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Ichihashi was finally caught. It only took police almost three years.

He somehow managed to have a job and get lots of plastic surgery, despite being one of the most wanted men in the country.

This picture shows that he was starting to look a little Michael Jackson-ish (taken around midnight last night while being brought to Chiba police from a ferry port in Osaka, he was on his way to Okinawa apparently).

He's the guy who killed the 22-year old British English teacher, buried her in an unused bathtub on his porch, then ran away shoe-less when eight cops came to arrest him.

Story in English.

And now your weekly PSA on drinking and driving (courtesy of Michael Schumacher)

Mixing a cocktail as Schumacher drives (extended)

3D Dot Game Heroes evokes classic Zelda fever!

Japanese Adventure Begins Gameplay

This game is starting to show a lot of promise. Aside from it's throwback to retro 8-bit gaming a la Dragon Quest and other notable JRPG titles, it also appears to have a classic Zelda mechanic with full on health bars and map system. I'm definitely getting hyped for this game more and more; it looks quirky enough to be fun!

I've also seen some crazy customizations such as Hatsune Miku from the Vocaloid franchise swapped in as the main character! Too cool! There's also a whole bunch more, like Cloud from Final Fantasy, Gundam, even an Evangelion lol. An anime fans dream, so to speak!

みくみくにしてあげる♪

OpenJDK

OpenJDK is the place to collaborate on an open-source implementation of the Java Platform, Standard Edition, and related projects.

There are two OpenJDK streams:

CentOS and OEL include a java-1.6.0-openjdk rpm in their yum repos and you can find java-1.6.0-openjdk-plugin rpms for Fedora 9,10 & 11 at:

You can test your OpenJDK Java SE plugin is working by running the java jre jvm demo examples that can be found at:

http://java.sun.com/products/plugin/1.5.0/demos/plugin/applets.html

funny emails.

Just got this email from my mama:

I sent you coffee and birthday card. I enclosed ichimanen [10,000yen]. Not much but you can buy some winter underwear or something. Be happy. Love you, Mother

And this was a line in an email from Tik (in reference to the fact that I might be over-watering the giant cactus from Fuckwater and killing it):

I don't think Fuckwater's giant penis (cactus needs) water twice a week. I'd do that every two weeks and even then, that might be too much. Don't kill it, its amazing.

Laughing my pants off. Going to work now.

Level Up Your Game presents: Tekken 6 Basics

Time to head to the dojo and hit the bags!

New to the Tekken universe? My friend Darnell over at SRK linked these highly informative and easy to understand videos that discusses the basics of combat for the uninitiated. Level Up Your Game along with iamtekken.com have partnered up, featuring notable players like MYK a.k.a. Michael Kwon, a moderator over at tekkenzaibatsu.com.

Episode one is split into five different videos, each of which you can catch for free over at youtube. For seasoned veterans, you may want to skip to part three to catch a refresher course on combos and wall techniques. Lots of good info abound here folks -- check it out!

Level Up Your Game part one
Level Up Your Game part two
Level Up Your Game part three
Level Up Your Game part four
Level Up Your Game part five

hate the Korean

I hate the Korean. I hate him with a passion, he makes me want to throw up, he makes my skin crawl, I can't STAND him, and I want him to disappear.

He is disgusting.

*****

I wish sleeping was like recharging your batteries. Like it's 9:24pm right now, and I'm planning on being asleep by 9:30pm, and hopefully sleeping for nine beautiful hours. How awesome would it be if that meant I didn't have to sleep the next day? But life doesn't work like that.

I've cleaned my room, but haven't done the laundry yet. That will have to wait until Tuesday.

Goodnight, y'all.

A week in links (My gift to the game version)

patapete
5 days ago
3 comments

What the hell's wrong with Lar's legs? He looks like a midget..

There's a tournament this weekend I wanted to travel to, but it seems unlikely I'll make it now with friends in tow. My good friend Jon guesstimated it would cost about $40 per person. So four people altogether would've ran about $160 bucks in gas for both ways? Wait, what the hell? How does that add up? I spent about $50 alone for my trip to Dallas, which is about equal distance...something's afoot here...

Sigh. I seriously need a car that's well-tuned and a little bit more reliable.

So Bakemonogatari 13 came out this week, and lo and behold the fansubbers were all over it. Not even a day after it's online stream, people had subtitles ready to go. Gotta love that dedication!

I still need to get back to work on that Sket Dance translation. Been putting it off for far too long since Tekken 6 came out...

ここ1年で日本のネット業界がどう変わったのか、「ブログ・メディア・動画界勢力図詳細」を見てみた
Curious about what Japanese people use while they surf the web? Check out this crazy chart of user statistics -- great stuff!

トロ・ステーション：09/10/31 - 電脳御殿
Mainichi Isshou: Crazy cat game that's incredibly adorable. Now with videos?

Eden of the East Films' New Trailer Streamed (Updated) - Anime News Network
Good stuff!

Strippers or Counter-Strike — Which Gets a Gamer's Attention?
We need more studies like this in the U.S.!

美女たちがミルクっぽい官能的なドレスを身にまとった写真集「Milk」 - GIGAZINE
Delicious. What an excellent use of milk if I say so m'self!

Seth talks about the viability of re-releasing fighters : News : EventHubs.com
Ever wonder why your favorite 2D fighter from the last century hasn't made the cut yet on a next-gen console? Seth Killian gives a little insight inside into what goes on behind the curtains.

4Gamer.net ― 「鉄拳6」の各要素をゲーマガ編集部が紹介。PS3版とXbox 360版のロード時間なども検証してみた（鉄拳6）
PS3 load times (installed vs uninstalled) are pretty significant. Like 20 to 30 seconds significant. And the Xbox360 gets the better end of the stick too!

A tourney was dedicated to this music video alone. Whoamg.

Java SE 7 and Java EE 6 JDK & SDK betas

Oracle Sun Java have announced betas of Java SE 7 and Java EE 6 !

Java SE7 will have :

comprehensive support for file I/O
Sockets Direct Protocol (SDP) to support stream connections over InfiniBand fabric

Tekken 6: Bloodline Rebellion (a review)

Tekken: The FPS -- your mileage may vary

It's been a week since Tekken 6: Bloodline Rebellion has been in my hands, and the wait has been somewhat worth it. 10 long months after T6:BR debuted in arcades all across Japan (and small pockets in North America), we finally get our localized version for the PS3 and Xbox60 consoles and it's wonderfully inept, pun intended.

The question I have right now is, "was it rushed?" Most certainly not one would believe, but after playing Scenario Campaign mode and the much-anticipated Online mode, I was dismayed and bewildered. Granted I don't play fighting games for the story so I didn't have any absurdedly high expectations for Scenario mode but Online mode? What the hell happened here?

Nothing beats playing someone in person but I was hoping to at least be able to play some old Tekken friends over the online mode. Unfortunately I couldn't even play my friend who lives in the same city as me due to horrible synching problems. If I can handle playing Resident Evil 5 and Street Fighter IV worldwide, why can't I enjoy Tekken in my own region?

Alisa is an fanboy's best friend

You'd think Namco would have the capacity to at least incorporate some simple mechanics from the Nina Williams "Death by Degrees" spinoff for the Scenario Campaign mode, but noooo, lets keep that horribly awkward mechanic of confusing the analog stick inputs with the rocker pad, yeah! No Namco, we don't need every single attack in the movelist; just one or two work just fine. Oh hey, a targeting system. Woot, thanks.

At least a patch is on the way.

Modes aside, Tekken 6 is the best incarnation of the franchise yet. With a slew of new moves and gameplay tweaks abound, Tekken remains the undisputed king of balanced fighting. Even the joke characters can stand their ground with a slew of much-needed attacks that round out their already impressive repetoire of shenanigans. Namco probably also heard the fans decries of previous versions, and super nerfed the typically strongest characters in the game: the Mishima family. They're just terrible to play now, albeit still unquestionably solid.

In short, tl;dr, buy the game if you're a hardcore Tekken fan. Buy it if you enjoy 3D games and have a reasonable amount of friends to butt heads with. Just don't buy it expecting anything too terribly philosophic. Remember, masher and master are only a single letter apart.