Video: Jay Leno test drives new KITT
Okay, so we have no choice but to expect Fatman Val Kilmer to voice KITT. Day after day, my enthusiasm for the new Knight Rider continuously wanes. Fatman plus a Ford Shelby Mustang equals not so nostalgic. (Why can’t they just use the Roush?) I’m a fan of the old Knight Rider and somehow, I miss the old Pontiac Tans-Am. I even miss David Hasselhoff as Michael Knight for that matter. Anyway, more teasers head our way as...
This coin bank bites!
Photos from StrapYa Totally creepy! But it sure makes saving money a tad more interesting than using the ordinary piggy. These Facebanks have object-sensitive censors located in the eyes so that the facial features move when you try to feed ’em coins. Aside from the traffic light colors you see above, the Facebank is also available in pink, blue, grey, plus new designs of brick and mortor. Each costs from 2,380 JPY (909 PHP) to...
Iron Man drives an Audi, computes with Dell
Product placements in movies are a common thing nowadays. That’s capitalism for you where every chance for enterprising advertising could be squeezed in, these guys will take. A new set of stills came out from the Iron Man Movie website and Gizmodo points out several product placements including a shot featuring Dell servers. And off the shelf at that. I share Gizmodo’s take on the matter on this one. Now rich playboys...
Street Fighter IV to feature new character
Yup, that’s right folks. Street Fighter is back. Undoubtedly, Street Fighter set the stage for the whole fighting game craze back in the 90s. And years after, the Capcom franchise still wouldn’t be kicking the bucket ready to take on the new generation of gaming consoles and gamers with Street Fighter IV as the January issue of EGM have reported. Details about the new Street Fighter came out last year. You might want to...
Japanese Anime TV Ranking
Here’s the Anime TV ranking in Japan (Kanto region) for January 28 – February 3, 2008. It includes the show, the TV station, and the average household rating. Source: Video Research (Kanto Region) Sazae-san Fuji TV 21.7 ????? ????? Chibi Maruko-chan Fuji TV 15.3 ???????? ????? Detective Conan NTV 9.5 ?????? ????? Yatterman NTV 9.4 ?????? ????? Doraemon TV Asahi 9.4 ????? ????? Crayon Shin-chan TV Asahi 9.2 ????????? ?????...