Downloadable game review: Megaman 9

Hey guys, Jobocan here.

Being an old-school gamer(started gaming when i had to strength to hold a controller).   Like a lot of old-school gamers, I grew up playing Megaman and other hard games.
You can only imagine how excited I was when I saw this:

zomg!

Though it was first planned as a Wiiware title only, it was eventually announced for all current-gen home consoles. A few trailers and months later we finally got to experience the pure awesomeness that is Megaman 9.
I’m a bit late for a review, but it just came a few days ago on the PS3, so I needed to at least get to the end of the game before putting out a review… Well, here we go!

Kendo tidbits #1

So here’s the deal, from time to time, I’ll post about Kendo. What is Kendo you ask? Well that’s why I linked to Wikipedia just right there, just for you.  Ok so you are lazy and don’t want to click the link.  Well basically, Kendo is (nowaday) a competitive martial art that uses shinai to fight.  Those are a long sword made out of 4 bamboo sticks, representing a Japanese sword aka a katana.  I wouldn’t compare it to fencing (not that I know much about fencing), but it has a few similarities. So I’ll make you discover Kendo slowly by telling you my experiences as a beginner kendoka, from time to time.

This is what a shinai looks like, mine has a lot of red stains on the handle, due to my shinai bag's inside being red.

I’ve started practicing Kendo back in May, so I have more or less about 4 months of experience so far, practicing usually twice a week, with a few skipped practice for different personnal reasons.  As for equipment, outside of the shinai right now, I’m using sweat pants and a tshirt, but by the end of November, I’ll be able to wear hakama and keikogi, and by next summer, the whole armor (bogu). Normal practice are usually about practicing your form, your footwork and your swing.  But every last Tuesday of the month, we practice Kendo KATA.  Those are done with a bokken or a bokuto (wooden katana), and are more complex combinations between two partners.

Those are divided between two types and require extreme concentrations, at least for a beginner like me.  The real katas, which are almost like a dance, is very choregraphed and has one follow the other’s move.  The second type, is newer apparently, and is more about practicing form and swings in a more practical way.  Yes, I know, this isn’t very clear, but tonight is only my second time doing those, so I’ll probably come back to it some other time.  And for now, that’s all.  Look forward for more!

Little BIG Planet – First impressions (basics + Level gameplay)

Thanks to Jobocan and mainly to another buddy of mine, I’ve fought my way through Eurogamer’s rushed give-away of LBP Beta keys almost a week ago now. I’ve given the game a good try through and through for a week now. The game is simply amazing, it delivers what has been hyped, and it’s not even the final build, and it’s only about 2% of the actual disc content.

So the game, like most knows, is divided in Story mode, creation mode and playing other people’s creations. All this is linked inside an interface represented as your spaceship, which you can decorate with stickers as you please. From there, you can access 3 different planets, the first one is for settings and personal stuff, like accessing your friends list and join anyone already in a game.

Random Curiosity’s Omni’s Fall 2008 anime preview!

You can find a very good preview of a lot of the upcoming anime series on here.

Now begs the question, what to watch? I’m trying to keep it low for now, but I’ll update with what I think looks interesting in a bit.

So in the end, a lot of things looks too good to pass on.