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Long time since I posted new art. Here’s something I drew for an australian guy I know. Click the image to enlarge.

So I got this game this weekend. I was lured by a cute pink-haired ninja. The reviews all said something like “Okay, not great. Hard as hell.” I agree with the first statement. It’s not great, but it’s pretty good. There’s some humor in there. Not Ha-ha funny but it’s cute.

The game does start out really hard. I think I died in the first 15 minutes. But it was hardly impossible. In fact after some minor grinding I was able to stay alive no problem.

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I’ve felt really poopy this week. I think I have a case of I-can’t-sleep-because-my-head-is-full-of-programming-junk. I wish I could say it’s because of my extraordinary dedication to Lone Wolf, but the truth is that I’ve started a new hobby project and use my spare time to work on it, often into the wee hours.

I don’t recommend doing any programming right before you’re supposed to go to sleep. It just fucks your brain up and you end up lying in bed having random bursts of thoughts until you pass out out of sheer exhaustion. And then you still have to get up and be productive the next morning.

Bleh.

On a lighter note Team Ksatria has just recieved another addition in the form of a lead animator named Stewart Alves. We’ve … Continue Reading

Just thought I should mention that I received a pass to play a closed alpha(!) test of World in Conflict through my subscription of Gamespot. WiC is the upcoming game from Massive Entertainment. I think the legal technicalities behind the alpha signup prohibits me from discussing the game or posting any screenshots, so I won’t.

All I want to say is that the game looks great and I think that Massive might have done it once again. I don’t want to say that they’ve “reinvented” the RTS genre, but it’s by all means something truly original but still in the spirit of Ground Control. Good job Massive!

Why would I be? GameAxis wrote a ten page cover story about my game and the company I work for. Sure, there’s no picture of me in the article, nor am I mentioned in any way.. but hey, who’s keeping track?

I don’t know why I made such a big deal of their visit. I was excited over finally getting my mug published in my first ever game magazine cover but at the same time I felt really uncomfortable in front of the camera. Maybe that’s why they didn’t like my picture.. or perhaps it was the gigantic zit the size of Mount Everest (no joke) I was wearing in the smack center of my forehead that morning.

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Mmm.. music and boobies.

I saw some ads for DJMAX Portable 2 so I thought I’d try it.. but since I couldn’t find it I settled for the original. This rhythm game is in a word: unforgiving, but then again most rhythm games are. That’s kind of the whole point with them though. The most fun I’ve had in any rhythm game was probably playing Beatmania with my friend Simon back in the dorm until my brain would fall into a zen-like state and instinctively respond to the rapid rain of dropping beats.

I can’t say I’ve reach that state quite yet though. In fact I haven’t managed to get past the fourth level of the game yet. I manage one through three … Continue Reading

This saturday I went game trecking. I spent roughly four hours going to every single game story I knew about or could find in downtown Singapore. My quest was A) to discover whether or not God of War 2 was truly banned, B) to buy Rogue Galaxy and C) get Disgaea Portable(J) for the PSP (because I’m such a stupid fanboy).

I also browsed for some new anime figures, but for once I didn’t feel the need to get any more. I think I’m done. Maybe if I saw the sequel version of Etna I’d get it.. because clearly, I’m such a stupid fanboy.

I saw no trace of GoW2 what-so-ever nor … Continue Reading