and you will like it!
The Level 5 and Studio Ghibli collaboration apparently also includes a game for the PS3 and it looks amazing!
Hilarious! 
: Oh yeah, and the composer, Hitoshi Sakimoto, is the same guy who did the music for FF Tactics and FF12. What surprises me is he also did the music for Gradius V and Breath of Fire V. He's sure dipped his composing hand into a little bit of everything.
: So, remembering that you're family came across the PS1 version of Tactics Ogre (a game that has seen an insane number of remakes/re-releases in a short span), thought I'd show you a taste of its origins. Behold, the opening music to the original SNES Tactics Ogre! http://www.youtube.c om/watch?v=sct2CUmNM Es Vaguely similar to the PS1 intro music, but more awesome sounding in a way that only the SNES synthesizer can pull off. Saturn version came close, though. 
: So, finally played Alien Storm. Not bad, though not super-extra-awesome either. Think NES top-down shooter (except more free-roaming) meets Geometry Wars style controls, meets Left 4 Dead co-op, meets Half-Life 2 style atmosphere... though even all that's a vague paraphrasing.
: Oh, and I bought a PS3. I get the feeling I'll be using it more as a Blu-Ray player, but at least I'll be ready when The Last Guardian comes out. Only other game I could see myself caving in to buy is LBP.
: Behold the awesomeness of the 8-bit organ! http://www.youtube.c om/watch?v=m1pchpDD5 EU Man, I'd totally want that if I were any good at playing the piano. =P
: Haven't tried it yet. Today is the day they released it. It looks interesting, though, in an "old school is new again" kind of way.
: The steam servers are currently too busy to handle your request 
I'll try again later. Is it fun?
: Free game released on Valve's Steam service today. Alien Swarm, I think it was called.
: Behold! A video card so powerful that it requires THREE 8-pin power connectors! http://www.engadget. com/2010/07/18/asus- mars-2-teases-superp owered-dual-geforce- gtx-480-goodness/ Yeah, hearing that made me laugh. Maybe with enough of these, we can finally build an Anti-Mass Spectrometer without fear of a resonance cascade... or create one heck of a meltdown.
: Oh, and I found out recently that ALL members of the cat family purr! Found out after I heard a cheetah purring during a Nature documentary, so I had to look it up on Wikipedia. Seems that only a few animals outside the Felid family can purr.
: Zen cat is zen! http://icanhascheezb urger.com/2010/07/15 /funny-pictures-appl y-directly/ Yeah, I don't know why, but I get a kick out of squinty-eyed cats. ^_^
: Not sure, but I've heard of Mistborn and its author. None of his books screamed "must read" to me.
: I'll give it a look, LDS author? Have I mentioned Mistborn to you?
: Found a book recently that MAY interest you. The Dragon War Relic. It's essentially supposed to be a mash-up of the sci-fi and fantasy genres, but does so in hilarious fashion. Surprisingly it has a coherent and well-thought plot, but almost every opportunity is taken to inject ridiculous humor. While it doesn't sit at the top of my recommendation list--where Fablehaven still reigns supreme--it was an enjoyable, off-beat read.
: Nope didn't know that. Despicable Me was amazing, a couple of Universal plugs were wanton and unnecessary but the movie itself was excellent. Toy Story 3 was better tho!
: ...Okay, it's more of a mixture between a chirp and a bark...
: 80% on the Tomato Meter so far for Despicable Me. Not bad, for a rookie animation studio. I may have to see it some time (nothing sooner than $1 theater). In other news, I finally bought Advent Children (on Blu-Ray for extra scenes), finally learned why people can't stand English dubs of Japanese animated shows (we can thank Escaflowne for that), and I've been watching entirely too many nature documentaries. Did you know that Cheetahs bark? =D
: ESRB has had a lot of fail moments in their history (at least in my opinion), but this one takes the cake in ironic fashion that could easily make it on failblog.org. http://games.slashdo t.org/story/10/07/13 /0324210/ESRB-Expose s-Emails-of-Gamers-W ho-Filed-Privacy-Com plaints
: This was bound to happen. While browsing through rating descriptors of an anime review database, I happened to come across a descriptor that read "slapstick violence with mallets." Although, being copyright 1996, it seems that I HAVEN'T found the inspiration for Namco Tales Studio's notable use of pink mallets.
: "Sony Finally Turning a Profit On PS3s." So sayeth the headline of a recent Slashdot.org article. Guess it only took Sony FOUR years! =P
: Guess I will wait to see it then, Despicable Me and Sorcerer's Apprentice and maybe a few others then.
: Oy... my concerns came true. As of this writing, The Last Airbender has garnered an abysmal 6% at Rottentomatoes.com (which, of course, only speaks of the ratio of critics that liked it). How could you do this to me, M. Night Shyamalan?
: Speaking of Despicable Me, just found out it's being headed by a brand new production company (Illumination Entertainment). Seemed like a Dreamworks film. We'll see if their rookie attempt launches them into a successful position in the animated film niche.
: Despicable Me might be worth it, plus Tangled. As for the others I will wait and see. Toy Story 3 is amazing, going again tomorrow!
: Seems there's a plethora of animated movies getting trailer coverage this month. Rio, Tangled, Alpha & Omega, Smurfs, and event a second trailer for Guardians of Ga'hoole. Definitely a mixed bag here, from promising, to middle ground, to abysmal, to... too little info to tell (guess Sony wanted to put us awash in blue Smurfness). Oh, and for the record, Alpha & Omega looks pathetic and will probably get the same critical failure Happily N'Ever After got (it IS the same production company). =P
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