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 ????????? ?????...
Who needs another Mortal Kombat movie?
I have to admit that, as a kid, I was into Mortal Kombat and who wouldn’t be with all the blood and gore previously unknown to gaming. “Finish him!” became a buzz word among gamers. But many incarnations later, it suddenly lost its novelty. I have to admit that starting with the third game, I’ve grown tired of it. And also with the offshoots of the franchise. The first movie, on its own, was a big...
Pink is the new iPod nano
I tells ya. Someone should regulate the way Apple releases their. How about this new iPod nano in pink? And it’s supposedly a much-requested design that they’ve finally obliged.The new pink iPod nano will be available immediate in an 8GB model with an MSRP of $199. The current iPod nano line features a two-inch display that allows users to view video apart from the latent capability of a digital audio player. Small as it...
Gokusen 3 cast announced
Photo from Drama Wiki NTV will roughen up its Spring drama showcase with the triquel of its popular school drama – Gokusen. Nakama Yukie will reprise her role for the third time as Yamaguchi Kumiko a.k.a. Yankumi – the granddaughter of a Yakuza boss turned high school Math teacher. About 600 young actors initially auditioned for the various roles that will comprise Gokusen 3’s unruly class. It was trimmed down to 300...