Official Square Enix Online Merchandise Store

If you have played any games seriously over an extended period within the last 20-something years and you don’t know of Square-Enix (formally Square and and Enix independently until they merged back in 2003), Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, Kingdom Hearts or any of their other popular (and not so popular) roleplaying games (RPG) please submit…

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One of my laziest days in a very long while

Lately I have been super busy, all day everyday, with work school and other matters. Today I decided I was going to be the lazy bum that I miss and I happy to report that I was as lazy as ever. I ate, I slept, I ate again, I watched TV, I slept, I watched…

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Electronic Entertainemnt Expo 2006

I am a really avid gamer and I look forward to each year’s staging of E3 to get and idea of all the big games to look out for throughout the year. This year’s E3 was one of the biggest E3’s ever because of all the buzz about the Next Gen systems. Microsoft has already…

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My Thoughts after watching The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

Here we are at the end of the Hobbit trilogy. The adaptation of English author J. R. R. Tolkien’s 1937 fantasy novel. One movie turned into three and after watching The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug I am left unsurprisingly comparing the first two films to the last one and as much as…

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Best of Jamaipanese.com from 2012

2012 is now history but it was a very important year to me personally and as it relates to blogging. Following on from my trip to Japan in September 2011 I took my time to share my experiences via a plethora of blog posts that were all well received. Jamaipanese.com continues to grow from strength to…

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My Thoughts after watching The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

The wait is finally at an end, yesterday I went to the theatre to see the first of what is now three hobbit films – The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. I’ve never read the Hobbit book but I intend to eventually. Being a big fan of the first Lord of the Rings Trilogy and fantasy…

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Counting down to the release of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Fans of the original Lord of the Rings trilogy and fantasy films rejoice! a new trilogy starts in less than 20 days! The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey will be released in theatres on Friday December 14th 2012 and not surprisingly… I cannot wait! There have been no shortage of tweets from me @jamaipanese about the…

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My 10 Favourite Game of Thrones Characters from Season 2

So what if my blog is primarily about life in Jamaica and my love of Japan. It’s been a few weeks since the end of season 2 of Game of Thrones and I am now suffering from Game of Thrones withdrawal syndrome. Season 1 was good, season 2 was even better and season 3 can’t…

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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 gaming wilderness continues as it’s sad I have yet to play one single game I raved about at last year’s E3. This is mainly because of my saving for Japan and…

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My Boss My Hero – Hilarious Japanese Drama

My Boss My Hero was one of the first suggested series when I asked my readers to recommend some Japanese dramas for me to watch so I could finally take the Japanese drama plunge. After just reading the description about My Boss My Hero I knew it would have been interesting and after completing watching…

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Guardian of the Sacred Spirit Review

Guardian of the Sacred Spirit (Seirei no Moribito) is finally reached it’s end and I thoroughly enjoyed the 26 episode long series that started back in the Spring of this year. Guardian of the Sacred Spirit is a beautifully animated anime in the fantasy, adventure genre that follows the adventure of Prince Chagum and Balsa…

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