HAIR!!

I'm getting my hair hair cut short. I haven't had it shorter than 9 inches for 4 years now. I get the feeling I will miss my hair, but, I will have something to distract my mind tomorrow. Azumanga Daioh arrives tomorrow. Shipped on Monday, so this is one of the fastest standard deliveries I have ever had.

Starcraft Speedrun out of Boredom...

Starcraft BW Protoss 7 Speedrun

yeah, I get bored really easily.

Viruses, and the Xbox 360 Fall 2008 Dashboard.

Yeah, today really sucks ass hairs. Vundo (VirtuMondo) somehow got on my computer. I have yet to find out the source of the infection and it was one of the most annoying things ever to remove. If you ever get it, run this program http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/combofix/how-to-use-combofix
That was a life saver. Make sure you run in safe mode with no internet access though.

Now, for the Xbox 360 Fall 2008 Dashboard. I have yet to install it since I do not have a modded 360, but a group may have a way to install on un-modded 360s soon. The groups web blog is http://xhavok87.wordpress.com/2008/07/26/xbox-360-fall-dashboard-08-leaked/ So we can always hope for them to succeed.

I beat Crysis...

Now I need to beat No More Heroes. Not worth $50. But worth $30. Which is what I got it for.

Also, for people looking for Girls Bravo on DVD,rightstuf has each volume for $11.99. So that should be cheap enogugh for you not to download.

Anime Piracy, the sad story of cheap ass people.

(NOTE: I use pirating in this post. By this I mean, if you can buy the US or whatever country you live, version of a DVD and instead you download it. Thats piracy, not if you download a fan-sub of an anime that never has touched US shores before.)

Lately, Fan-subs have become more popular. The legal issues around them aren't exactly clear, but people still download them. I download them, but only under set conditions.

1 - If it is licensed, no downloading. Even if this means waiting for a year before the first release. Downloading when it is licensed hurts the industry.

2 - If an Anime is licensed but you downlaoded the Fan-subs before. Delete them and pre order the DVDs as soon as possible. You already know you like it, so why would you not want to own it?

3 - NEVER DOWNLOAD ANIME THAT IS RELEASED ALREADY IN THE US!!!! I know people do it all the time. This hurts not only the US industry, but also th Japanese also.

4 - If the anime has been released in the US, and the sequel season is announced. YOU DON't DOWNLOAD THE SEQUEL. You wait till its released in the US because rarely will a company license the first season and not get the rest. For example. The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya has been out in the US for a while. A sequel has been announced for it and is expected within the coming year in Japan. You may not download the 2nd season.

I know that people will complain about prices. I may not have tons of money but I still own a lot of anime. Companies are starting to release anime in 13 episode sets instead of single vol. DVDs. FUNimation is releasing Ouran High School Host club in to 13 Episode sets. So, you psend less money.

Also, Fan-subs now are not about quality and more about competition. Most groups compete for viewers so they can get donations. Not only that, but they also are of lower quality translations than the official US releases. 1 week verses 4 weeks for a translation is pretty bad.

One more thing, pirating anime whether it's fan-subs or DVDs does not make you more of an Otaku. In fact, it makes you less. So please people, buy the DVDs.

Starting in the coming week, I will be posting good deals on anime hopefully to help others actually buy more. So, I will help pirates so they can help the industry the way I do.

Crysis and Azumanga!

Bought Crysis yesterday. So far, it has exceeded my expectations. Great graphics and physics. UPDATE: Maybe not. It's been stuck at processing since last night. So no video.

Finally, I decided to order Azumanga Daioh: Complete Collection Class Album. I needed something new, well new to me. Hopefully it will be as funny as everyone says.

Unreal 3! It's awesome on PC!

Unreal Tournament 3 FRAPS test on New Comp





I made this to see if MySpace had better quality than youtube. So far, it does. But I will probably use youtube more just because it has more support.

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Why wont you people read my stuff? It makes me sad. I guess I will have to keep on until I have more followers.

(Note: All followers of Erik will become rich ass monkey donkey hybrids one day)

Keeping up with the theme of my first week...

MORE LUCKY STAR!!

Lucky Star Vol. 2 Dub

The dub was great. The voices match the character very good. The quality never drops below an A-. If I have time, I will update the post with the Subs since I know that some of you seem to think that Fan-subs are better than official even though I would much rather have official than fan-subs.

Lucky Star Vol. 2 LE!!!

I got it today. Finally!! After ordering 3 times, 2 of which had it out of stock as soon as I click submit, I found somewhere that had it.
The case is a special one only with the Limited Edition. I like it, but I for see people not liking the childish look of it. Though I liked the first one also.


The Limited Edition comes with the Kagami Hiiragi Lucky Star Character Song Vol. 2 CD. I have listened to all the songs, and I can assure you that any Otaku that is like me, will enjoy it. I recommend ripping it to your Ipod or any other MP3 player so you can always treasure the CD.

The disk art isn't fantastic, but that doesn't mean it isn't good. I would have preferred more of the characters.

Now for one of the main reasons I order the LE. The Shirt. Each LE vol. of Lucky Star comes with a shirt with a print of a piece of clothing from the series. This volumes was the Bathing Suit Konata wheres to the beach in Episode 6. If you don't know the significance of this bathing suit, then you probably need to learn a little more about the Otaku and Japanese culture. I do not feel like typing it all out.

So now that I'm done telling you people about this GREAT DVD, I will be going to listen to Kagami sing to me while I play Call of Duty 4 or Unreal Tournament 3.

I will watch it tonight, and tell about the Dub and Subs in a post tomorrow or later on tonight.

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