My Kind of Robot Chicken

New anime that I'm totally ga-ga for: Panda-Z. Bandai's website is here. What's the set-up? Easy: cute little panda pilots giant robot panda and saves day. Great toys from the show are available at your favorite nerd toy store. My favorite nerd toy store? Why, Toy Tokyo, of course!

Top 3 at E3

I'm not going to elaborate right now, but this is my vote for the big winners at this year's E3, a show at which many people said there were not too many clear winners:

1. PS3 - Killzone 2 trailer rocks the house
2. Full Auto - best playable Xbox360 game, and awesome in its own right
3. Game Boy Micro - sure, it's a novelty...but an awesome novelty

Granted, I didn't have the patience to wait for Zelda and there were a lot of playable games only available to journalists.

E3 2005

I'm back from E3! Check out my pictures from the event. We went to Berkeley right afterwards for a wedding, so you can see some of those pics, too. Be warned: those pictures feature fewer booth babes.

Maybe His Name Should Be "Effexor Man"

Another funny bit of Engrish, this time from a Japanese wrestling game called "Exciting Hour".

Lock!!!

This is a really funny bit of Engrish that I just found in the obscure Japanese arcade game entitled "Act-Fancer Cybernetick Hyper Weapon" -- check out the targeting readout:





That giant robot totally rocks!!! And what else would you expect from a guy named "Act-Fancer Cybernetick Hyper Weapon"? That title will totally rip your balls off, dude!

MTV360

I watched tonight's goofball MTV special unveiling of Microsoft's new Xbox console, the Xbox360. No matter what your impression is of the console itself -- big whoop, IMHO -- you have to admit that the programming "special" was nothing but a hilarious marketing circle jerk. They'll probably sell like hotcakes. Y'know, for all the kids who can afford brand-new consoles and pricey games that look about as good as current games and an HDTV screen with surround sound and broadband. Whee!

Worst Album Cover Ever?

Came across this album on Amazon...long story. Check it out!





What happened to Larry King? He appears to be screaming in pain. Perhaps he was struck in the side of the head by a stray toucan?

Totally Sweet Game!

Holy crap, I just played this game and just about flipped out from its awesomeness. Be careful because your ass might totally explode when you try it.

Audioslave r0xx0rZ!

I'm a little beside myself with excitement regarding the upcoming release of the new Audioslave album (May 24). Big rock doesn't get any better than this.

Totally Sweet

This title screen just about says it all...





From the Atari 7800, yo!