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Osaka Tough Guys Re-issue

By Mike • Apr 5th, 2006 • Category: Japan, movies, news3 comments

ArtsmagicDVDs has put out a new release for Takashi Miike’s film, Osaka Tough Guys. It was released on March 28th to North America.

Osaka Tough Guys is one of Miike’s earliest films originally released in 1995. He’s been known to incorporate a sick taste of metaphorical imagery with the use of violence, sex, horror, and pure [...]


(Review) Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence

By Mike • Mar 22nd, 2006 • Category: Reviews, video games5 comments

As Shay has already mentioned, I was finally able to get my hands on the Limited Edition of Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence last week. So, for the few days, I’ve been draped under a blanket drinking hot tea to soothe my cold and a Dual Shock 2 in my hands the entire time. So, [...]


Top 100 Games in Japan

By Mike • Mar 10th, 2006 • Category: Japan, Opinion, video games2 comments

Japan has logged their Top 100 video games of all time according to a survey Famitsu readers took.
The list can be found here.
Of all games to get the number one spot, Final Fantasy X? And Animal Crossing beating out Metal Gear Solid. Sure, two completely different genres of gaming, but it kind of makes [...]


Suicide Circle anyone?

By Mike • Feb 28th, 2006 • Category: Japan, internet, movies, news13 comments

A BBC article writes on the significant rise of internet deaths in Japan. Not just any deaths, but suicides by means of interaction on the internet. The death toll doubled last year from the years preceding at a recorded 91 deaths. Pacts are made by groups of various internet people to end their lives at [...]


New Mucc single to be released

By Mike • Feb 8th, 2006 • Category: Videos, music, news1 comment

After their recent release of Houyoku, Mucc is set to release another single in just over a week.
Here’s the new PV that just aired for the first time a couple of days ago:

Mmm, Gerbera…


Metal Gear Saga Vol. 1

By Mike • Feb 6th, 2006 • Category: news, video games5 comments

Konami & Kojima Productions will be releasing a limited edition press for Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence. For anyone who places a preorder on Subsistence, they’ll be granted the opportunity to spend ten more dollars for this version.

The limited edition press comes with the first volume of Metal Gear Saga, a documentary of the [...]


R.I.P. Working Designs

By Mike • Jan 14th, 2006 • Category: video games0 comments

As some of you well know, Working Designs put up the red light for their entire facility in mid-December. With this loss, fans of the industry’s most original lineup of video games will be disappointed without a future distribute of highly acclaimed titles such as the long awaited sequel to the Lunar series, Arc The [...]


Pyramid Head…?

By Mike • Dec 14th, 2005 • Category: Previews, movies, video games4 comments

With the Silent Hill film under heavy construction, many alterations to the game can already be noticed. One of which is the appearance of Pyramid Head.

But wait… No James Sunderland? Being a huge Silent Hill fanatic myself, I encountered a strange question: How can the film have Pyramid Head without James Sunderland? The purpose [...]


An Introduction and Movie Review

By Mike • Dec 10th, 2005 • Category: China, Reviews, movies3 comments

Hey there, I’ll be Mike. I’ll be co-existing with Shay to dish out SparkPlugged material into your hungry brains. So, here’s a movie review to follow…

Director: Oxide Pang
Year: 2004
Main Cast: Race Wong, Rosanne Wong, Anson Leung
Beauty takes its place in an infinite amount of forms. It’s completely portrayed according [...]