Guild Wars 2 Beta Weekend Event 2 Announced

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May 292012
 

Guild Wars 2 fanatics, the second beta weekend event has been announced! Earlier today, Chris Whiteside of Arena Net made a post on their official blog detailing when the event would be.

Beta Weekend Event 2 will begin on Friday, June 8th, at noon PDT (GMT-7) and will run until Sunday, June 10th, at 11:59 p.m. PDT (GMT-7).

If you know anyone who has been raving about this game, expect them to go M.I.A. once again next weekend. Also, there’s moar good news! Your existing characters have not been deleted, and if you have one that is level 35 or higher, you’ll finally be able to explore the Ascalonian Catacombs dungeon.

Many of the complaints raised in the first beta weekend event have apparently been addressed; these include party movement into overflow servers, chat functionality, key bindings, server stability, and performance to name a few. I’m glad to hear this, as I was unable to play with friends due to the overflow of players and overall server stability. Lag was also a huge issue for many, so it’s good to see performance has been addressed.

I never really did give my first impressions of the first beta event. I’ll try to have something up in the coming days leading up to the event; you might be surprised at what I think of the game. In the meantime, take a look at some video I recorded (with lame commentary) below.

One last word to all fans of the game: try not to die of anticipation. The second beta weekend event will be here sooner than you think :)

[via: Arena Net blog]

Mecha Monday: Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn Episode 5

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May 282012
 

Well, Gundam Unicorn episode 5 came out recently, and whenever any Unicorn episode comes out, I drop whatever I’m doing and watch it. Well, I found episode 4 rather disappointing, and I’m not alone on this one. So I was rather apprehensive about watching this episode. However, turns out I loved this episode. Barring some minor complaints, I feel as if this episode took the Unicorn train and placed it back on the awesome track. By the way, I’m about to spoil the entire episode, so you should get out if you haven’t seen it yet.


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Silverwolf’s Den Special: Ame-Comi Girls I: Wonder Woman #1

 Anime, Comics, Review  2 Responses »
May 282012
 

A few years ago, DC started a new line of collectible figurines known as Ame-Comi featuring their superheroines and villains rendered in a style influenced by Japanese Manga and Anime. These figures proved wildly popular and as a result DC decided to start a digital comic series called Ame-Comi Girls. The series started today and will be released digitally every Monday. I personally prefer print comics, but I just couldn’t pass up the chance to see what this series is about. DC put a strong creative team on Ame-Comi, and with so much invested there’s a lot of potential here.

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Thunder Assemble!!!

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May 272012
 

Tip-off for the NBA Western Conference Finals is about 30 minutes away! Super stoked! Was planning on writing a post about the Kevin Durant-Russell Westbrook relationship and if Westbrook’s decision making will be the undoing of the Oklahoma City Thunder (as idiots like Skip Baseless will claim), but I’m too damn excited. Will do that after Game 1, so expect it tomorrow. This will be an epic series, and I have the Thunder in 7. Let’s hope Durant and company can pull it off. If the Thunder lose, it’ll be because the Spurs are a better team, not because of Westbrook.

Review: A-Channel

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May 272012
 

Another weekend without Jack and Jill means another anime review from me… but worry not, the new season of Jack and Jill will be ready next weekend. Be sure to stay tuned!

As you can see from the title, today we get into the A’s of the list, starting with A-Channel, a show stemming from the 4-koma manga by Kuroda bb; supposedly it’s seinen, but personally when I think of seinen I think of darker and more violent series such as Gantz or Battle Royale; A-Channel just seems like another one of those shows following the fad featuring cute girls doing nothing in particular. In any case, without further ado, let’s dig in, Itadakimasu~ Continue reading »

Food for Thought: Toonami’s Triumphant Return Hangs on People Power

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May 262012
 

Hey guys, remember back in April when I said that Cartoon Network threw Toonami up on April Fools much to the delight of fans nationwide? What started out as a joke became an internet phenomenon that trended Tweets, Facebook feeds, and cluttered my tumblr dash. Yet the fans also knew that this was a one-time-thing, an April Fool’s joke done (maybe) in bad taste by giving people what they wanted and missed only to take it away for good.

Well, Toonami fans, fret no more, for tonight May 26th at 12:00 AM EST, Toonami is rebooting with two new shows and old-time favorites. But, whether it stays for good is truly dependent on public opinion; fan-campaigns to ensure the continued success/funding of a Toonami block stress that people need to watch it in order to get the “good stuff” on air.

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Manic Movie Magic: The Skeleton Key

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May 252012
 

Two weeks ago, I did a guilty pleasures list about movies I was ashamed to like. This week, I’m giving you a mediocre, middle of the way movie which I am horrifyingly ashamed to love like I have never loved a bland horror movie. And it’s not just cause it’s easy for my post-finals brain to digest, I’ve loved it for years. And lucky for you, this one’s gonna be short and sweet…really short.

This week on Manic Movie Magic, let’s look at the Southern Gothic thriller, The Skeleton Key. 

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Review: 30-sai no Hoken Taiiku

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May 252012
 

Hey everyone! Time to move on to the next item on my list of anime, and as you can see, today we’re going over 30-sai no Hoken Taiiku, also known as “Health and Physical Education for 30-Year-Olds,” or as I like to say, Japan’s take on The 40 Year Old Virgin; except Japan, being Japan, took 10 years off the equation and added sex gods. Yep, you heard right. We’re in for some shenanigans, so without further ado, let’s dig in! Itadakimasu~ Continue reading »

Objection! – E3 Predictions, Guesses, and Crazy Theories

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May 242012
 

Laevatein: Hey everyone, Laevatein here!

Kaushik: Kaushik here.

Laevatein: And today, we thought we’d debate about what could happen in E3! Now Kaushik, to start, is there anything you really want to see at E3?

 

Kaushik: Well, for starters, I’m really looking forward to details on the Wii U. There’s a lot to learn, and a lot ot sell me on. Hopefully nintendo can knock this one out of the park for me… Though I’m not certain they will. Besides that, there’s the handhelds, 3DS and Vita. I’m expecting some more from them since they’re still relatively new to the scene.

Laevatein: Yeah, this year’s E3 seems to be make or break for the Wii U. Though I think as long as they can show they have strong third party support, it’ll be golden. I’m sure they won’t fail on first party games, what with Mario, Zelda, the new Super Smash Bros., Retro Studios, and Monolith Soft. However, considering how Nintendo’s conferences went in the past, I don’t believe we’ll see pricing. Though I don’t think they’ll show too much more of the 3DS, since that already seems to be established. Less so with the Vita.

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Silverwolf’s Den: Demon Knights: A Series You Should Be Reading

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May 242012
 

Anyone who’s been following my column since the Autumn probably remembers me gushing about Demon Knights, a series that premiered for the first time with DC’s New 52 in September. Though I’ve only reviewed the first issue here on Moarpowah, I’ve read every release religiously the day they’re released and, so far, I’ve been nothing but impressed. That’s why today on Silverwolf’s Den I’ll be discussing why Demon Knights is the most must-read series DC has released in the last year.

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