Hello. I just got back from my short trip to Hong Kong. I was gone for a little over a week to tie up some business for an upcoming project. I didn't get to do as much sightseeing as the trip was strictly for work work work... but it was an AMAZING experience nonetheless.

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Crazy life... Life is crazy. I spoke to someone tonight that I never thought I'd have a chat with. I spoke with my ex's husband. I had a beautiful little girl with my ex, btw. He hit me up and told me out of nowhere...

Quote: i'm willing to bet that you are and have always been a nice guy and that *** just fucked you over i'm divorcing *** because it looks like she hasn't changed.

He also let me know that he'll be bringing my daughter back down to live with me soon (which makes me happy of course; my daughter lives 10 hours away btw)... but there is some sadness to this.

The news hit me hard. This is definitely something that shocks me. But most of all. It hurts me and makes me sad to no end. When my ex and I split up, my daughter was too young to understand/know about what was going on. But she's 7 years old now. This is definitely going to be something that she will...

PLEASE NOTE, the products listed in this blog entry are not FINAL and subject to change.

Hello everyone. As mentioned previously in BlueSwim's recent blog entry, some information on Mad Catz' STREET FIGHTER IV controllers has surfaced. (Images courtesy of Shin Rotendo and SRK forums.)



If you don't know. I'm part of the design team working on these projects and also, I am the biggest arcade stick geek around. There is not much I can say that hasn't been already said in the links below... But just know that I am very passionate about STREET FIGHTER IV.

I want to thank everyone for their input, positive comments, and most of all their skepticism. I understand the position the consumer & gamer are in when it comes to Mad Catz products.


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I've been really swamped with work lately, but I managed to write up a quick review for a Korean brand PS2 to PS3 converter dubbed the inPin PLAY CONVERTER! And it is awesome! Check out the full review here:


I've also been messing with this awesomely legit Sega PC Controller I got recently... You can read up about it on the SRK forums...

Here is what the layout is if anyone is interested in getting one for use on the PS3/PC...

Mad Catz, Inc. will be working with Capcom to bring out official Street Fighter IV themed controllers early next year! What kind of controllers will they be? A good guess would be a fighting game pad and an arcade stick. Luckily we know some information about the upcoming SFIV controllers and will back up Mad Catz and Capcom by noting that all Street Fighter fans and fighting game nuts should look forward to what is coming out early next year! Click below for the full press release and details!


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Damn YouTube. I got my YT account suspended/disabled the other day because Enterbrain complained about two videos I uploaded EIGHT MONTHS AGO. There is no denying that the videos do indeed violate copyright infringement, but in no way am I trying to take away from their sales (of a book that has been out of print for months now). -_- If they had asked nicely, I would have taken them down.

I had about 1,300 subscribers and over 600 videos uploaded on my account. I've sent an email appeal asking for another chance. We'll see how it goes.

I've been playing a lot of Soulcalibur IV lately. A LOT. If anyone is serious about learning the games, I'd suggest checking these two sites...

• Calibur Forums - Ignore the fact that it has SOUL CALIBUR II forums plastered all over the site... This is the original Soul Calibur competitive community. If you want to read up or discuss with other players, this is THE place to be.
• 8WAYRUN - Newly established sister

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATu9GJpoOKc


On Thursday night of Comic-Con I found out that Hideo Kojima and Yoji Shinkawa would be doing a Friday morning autograph session for Comic-Con attendees. I was a bit sad as I had work Friday morning, so I sent my brother in my place instead.

The night before I got to meet Kojima and chat with him a bit as the Konami room was right next door to the SD TEKKEN gaming room. So when I found out he was doing a signing session. I had to make plans. Since our gaming room was right next to where the autograph event took place, we took advantage of our early access and our crew just started the line before everyone else got there lol.

Bonus, Leah Dizon's new music video...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gzhMYM_qxo

Thanks JEKKI.

I'm like a week back in pickups... All these were from Comic-Con week/weekend. I've been so lazy/tired I didn't get to post them until now... I apologize about the shitty camera phone pics.


Triumvir x Street Fighter Limited Edition fitted cap. Only 200 made.


One sealed box of Gyakuten Saiban 3 (Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney: Trials and Tribulations) mini figures.


Bunch of Capcom goodies... Lanyard, SF IV Ryu headband, SF IV Ryu temporary tattoos, Chun Li mini figure (limited to 4,000), and a Capcom wrist slap bracelet.


Got a Guilty Gear 2 Overture goodie bag from the homies at AKSYS Games. (No picture of the bag, sorry), it...

No text, just pics:

I'll take more pics tomorrow. Specifically of the gaming stuff. My apologies there isn't much because I've been so busy with the gaming room. Any requests? I'll check this in the morning.

I'm just blogging before I sleep and get up early for the next day of E3 conferences... So to help me sleep... I blog....

You know who owns up El Blaze (Virtua Fighter 5) & El Fuerte (Street Fighter IV) ? I'll tell you who... Yukie Kawamura (MarkMan's <3)... Take a gander...

Man I love Yukie Kawamura... ^_^

I'll be attending for my 17th straight year (I'm 26), any CAG members going? It's going to be an amazing experience this year!

Good luck for everyone trying to go, I suggest going Thursday or Sunday as they are the least busy days...

Friday and Saturday are already sold out.

If anyone is interested I'll be running an open gaming room in Mezzanine level 17B and will have all kinds of fighting games being played there.

Also some exclusive playables such as BlazBlue and a few more...

For those of you interested in programming at this year's SDCC.

Here is the programming schedule:
http://www.comic-con.org/cci/cci_prog.shtml

Ones I plan on attending/checking out:

DISCLAIMER/WARNING: THIS IS WHY San Diego Comic-Con International owns all other conventions for free...

THURSDAY - JULY...

So who is attending San Diego Comic-Con this year? Besides me?

See you there CAG! *shoryuken motion* !!!!!!!!!!

Quote: CAPCOM COMIC CON SCHEDULE OF EVENTS HIGHLIGHTS: Leading video game publisher, Capcom, proudly presents one of the biggest booths at San Diego Comic Con this year with over 1800 sq. ft. of interactive displays, exclusive merchandise, gaming tournaments, celebrity appearances, and special events that are sure to thrill their diehard fans in the massive Comic Con crowds. Foremost is the full-size, 20'x20' boxing ring that holds ten Street Fighter IV arcade units from Japan. Comic con fans will be among the first gamers outside of Japan to play this much anticipated sequel to the best-selling fighting game franchise of all time as it celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. Meet Capcom's product

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Hi everyone. I thought I'd take some time to share my favorite things... I'm a bit bored and feel like going at it with the good old (new?) CAG blog...


I have too many hobbies. It's not good for the wallet I'll tell you that. Americans have openly adopted the 'otaku' lifestyle, in which I mean, we are a bunch of geeks... Yep. I'm 26 years old now and I have a mile long laundry list of geeky accomplishments and statistics. I'm very proud to be an 'otaku' or 'geek' or simply put, a fan of many things.

VIDEO GAMES. I love them. I don't know how I can express it without getting into specifics... I didn't start heavily buying games/collecting until around 1999-2000....

If you don't care about the Anime Expo junk and just wanna read the gaming stuff, just scroll to the bottom half of the entry or hit CTRL+F and find the word 'GAMINGSTUFF' !

My weekend started a bit early as I got off work early on Thursday and decided to make a last minute trip to LA with friends n8nmonster and x-raze to see if we can squeeze in an hour or so of walking around the Anime Expo exhibit hall...

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Hello CAG! It's Wednesday night and I'm about to knock out before a long day at work tomorrow. Thank God it'll be a three day weekend! Ahhh, the 4th of July. God bless America. Let me take a moment to post this picture...

I'd like to commemorate CAG 2.0 with an inaugural blog post on this memorable night!

What makes this night memorable you ask?


Chrono Trigger DS has been announced! Young Jump has announced that an 'enhanced' port of the classic Super Nintendo dream team RPG will finally make it's first noise since 8 years ago (Chrono Cross' release). You can check out the teaser site here.

Famitsu revealed that SEGA is working on Ryu Ga Gotoku 3 (Yakuza 3) for the PS3! Apparently Ryu Ga Gotoku KENZAN! was a side story game and the main storyline will pick up where it left off with part 2 (slated for a US release 09/09/08)! Development began right after KENZAN was completed and is currently slated for a Spring release in Japan.

Firmware 2.40 is up and running for the PlayStation Network! If you haven't updated yet, do so now!

For those of you...