While American gamers are jealous of the fact that Final Fantasy XIII is available in Japan, round eyes will have to make do with this translated version of FFXIII: Zero Promise. This prologue should offer lots of great information for American FF fans as they wait for the game’s March release. I’m actually annoyed that I haven’t gotten around to buying a printer. I want to read this now!
If any of you do read it, please let me know if it’s any good.]
Here’s a cute clip of The Tonight Show’s Andy Richter pretending to be snubbed for pretending to be the voice of Ezio in Assassin’s Creed 2. Check it out!
“I’m the assassin! Who needs assassinating?!?” Ha!!!
If you’re still doing some holiday shopping for the wonderful people in your life, here’s a random suggestion: Chocolate
The fight scenes pay tribute to telegenic martial arts greats like Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan. If you want to give the gift of action or the gift of an autistic girl on a quest for revenge…ah forget the jokes — Chocolate is just awesome! Hit the break for another fight scene. I’d love to hear what you think of these clips.
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Welcome to Coffee Talk! Let’s start off the day by discussing whatever is on your (nerd chic) mind. Every morning I’ll kick off a discussion and I’m counting on you to participate in it. If you’re not feelin’ my topic, feel free to start a chat with your fellow readers and see where it takes you. Whether you’re talking about videogames, the Seattle Mariners making out like bandits in the big MLB trade, Boeing finally getting the 787 Dreamliner off the ground, or Freddie Roach calling out Roger Mayweather, Coffee Talk is the place to do it.
As I mentioned last week, I’ll be counting down my five favorite games of 2009 in this week’s Coffee Talk columns and I’d love for you to join me! Let me know what your favorite games of the year were in the comments section. Remember, this isn’t about what games you thought were “best”. I want to know what you had the most fun with in 2009.
#3 WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2010 — I love videogames and I love WWE, so it’s no surprise that I love THQ’s WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2010
Sure, I joke about the game being nominated for the best videogame writing in the history of man, but I love playing it. Getting to beat up Randy Orton with dozens of WWE Superstars — whether they’re real or imagined or downloaded — never gets old.
A group of (probably fake) engineers (that may or may not be) associated with Fake Steve Jobs plan to bring down AT&T’s mobile network on Friday, December 18. Consider this an indirect invitation to participate in mischief a warning if you’re an AT&T customer. Things might get funky if people take this mission seriously and/or it comes to life through various nerd networks. Here’s the memo:
On Friday, December 18, at noon Pacific time, we will attempt to overwhelm the AT&T data network and bring it to its knees. The goal is to have every iPhone user (or as many as we can) turn on a data intensive app and run that app for one solid hour. Send the message to AT&T that we are sick of their substandard network and sick of their abusive comments. THe idea is we’ll create a digital flash mob. We’re calling it in Operation Chokehold. Join us and speak truth to power!
Most people are dismissing Operation Chokehold as a publicity stunt by Fake Steve Jobs, but there’s a good chance that it will take a life of its own. Fake Steve has a lot of real fans, many of whom are disgruntled AT&T customers. For its part, AT&T has acknowledged Operation Chokehold as a real threat and the company isn’t happy about it. An AT&T told Cult of Mac:
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The North Face’s Hustle Audio jacket solves the problem of controlling your iPod or iPhone while bundled up for the winter. Here’s the skinny on this iPod-controller enhanced parka:
Fashion meets function in this waterproof, breathable, fully seam sealed jacket. Outfitted with innovative audio capability, this new jacket is wired for iPod use with an external joystick control pad on forearm. Designed for athletes who must stay wired, no matter the conditions, riders can easily shuffle through tunes while cruising the park. Technical, rider-specific features designed into jacket including adjustable, removable hood, Recco avalanche rescue reflector, pit-zips, bicep pocket with goggle cloth, and powder-related features to keep riders dry on days when it doesn’t stop dumping the white stuff.
Although I’m a big fan of The North Face, this $600 (MSRP) jacket seems a little ridiculous to me. Then again, nine years in California have made me forget about harsh winters so the Hustle Audio might be necessary for some people.
Forget about the potential March fight between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather, Jr. I want to see their trainers go at it! Pacquiao’s trainer Freddie Roach appears to have genuine heat with Floyd’s trainer and uncle, Roger Mayweather. Most of it stems from when Roach trained Oscar De La Hoya for his fight against Floyd. At one of the press conferences, Roger Mayweather said some tasteless and classless things about Roach’s mentor, the late, legendary Eddie Futch. Uncle Roger said:
“Eddie Futch didn’t do s**t. He never made a fighter.”
That’s pretty amusing considering that Roger has trained one world champion and Futch trained more than a dozen. Among Futch’s charges are Joe Frazier, Larry Holmes, Ken Norton, Trevor Berbick, Bob Foster, Mike McCallum, Alexis Arguello, Michael Spinks, Marlon Starling, Montell Griffin, and Riddick Bowe.
While Roach suffers from Parkinson’s disease, I hope he has enough left to beat the crap out of Roger Mayweather. He deserves a trouncing for being a disrespectful idiot. Who the hell talks trash about a dead guy?!? Oh right, Roger Mayweather.
Media Molecule has revealed details on the Pirates of the Caribbean level pack for LittleBigPlanet. The pack will be available on December 22, 2009 for $5.99. It includes:
Hit the break for an excellent video of the level pack in action.
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NPD Group has released the 411 on the best selling games of the year, not including December. They are:
As much as you guys (most of you, anyway) bag on Nintendo, those numbers are ridiculous. Any software publisher would kill for those sales figures. Even though New Super Mario Bros. hasn’t been out that long, it still managed to crack the list. As a Pokemon fan, I’m thrilled that Platinum made the list. I love showing numbers like that to idiots that say, “They still make Pokemon games?!?” You see, usually when you sell millions of something, a sequel is a pretty good idea.
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Amazon is running Gold Box specials
