South Korean child dies as parents abandon it to raise digital one
Okay – man…I’ll admit to occasionally avoiding the wife and kids to hit up a little Mass Effect 2 once in a while, but godalmighty. After reading about this South Korean couple who ditched their 3-month-old to raise an imaginary one, resulting in said child’s demise, I feel like Dad of the Year.
An autopsy showed [...]
Help save Giant Robot magazine!
Way back in 1999 or so, a year or two out of college, I started poking around with website design – nothing major, just picking up a little HTML here and there and knocking together a string of really forgettable crap sites that hopefully will never be found on Archive.org’s Wayback Machine. After a year [...]
Chinese woman to undergo Alba-fication surgery; Jessica Alba horrified
Actress Jessica Alba has expressed doubts about a Chinese woman’s decision to alter her appearance to mimc Alba in a bid to impress a former lover.
“I think you should never have to change yourself like that,” Alba said. “If somebody loves you, they’ll love you no matter what.”
Apparently the woman’s ex-boyfriend was obsessed with Ms. [...]
Completing the trifecta of dead Japanese people – Isamu Tanonaka, voice of Jar Jar Binks
The man who lent his vocal talents to the infamous Jar Jar Binks for the Japanese relases of The Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones, Isamu Tanonaka, died on January 13th. In fairness to the man, he’s actually more well known for his work on GeGeGe no Kitaro, so let’s remember him that way, [...]
Maki Asakawa dead at 67
Maki Asakawa, Japanese jazz vocalist, dead at 67.
Dragon Ball Z voice actor Daisuke Gōri stabs self to death
Japanese voice actor Daisuke Gori has died of self-inflicted stab wounds, according to Tokyo Web. Gori was known for a number of roles, chiefly numerous roles in the Dragon Ball Z franchise (including Umigame and Ox King). Gori also lent his voice to Ruby Eye Shabranigdo in Slayers, Heihachi in Tekken 4-6, and the Japanese [...]
Belated death notice – Spectreman actor Tetsuo Narikawa
What with the holidays and everything I was remiss in not noting the passing of Spectreman actor Tetsuo Narikawa. When I was a wee lad in the late 70’s / early 80’s, one of the first television programs I latched on to (thanks to cable television) was Fuji TV’s Ultraman knock-off Spectreman. Growing up in [...]
Survivor of both atomic bombings dies at 93
NPR carried the obituary this morning of Tsutomu Yamaguchi, the only person officially recognized as having survived the atomic bombings of both Hiroshima and Nagasaki, who died Jan. 4, 2010 at the age of 93. Injured in the Hiroshima attack of Aug. 6, 1945, he returned to his home town of Nagasaki, which was [...]
Taiwanese player finishes World of Warcraft, ascends to gaming godhood
Fuck me – I didn’t know World of Warcraft could be beaten. Of course, that depends on your definition of ‘beating’ World of Warcaft. I beat the game by cancelling my subscription and moving on to more fulfilling pursuits (which clearly don’t include updating this site).
Taiwanese player ‘Little Gray’ took the opposite approach, instead tackling [...]
Fallout 4 screenshots! Oh wait, those are just photos of China…
In case you were wondering if China was in fact a polluted shithole, here’s a whole gallery to help you make your travel plans that much easier. Good fucking Christ, is it just me or does this look like the latest Red Faction game?
Dr. No is dead.
I’ve been running a James Bond 007 RPG campaign for some friends lately, so I’ve had Bond on the brain for the last few weeks. That said, I thought it fitting to note the passing of actor Joseph Wiseman, who portrayed the nefarious German-Chinese mad scientist Dr. No in the first (decent) Bond flick, Dr. [...]
A quick apology
Sorry for the lack of updates lately – for some odd reason, my workload has quadrupled since Gen Con, so I’ve not been able to post with any regularity. Things should let up soon; I’ve got a few anime reviews in the pipeline, and I see that AnaKhouri’s jumping on the Halloween thing, so I’ll [...]
Punk-rock naturalist Chris Packham says ‘Let the pandas die out’.
Love him or hate him, zoologist Chris Packham says what’s on his mind. Some time back he made the comment that he’d be willing to eat the last Giant Panda if it meant the money spent on their survival could be used on other, more viable species.
Looks like he’s banging that gong again…
Conservationists should “pull [...]
(Night of the Living Dead – Romero) + anime = huh?
Hellsing6
I suck at algebra, but I’m good at telling when something needs to be left well-enough alone. I think this title is in and of itself a big signal flare alerting us all to incipient suckage: ‘NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD: ORIGINS‘.
Srsly?
Isn’t Romero doing enough to entomb his own reputation without others heaping dirt on [...]
Medical student rubs out trespasser Zatoichi-style
I’m telling you – when it comes to home defense, nothing stacks up to a katana. While a gun-toting homeowner is dangerous, a sword-wielding one is batshit crazy, and clearly not worth trifling with.
A would-be burglar in Baltimore discovered this recently when he fucked with the wrong Med student. Said doctor-to-be (whom I hope hasn’t [...]
