The Gamer’s Litter Box

Sure, everyone knows that the British Academy Film and Television (BAFTA) Award looks like a theatrical mask. But have you ever wondered how it looks from behind, or why nobody bothered to show its back? No? Well, who’s to stop me from indulging you with some worthless trivia that you can use on your snooty friends and relatives who think they’re so smart? I managed to capture the surprising truth behind the mask when Codemasters Malaysia brought back the award last month to highlight its win in the Best Sports Game (2009) category with Race Driver: GRID. Click the jump for the shocking truth. Continue Reading »

Tags: bafta awards 2009, codemasters, race driver grid

Earlier today, I took part in a mini Rock Band competition which was held at Sony’s booth at the Games & Gadget event in MidValley. I came in 2nd place, so I won myself a Sony PlayStation Portable. Since I don’t really game much on the go, I asked the prize sponsor if I could sell back the PSP and get a discount instead for a Sony PlayStation 3 instead. Luckily, Sony PS3 Evangelist Teoh Wah Keong was there and I managed to get a discount for the Sony PS3 bundle, which was selling at RM1699. I bought inFamous for RM209, and they threw in a free DualShock 3 controller.

Total cost? RM1088 (USD310). That’s some massive savings there for a brand new game console which can also play high-def Blu-ray movies. I can’t deny that if I weren’t a videogame magazine editor, I probably would not have gotten the discount. So many thanks Sony Malaysia and Tan Electronics! I’m now off to set up my PSN account and start playing inFamous! :3

Update: My PSN name is FatCatLim. Add me!

Tags: sony, sony playstation 3

A bloody mess in more ways than one.

Where do I start? The wooden acting? The Engrish lines? Poorly edited fighting and story scenes? The incredibly obvious CG blood and monsters? Or the stupifying ending that left half the audience speechless? It’s all of them, really. Continue Reading »

It’s real, motherfuckers. Season 2 is confirmed. Now awaiting for the Internet to explode.

Okay Kadokawa/Kyoani - you guys are no longer on my shit list.

Tags: bamboo rhapsody, haruhi s2

Last year, Microsoft Hardware Malaysia offered to send me a personalized skinned wireless mouse, so I sent them my design based on a fan art for Hayate the Combat Butler. After 6 long months, I finally got it in the mail. Woohoo!

Okay, half of Maria’s face is gone but at least Hinagiku has her smile.

Finally updated my Wordpress platform and everything looks fine. Back to drinking tea with Tsumugi~

I’m now at CyberFusion 2009 at CyberJaya, where nearly 200 gamers are attempting to break the Guinness World Record for longest LAN party with a record of 38 hours. The record will begin at approximately one hour’s time at 12 Midnight, and will end at Sunday 2 p.m.

Right now I’m just updating some drivers and chillin’. I’m kinda kicking myself since I forgot to bring my copy of Call of Duty 4 to the event, but I reckon Team Fortress 2, Left 4 Dead, Sudden Attack, and Dawn of War II will keep me awake for the duration of the record.

I will be twittering every now and then, so keep an eye on my Twitter page @fatcatlim

Tags: cyberfusion 2009, Guinness World Records

Tomorrow I’ll be at the CyberFusion 2009 event at Cyberjaya MMU, where I’ll be one of over 200 Malaysian gamers attempting to break the world record for Longest LAN party. The current record was achieved during the NVISION event last year with a record of 36 hours. From Friday 11 p.m. tomorrow, we’ll attempt to stay up for 38 hours to break the world record.

To record my progress, I’ll be posting on my Twitter homepage as often as I can. That was the main reason why I recently integrated my Twitter account to my blog here. At the same time, I’ll try to cover as much as I can of the event here and on GameAxis.com.

Frankly speaking, most of my colleagues and family members think I’m crazy to take part in the event. Even though I’m only 27, I find that I can’t stay up as late compared to my Uni days. But I feel like I want to achieve something in my lifetime, even though this record will eventually be broken by another energetic mass of gamers.

Another reason why I decided to take part in it may be that I miss the camaderie that one gets when playing with like-minded friends. The last time I ever did anything of the sorts was in college, when I hung around the arcades and met up with friends for an evening of DDR and KOF. Or perhaps I want to do something where later in life I can start spinning yarns to friends and/or children and go “Ah…I remember that event: I actually took part in it.” and start relating to them the trials of gaming nearly non-stop for such a long stretch of time.

Whatever my reasons may be, I’ll find out tomorrow night. Wish me luck.

Tags: cyberfusion 2009

Testing Twitter to show up on sidebar. Show up, darn it!

EDIT :: Okay, now it’s showing. Yay! You can now keep up-to-date with my hourly/daily tweets on my blog’s sidebar here or on my Twitter page. Revel with delight all the little details that I do everyday, like editing game reviews, surfing 4chan, or even picking my nose. Yeap, I live a busy life indeed!

Fat Cat Lim @ Twitter

When worlds collide, who will win? Modern warfare or magic? M14 or Tommy Gun? Expletives or Pantsu? It’s the clash of the universes and there can only be one winner!

More pictures to come next week. (maybe)

Tags: Nendoroid, Pixel Maritan, Strike Witches, Yoshika Miyafuji