Pre-Fan Expo August Loot!

I’ve had these for a while, but I just recently found time to upload some pics. This is my first shipment of figures to my house, so it was a good experience (all the other figures are from Anime North). Got them from OtakuFuel, and I have no complaints, timely delivery. Will buy from them again. >_> Too bad Canada doesn’t get the free shipping. It did come in a badass Bleach box.

It’s my first haul before Fan Expo, where rest assured, many figures will be bought. And I have another few coming in as well…

Star Trek

This is actually a really old post, but for some reason I was too lazy to post it. In any case, here it is.

So I finally saw the new Star Trek movie. As it is, I’m not really a big Star Trek fan. It was mostly after the fact for me, I was too young to see the original series, I did watch the Next Generation with the family.

I was basically raised on Star Wars, ever since my cousin lent the me the original VHS copies (Han shot first, bitches), to me getting the Special Edition re-release for myself. We didn’t have video games, Star Wars WAS my video game. I distinctly remember using a VHS tape as my controller, guding the whole crew through their adventures. Time takes so long to pass when you are a kid, yet Return of the Jedi made time fly like nothing else. To this day, I wish someone would create a quicktime event version of the movies.

Star Trek was the weird, untouchable thing, something you couldn’t really ‘get’ until you were speaking Klingon and had a full replica of the bridge of the Enterprise in your basement. I always found it unnecessary and just alienating. Which is part of why I prefered Star Wars, it was accessible, the characters were lovable, and instantly understandable.

Excuses, Excuses: Super Smash Bros Brawl

I haven’t posted in a while. The reason should be obviopus to many a gamer out there, Super Smash Bros Brawl came out, and I’ve been playing a lot to say the least. While this took up a fair bit of time, what really ate up my time was my friends coming over at every oppurtunity to play. Good times were had by all, Brawl is definitliy worth the hype.

Newcomers Olimar, Sonic and Pit are amongst my favourites, and the stages are prehaps the best part of the game, there are many memorable and fun courses you would never find in any other fighting game.

One thing I have to say is that they have made the game more even, as in, every match my friends and I had were always pretty close. I sucked at Melee, but in Brawl, I can actually get in a few kills. The Final Smash isn’t as cheap as I thought it would be, each one is very situational, and can only truly be effective in certain circumstances.

Subspace Emissary is truly a great add-on. The cinemas are definitly the highlight for me, some truly spectaclar scenes and few strange ones. It is fun solo, but more fun with a friend. My friends and I did the final level (which is VERY long) rotating controllers, and it was great fun. I do have one complaint: At some points, the platforms or launchers are placed in bad location, leading to some lame deaths. But this is just one speck on the greatness of this game.

So sorry, sorry to the maybe 5 readers who might actually read this (I’m thinking way too much of this…) . The game is just too damned fun!

Bleach 313

And so ends Kenpachi vs. Nnoitra, with the death of Nnoitra. One thing you have to say about Bleach is there are really great villains in the story. Nnoitra’s lust for death on the battlefields is the perfect match for Kenpachi’s urge to fight, and their battle was quite thrilling and interesting to watch.

Things get complicated when Orohime is suddenly whisked away by a Arranacar. So Orohime is suddenly UNrescued (ugh), in a way too convienent and lazy way (sigh). But then something happened that I totally did not see coming, that sort of make up for that…

It Begins Here! POST BREAK-OUT!

With an eager heart and a dream of happiness, yanipheonu rockets to the heavens and pushes towards the skies of blogging greatness! I give to you a deep, stereotypical Japanese bow, and welcome you to this blog! I hope that you find the bits of my life and opinions that will surely fill this site.

So, regarding me, I am a humble ex-high schooler, and soon I am to be a university student. My days are filled with checking out my favourite things, like video games, anime (why is it those things go together so well), writing, and all kinds of other things.

My goal is to one day make a living out of writing. If I write here everyday, perhaps my skills will improve an somehow help in someway (somehow…).

I hope you continue to read my blog!