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I'm SomeGuy, 29 years old, residing in Vancouver, BC, Canada. I've studied English Literature, Chinese Martial Arts, and am currently pursuing careers in writing - possibly even in the anime industry itself.

And I work for this site.

And you should be watching Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad.
Or watching Ranma 1/2.
Or learning about the Shinsengumi.
Or planning to visit Vancouver, The Best Place On Earth (actual marketing motto).

Here at the "Smallville" page, I have my personal blog where I'll post about anything and everything. If ya need me or otherwise need to know anything from/about me, here's where I'll be.

If you're really looking for my more professional, site-type stuff, you wanna head over my "Metropolis" world.

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Out In August, Eh?

This could very well be the greatest birthday present ever . . . totally impractical, but c'mon:

It uses your BRAINWAVES to move a ball! Three AAA batteries aside, that's freakin' cool.

Also, Editor of Geekanerd thought so too:

Remember back when infrared controlled toys were the shit? Well, they've got shit on FREAKIN' BRAINWAVES.

Old love rekindled . . .

Yesterday was kinda boring. Lots of laundry, internet-related homework . . . oh, I did get a look at Stephen Chow's "CJ7", though! It's very much focused on the kid and the alien not him, but that's fine - it was very cute, in any case. Dog lovers, I think you'll love this movie.

Later in the day I ended up thinking about that new Star Wars game that's in the works right now, "The Force Unleashed" . . . and then suddenly I got really excited . . .

"Star Wars: The Force Unleashed" is like, the new big multimedia project coming out of Star Wars next. It's kinda like what "Shadows of the Empire" was like back in the '90s - y'know, novel, comics, video games . . . everything. This new thing takes place between Episodes 3 and 4 and is about Darth Vader's "secret apprentice". Anyway, the big main thing sounds like the video game.

And I gotta tell ya, this game looks like it's gonna be the next "THE Star Wars game" after "Knights of the Old Republic" and "Jedi Outcast".

Seriously, everything about this game is looking good. The characters are all being modeled and animated off the actors; the story is sounding really good and is including a lot of feedback from Lucas (the original source material); the physics are looking ridiculously awesome . . . and in the first intro level you get to play as Darth Vader and Force-choke Wookiees.

Here's one of the web documentaries about the physics of the game:

And that's just the physics that games are now up to. Aside from that, according to the development team, the premise of the game is "kicking someone's ass with the Force."

Like, seriously, it'll take a LOT of effort to screw this one up.

Have I caught anyone's curiosity yet? Here, have a link to more videos and infos and stuff:
http://www.lucasarts.com/games/theforceunleashed/

Damn I love Star Wars . . .

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