Tuesday, February 9, 2010

2D Hottie Spot Light: Rukia

Today's 2D Hottie Spot Light is: Rukia Kuchiki from the anime series: Bleach (no,not Clorox Bleach ;)
She is a Soul Reaper (similar to a Grim Reaper) in the 13th Division who meets Ichigo Kurosaki (who sees dead people and other supernatural things) and gives him her Soul Reaper powers in order to fulfill her duty to protect the living and bring the wondering souls to the Soul Society.

Monday, February 8, 2010

2D Hottie Spot Light: Riza Hawkeye

Today's 2D Hottie Spot Light is Riza Hawkeye from the anime series: Fullmetal Alchemist.

She is a member of Amestris' State Military and Roy Mustang's most trusted subordinate (I hope he's worth it). She acts as his personal assistant and bodygaurd. She usually does the task he's too lazy to do, like paper work. ;) She always keeps her cool no matter how heated the situations gets. She also specializes is fire arms. You don't want'a be on the other side of her gun, unless you got a death wish.

Sunday, February 7, 2010

Happy Super Bowl Sunday!

Happy Super Bowl Sunday!

Since Super Bowl Sunday is really like a Holiday
I thought why not make a girl of it like all the other holidays I've done.
Here's how she's changed since year:
2009
This is how she looked last year when I first drew her.

















2010

This year I decided to change her hair style, have her in a different pose,make her uniform look more acurate,and have a football feild in the background.
Hope you all like it.

Comments and Constructive Criticism Welcome

Picture and Character Created By: AJV (Me)
Be sure to check the rest of the 
Holidays Girls too.

Saturday, February 6, 2010

Romeo x Juliet Review

In the spirit of Valentine's Day, I will be reviewing the anime adaptation of Shakespear's Romeo x Juliet that has bit of fantasy elements added for good measure.
In Neo Verona, the house of Capulet peacefully ruled the land until the rival house of Montague took control on the kingdom of Neo Verona by killing the entire Capulet family and all of it's supporters in a bloody coup d'état. But,one of the children of Capulet's did escape the massacre and her name was Juliet. Forced to hide and masquerade as a boy in order to avoid being caught by the House of Montague, who still search any Capulets that might have survived.
In a twist of fate, Juliet meets a young man and they instantly fall in love. But she does not know that the one she loves in the son of the man who killed her family and rules as a tyrant, Romeo Montague. Neither know of their family ties. Thus the tale of a forbidden love begins.

Friday, February 5, 2010

2D Hottie Spot Light: Yoko

Today's 2D Hottie Spot Light is Yoko Littner from the anime series Gurren Lagann.

Yoko is an excellent marksman (woman) who hunts down Gunmen that have kept the people of the world driven underground for many years, until one day while hunting down a large Gunmen that crashes through the roof on a underground village where she then meets Kamina and Simon and they defeat the Gunmen with teamwork. After that, they became the team known as Gurren Lagann and wage war against the Beastmen and their Gunmen.

Thursday, February 4, 2010

2D Hottie Spotlight: Raven

For The Month of February I'll be posting my thought on characters (the current header should give you some clues) from various TV and Anime series.

Today's 2D Hottie Spotlight is Raven From DC comics animated series: Teen Titans.

Raven is member of the superhero team: Teen Titans
She is half-demon and half human who has the powers of Telekinesis/levitation, teleportation, and some measure of empathic and healing abilities; also able to project a "soul self". Because of her demon father, she has to always keep her emotions in check, otherwise she could bring an end to the world.

Sunday, January 24, 2010

Fracture Review

Hi,
Welcome to my Review of Lucas Arts' Video Game:

What's Fracture?
Fracture is the act or process of breaking or the state of being broken; especially : the breaking of hard tissue (as bone).
...Oops, you probably want to read about the game not the Webster's meaning of it.
Well, it's Lucas Arts terrain changing,futuristic,3rd person shooter that was released in 2008.
I just got it this Christmas for a good price. ;)
You play as commando of the Atlantic Alliance (the good guys who use cybernetic enhancements) and fight against the Pacificans (the bad guys who use genetic engineering) in a Futuristic American Civil War that has spread across the world.

Graphics
The graphics are very nice and meet todays' standards when it comes to good graphics in next gen video game consoles and the characters and environments are nicely detailed. Some levels were really dark and it was kind of hard to see what you were doing.

Sound
The voice acting was good, though the bad guys said some pretty stupid stuff like:
"Where'd you go!?" and I'm right behind a barrier I just made between us. :P Some people didn't like that the Bad Guys sounded the same, but it didn't bother me considering bad guy troopers usually have the same voice anyway.
It's sound effects were good.
The music was alright, it fit mood of the game.

Gameplay
It's easy to pick up and play.
Being able to use Terrain Deformation is pretty handy if you need cover from enemy fire or want to make a trench but isn't something you have to use all the time, though can if you like. As for me, I've used it when if felt I needed to. Like squishing my enemies into the ceiling.

Characters
There aren't really that many characters in the game. I'm not talking about having different enemies types, I mean like main characters.
There's four main characters.
All of which are pretty much stereotypes. You have the Eye-Patch Tough Guy General,The Evil Scientist, The Damsel in Distress who can communicate telepathically like a dolphin (which is actually the unique thing about her),and of course You're the gruf,crew-cut Commando that has been seen in many video game before.
It doesn't take too much away, but it would have really drew you into the Story.

Length
If you remember my review of "Star Wars: The Force Unleashed" there was one thing that really disappointed me.It was too short.
Like that game is one here is way too short. I beat it in five days.
While I was playing I could see the end coming near and I hoped I was wrong, but I was not.
Both games were made by Lucas Art and this one was made after "Star Wars: The Force Unleashed". I hope this does not become a habit of their's because $60.00 a game you want to get more then 24hrs of game play.

Weapons
Besides your gun that you shot at your enemies and use to change terrain there are also other weapons like: sniper rifles,gernade launchers,bombs,and a bunch others which add to the gameplay experience.

Modes


Story
The story is good,but like I said above the characters and the length drag it down a little bit.


Weapons Test
It's a good place to practice and try out some of the weapons.

Online
I'm not sure since my Xbox360 isn't hooked up to the internet so I can't really comment on that.


Other Features


Terrain Deformation
I talked about this under "gameplay" already.
Though one thing I'll add is that there are also Terrain Deformation Weapons like bombs that make the ground go up,make pillars,ditches, etc...

Cheats
Just one (I guess), a new skin.
I just went GameFaqs to find out.
Though there are Achievements that every XBOX360 Game has.

Appropriateness

Violence
You're fighting in a war where you shoot your enemies with a gun and Terrain Deformation weapons, so there is a violence but nothing bloody and nobody's losin' any limbs.
Sexual Content
I thing there might be a kiss in the end of the game by the player and the girl.
Other than that, Nothing.

Recommendations

Rent It or Get It Cheap
Try it out first or you can buy it if is on sale (like I did).
I don't regret buying it, but If I paid full price for it, I think I'd be pretty angry.
If these are the kind of games you're into and you find it at a good price, I say GO FOR MAN!

Age to Play
It's rated T-For-Teen by the ESRB which means 13 and up, I would recommend you just go by the rating.

Overall

It's not perfect,it not the greatest,but it is fun and that's what games are all about.
Unless it's one of those learning games the make for preschoolers.
The graphics are good and so is game play.
I give this game an 8 out of 10 score.

Hope you all liked my Fracture review.

Post you thoughts in the comment section.

Thanks.

See Ya Later!