Demon's Souls

This is one of the main reasons I bought my PS3 and I just got it today.

I just played for an hour or two, messing around to get to know the basics little by little. So far, as everyone says about it (and as I expected) this shit is HARD.
You can't give yourself the luxury to commit too many mistakes or to be reckless as the hordes of enemies are ruthless and they can 1 hit KO you pretty easily. I expect to spend countless hours playing this awesome game. Highly recommended unless you give up easily by the frustration.

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PS3 & Uncharted 2

Well, last Saturday I was passing by a Sony store in the mall and I came across a Sale of the 120GB PS3 slim that included this game and in one impulse of mine, I decided to get it (not much to worry, as I'll be paying it little by little through the next 12 months), as I have been tempted by this console for quite a while to play games like Valkyria Chronicles, Dead Space, God of War III, Demon's Souls and more.

Honestly, I had never heard anything about this game, except for its score in Gamespot which was of an impressive 9.5 so I figured it had to be good... right?
Damn right.
This game is EXCELLENT. It's like you are playing the Indiana Jones movies! With a consistent plot that keeps you on the edge of your seat, a fairly entertaining combat system, awesome scenarios to explore and most importantly, lots of action, gunfights, explosions and more explosions it sure keeps you glued to the TV for a good couple of hours.
Sequences like assaulting a train (and taking down 1 or 2 helicopters doing so), surviving the onslaught of a FREAKING tank in the middle of a town in the Tibet or jumping from flaming truck to flaming truck to reach a monastery in the summit of a mountain while a gazillion of Russian soldiers try to kill you have been extremely entertaining.
It's been a while ever since I had so much fun with a game. I really, really recommend it. My only observation is that with all the climbing Drake has to do through the game he could officially take Spiderman's place lol.

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50 Myth Cloths!

Holy shit, just got this, much earlier than what I originally planned.

Thank you very much, saintren, be sure that your Poseidon ROE is now in good hands and I will take care of it accordingly.
And with this, my grand total of figures finally reaches the magic number of 50! 20 more to go...

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Power of Repaint

Bandai, oh you...

Haha, oh wow!
I knew the Myth Cloth figures would soon fall prey of the "Zaku repaint syndrome" and here is the proof. A golden Pegasus V2 "Power of Gold" just like we saw it during the Poseidon saga for sale exclusively in Japan just like the Andromeda God Cloth OCE through webstores (don't bother, unless you IP is Japanese, you can't purchase this thing).
But how shameless, the figure is sporting an old G1 body and they merely slapped in the head of the Pegasus V3, fuck you Bandai, at least you could have given the figure a G3 body like the Pegasus Broken version or added an extra or something else to make it worth it but no... whatever, it supposedly costs 4,775 yen, but dealers all over the net are already placing preorders for 10,000 yen! WTF, I would suggest using that cash to get the Poseidon ROE at least or even better, the Pegasus Genealogical Gold (which has REAL gold all over it) in HLJ for that price.
Does this mean we will be getting the other 4 Bronze Saints in golden armor as exclusive items? I would dare to say yeah, most probably. For me, this is a joke, I'm already satisfied with my V2 Bronzes using spare G2 bodies and they look awesome with the weapons from Libra. Are you willing to sell a kidney, an eye, a lung or even your liver for this shit? Certainly I do not.

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Figures, Figures, Figures...

I wanna ramble this time about certain figures that have caught my eye recently. First of all, Dragon Ball action figures that doesn't suck ass?! Impossible!

I remember when I started to watch Dragon Ball about 12 years ago. Back then I couldn't imagine how long the series was supposed to be, with Dragon Ball Z becoming one of my most favorite series ever. Still, during all those years I couldn't find any DECENT action figure of the series, which was kind of weird given how popular the show was.
Until now.
These S.H. Figuarts of Piccolo and Super Saiyan Goku look incredibly badass and extremely detailed. More importantly is their reasonable price (about 3,500 yen, seems fair to me). I always wanted a Goku figure and so far I'm sold for this one (although I think his RAGE face is a little bit too exaggerated). Scheduled to be released in January I still wanna wait to see a review before purchasing it but I bet it will be a great display item.

Hopefully Bandai will release more of these little gems. Personally I would gladly buy figures of Super Saiyan Vegeta, Super Saiyan Mirai Trunks and Gohan in his Super Saiyan 2 transformation (when he fought Cell).
Next, I bet that if you collect Myth Cloths you already know of this beauty: Armor Plus Rekka no Ryo from the Yoroiden Samurai Troopers series (also known as "Los Cinco Samurais" here in Mexico).

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HOLY SHIT!!!!!
MASSIVE NOSTALGIA BOMB!!!!!!!!!!!!
While it shared some vague similarities to Saint Seiya, this series had its own charm and of course, the appeal were the armors the heroes invoked to fight. Goddamn, I gotta search for my old beta videotapes to watch this again lol. It appears Bandai decided to spawn the Armor Plus lineup from the Myth Cloth format, as this figure is almost identical to the later lineup (with diecast pieces, exchangeable hands and accessories). Guess I will end up buying these guys too, which fortunately, are only 6, compared to the 70 or more Myth Cloths I plan to collect...
Finally, if Bandai decided to create action figures of such an old series, my hopes of seeing them doing a similar thing to another memorable anime has just risen:

Of course, I'm talking about B't X. The Betas should be superfucking easy to do now, as they are practically the Objects of the Myth Cloths! They could easily made them of both plastic and diecast pieces and there would be a great variety of them. I would have written all over the face the phrase "Bandai, plz rip me off" for them to release at least the stellar Betas of the heroes: X, Neo X, Shadow X, Je T'aime, Raidō and Max. Come on Bandai, I know you wanna do it, be sure that a lot of people will gladly spend their money if they decide to start a B't X lineup.
Well, for the moment that is all I wanted to talk about. In the meantime, I should keep saving some money, as 2010 looks like it will be a expensive year...

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Leo Reborn

Finally, it was a little expensive but I think it is worth it, given how the price of this Appendix has literally gone nuts and the almost null chances of Bandai doing a restock.

The reason why I have been searching desperately for it was that my old Leo got busted due to a fall and goddamn, I had to get both the figure and the Appendix again because a good chunk of the Cloth was damaged. Doesn't matter, I already ordered 1 Leo Myth Cloth from the January restock HLJ will have, so it is only a mater of time before my favorite Myth is as good as new.

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