Oxiclean or Mister Bushido? Your choice ...

*sigh* What a shame ...

K-On!, Psp, and other news

So ... K-On! is ending ... DAMNIT IM GONNA !@#$ UP SOMEBODY'S FACE that's sad ...

I never thought it would end this way. Who knew Yui would go Higurashi and flash those crazy Shion bitch eyes. What a way to end T_T. Guess there won't be a season two (p.s. not real ending)

With the end of one anime comes the beginning of several others, and of course I have rambled about those that I plan to watch this coming anime season. Spice and Wolf II is, by far, my most anticipated, having seen already the promo episode, entitled episode 0... Just can't wait to see Horo again :)

About psp news, I finally managed to hack my psp! yay~! It took awhile, because there were some problems when installing ChickHEN, such as changing ofw to 5.03. It was annoying... But the biggest problem about 5.03 Gen-A is that if you make a complete shutdown, you'd have to do the whole process over again, so I will have to keep my psp on ... forever ...

But now I have Disgaea: Afternoon of Darkness and the new Prinny: Can I Really Be A Hero!? games, SO IT IS ALL WORTH IT :3

Some other news:

• WordPress progress is fuck it, too much work delayed
• More downloads for UTorrent, its up to 136 items in queue now ... yay ...
• Finished catching up on Katekyo, took a long while. Plus, Gantz is way too boring right now
• It stopped raining T.T

Phat to Lite to Brite! Psp news!!

Recently, I've spent some of my days researching the psp hacks and development that has been going underground, away from the prying eyes of Sony, in an attempt to hack my "unhackable" psp-3001 model. Former psp developer and current creator of the M33 custom firmware series, Dark-AleX, has had trouble using old methods to hack the 300x series, and athough I had waited for him to deliver a cure, I turned to a different method ...

The problem is that, unlike the 100x (phat/fat psps) and some of the older 200x (lite/slim psps), the 300x (brite) series have the TA-090 and higher motherboards on them, which automatically deletes any custom firmware that is installed via a pandora battery (making them totally obsolete =.= waste of $15...). Newer versions of the 200x psps also have this problem, and bricks whenever a custom firmware is installed.

Of course, because of how much people are willing to turn to illegal actions to break away from the dictatorial grip of Sony, a new method of hacking was developed early this month, after waiting almost a year for someone to find a way. From a small development group, Team Typhoon, the application ChickHEN can be used to install ONLY Custom Firmware 5.03 GEN-A, which has all of the benefits from the M33 series. ChickHEN, currently, has no way of playing .iso formats yet, so what it can do now is try to temporary hold custom firmware on. This means the only problem is that, if you completely shut down the psp, you'd have to do the whole process over again.

I currently have not done this method yet (because I'm not sure as to how safe this is for my psp >.>) but will decide to if I find a sure-fire way to do it without bricking. Hence the reason for my late posts, and why I posted this at 1:53 a.m. ...

This is it for the post, and I still haven't moved this to WordPress. Too much work ...

Press the word, WordPress!

I'm thinking about moving this blog to Wordpress. Everything seems so much better on that blogging site, instead of this crap stuff >.> Can't even work out the html for a simple frame resizing ...

We'll see, maybe later I'll transfer this blog. Call it the New Azn Life!

... and yes, that is all for today ...

Anime Spotlight: Valkyria Chronicles

An anime I've been watching recently is Valkyria Chronicles, and like most of the ones that have premiered over this Spring, this series is one that will entertain.

Based off of the PS3 game with the same name, story is set in a fictional version of Europe in 1930, in the country of Gallia. Because of its abundance of ragnite ore—which can be refined into a powerful fuel—it has come under attack from the East European Imperial Alliance, which itself is engaged in war with the Atlantic Federation.

Generally speaking, the characters are numerous and likable, developing as the story progresses. They all have their own personality quirks. They often adhere to conventional character archetypes, but it’s well executed, and I think way better than what typically passes for character development in anime. What I truly love, however, is the relationship between Alicia and Welkin, the two main protagonists of the story. Alicia strikes me as the kind of person who feels like half-tsundere, and half-heroine-like. Welkin is the person who is oblivious to the thoughts of women, but gets the job done when he needs to. These two create a chemistry that is akin to Horo and Lawrence from Spice and Wolf, and makes the whole series more likable.

The story itself, IMO, is pretty uncommon, and stands out among some other shows. Two countries fighting for a natural resource, and the middle nation struggling to defend itself. Epic, isn't it? One thing about this anime, although it may seem like it, military features don't necessarily influence the performance, but rather works to add a backdrop to the storyline.

Other features are the animation itself, being one that is truly unique. It resembles the work of the game, and the backgrounds are stunning and show much details. Although its no 5cm Per Second, it holds well on its own.

In all, I'm kinda disappointed that there is only 13 episodes. With episode 12 coming out this week, the story ends too short compared to the game. Possibly the only con I can see with Valkyria Chronicles is its length, but hopefully they'll make a sequel.



Drop by for the next post, I guess ...

The Return ... *cue dramatic music*

Anyways, after a good 10 days or so from my last post, I've finally decided to post something here. As contrary to what 'some' of you may believe, I am not dead >.>

The thing that kept me from posting was, of course, the whole essence of Summer. There have been so many things for me to do, and because of this, my mind becomes ever encumbered from my normal activities, which had been kept in check with the system of daily school. Now that school is out, my whole being becomes fixated on the new routine that my old one quickly becomes superseded. Although, there is one factor that stands out from all of my prevent-me-from-posting factors, and that is, unfortunately, World of Warcraft...

Notice how it's all Alliance o(^^o)(o^^)o

There are other things I'm looking forward to, namely two new series that will be premiring this Summer:

1. Yoku Wakaru Gendai Mahou
The story revolves around Koyomi Morishita, a clumsy high school freshman girl who is often mistaken for a grade-schooler because of her shortness. Koyomi becomes a disciple of Misa Anehara, a 25-year-old graduate student who happens to be one of the most powerful modern-day magicians. (ANN description)

2. Seitokai no Ichizon
The series, which is also called Hekiyou Gakuen Seito-kaigi Jiroku (The Records of the Hekiyou Academy Student Council’s Activities), revolves around a private high school whose student council is chosen entirely by popularity vote. Because of this, Ken Sugisaki is the only male representative, in the otherwise all bishoujo student council, that may enter the “sacred sanctuary” of the council’s meeting room. At the behest of Council President Kurimu Sakurano (pictured at right), Sugisaki records the minutes of the council meetings, which devolve into daily conversations about the students’ lives and interests. (ANN description)

There's also one other game I'm looking at, because Disgaea has been slow for me lately (over 150 hours, lvl 3247 Mao, and super extra awesome final X boss, Overlord Baal, defeated. Quite a feat Q.Q)

This game is Cross Edge, an RPG developed by Capcom, Nippon Ichi, Namco Bandai, Gust, and Idea Factory. And if you didn't notice earlier, Nippon Ichi is also the creator of the Disgaea game series, and will be featuring Etna and Prinny as guest characters in this fun-filled otaku madness game. Having been released in the U.S. on May 26, 2009, the game has been widely recieved by Japanese audiences, but not review audiences, i.e. Ign and Gamespot. But I thought, what the hell, screw those guys. They gave the Disgaea games a constant 6-7 score, so of course they don't have much love for the Japanese RPG areas in gaming. I've decided to try this game, and hopefully, it'll be as much fun as Disgaea was.

Anyways, this was a long post. Hopefully I'll continue to post more ramblings, but I won't make any promises...

P.S. 7-up is sooo much better than Sprite...