Archive for July, 2008

What a pokemon does in a pokeball….

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

Credits goes to robotchicken
Taken from badjojo.com

Late breaking news

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

Pair have big impact on children (Centre Daily Times)

Gorman and Carol Findley have busy lives with their professional careers and volunteer work, but in their spare time he’s accumulated a collection of Pokemon cards and she’s seen tons of chick flicks.

‘American Idol’ top 10 hit the road to stardom (USA Today)

It’s just past 1 p.m. when a convoy of unmarked luxury tour buses pulls up to Allstate Arena, disgorging 10 American Idol finalists in search of a career.

Questions/Answers (San Gabriel Valley Tribune)

Questions and answers on Tribune stories from readers like you. Check the markets Look up quotes. Build your portfolio.

Donkey Kong? Aiai The Monkey? George The Ape? Who Is The Best Primate In Video Game History? (MTV Music Television)

Who is the best primate in video game history? Donkey Kong? Aiai The Monkey? George The Ape? Cast your vote here! We’ll follow-up by the end of the month with the official picks from our judges and a count of your selections.

Canada’s first kidcaster celebrates 20 years in the biz (KidScreen Magazine)

Looking at the dynamic kids television industry Canada enjoys today, it’s difficult to believe that a mere 20 years ago, there was a dearth of outlets for children’s programming in the country.

Comcast Offers Wii(TM) Systems to New Triple Play Customers (Broadcast Newsroom)

PHILADELPHIA, BUSINESS WIRE — Comcast, the nation’s leading residential broadband Internet provider, and video game pioneer, Nintendo, have teamed up to offer an exclusive deal available to new Comcast Triple Play customers.

" Persona 3 FES - I don’t get it" (EuroGamer)

To begin with let me say I’m a big JRPG fan especially the PS2 era ones. I have bought and played pratically all of them from FF12 to dragon warrior 8 to Star Ocean to Dark Cloud 2.

‘Mario’ voted ‘best game in history’ (Digital Spy)

NEC classic Mario tops a poll of the 20 ‘best games in history’.

Westport Library to Hold First-Ever Gaming Tournament (Westport News)

Get your game on, kids. The Westport Public Library will hold its first-ever teen gaming tournament from 2 to 4 p.m., Friday, Aug. 8, in the library’s McManus Room.

PREVIEWS: Pokmon Ranger: Shadows of Almia (Nintendo World Report)

Swing your stylus in new lands with new Pokemon to tame and capture.

What a pokemon does in a pokeball….

Sunday, July 27th, 2008

Credits goes to robotchicken
Taken from badjojo.com

Late breaking news

Friday, July 25th, 2008

PREVIEWS: Pokmon Ranger: Shadows of Almia (Nintendo World Report)

Swing your stylus in new lands with new Pokemon to tame and capture.

Research Team Names Protein After Pokmon’s Pikachu (Anime News Network)

Not-So-Daily Link of the Day: Researchers led by Takahisa Furukawa, M.D. & Ph.D. of Japan’s Osaka Bioscience Institute have named a protein that they discovered after the Pikachu character from Nintendo ’s Pokmon game and anime franchise . The “Pikachurin” protein plays a role in the efficient transmission of kinetic vision information from the eyes to the brain, so the researchers named the …

Pokmon Platinum : premire vido (JeuxFrance.com)

Nintendo nous dvoile une premire vido de Pokmon Platinum sur Nintendo DS.

‘American Idol’ top 10 hit the road to stardom (USA Today)

It’s just past 1 p.m. when a convoy of unmarked luxury tour buses pulls up to Allstate Arena, disgorging 10 American Idol finalists in search of a career.

NEWS: Pokmon Live Touring the UK (Nintendo World Report)

British Pokmon trainers will have the opportunity to catch Darkrai at Woolworths stores throughout the country during August.

You Searched For: (Agenzia Giornalistica Europea)

News Tutte le ultime notizie sull’Italia Leggile online su Virgilio. www.news.virgilio.it

Get your mind out of the toilet! It’s science! (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)

It’s funny you should mention snickering at scientific terms. After three years of teaching physics I can’t find a good way to describe read more how rocket engines work: “Thrust is produced when a rocket engine burns fuel and pushes the hot gas out of its bottom.”

Television - Entertainment (Scoop.co.nz)

When the X-Files hit the small screen in 1993 no one imagined it would run for nine years.

Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo’s Dungeon (Wii) (CNET)

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Kids: Children have wide range of choices for outdoor, indoor fun (The Journal News)

The grass isn’t greener in Putnam - there’s just more of it.

pokemon

Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008

this is my first video

Late breaking news

Monday, July 21st, 2008

NEWS: Pokmon Live Touring the UK (Nintendo World Report)

British Pokmon trainers will have the opportunity to catch Darkrai at Woolworths stores throughout the country during August.

Rethinking the tiniest class of car (The Japan Times)

They are Japanese cultural icons, easily recognizable by their diminutive size and yellow license plates. But unlike their even smaller anime cousins, such as Pokemon, kei-jidosha (subcompact cars) have remained a completely domestic phenomenon. Soaring fuel prices and economic and environmental uncertainty, however, seem to warrant another look at the world’s most modest class of vehicle. …

The Knowledge (Games Radar)

If youd prefer to work for your Pokemon, then Bokura ha Kaseki Holder (translated as We Are Fossil Holders) is for you. This dino-baiting Poke-em-up asks you to build your prehistoric war beasts from scratch. First, you need to head out into the field to dig for fossilized remains.

Tim Fischer lands Vatican posting (The Mercury)

FORMER deputy prime minister and Nationals MP Tim Fischer will become Australia’s first resident ambassador to the Vatican.

Roaming tortoise is reunited with owners (St. Charles Journal)

The wayward tortoise who confounded authorities has been reunited with his owners.

Video: Pokmon Ranger: Shadows of Almia (Ferrago)

Latest video

Iraq ’set to explode’ at US election (The Mercury)

WHITE House hopeful John McCain has predicted a surge of militant attacks in Iraq around the time of the US election in November.

Rare twin boys born - one black, one white (The Mercury)

WHEN twins Ryan and Leo arrived they had an extra surprise for their parents - they were born with different coloured skin.

Mindy Kaling of NBC’s ‘The Office’ Joins Fans in Scranton for Some Dunder Mifflin Fun (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

Schrute bucks?

Late breaking news

Saturday, July 19th, 2008

The Knowledge (Games Radar)

If youd prefer to work for your Pokemon, then Bokura ha Kaseki Holder (translated as We Are Fossil Holders) is for you. This dino-baiting Poke-em-up asks you to build your prehistoric war beasts from scratch. First, you need to head out into the field to dig for fossilized remains.

Video: Pokmon Ranger: Shadows of Almia (Ferrago)

Latest video

July 19th - 25th (Anime News Network)

Smack-dab in the middle of the west-coast scamper of nerds in full sway during the crowded convention season, and I’m packing my things to visit the biggest one of all: San Diego Comic-Con!

How important is staying active to you? (Chicago Sun-Times)

“I’m addicted to Pokemon — the Gold Version. I’ve been playing this for about three years. I play five hours a day on my Game Boy. I rarely do my homework or anything else. I’m addicted!”

Manga mania (The Marion Sentinel)

Japanese comics have prominent place in new Borders store

E3 2008: Spectrobes: Beyond the Portals Impressions [DS] (GameSpot)

This role-playing game from Disney is shaping up to be a monster gold mine.

ABC journalist arrested on drug charges (The Mercury)

Peter Lloyd was arrested in Singapore Faces up to 20 years jail if proven guilty ABC correspondent in region since 2000

Roaming tortoise is reunited with owners (St. Charles Journal)

The wayward tortoise who confounded authorities has been reunited with his owners.

E3 2008: Show floor show-and-tell (GameSpot)

Publishers put their wares out for all to play in LACC’s Concourse Hall; attendees flock to Resistance 2, Wii Music, and Fable II.

More than a baseball player: Tears flow for Berky (Foster’s Daily Democrat)

It’s not often you see teenagers cry. Think about it: they’re too tough to cry, especially in public. And the last thing a teenager especially a teenage boy wants to admit is that he isn’t a tough guy.

Late breaking news

Friday, July 18th, 2008

Video: Pokmon Ranger: Shadows of Almia (Ferrago)

Latest video

How important is staying active to you? (Chicago Sun-Times)

“I’m addicted to Pokemon — the Gold Version. I’ve been playing this for about three years. I play five hours a day on my Game Boy. I rarely do my homework or anything else. I’m addicted!”

E3 2008: Spectrobes: Beyond the Portals Impressions [DS] (GameSpot)

This role-playing game from Disney is shaping up to be a monster gold mine.

E3 2008: Show floor show-and-tell (GameSpot)

Publishers put their wares out for all to play in LACC’s Concourse Hall; attendees flock to Resistance 2, Wii Music, and Fable II.

Hey, Answerman! (Anime News Network)

Alright, I’m too busy sputtering and drooling and raving over the Watchmen trailer and too busy shaking with anticipation to see The Dark Knight so I’m just going to get right to it this week.

Aussie game charts: July 7-July 13 (GameSpot)

Super Smash Bros. Brawl retakes the coveted number one spot down under.

Sea Life Safari - Xbox Live Arcade (Games Radar)

Its an underwater fish-photographing on-rails romp. A submariners Pokemon Snap, then. While its not fun, nor much of a game, its something to be enjoyed while kicking back after an evenings mindless blammo action. A deeply passive game, but Sea Life Safari isnt bad for it.

Roaming tortoise is reunited with owners (St. Charles Journal)

The wayward tortoise who confounded authorities has been reunited with his owners.

E3 Log: Nintendo’s Steady Course (Forbes)

Wii is still the gaming system of choice for many.

"Disgaea 3" (EuroGamer)

I was going to wait until I’ve played it more, but considering the quality of what I’ve just seen in the opening scene, I couldn’t wait to share it with a wider audience.

Late breaking news

Thursday, July 17th, 2008

Nintendo launches fitness video game (TVNZ)
Nintendo launches fitness video game (TVNZ)
Nintendo Co Ltd launched its Wii Fit exercise game in the United States, hoping to get gamers off the couch and appeal to new audiences such as women and older people.

Pokemon Loituma (Ieva’s Polka) Farfetch’d!!!

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

Farfetch’d dances to the Leak Polka of Loituma!!
(my first youtube vid!!! woot!)
[Offical .SWF Version (looped)]: http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y136/cybermewtwo/extras/loituma_farfetchd.swf


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