Merry Christmas from Free Swim

Hey kids hope you have a Merry Christmas...if you don't get EVERYTHING you wanted, try and understand....Santa is a blue collar guy, he's been doing Christmas for a long time and these last couple years the economy has sucked pretty hard. Alotta elves are on the dol (ask your parents) and 2 is the new 5 in the workforce so poor Rudolf is pulling the slack for Dasher, Dancer Vixen and Blitzen.
Santa knows you've been a good boy but the 1% don't care how good you are, no Christmas miracle is gonna help stop their greed!
So if you didn't get your Red Rider BB gun this year, be merry for the stuff we too often take for granted, your family, a roof over your head a warm bed to dream about sugar plumes  in, and all that good food your probably shoving in your face.
You know the best Christmas gift you can give your folks this year? A simple "Thankyou".
Now if you'll excuse me I have to get back to taking the ribbon off my brand new Nissan GTR :)

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey trailer

Todays forcast for Middle Earth, sunny and warm, no sign of Smaug! A good day to step outside your door and go for a stroll with some friends ;)

Prometheus Trailer

Ok it's not the best quality...that officially hits the interwebs Thursday, but this will do for now.
The moment I saw the vertical lines across the screen beginning to spell Prometheus I knew this was gonna be great! And this trailer does the job! Derelict Spacecraft spotted....this movie is gonna be EPIC!!!!

The Dictator Trailer

Sacha Baron Cohen, Megan Fox, Anna Faris and Ben Kingsley @.@ star in  the story of a dictator who risks his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed. 

Looks stupid funny, but not as ridiculous as Borat....

Twisted Metal Grimm Trailer

Mr Grimm is one badass mutha..
Hey now!
I'm just talking bout Mr Grimm!
My friend Krogenar from Buried Planet used to love playing the hog riding reaper known as Mr Grimm! This Trailer might get him pumped to hop back in the seat.
Rob Zombie and Twisted metal...it's as good as Chocolate and peanut butter!
Q1 2012 is gonna be expensive! Vita, Twisted Metal, SSX, ME3 DAM!!!

Yet another Playstation Vita Trailer

This trailer pretty much sums up all the reasons why Sony's PS Vita combined with the PS3 and the PSN will be as epic as other great combinations like the Constructicons, Surf and Turf and Cheech and Chong!

VGA's 2011 Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance Trailer

SSFIVAE 2012 patch video

The Arcade Edition balance patch (read as: me can do moar better ) is coming tomorrow. I'll report my findings in a few days.Here is the link to the  SSFIVAE2012 BALANCE PATCH PDF with a detailed breakdown of ALL the buffs and nerfs to the entire roster.

Street Fighter III 3rd Strike Online Edition

Wow 12 years have passed since Third Strike was released in the arcades here in the States. I admit I had never put the time in with Street Fighter III, like I did with Street Fighter II and Street Fighter IV...but I know I'm not the only one. I only started playing Street Fighter III when I bought the Street Fighter Anniversary Collection for PS2, I wasn't to keen on the game back then but with my reignited fighting spirit ,thanks to SFIV, I truly want to sink my teeth into SFIII3SOE! I've met many players that insist 3S is the pinnacle of the series and I want to see if I judged SFIII3S prematurely.
I wanted to buy this on day 1 but due to the PS3 being unusable for a couple months (long story short...angry wife) I had to wait till November to get SFIII3SOE.
From everything I was reading on Capcom Unity regarding the issues at launch I'm kinda glad I waited.
Before we get to the review of the game itself  there were issues with the game in the PS Store! The Store had the Demo and Full game mixed up, in other words if someone wanted to DL the demo they would actually DL the full game...not a big deal but still, cmon!
Graphically SFIII3SOE is gorgeous with the HD filters running.

Anime Matsuri 2012

    

Anime Matsuri focuses on the promotion of anime and Japanese culture and its related industries in a fun event for the entire family. 
Anime Matsuri also serves as a meeting place for members of the industry to connect with the fans and gather feedback on their products and services.
For the three day weekend, Anime Matsuri creates an atmosphere for talented artists, business leaders, ambitious students and many more who come together to express creative ideas and find solutions to industry questions.

 This year I opted not to post awful cos players vs pro's like Yaya Han...maybe next year ;)

I did notice on Yaya's site that she had colaborated with a Anime Matsuri and stars in a Resident Evil fan film titled Ada Rising (pic on left). Ada Rising will hit the interwebs on 12-13-11 on animematsuri .

I've never heard of this con before but all you crazy cos players  that go have fun and if there's any good (by good I mean attractive) Sheryl Nome cos players 

send me your pics so I can scrutinize them...and Yaya if you're reading this pls do a Lyn Minmay photo shoot!