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Ride On Shooting Star

心の声で散弾銃のように 唄い続けた / Translation: With the voice of my heart, like a shotgun I kept on singing.

Gaming, gaming and gaming.

It's has been a loooooooong and hard week for me, veeeeeeeeery looooooong and hard :frown:. Finally i got my hands on a PS2 for, about 2 weeks and to tell the truth, I FUCKIN' LOVE THIS CONSOLE. I just wanted to complete Metal Gear Solid 3(THE BEST GAME EVER, sorry but i'm an MGS fanboy :smile: ), buuuuut after MGS i wanted to complete Ghost in the Shell and then Okami and then Samurai Champloo, the list goes on and on :smile:.
Thanks to Sony Computer Entertainment i haven't finished two comic strips, and now i'm like "NEED...PLAY...PS2...FUCKING COOL...HAIL SONY" :D.

Otakuventure Introduction or something like that...



Hello again mates. I haven't posted recently 'cause of my TOEFL exam, school and my comic. Well...this is my ultra mega ugly introduction :smile:. I was totally wasted after school and decided to draw something as fast as i can, and this is the result. I hope you like it and please leave a comment, they'll help me to improve my leet drawing skillz :D. I'll try to make the next page more... pleasent for the eye :smile:.
Here is a link for fullscreen display.
Also you can find it in my Photos section.

Some Reviews

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Hello dear readers of my lame and boring blog :smile:. I'll try to write some anime, game, music and appication reviews, although i don't posses the proper dictionary and i'm not very good at expressing my thoughts in written form, but i'll try :smile:.

Application Review:

First i'll try to express my thoughts and opinion about Kubuntu. Well, this is Linux based operating system, directed towards desktop users (alot of people are not into command based OS, like me :smile: ) with very userfrendly desktop environment. This OS is part of the project Ubuntu, but the difference between the Ubuntu and the Kubuntu is that Ubuntu useing Gnome desktop environment and Kubuntu is with K Desktop Environment a.k.a KDE. Although the desktop environment (i'll use DE for short) is very nice and userfriendly there are some parts of the DE that you need to get used to. Now about the applications (Apps for short), the most useful part in Kubuntu is the App installer (sorry but i forggot the name `casue my Kubuntu is on my old hard dirve). So this installer searches the net (not the whole net but some county based servers used for GNU/Linux distributions) and creats a list of apps you can download and isntall. When you check the boxes in the list, this sofware downloads these apps and is doing it's job without the need of the "next-next-i agree-finish" part adn also without the need of the most annoying License Agreement part of every Windows instalation (man this License stuff are pain in the ass), and also when you minimize the app and do whatever you want with your Kubuntu and when everything is finished a baloon pops to inform you. If you have problems with your Kubuntu you can search the net for help or to ask the Ubuntu community for help. Now it's time for "what i don't like". The part i don't like about GNU/Linux based OS is that NTFS format is not supported (well, you can install drivers for NTFS but they are not very stable) and you have to use FAT32 which doesn't support files larger than 4 GB. The other negative side is if you're a gamer, like me, there are almost no games for Linux (there is a good Quake 3 based FPS that is maybe the only interesting game for Linux). As a conclusion, if you're fed up with Windows (excludeing gamers from this list) or just searching for a free operating system to use in your office/company, Kubuntu or Ubuntu is perfect for you, and maybe better than Windows, if you want to use it for your Office because you have the oppertunity to download and use Open Office(the best Office pack in the world).

PC Game Review:

Now i'll review another Open Source app, but this time it's a game.
The game is Frets on Fire or also know as the Guitar Hero for PC. As i said it's Open Source game and is multiplatform, so if your with MAC or GNU/Linux you can download and feel what is to be a ROCK star :smile:. The game is written on Python with very interesting engine that gives you the oppertuity to import your favourite song from Guitar Hero and play them on your virtual guitar (Keybord), or unlike Guitar Hero III (for PC) you can download already made songs for the game. A short explanation of what is the content of the folder where the sond is kept. There are two .ogg files( if you're into Open Source you'll understand why .ogg not .mp3) the first is the guitar.ogg and the second is the song.ogg, a .midi file with the positions of the notes, .ini file with scores and other stuff and some folders may have and .png file for the label of the cassette (when you download the game you'll see why). If you're a hardcore Guitar Hero fan or a person eager to see what is Guitar Hero feel free to download and install the game. Parts i don't like in the game are that the game is haveing some bugs and that some song are pretty lame done (example Deep Purple - Smoke on the Water by FOF.Spain, sorry guys but the song is totally messed up).
As a conclusion, if your PC is too slow for the Guitar Hero III PC version or if you're looking for more difficult tracks than those in Gutar Hero click on the link, download and play. Oh! and if you're Python developer feel free to help the community.

The other games i'll review are LEGO Star Wars and LEGO Star Wars II The Original Trilogy. This game is one of the most interesting games based on the Star Wars Universe(i'm also a Star Wars fanboy :smile: ), becasue of the unique gameplay and approach. This game is the first one that isn't so serious
but full of jokes and amusing scenes. To cut the long story short, you're a Lego character form the Star Wars Universe and your main goal is to collect more coins and to finish the level. The interesting parts of the game are: to you collect those coins you have to break stuff around you, and also the switching between characters option (you can't complete the level without switching character `cause you need to complete some puzzles and for those puzzles you need a particular character that is always following you). Maybe the best part is the 2 player mode, and belive me a have completed the game 3 times (with a friend of mine, with my brother and by myself) and there is noting better than playing this game with a friend ot relative. The only thing i dislike in the game is the Main Menu, i think it's very annoying, you'll see why when you play the game.

That's all for now, i'll edit this post, add some links and correct my mistiakes tomorrow `casue i'm very tired. Ah! and also i'll write some anime and music reviews tomorrow `casue there are some animes and some albums i'd like to present to you. Hope you like my reviews and please leave a comment after you finish reading it, they'll help me to improve my english and writing skills.

EDIT: Well, i've edited the post so i'll leave the other reviews for later. I'll review Karin and also i'll review Star Wars Legacy Comics and Genshiken Manga.

EDIT 2: Sorry but i'm going to delay the reviews `cause i'm working on my own manga and by the end of the week i'll try to write the pormised reviews :smile:.

Appleseed Saga EX Machina English Trailer.

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The first trailer of the english version of the sequel of Appleseed can be wathced on Anime IGN site.
First impressions of this trailer. Damn this sequel will ROCK, it makes fans of Shirow and Appleseed (like me) to wait eagerly for Spring 2008. Although the trailer shows mostly action and gun-fight scenes, it shows that there's going to be a new partner for Deunan, mysterious woman shows up and many other interesting stuff that fires my curiosity and makes me more impatient. So i'm waiting for Spring to come and to watch this long waited sequel.

Appleseed Saga EX Machina (AniDB)

Absence

Hi everybody.
Sorry for being absent for this long but i'm a bit busy :smile:. This is my last year in High school so things are little tightened up because i'm studying for the TOEFL iBT Test and i don't have time to write in my blog. Things in bulgaria are a little complicated now because the teachers are on strike and this strike may cause many troubles for every student in bulgaria especially last year students(like me). The other reason for my absence is because i'm in a pinch absentminded, and i don't know the cause of this :frown:. I don't have muse for creating anything, only English, English and English. This out-of-muse state is stopping me from playing the bass guitar, i can't concentrate because of this lousy state i'm in.

First Promo Video of Genshiken 2

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The first promo of the new season of the comedy Genshiken has been posted on the official site of the franchise. Monday update will include new charachter design, information on the CDs of the OP and ED themes and many other extra stuff or also called "Behind the scene". Also the premier of the series is changed to 9 October. Only one month till the new series :smile:.

Genshiken (AniDB)
Genshiken OVA (AniDB)

Fictional game from Genshiken will be serializied...

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Ramen Tenshi Pretty Menma or in english Ramen Angel Pretty Menma (this is the game that the characters are playing in the manga) from the Genshiken Manga will be adapted as Manga. The Manga will be serialized in Media Factory's Monthly Comic Alive in its November issue (27 September on sale). This was announced on August 27 in the official site. The second season of Genshiken will premiere on October 12 in Japan.

Genshiken (AniDB)
Genshiken OVA (AniDB)

Appleseed Online Card Game in Japan this fall

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http://www.appleseedonline.jp

The Gamepot and M2 will launch a card game based on Masamune Shirow's future paramilitary police manga in Japan. The game will combine card games with tactical simulation along online gameplay with players. M2 had planned a more traditional Appleseed the Online game with Bandai Networks but the project was closed after its beta test in 2006. The Ex Machina movie sequel opens on October 20. Man why only in Japan :frown: this is so unfair.

Appleseed OVA (AniDB)
Appleseed 2004 (AniDB)

Mai-Otome prequel announced :)

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A new Mai-Otome is in production in Japan. This was confirmed by the announcement in the offical site. The new season will be called My-Otome 0~S.ifr and the story will be focused on the Sky Bleu Sapphire before the first Mai-Otome. I can't belive that so many of my fav animes will have new season.

After the credits of the last Mai-Otome Zwei episode there was a promo of the upcoming prequel. From the promo clip the story will focus on the mother of Yumemiya Arika (Arika-chan) and the war that is mentioned in Mai-Otome. So the new season will be intersting, we are waiting for the premier :smile:.

Mai-Otome (AniDB)
Mai-Otome Zwei (AniDB)

Gunslinger Girl S2 will air...

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Gunslinger Girl will be aired next spring. This was announced on the official website. The creator Yu Aida posted a comment that the story will cover the Pinocchio story arc from the Manga. Damn i can't wait :happy:

Gunslinger Girl (AniDB)