Great New Nation

It’s only a matter of weeks before everyone (or everyone who has or is getting a PS3, that is) will be able to partake in creating and exploring Little Big Planet.

Already, beta testers from around the world are developing their own unique, and some not so unique levels.  Watching these little dolls, that look like they just came out of your grandma’s crochet kit, come to life really makes me want to bite my own arm off because they’re just so painfully adorable.  Hell, I’m excited, you’re excited, we’re all excited!  This game is definitely a contender for this year’s game of the year award.  So let’s all sit back and watch some videos before cuteness reigns supreme on October 21.

Shadow of the LittleBig Colossus 

Little Big Computer

Super Mario/Little Big Planet

If I had a chance to find all seven dragonballs, I’d probably choose to be unselfish for the sake of mankind and wish that the live-action movie will never see the light of day.  Seeing the new trailer for the upcoming Dragonball live-action movie, I’ll skip the invectives and just voice out my plaintive words.

Why must hollywood defile such a memorable franchise, more so an institution?  Not one character remotely resembles their animated counterpart.  The style and presentation is more of a cheap Brett Ratner film (he’s not the director by the way) that’s comparable to an abomination concieved by the rape of the Eastern world by gauche Western sensibilities.

Just watch, and don’t say I didn’t warn you.

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To get into the spirit of the upcoming Halloween, let’s give ourselves a real scare. Instead of watching scary movies or talking about urban legends, take a look at this list of real people who truly haunted the world. Everyone is entitled to act abnormally at some point in their lives, but these people are just outright demented to find glory and joy in other people’s death. Here is a list of a few of the many serial killers that lurked on earth.

1.    Vlad Tepes (Count Dracula). Before there was Hitler, there was Count Dracula, and though he truly took blood, I’m not talking about the vampire. He was the Prince of Wallachia, and in his years of reign, is believed to have impaled up to 100,000 people. Most of the horrific tales about his murders were done in numbers at the same time during feasts. He fixed up a feast for the nobles whom he believed were involved in his father’s assassination. After the feast, he had the nobles arrested while others were murdered on the spot. He also thought of the poor as thieves. So he cruelly lured the poor into a dinner only to lock them up and kill them all after the meals.

2.    Countess Elizabeth Bathory (Blood Countess). She is often seen as the female counterpart of the Count Dracula. Also coming from royal background, she is believed to have slain around 600 women and children while in power. Stories from witnesses and hearsay combined reveal that she tortured women until they die. It is believed that she bathed in the blood of virgins to keep her from aging; hence her title the Blood Countess.

3.    David Berkowitz (Son of Sam). He admitted into murdering six people and being a member of a satanic cult. He started out his killing spree after he joined the cult, but only with dogs. Not long after, he started killing women. He claimed that he did the murders under some demonic possession. He calls himself the Son of Sam, saying that Papa Sam orders him to go out and kill. He does not only admit into the murders he committed, he also warns the police that he is unstoppable, that he is meant to kill and the only way to stop him is to kill him. Even with this demented display of character, he showed good behavior while doing time for life imprisonment. In 2002, he even wanted his parole hearing cancelled, saying that he deserves to spend his life locked up. Berkowitz lives up until this day in a correctional facility in New York.

4.    Jeffrey Dahmer. While most serial killers targeted women, he went for men. Dahmer killed 17 boys. But his cruelty does not end in murder. He raped (while alive and/or dead), tortured, dismembered, and even ate parts of his victims. He was a seemingly harmless person, until a 14-year old escaped and Dahmer’s house was searched to find limbs and other body parts preserved in his refrigerator. Because of the severity of his crimes, even his inmates could not stand him. He was soon beaten to death by an inmate, Christopher Scarver.

5.    Ted Bundy. A dysfunctional family, difficult childhood, and an eventual heartbreak led to an obsession that took the lives of many beautiful college girls in the early 70’s. Ted growing up was shy, though he always performed well in school. In college, he got into a relationship with someone whom he thought was out of his league. He tried to impress her so much, but in the end, the girl broke it off with him. Years after, there have been reports of women missing, all with similar physical qualities. It so happens that Ted Bundy puts his arm in a sling, pretends to have a hard time carrying book, then asks for the help of these young women. When the young college girls are lured into the car, they are beaten with a baseball bat until more horrific things are done to them. Ted Bundy is believed to have over 40 victims.

These are people and situations that should give you a real scare. They acted normally, sometimes performed with excellence in school, while people even the ones close to them had no idea what demented tricks they had in mind. Everywhere you go, there will be people like them. So you better watch out!

If you just want a fun scare for Halloween, then head to Universal Studios Orlando for the Reflections of Fear!

Legendary rock band Led Zeppelin’s lead vocalist Robert Plant has just quelled rumors of a possible, and no doubt anticipated Led Zeppelin reunion tour.  

Since last December, when the band, responsible for epic and timeless songs such as “Stairway to Heaven,” and “Kashmir,” agreed to do a one-night reunion concert for charity, speculations are popped out everywhere about a follow up reunion tour which would have sold out worldwide the moment tickets went on sale.

An official band insider who is currently with Plant in his United States tour with Alison Karus has just made a statement on their website last Monday, saying that “Robert Plant and Alison Krauss are currently touring the USA on the last leg of their ‘Raising Sand’ tour,” he said, adding that the tour finished on October 5,” and “Robert has no intention whatsoever of touring with anyone for at least the next two years.”

It’s one of those moments when you know it sucks being born during the eighties.  In addition, mr. bigshot band insider said, “Contrary to a spate of recent reports, Robert Plant will not be touring or recording with Led Zeppelin.”  Also, he called the reports of having a reunion tour “both frustrating and ridiculous,” before adding: “I wish (guitarist) Jimmy Page, (bassist/instrumentalist) John Paul Jones and (drummer) Jason Bonham nothing but success with any future projects.”

Oh, well…

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It’s about time the DS gets a facelift.  Though unconfirmed, it’s said that Nintendo is planning to release a new version of their top-selling handheld complete with a music player, camera, and bigger screens.  That way, it can catch up with Sony’s PSP in the way that it functions as a “mainstream” all-around media player.

A Japanese business magazine, Nikkei, released the first (I’m guessing prototype) snapshots of the new DS. My apologies to those looking for pictures, the ones printed on the Nikkei weren’t available and the pictures I found were just makeshift images done out of speculation—but I’ll post them anyway to wet your beaks.

The Nikkei article mentions Nintendo’s plan of releasing the revamped handheld by the end of the year in Japan.  No word yet on when it’ll be released in other regions.

As for the dilly on the new features, for one, it will boast its very own music player software, so people don’t have to rely on shady homebrews to play music on their DS.  

Another addition will be a camera which will be built-in, allowing users to take, swap and store pictures in their devices.  Other sources also mention that the camera will, in time, be used to enhance gameplay mechanics on some future titles.  Knowing Nintendo’s track record for innovation, I’m sure they’ll find a way to integrate this newly added technology in satisfying ways.

It may not have been mentioned in any article, but I’m guessing the new DS will also have either an internal memory or a memory card slot–how else are people going to store music and pictures?  

The new DS will also have better wireless connectivity.  Though the article only mentioned connectivity for the Wii, here’s hoping that the Wi-Fi functionality will also be upgraded.  

Lastly, and probably the most important upgrade, are the screens which are said to be bigger and brighter.  There have also been rumors about having two-touch screens (as opposed to having only one with the current models), but we’ll know soon enough come the announced simultaneous press event at San Francisco and Tokyo scheduled for later during this week.  We might even get information about the price.

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