Category Archives: Entertainment

Things that I enjoy. Low-budget action movies, computer games, etc.

Favorite Fight Scene From a Martial Arts Movie

Posted on December 13, 2012 by admin

Back in our younger days, my younger brother and I were quite the aficionados for low-budget martial arts movies. We’re not talking Jackie Chan movies here, those movies are grade-A top quality compared to some of the stuff we regularly … Continue reading →

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Fear of Uncomfortable or Embarrassing Scenes in Books/Movies/TV, etc.

Posted on June 24, 2012 by admin

With my wife and kids in Japan, I have been spending a lot more time reading, watching movies and TV shows, etc. Although reading books is usually a personal experience, watching TV or movies is often a social experience. But … Continue reading →

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Pirates vs. Ninjas vs. Power Rangers?

Posted on June 19, 2012 by admin

We all know about the Pirates vs. Ninjas meme, but what happens when the ninjas are pirates? That’s what happened with last year’s incarnation of the Super Sentai, Kaizoku Sentai Goukaiger (Pirate Warriors Goukaiger). So the Super Sentai are the … Continue reading →

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Short trip to Korea, pt. 2

Posted on July 5, 2011 by admin

June 1st, 1:00 pm: So I finally made my way to Yongsan station. I had a general map of the area that I had printed out from google maps, but I had difficulty orienting myself inside the station, so I … Continue reading →

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Short trip to Korea, pt. 1

Posted on July 4, 2011 by admin

And by short, I mean short. I’ve been in in Kumamoto, Japan on an extended business trip for most of the summer (since mid-May, in fact), working on a project here. In fact the trip is so long that I … Continue reading →

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Seeing Enka in a new light – or how I realized I had finally reached middle-age

Posted on February 14, 2011 by admin

This past New Years Eve my family and I were invited to the home of some Japanese friends of ours to watch Kouhaku Utagassen, a TV show that NHK broadcasts every New Years Eve where all the year’s most popular … Continue reading →

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Star Wars Cinematic Trailer

Posted on June 15, 2010 by admin

Some of you might have seen this video last year as a promotional video for the up-coming star wars mmorpg, Star Wars: the Old Republic by Bioware. I have little to say about the game because I doubt that I … Continue reading →

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Vampire Lameness

Posted on March 29, 2010 by admin

I read this rant over at i09 on why all vampire fiction is completely lame now. I have to agree with pretty much all of it. I find it interesting that the author never even once mentions Twilight, although she … Continue reading →

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Trackmania: the Successor to Stunts

Posted on March 5, 2010 by admin

You may or may not recall the PC game Stunts back from the early 90’s. It was a fairly basic driving game, but the fun part was it had a track editor that allowed you to make your own tracks … Continue reading →

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Japanese X-men

Posted on November 12, 2009 by admin

Any geek that grew up in the 80’s or 90’s probably remembers the X-men cartoon that was on during the 90’s. The animation wasn’t all that great, but it was still entertaining for this teenager at the time. The intro … Continue reading →

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