Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker!


I had a Mountain Dew craving the other day and was surprised when the vending machine spat these out. I actually tried for a 3rd character but just got a standard can. Oh well!

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For the second time I've tried to get into this series, this time with Fable 2. I can definitely see a lot of improvement over the first one. The British accents aren't quite so thick, it's a genuinely pretty game, and a lot more of the promise of a sandbox to play in seems to have been realized. In fact, the most fun I've had with Fable 2 was with working some of the part time jobs, buying up real estate, doing the side quests, and interacting with the villagers. Not everything is right with the...

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I was just going through the install process for Mass Effect 2 and I was musing about how much playing games on consoles has become more PC-like. Or, in fact, more of a pain in the ass. Here's my step by step Mass Effect 2 install process:

• Install Disc 1 of the game on the harddrive. I admit this is not a mandatory step but I think it's something that anyone with the free space will do. Took about 10-15 minutes.
• Start the game and get prompted to patch to the latest version. This is pretty seamless

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For anyone living in Japan near hills or mountains, seeing wild boars (イノシシ / inoshishi in Japanese) wandering around your streets at night is not uncommon. In fact, when I'd see a shadow flit across the road with a noticeably curved spine, I'd wonder "What's up with that freaky mutant cat!". Then I'd realise that I'd just seen a baby boar!

One of the funnier tales I've heard was from a co-worker who lived in Kobe. She was shopping at her local...

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I was wandering around an Animate store with a friend visiting from overseas and I couldn't resist these gorgeous key rings of my favourite 2 Persona girls.


Anyone else picked up any cool gaming merchandise lately?

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