Month: June 2011

Transformers: Dark of the Moon

My geek powers have increased exponentially with the absorption of the final film in the Transformers trilogy. Transformers

X-Men Anime Review

The X-Men Anime is finally over (for now) and after following it for the last three months I can somewhat share my own thought

13 Assassins – Non-Stop Samurai Action

Living in Japan in it’s feudal era must have been interesting but extreamely dangerous, then again it would depend on wh

Latest AKB48 member is Computer Generated

I’m not big on Japanese Idols, Japanese music or even the local entertainment scene but my usual surfing of Japan rela

The Sword that Cut the Burning Grass – Book Review

The forth book in the Samurai Mysteries series by Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler is called The Sword that Cut the Burning Grass.

Walking in (Shibuya) and (Asakusa) by Ken Ardito

I surfed into another, well another couple of awesome Vimeo videos, this time by Ken Ardito. I first found his “Walking

Yendi promoting Blue Mountain Coffee in Japan

Yendi Phillips is a Jamaican beauty queen who won Miss Jamaica World 2007, the 2010 Miss Jamaica Universe pageant and finished

Recovery Japan – Night of Tango, Jazz and Reggae

Just a few months ago, Japan was victim to a most horrific earthquake tsunami that culminated with a nuclear meltdown, affecti

Post E3 2011: 7 Games that Impressed me

The gamer in me gets giddy each year as I look forward to then be super unproductive during E3. My prolonged stay in the gamin

Mobile Suit Gundam AGE coming this fall

Details have emerged about the next Gundam series. Mobile Suit Gundam AGE will be the newest Gundam based anime and will pr

Portland Revisited – Rio Grande + Scatter Falls

So last Sunday I took advantage of my monthly opportunity to escape the big city and boarded a bus along with dozens of othe

X-Men: First Class

Nothing says summertime like Super Hero flicks and X-Men: First Class is one of the many super hero flicks vywing for our atte