys enjoy it. Props to those of you who recognize the music!
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Heavenly Creatures retro movie review
When my husband suggested the movie Heavenly Creatures to me a long time ago he told me it was directed by Peter Jackson and that he had really enjoyed watching it when it first came out. I was really anxious to see it but we couldn’t find a copy anywhere. It wasn’t until last night that we were able to watch the film. I was so blown away by this movie in so many levels that I am having a hard time articulating all that I want to say about it. If you’ve followed Jackson's work you know one of his first films “Meet the Feebles” is an insane acid trip of a film that uses puppets in adult situations.
Creatures is very much alike to The Lovely Bones teenage escapism theme where the protagonist visits these fantasy scenarios to escape her reality with the added bonus of Meet the Feebles like crazy role playing puppets. If you haven’t watched any of these other films by Jackson I highly recommend them because you will see how he has sort of recycled some of his ideas in them but each time he makes it into a completely unique experience.
This movie revolves around the relationship between two teenage girls, played by the @ that time a newbie Kate Winslet and Melanie Lysnkey. This film touches so many themes from friendship, love, family, homosexuality, and teenage rebellion but the one that touched me the most was the psychological theme of escapism and the beautiful way that Jackson renders it. Both girls have emotional problems that lead them form a very strong bond that turns into an obsession once their families see their relationship turn into more than a friendship and try to separate them.
If you like fantasy and have an open mind do yourself a favor and seek out a copy of this film. This is Peter Jackson at his best. The film is pretty hardcore but its also in my opinion a masterpiece; it’s beautiful, its soft, its gory and what is more outstanding its based on a true story. Now stop reading this and go watch it!
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Mini 365: 46/365 Mako eyes
I wanted to make a small post about this Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children gashapon keychain because it holds a special meaning to me. I've been playing rpgs since I was a little girl and Final Fantasy is one of my favorite series so I was super happy to get this little in the mail one day as a gift. The story behind this gashapon is that for years I've been a loyal fan of rpgamer.com and in that site there is a column named Japandemonioum. This column brings news and lifestyle info from Japan from people who are currently living in Japan or are fluent in Japanese. I used to closely follow the column when this guy was writing it and he was doing an English teaching internship in Japan years ago and one time he asked his readers to make him a special signature for his column and made it a bit of a contest saying he would mail something special from Japan to whoever won. I went and put a signature together for him with my limited PS knowledge at the time using a DDR (Dance Dance Revolution) theme because besides being an rpg lover he also loved DDR games (and so did I). So in the end he picked mine and another reader's signatures and sent us both a prize and this little guy was mine. I still treasure my present to this day and always will because this guy was really nice and I loved reading about his experience in Japan. So wherever you are Joydan sensei much love to you and I hope you are still gaming man!
Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation
I picked up my copy of Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation yesterday when it came out. I had reserved it so I also got this super kawaii slime plushie *___* The tiny slime keychain was also a pre-order bonus but from years back for the game Rocket Slime. I won't be playing this one for a while so my impressions and review for it will have to wait since I still haven't finished Golden Sun: Dark Dawn and this is another commitment heavy rpg. I am currently between Minish Cap for the GBA, Golden Sun on the DS and Stacking on the PS3 which are more than I can currently juggle without completely losing my mind XD I will be making a post about these other games very soon so watch out for that in the meantime. I am also going to be making a video about what I'm currently playing with my new D90 so I have a lot of things planned I just need the days to have 48 hours ^^; That's it for now but keep coming back for more videogame goodness and thanks for reading everyone!
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Neo Games Japan
My hubs I went on a game hunting expedition yesterday in search of some oldies but goodies. We made a few stops but our first one was totally non game related but worth mentioning XD We went to Krispy Kremes first to get some yummy doughnuts before we arrived at our first stop: Neo Games Japan. This store specializes in old school games from Atari 2600 to NES, GENESIS and a bit of everything else. We went there mainly to buy some Genesis and NES cartridges. You can see what we picked up there in my first pick ups video on youtube here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzTmtjgC0cc&feature=youtube_gdata The place is small but has quite a bit of variety and I would mostly recommend it if you want to get some non rare old school stuff, otherwise the prices for the more hard to find things are a bit steep and you can probably get a better deal online but as far as NES, Genesis, Master System stuff the cartridges are fairly priced and they are tested before they accept them in trade in so they are all in good working condition. If you live in Puerto Rico and want to get some retro games you can visit their website here for some directions: http://www.prtc.net/~neojapan/Neojapan.htm
Some pics from yesterday's expedition:
Master System Wall @ Neo Games Japan
Nintendo Wall @ Neo Games Japan
Krispy Kremes baby!
My favorite doughnuts
Some pics from yesterday's expedition:
Master System Wall @ Neo Games Japan
Nintendo Wall @ Neo Games Japan
Krispy Kremes baby!
My favorite doughnuts
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Cookie Shop
Cookie Shop is a TRU exclusive game published by SouthPeak games in the USA. When I found this in the bargain bin of $20 or less games I literally squealed XD With the horrible cover art you probably would think this is just another shovelware for a system that is one big shovelware magnet but you'd be surprised. It's generic name and poorly designed cover art are really deceptive. This game is actually an English port of a super kawaii Japanese game published by TDK in Japan named Choco Inu No Sweets Department. If I hadn't owned a copy of the original Japanese release of this game chances are I probably wouldn't have given this game much of a look @ TRU but when I saw some of the characters in the cover I had to turned it around to confirm it was indeed the same import game I owned.
Choco Inu No Sweet Shop, or Cookie Shop here, is a game that attracted my attention a few years back because of its totally kawaii art and dessert shop theme. This was one I had to import to try out even though I only know a tiny bit of spoken Japanese and have no reading knowledge of the language at all. Little did I know at the time that this game is SUPER TEXT HEAVY. If you can read Japanese I would recommend getting the original just for the cute artwork but otherwise stay away because you will not get too far if you aren't fluent in written Japanese ^^;
Now you know why I totally geeked out in glee when I saw an English copy of this game. The back even says you need basic reading knowledge on the USA version so this game is not for the younger crowd or those who don't like text heavy games. If you get if expecting Diner Dash or Cake Mania you'll be sorely disappointed; but that doesn't mean this game isn't worth getting. Keep reading to see if its worth a buy for you :)
Cookie Shop is basically a sim game a la Pop Cutie (another game I'll be reviewing/doing an impression of soon). In this game you control a kawaii pink dog that gets to run his own dessert shop just like the Japanese title implies (Choco Inu no Sweet Shop basically translates to Choco Dog's Sweet Shop ^^;) The game takes place in a mall full of shops run by uber cute animals. The objective of the game is to make your dessert shop thrive by making new recipes and selling them. When you make money you can can make shop upgrades and buy furniture and clothes for yourself. So far I've only played a few hours into this game because I'm very deeply committed to playing Golden Sun Dark Dawn in my spare time but from the little time I've spent with it I can recommend this game for those of you who:
1. Have a love of all things Japan and kawaii
2. Like to play The Simes, Animal Crossing and other sim games
3. Want to try something different on the NDS.
I will go ahead and do a full review of this one once I'm done playing it but for now I wanted to share with you this little preview in case you happen to come across it @ your local TRU you can pick it up for $19.99. I think this game was also released in other countries such as Europe but if you can't find it where you are you might want to look into importing a copy from the evilbay or have a friend pick it up for you in the USA. I gladly would get it for you if I can find more copies, so just give me a shout out and maybe we can work out a trade for other DS or any other console games or game related things. I also have the Japanese copy up for trade if anyone is interested. Please leave me a comment below if you'd like me to pick you up a copy next time I'm @ TRU, if you'd like to trade for the Japanese version or even if you enjoyed this preview ♥
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Selphie Tilmitt
Even though not my all-time favorite Final Fantasy (that would be VII followed by XII for its battle system) Final Fantasy FFVIII is still one of my favorites. I actually enjoyed the magic drawing system and also a lot of the characters. Eyes on me is forever etched in my memory as one of my favortie videogame songs and I am especially fond of Selphie. Her cheery over the top happy behavior made her my favorite character in this game. I loved the angsty Squall too. Which is your favorite FF installment?
Monday, February 7, 2011
Little big plushie
This is my Sack Boy sushi bar worker plushie. I found him last month and couldn't resist his charm since LBP was our first PS3 game a few years back. I plan on making him some more videogame related outfits soon so watch out for more pics of this little guy ♥
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