http://mm.avempire.net righteous Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:05:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en My copy of the second volume of Spice & Wolf has finally arrived. It's very nice in that unlike the previous volume, this issue and those in the future will have the original anime style art featured on the actual cover and the free dust covers provided will have the "westernized" art on it, whereas the first volume was the opposite.]]> http://mm.avempire.net/2010/09/spice-and-wolf-vol-2-get/ On the late Japanese movie binge I've been on I came across the movie Air Doll again after seeing it mentioned once or twice on /jp/ some months ago. After watching it I feel compelled to write up a quick write up of my thoughts because well, besides being about an air doll that freaking comes to life, it was actually quite interesting in a unique and unexpected way.]]> http://mm.avempire.net/2010/09/j-movie-air-doll-inflates-my-heart/ Yet another female casted fighting game has been announced, this time by renowned visual novel producer, 5pb. As appropriate, eroge artist Hiro Suzuhira has been called to the mission bringing forth our first illustrations of the upcoming moe moe brawl! Not much else is known, but the game is supposedly related to 5pb's Steins;Gate and Memories Off series, though this may be a translation error from famitsu's page here. Whatever the case, I'll be keeping an eye on this until its 2011 release with unbearable anticipation.]]> http://mm.avempire.net/2010/09/5pb-bishoujo-fighter-phantom-breaker/ ]]> http://mm.avempire.net/2010/09/news-of-yesterday%e3%83%bb%e3%83%bb%e3%83%bb/ A database backup unfortunately deleted my last post about what I'd like to see in BlazBlue Continuum Shift II. At the very least I did save the list, so here it is again.]]> http://mm.avempire.net/2010/08/bbcs-list-repost/ A Japanese man is finally arrested after striking fear into the hearts of the innocent with his powerful Ikatako (squid octopus) Virus, the ruler of all ocean dwelling viruses. The internet virus attacked its victims by substituting various files stored on their computer with images of cute marine invertebrate.]]> http://mm.avempire.net/2010/08/man-arrested-for-squid-virus/ No, 2D fighting games with anime-inspired graphics aren't dead yet. Chaos Code is the latest of the genre and is being developed by the Australian-yet-Japanese company FKDigital. At the moment they're running Chaos Code's second location test and the actual arcade release date will be determined by it. A console or PC port is also not out of the question as the game was originally intended for online PC gaming.]]> http://mm.avempire.net/2010/08/heads-up-chaos-code/ shrine-write makes its debut as a professional gourmet food reviewing website with my recent capture of the legendary Kentucky Fried Chicken Double Down sandwich. The Double Down is the Colonel's latest and greatest creation, a monster mix of meat, meat, cheese, and more meat. Specifically it's bacon, pepperjack and swiss cheese, and chicken lathered in the Colonel's secret sauce, all sandwiched between two larger, grilled filets of savory chicken. Basically a one-way ticket to heart disease.]]> http://mm.avempire.net/2010/08/the-double-down/ Today officially marks the end of my sweet and unproductive days of summer break. Alas I return to school, but perhaps more interestingly, am indeed shamelessly taking course in Japanese 101 as an official "gakusei."]]> http://mm.avempire.net/2010/08/back-to-school/ Recently announced Persona spin-off adult horror game, "Catherine," from Atlus has just released its PV, and it's quite tasteful indeed.]]> http://mm.avempire.net/2010/08/catherine-pv-very-saucy-indeed/