The Gamer’s Litter Box

And this is my reaction.

Oh God. I didn’t expect Legend of Chun Li to be so lol-worthy bad. I guess my expectations were too high.

Now I can’t wait to watch Dragonball: Evolution in a couple weeks time!

Because my copy of Dawn of War II is original, I need to download the official patches and updates from Steam before I can start playing. Problem is, Streamyx connectivity to some international sites has been really, really shitty for the last few days. This includes today as well, where my download speeds are as fast as 56K modem and sometimes it times out, which means I need to restart my download.

Compare this to a friend who installed the cracked version and started playing immediately.

Oh the irony of playing original games.

Have I given up figurine collecting? Hell no - I’ve just been keeping low since I’m busy with work and the like. But I haven’t stop collecting figurines. In fact a few months ago, I netted for myself a Good Smile Company 1/8 Mitsuki Hayase figurine, so I now have a matching pair of Mitsuki and Haruka bikini figurines.

The figurine pictured here is Saber Gift Version, which I just recently procured last week. Like the image here suggests, her figurine is of exceptional quality. You’ll be seeing more of her, as soon as I find a fitting backdrop to match her stature.

I have a bad habit of shutting myself out of everything when I’m especially preoccupied with a particular game, such as Persona 3. I’ve already sunk over 65 hours in the game in the last week, and I think I’m only halfway through the game. I have’t even started the FES chapter, which I read will take about 30 hours to complete. Yikes. If that’s the case, I think I’m gonna leave Persona 4 aside for awhile once I complete Persona 3.

In the past week, I’ve been busy working with organizers Outpost Events and Sony Malaysia to make the Street Fighter IV tournament a reality. Last week, we managed to iron out most of the main details for the tournament and we’re proud to announce the Malaysia Street Fighter IV tournament. Although I won’t be competing, I’ll nonetheless be relishing the event since it’s been a long time since I last took part in a fighting game tournament.

So a commercial for the latest March 2009 Newtype issue has revealed that the second season of Haruhi will be launched in April. Well, that’s really nice news to wake up to. And about damn time, too.

I only hope that when they say ‘April’, they don’t mean a broadcast date of ‘April 2010‘. Well, we’ll find out in a week’s time when the Newtype issue is finally out on the newstands.

UPDATE: Oh God…it’s not a second season. It’s a bloody rerun. I initially did suspect it to be a remake when I recalled earlier news about the so-called “new” Haruhi series being a “relaunch” of the first season. But now it seems to be confirmed that it’s not a second season.

You know what’s worse than not releasing any news on a series sequel? It’s raising fans’ hopes and then crushing them. This isn’t just terrible marketing: it’s MEAN. Who the HELL thought trolling fans was a good thing? Whoever thought this was a ’smart’ way of bringing in new viewers or reigning in loyal fans should be fired immediately and pushed onto railroad tracks.

I don’t really blame KyoAni for this fiasco since I doubt they have much say on how to promote their series. If anything, I’d blame Kadokawa, the main publisher and licensor of the Haruhi franchise. They should know better. But it looks like they don’t.

The fans backlash isn’t going to be pretty.