Pixel Junk: Eden was finallyreleased today for all regions. The game is pretty simple, you go around (by jumping and swinging) in order to grow plants from seeds and to collect spectra. Actually, everything becomes crystal clear once you watch the videos. The point is, the game is awesome and only costs $10, get it

It seems that the third time isn’t a charm when it comes to the Xenosaga series. It seems as though they have trouble figuring out how to make a battle system that is actually fun… or at least not boring and slow. It’s really a shame, too, since that’s the only glaring flaw for the game. The plot is more or less what you would expect from a Xenosaga title, so there’s nothing really to talk about.

I’m not actually quite sure what exactly is wrong with Xenosaga’s battle system. The animations don’t last very long like some other RPGs. I think it actually has more to do with the sheer amount of HP the enemies seem to have compared to the amount of damage your characters are capable of doing. The battles seem more of a battle of attrition than anything else.

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Apparently, Atlus screwed up the Amazon preorders for Izuna 2. If you get your preordered game without the poster, don’t worry since they will be sending it at a later date (hopefully not too far in the future.) They ask that you resist the urge to look up how to construct molotov cocktails, advanced explosives, and other potentially anger-motivated instruments of revenge.

Sourc: Atlus forums.

No seriously, who makes a manga about some guy who masturbates in the girl’s bathroom. I’m not sure what to think about Onani Master Kurosawa. I can’t even guess what’s going to happen in this manga (beyond what’s provided in the synopsis.) The only hint the synopsis gives is that he gets caught (probably in the second chapter since it didn’t happen in the first one.)

The thing that strikes me about this manga is the art style. It’s very sketchy. By sketchy, I don’t mean perverse or anything like that. The way the panels are shaded reminds me of sketches. It’s actually something I’d expect to see on an artist’s website, not on a commercial product. Not saying that the style is bad, it’s actually quite good.

The main character is interesting (not counting the whole masturbation thing.) He seems to think he is above everyone else, which is very obvious given his hateful internal monologues. For some reason, the way he acts reminds me of Light Yagami. Even similar facial motions.

I have no idea how this manga is going to turn out, but I’ll definitely be reading more of it. You can find the manga at Hidoi~! Translators.

Yup, this Studio BONES production is only available for PSN. It costs $2.99 to rent an SD episode and $3.99 to rent an HD one. In my opinion, those prices are a little high (they sound more like, buying prices than renting prices.) It’s unfortunate it’s priced so high. I probably won’t be watching it for that price.

Source: IGN

I really didn’t believe it at first, but it appears as though Square Enix has decided to port Final Fantasy XIII to the 360 for the Western territories. It’s actually a shame for Westerners, though, since apparently development of the 360 version won’t start until the JP PS3 version is completed. Why is that a shame? Because S-E is committed to releasing the 360 and PS3 versions at the same time in the West. Oh well, them’s the breaks.

I’m currently in love with Hyadain’s videos. Hyadain takes old msuic from games and remixes them with lyrics. He does all of the voices for the characters (yes, even the female ones.) His original videos aren’t that great to look at, but some people like to make their own videos using his music, like the one above. It’s unfortunate that he doesn’t distribute the mp3s of the music he makes, the songs are fairly entertaining.

If you want to see more of his videos (untranslated,) you can view his youtube profile here.

As opposed to just WiiWare as I originally thought. Even though I have a Wii, I’d rather use PSN to get this title. I have a slight preference of using real money as opposed to points. Oh, by the way, if you hadn’t heard before, Mega Man is back… in 8-bit form. You can watch some gameplay footage here.

I finally got my Ruka figure a couple of days ago. I took advantage of that whole “35% off of Ebay Buy it Now” thing that Microsoft was doing a little while ago. Once I get the tax back, that brings the price to about $55 for me (with free shipping.) Not too bad of a deal.

One of the things I really like about this figure is that one of the support beams is made of metal. It’s nice not having to worry about it bending under the weight of the figure in the future. Other than that, there really isn’t that much to say about it. I don’t order very many figures, so I’m not adapt at looking for flaws. The paint job seems pretty consistent to me. Here’s hoping that I took enough pictures so that you can be the judges ^^

Yep, 2.4 finally came yesterday night (as far as EST goes.) My, oh my, I’ve become such a whore. Only one of my games supports it so far, so I’ve been a bit limited. Oh, in-game XMB is nice too.