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When Touhou meets Golgo 13: Cirno 9 – a tale of boredom …
Oct 12th
After playing one too many rounds of the 1999 arcade game Golgo 13, the idea was simply irresistable to me, especially since I was looking for a quick and easy game idea to code into existence.
(Download Cirno 9 – The Strongest – Vista-compatible version here)
As usual, said idea was neither quick nor easy but it was still amusing to think about.
Basically, it’s what you get when you crossover random Touhou fandom memes, and a precision-based sniper game. (sans lightgun, unfortunately)
It’s just a one-level demo at this point, and by the time I got to programming the level, my head hurt so it’s kind of simplistic, but I thought it would be interesting to see the reaction to something random like this.
Also, thanks to KirbyM of Walfas for all the art I stole off his create.swf, but no thanks for him for not having any way to put overly bushy eyebrows on Cirno. It’s just not Golgo without the eyebrows.
-CCY
Finishing Fanime: some more random stories and discussions
May 30th
A comparatively peaceful and relaxing weekend…
Just some random notes on Fanime 2008. Inside, a look over on some of the cosplays (although, no pictures yet), the dealer’s room, my elitist side at Fanime, some random games, and the video rooms.
I wonder if writing a blunt, short, dull preview while mentally dead will help drive more people to read the actual article. It’s an experiment. Or something.
Man, I miss KimiKiss at times like this … although my rewatch of it has stalled out.
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Fanime’s Finest (2008) – A rave on Touhou, English visual novels, and zawa zawa
May 28th
It’s been two days since quite possibly the most hectic weekend of my life, and I think I’ve finally shaken off all the sleep deprivation and worn off that tasty mix of adrenaline and insanity, that anime conventions tend to impart upon an otherwise normal person.
As such it’s time to immortalize my first Fanime (do note that the phrase “my first time” has been beaten to death at the convention already) in literary form by going over some of the more entertaining events that made my weekend and my $55 worth it.
Additionally, in the next few days I plan to make a broader coverage of the convention as a whole with more general info and more griping, but until then I’ll stick with the starry-eyed wonder that makes all the seasoned, hardened anibloggers jealous.
It might be perhaps a bit self-indulging in a sense to brag about all the cool stuff that happened, but on the other hand, I hope I can inspire and encourage future entertaining events like this in the future.
OK, yeah, it’s just wankery. But it’s entertaining and hilarious wankery. Trust me. It’s apparently not just a coincidence I was wearing a Cirno shirt around. I make a lot of idiotically awesome stories.
Melty Blood Act Cadenza Sequel Confirmed!
Oct 27th
For a while it was up in the air between the previous news (broken in the preview for the Novemeber issue of Japanese magazine Tougeki Damashii) of a possible sequel to the hit 2D fighter and the consequent removal of the title from the preview page, but now it’s confirmed:
Hot meido-on-unlucky-osananajimi action is back, baby.
The DDR Corner: Anime, dancing, and you (and advertising)
Aug 22nd
The anime community and the Dance Dance Revolution community aren’t horribly far apart. With both things being mostly Asian fads given strange looks by most Americans, it’s not suprising that a large amount of anime fans enjoy DDR as well.
DDR as one might surmise is mildly lacking in official anime songs; while they feature enough Eurobeat, techno and J-Pop (and for lucky Americans, silly 30-year-old songs as well) to keep a mildly Japanophilic dancer happy, sometimes one just has the urge to bust some moves to Hare Hare Yukai (one can already bust some drums, but that very well doesn’t count).
Enter popular DDR simulator Stepmania, pretty much a free DDR clone for your computer. The default interface is pretty much a carbon copy of DDRMAX, although the program can be reskinned in all sorts of fantastical ways. The program is pretty obvious and easy to use once you get the hang of it, and if not, I’ll be sitting here with my Tech Support cap on backwards.
But for those new to Stepmania, you’ll notice one thing; there’s no songs.
Haven’t found a place to put the jump yet so I’ll leave you on a cliffhanger; if you’re still interested in DDR on your computer, or if you just need a few more locations for songs, march onwards.
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