All of those interviews were intriguing. Memory SnH is such a catchy song and I loved that RnB sound. It was definitely an in-the-time sound and it was keeping with MM's sexy image. Never knew they actually recorded it in the US, but that does explain the English rap. Wasn't that around the time he/...

Finally got a chance to sit and listen to the whole album and it ends up being a pretty good collection. The recent singles are really good, though I didn't listen to the originals enough to know if there were any changes beyond line distribution. The best remakes are the ones that try to have their...

If they were going to do a new original album, the group would have lost a ton of momentum waiting for a bunch of completely new tracks. With this, they get to include 123 and Renai Hunter which are in the new sound vein while trying to appease the old fans with a sign that the old songs aren't tota...

So, this is it. Finale time. Finally, we get some real drama, real conflict, and real surprise. I won't spoil anything because it does take a few turns, but the end is sweet and sets up a second season decently well. Hopefully, we can actually see some real sparks next year. As for the Annual Childh...

Q mentioned Free! above and, if you follow our dedicated thread, you'll note the handful of us left watching are rather tuned out at this point. It's a cute show with nice characters who literally don't do much beyond  slowly unraveling a single childhood memory. Still, if you buy into the universe ...

Wow, that promotional boost from Wagamama really didn't have a lot of steam, huh? I wonder if this was a bit of a sandbag move to space out single promotions and avoid oversaturation. The songs are a great idea, especially for bringing some consistency to the nonstop concert tours, but they are a to...

Dying at the new Manpower. The preview video crushed it, but this version is a lot nicer sounding and it's pretty cool. I love the vocal effects and juggling and it may be my favorite of the updated tracks. Of course it has to have a dub breakdown though. We need to take a count when the album drops...

In the first of three big announcements from Valve this week, SteamOS was unveiled. It will be a free Linux (redundant lol) operating system solely focused on Steam and "living room" gaming. Valve has already made deals with AAA developers to publish to the platform starting in 2014. To ad...

^ No clue. I don't remember anything. Those nerds always seem to tear up whenever he says more than two words.   What sort of shit show puts only interesting stuff in the last 2 minutes AFTER THE CREDITS ? They finally created real conflict by an external force and it only took 12 episodes. What a w...

GTA V is pretty good. I got about 5 or 6 hours in yesterday and I'm hooked. There are a few not-so-great things, though. The voice acting ranges from really good to mediocre, and whether that's a product of the writing or vocal talent is up in the air. The graphics are really nice and the use of pos...

Something about those iTunes previews is making it hard for me to honestly listen to the mixes, but I'm kind of feeling the album. Hopefully the final isn't brickwall limited to all fuck like those previews. The Peace, Manpower, and I Wish are major violators here, but there are more that are just i...

^ Plus: remember how dumb and awful it was trying to use Dohhh Up? That site was garbage.

Haha, someone cut out the ending All Out exchange. <a href="http://junjouprince.tumblr.com/post/60945119467/charmtonic-free-episode-11-preview-rin">http://junjouprince.tumblr.com/post/60945119467/charmtonic-free-episode-11-preview-rin</a> Also, it looks like a ton of the wackiness ended up...

I was expecting a full dubstep rearrangement, not just another half-time intro. My expectations~ It's not awful, but the WOWOWs are the weakest part. Otherwise, there's a another decent electro song in there. By the second verse, it felt a little directionless. Not exactly a copy-paste job, but very...

Holy shit. The ending of VLR. You keep thinking it's done and they just keep upping the ante. Things got really complicated there at the end, but I'm really excited for the next game. If it has anywhere near the mindfuck of Sigma being old Sigma the whole time! , or just the general intricacy of the...

This close to getting a eurobeat Love Machine. I'm hoping the mix isn't final or that these radio rips are bad because the balance between the vocals and backing tracks is all over the place. I'm also not a big fan of the supplementary parts they kept in like the backing harmonies and ah/wows. I ha...

Ugh, this show. How can Free keep building this nothing of a plot at such a snails pace? The reminiscing built their childhoods pretty well, but ultimately added little, and the 10 minutes of disclosure to Rei was almost all stuff we knew before! There's nothing here this week. Hell, even Ama's obvi...

^ I got Sweet Fuse a week ago or so and I ended up ignoring it for ZEVLR. My first run was Meoshi (my little hikki cutie-pie) and I'm doing Mitarashi now. Someone online had a recommended completion order with Meoshi/Wakasa/Mitarashi as the first ones and then work your way to Shirabe to unfold the ...

Nice. The vocals are a little overpowering the drums, but daymn that's nice. It's one sound, not an overcomplicated mess.

New episode should be up, so go and get caught up on your swimming nerds!

[quote="aine"] <a href="http://orteil.dashnet.org/cookieclicker/">Fuck productivity, let's click cookies!</a> :danceman: Was clicking 4.6 Mcps just before I went to work this morning. Can't wait to spend all the dough when I get back. [/quote]   Oh christ, this isn't blocked at w...

<a href="http://www.avclub.com/articles/as-foret ... ily">Turns out Akira successfully predicted the 2020 Olympics taking place in Tokyo</a>.

[quote="Mizura"]   <blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="pandapanda" data-cid="162452" data-time="1378679181"> Holy crap I love the Olympics, when I heard about this I was dancing around singing love machine praying MM would perform during t...

^ Feb 22, 2014 to be more specific on the PS4 Launch in Japan. The reasoning at the presser was to give developers time to translate their games into Japanese so PS4 can launch with some games. In comparison, the X1 has a tenative release date in Asia of late 2014.   The PSVita TV thing looks awesom...

With Labor Day, it feels like the new Iwatobi came early!   So Iwatobi places first in the relay event and will move on to regionals. But enough about pointless things, ~ it's matsuri time~.  Detective Rei was awesome and the fact that Nagisa imagine's Rei's texts in the sparkling filter obvs makes ...

PM me or something and we'll rumble! I knock em down (knock em down). Run it, homey. VF5 was a launch title, I think and I remember not liking it when I played at a friend's house. Yeah, the European PSN is a totally different beast. They get the best PS+ games, but the library is smaller, usually g...

^ PS: that sale's only for Europe. Tekken Tag 2 is amazing if you're looking for a fighting game. There's also a free version of DOA 5 (Core) on PSN. My Vita came in! Finally, a good excuse to play Knytt Underground. Imagine Metroid without most of the combat. It's a neat puzzler that doesn't just o...

There's certain segments I  adore and parts that just kill me. The verses are good, the chou-chou-chou parts are godly, but the choruses and post-chorus wows are too pop-y. I think it's the strings; they're too Nanchatte Renai, which on it's own is great, but just doesn't jive with the electronic so...

The covers are so low quality, it's hard to tell where the compression ends and their screwy looking faces begin. The type is also really cheap looking. You can tell they elongated the B to do anything with the type. The E's are awful too. And I don't like how the "Morning Musume" is so fa...

Finished Killer is Dead and I really enjoyed it. The gameplay was nice for a hack and slash and the music and graphics were enchanting. As for the story, I feel like I have the broad strokes, but I'm missing something. There's distinctive themes of childishness and play, but there are a lot of narra...