It's been a while in the writing but I thought it's about time I wrote something at least about Artificial Girl 3 from Illusion that I was excited quite a while ago...and considering that my last post was about Anime, it seems fitting to post about the other major thing I'm known for around here...H-games.

Artificial Girl 3 (AG3) is Illusion's latest push in a long line of sandbox games where you can make your own virtual girl doll and do "things" with her. Great in theory, no?
You get the chance to take the girl into a wide variety of locales in the game world to do numerous things with her, from sitting around on the sofa to having a VERY late night H-ing.

Comparing AG3 to its predecessor of the same series (AG2) there have been improvements - the in-game items is more easily accessible by right-clicking and Illusion finally adopted a WASD keyboard setup (miracles of miracles!) to control directional movement. AG3 has also surprisingly cut back on a lot of ambitions by lowering the amount of special moves and techniques the girl has or that you can do to the girl, which is both a blessing and a curse. It's good since everything can be done straight in-game without having to use those magical floating buttons that seem to pop up during H...but the lack of variety and the inability to choose what you want to do (other than 2 basic positions and whether to initiate H) makes the game pretty repetitive after a while. There are additional positions and actions, like getting the girl to ride you or go down on you, but it's all controlled by the AI and incredibly frustrating for the player to get it to do (there's some traits you can pick up to help increase the chances, but even then it's iffy).

The last major thing that's changed is the character creation for AG3; this time around Illusion has separated the character creation into its own application (which coincidentally was released earlier on by Illusion to showcase AG3 as a demo) which is incredibly deep...you can literally take control and change a wide amount of settings on how the girl looks down to how much hair she has in the bottom. The problem with this is...the clothes are also given the same blank slate treatment. So, as you can guess, the clothes will have to be built from literally the ground up before you can clothe the girls! Hardcore doll dressers would definitely get a kick out of this, but I can imagine many casual gamers being irritated with this change.

Finally, just like every other Illusion game, AG3 still suffers from severe (and I do mean SEVERE) polish and refinement of the most basics of things: The environment cuts out, the props and doodads you can get easily stuck on, walls can be glitched, hair cuts through character's bodies, and the list goes on. I've waited until the expansion pack to come out in order to give a more fair review than obssessing over these things but unfortunately the "add-ons" (would you really call it add-ons if it should be in the original game?) comprised of very half hearted additions of hair styles and very cosmetic changes. The expansion, laughable as it is, is STILL necessary to have a decent experience playing this game, just because of the minor refinements and additional voicing and random statements from the girls to keep the game playable.

The game's fun for the first 10 minutes while the relative "newness" of the game is still sinking in, but will only hold a strong appeal to people that like the thought of playing with a virtual doll to dress up and H with.

That's it for this post, hope you guys find it informative and enjoy reading it

Sorry for being inactive for so long for posting, but recently work (and to some degree WoW) has been consuming a lot of my time...it seems that the workload has actually lessened now and I'll be trying to post more consistently (at least ONCE a week) on the new and interesting things that I'm wrapped up in otaku-wise!

Just to start off my blogging, I'd like to talk about this season's new anime which I've watched in the one word (followed by a lengthy commentary) structure:

Macross Frontier: Faithful
Reasoning: As influential a series as Macross is, this new addition to the Macross canon has brought back nostalgia from the gorgeously designed ships, background, and storyline. This is, without doubt, a very worthy successor to the original Macross and Macross Plus. The problem is...there seems to be a severe budget prioritization problem for the series as a whole; they are spending a lot on the mechs and not enough on the character animations, which account for a large portion of the series. Some extra money being funneled into improving character art would not only make the series better, but would make it easier to like the characters as a whole.

Kanokon: Boobies
Reasoning: Looking at the size of things, Chizuru's boobies are the star of this entiiiiiiiireeeee SHOW. Comparing against the manga, the degree of shotakon-ism in the anime is magnified in the 1000s and directs the anime very much into a 2-dimensional Tits & Ass genre. The quality of the production isn't much to look at either...this anime should be watched with only one thing in mind: fan service. If you're looking for anything else, it's probably a good idea to search elsewhere.

Druaga: Hillarious
Reasoning: This series pokes fun of many common archetypes found in MMORPGs in a such an interesting way (such as traps changing the cast to 2D sprite models) and keeps high production values throughout its run so far such that it really should be on the must-watch list of any anime watcher this season. GONZO doesn't have a good reputation ending anime series well, but here's to hoping that Druaga's finale will turn out as flourished and well-done as its opening.

Itazura na kiss: Spunky
Reasoning: This will probably be as close to a reincarnation of Marmalade Boy for anime that we will see anytime soon; it has a very strong cast and workable chemistry that keeps the lopsided relationship story going. This is definitely the love-comedy series I would recommend for this season.

Special A: Deceptive
Reasoning: Honestly, this anime plays out more like a shounen anime rather than a love-comedy anime, considering how physically competitive the protagonists are. My roommate likes this series a lot, so I'd say this is definitely aimed to people that like shounen anime like Greatest Disciple Kenichi, One Piece, and so on. The romance factor is quite light and wouldn't gross out these manly men watchers XD.

Code Geass Season 2: Overwhelming
Reasoning: Season 2 proved to be no different than Season 1 in being unpredictable for twists and being very creative in how many of the obstacles found in the series get solved. I'm personally quite impressed at how they managed to bring Kallen back to the playing field in the rivalry for Lelouch's heart when by the end of season 1 it seemed like C.C. has completely dominated by the very end. The yaoi-ness for the series did spike up for the initial few episodes with the introduction of Lolo, but it seems that the series going back in-tempo with what made it attractive in season 1.

That's all for now, and hopefully I'll remember to come back and blog more often......SOON! Until then, have fun..and take care!

Happy Holidays, one and all =D I hope you're all enjoying your vacations, and I had the good fortune to put it to good use for you, our loyal readers (I think), by giving a review about the most talked about movie for this Christmas season: I am Legend.
I am Legend
As a whole, if you watched the movie without reading the book, you probably will enjoy it as another take in the "28 days later" pseudo-plague/virus survival movie, but if you read the book and expected something close to it....you will be quite disappointed. I'd like to caution any readers that don't like the plot line spoiled to watch the movie first (or read the book, always a first for this generation) before reading any further.

Idolmaster F117

Apparently, painting 1 jet wasn't not enough....now you get Yukiho Hagiwara on your F-117 Stealth plane to boot, on December 20th, along with 5 other skins on XBOX Live's new Ace Combat 6 Downloadable Content Pack.

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Greetings to everyone, it's been a long time since I've posted on this blog, either due to being busy, lazy, or caught up playing WoW.

This year has been very exciting to say the least, from starting work to switching departments and then a big move very recently, which both PreyX and I are still smarting over, and probably will still have to deal with for the better part of the next few months =P

I've still yet to go nuts over Miku like most of the other posters here though, but that Nendroid Miku does look like a really great investment.....probably after I get the Nendroid Haruhi, Yuki, and Mikuru ones first!

In the field of anime, I wholeheartedly give Goshuushou-sama Ninomiya-kun the T&A brand of approval; even with some wildly diverse characters, there is a very strong, firm chemistry between the characters such that we the audience can easily suspend belief, unlike Rental Magica, which tried dumping in a crap ton of popular character archetypes but feeling terribly terribly hollow. Myself; Yourself also gets props for being this season's (short of infamous School Day anime) plot-twisty series, where everyone goes from normal to having a crazy secret that reduces them to being emo (in a good way!) that makes you want to see just what happens next.

Part 1

Part 2

.....and now you know, and knowing is HALF THE BATTLE!

This was just priceless.........

As a firm Wii360 supporter, it was way too easy to sing along with the song......

As a Selen fan, I'm positively thrilled to see a remake of the gem of Selen's game titles, Ringetsu. One of the most story-driven while H-heavy h-game I've played, the choice of girls covers basically every fetish you can expect. Not much is leaked out on what's going to be in it, but these are some things I hope Selen will be adding into it:

1.) Suzu is an actual player that you can chase after (kinda contradictory for the full storyline, but it'd be interesting).
2.) Twosome endings will exist this time around. (Shiino and Ayumi ending, I'm looking at you!!)
3.) Old-school SLG action on ALL girls.

I look forward to more news, and will keep you all updated!

Throughout 2006 I've had to suffer a lot of crappy driving here in SoCal, and so I'd like to suggest some New Year's resolution to many, many, MANY drivers that I've seen on the road.

Rules on the road-
1.) When you drive, your speed should be adjusted accordingly to THE SPEED OF TRAFFIC! If all cars near you are going 80, don't go freaking 65! Vice versa about going 90+ when all cars are deadlocked in traffic going 50.
2.) If you are behind another car, you should be able to see the hind tires of said car! If you don't see it, you're too close!
3.) If you are joining into a lane, make sure that you signal BEFOREHAND. If you do not signal, there is no obligation by the car behind you to let you in, or his fault if he were to smash into you.
4.) If you are turning right during a red light, you only have to stop to ensure that there is no cars coming into the lane you're driving. You MUST turn as soon as the coast is clear rather than sit around and wait for the light to turn green!
5.)If you're doing a u-turn in a left turn, DO NOT SLOW DOWN TO A NEAR STOP! You turn your wheel all the way and keep your foot on the accelerator, not the BRAKE.
6.) When driving and having to stop soon, do NOT brake, simply lift your foot off the accelerator and slow down sloooooooowly. Hard braking = accidents! If you must brake hard, do so only if it's life and death!

To all our readers, a happy holiday season for you all!

As the holidays come and past, I'd personally like to remind one and all that the season isn't about getting new things, but rather to reconnect with other fellow friends and family and celebrate how fortunate our lives are and to share and give happiness to each other ;)

So turn off your computers, log out of WoW, and spend tommorow with the rest of the human race XD