This is the Post that Never Ends... Or does it?

Sorry for the lack of updates recently, I've been quite busy and will on,ly be getting more busy. I do have much to share though so strap yourself in for a long read.

First up, I want to tell you about Dragonball Kai. This anime is an HD re-release of Dragonball Z, celebrating it's 20th anniversary, but that's only the beginning. There are also new sound effects, some new dialogue voiced by the original cast, as well as new opening and ending sequences. Oh, and they are more closely following the manga and have cut all of the filler that was created for the show due to it being aired while the manga was still being released. I suggest you watch it if you are a fan of Dragonball Z. Watch here.

I've gotten back into playing on Byond and boy, has it changed quite a lot. It's not nearly as uniformly set out as it used to be. The coding system appears to be more advanced ergo the experience of the game play has improved. If you didn't know Byond is a free site that utilizes a free program to host user-created games. Many of these games are multi-player, allowing you to interact with others. Although this isn't necessarily a good thing because there are a lot of ass holes who play these games and they are more than happy to harass you. But that doesn't apply to all games. There are also some single player games that can be very fun depending on your interests. All of the games use a 2D format thus it is quite reminiscent of the old NES, SNES and Genesis consoles. Many of the more popular games are based on anime such as Bleach, Naruto and Dragon Ball /Z/GT as well as many devoted to Final Fantasy. There are even some Text-based games that are like an online Dungeons & Dragons experience (table-top D&D that is). I suggest trying it if you are into that sort of thing. Remember it's virus-free and costs nothing to play. To check it out go here.

Now to review some movies. Last week I had the opportunity to rent Coraline. Of course, I loved every minute of it. That sort of weird animation just really appeals to me. I'm sure most of you have seen it so I won't go into the plot. I give it a 9/10. Along with Coraline I rented this movie called Undead. It's a zombie movie that is quite over the top. It takes place in England or Australia, I'm not sure which because they all speak like the Brits and play cricket, but at one point there was the Australian national flag so that confused the hell out of me. I'm not even sure if they play cricket in Australia. Anyways the movie was okay for a b-movie, the effects were decent, the make-up was pretty good and I even got a few laughs out of it. The best part of it has to be the farmer-looking fisherman/gun salesman who uses 3 shotguns linked together. Pretty fucking sweet. This movie gets a 6/10.

I have also been reading through more of the manga I have listed on the right and am getting much closer to being caught up with Zombie Loan. It turns out that Zombie Loan is made by the same two women who are working on Shugo Chara (have I mentioned this before? If I have I'm saying it again), which explains the similar comedy. As soon as I am fully caught up with that I'll start taking a swing at reading Naruto again. If only I had an extension on my lifespan. That's all for today!

My Kongregate Plug

Sorry about the lack of a post yesterday I was just so wiped out. But anyways, it's Friday! you know what that means? Manga! Yes-sir-ee manga out the wazoo including new Bleach, Naruto and Zombie Loan manga. Just click the links to the right. Also following new manga today Vampire Juuji Kai and The World God Only Knows I suggest you check it out.

I've been playing a lot of Civilization 4 lately, and I tthink I should start on one of the expansion packs, but which? I guess I should try warlords first. Although I kind of want to run through more regular Civ 4 senarios first.

New badges on Kongregate today. Fragger gets 3 badges and a Kongai card challenge. None of them are really hard to get, just time consuming. To play Fragger go here and to join Kongregate and give me a hand go here. If you don't know what Kongregate is, it's a flash gaming site that awards points and badges for completing certain tasks (aka achievements) in a flash game. After a certain amount of points you can level up giving more incentive to play the game. Kongregate also rewards developers, games submitted have a chance to win the weekly and monthly contests if they are rated high enough. The weekly contest awards $250 to the winner and $150 to the runners up. The monthly contest awards $1500 to first, $1000 for second, $700 for third, $500 for fourth and $250 for fifth through ninth. It's definitely worth joining this site if you are a developer in desperate need of funding. It's also worth it if you love all sorts of flash games compiled from many sites such as Armorgames.

Until tomorrow this is Pyrexis signing off.