Keep it Real! Bandai Annouces New Grade

This certainly surprised me. I knew rumours were flying around about a new series of Gundam model kits but I never expected this. This July Bandai will release the first kit that bears the title of Real Grade (RG) and the have the scale 1/144. At first I thought this just meant Bandai were only planning to release a couple of over-glorified 1/144 High Grade kits but apparently the amount of detail in a Real Grade is close to that of Master and Perfect Grades. The kit that will be released in July will be none other than the RX-78-2 Gundam, though I'm eager to see what other models will bear the RG title (I'm certain that the next one will be a Zaku).

Spring's Anime Lineup - Signs of Reaching a Deadend...

The 'moe-blob' has come to haunt me again this spring eh?

Seeing that I haven't been chosen to have my formative assessments yet, I decided to go over something that I'm sure Mike will be pleased with (Mehehe...). It's only a few more days till the new series Spring has to offer air their first episodes. Out of the bunch, one particular series is beginning to annoy me as I am seeing a pattern emerging within the dark and evil realms of the current anime industry.

'Slick' Fighting Action

Super Street Fighter 4's final new character has been announced... his fighting style is so bizarre, yet so funny at the same time.

EDIT: Having surfed the web for a bit it turns out that Turkish oil wrestling really does exist, though Capcom over-exaggerated it through Hakan. Even so I have to tip my hat to Capcom for expanding on the available fighting styles that the Street Fighter series has to offer and for introducing an unfamiliar sport to the gaming mainstream.

Wiki Info

The Upcoming GDC

Hoho, the event starts tomorrow... how exciting. With so much happening in such a short length of time it's hard to choose a particular part of the event to pay close attention to. Usually I tend to look out for unannounced titles which are then announced at GDC, especially at the indie development sector since a lot of hidden gems can be found there. Besides unannounced titles there's also the likely event of learning about a new piece of hardware, though if it turns out to be something like the PSP-GO I'm going to end up eating my leg in frustration.

A Glimpse Into the Future

 I'll be honest, I have no clear vision of what I'm going to do after leaving university. To me the future is clouded and unpredictable, anything could happen and at the moment I'm not fully prepared to tackle it.

Creativity... Again?

It appears that I have go over the topic of creativity once more. Well... having had a few lectures about the topic with Mike I guess there is room for changes on what we understand about creativity.

Crictical Choice

Trying hard to catch up with the outstanding blog posts... Anyway this post is going over the difficult subject matter of deciding over two types of individuals. "Some game companies want highly trained graduate artists and programmers. Some claim they really prefer creative individuals with a good Liberal Arts background."