GameStop May Be In Trouble With the Po Po...

GameStop may get into trouble with the authorities because of the main reason why it's my dream to have a summer job there: allowing employers to bring newly released video games home, play them, and bring them back to the store to sell them as new.

This "check out" policy may get GameStop into trouble with the Federal Trade Commission because it's considered illegal.

Basically, the real problem is that used video games are being sold for "new" prices.

If that were the case then GameStop should just sell these video games for "used" prices. Make them cheaper.

That would be so much better than removing the policy.

Because if they did, then my dreams of working at GameStop and being able to play those coveted video games for free would be crushed 0_0;

And then I'd have to find another way to waste my summer ;-;

WooT! New FMA!

Fullmetal Alchemist fans, like myself, can rejoice for Funimation since the anime channel is now streaming new episodes of Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood for free on the website ^_^

Plus, if your one of those anime fans who usually hate the dubbed voices, you can easily change the setting of the video to sub only. Cool huh? =]

Here's the description of the new series:

"Brothers Edward and Alphonse Elric hoped to resurrect their mother’s corpse when they attempted human transmutation, but their reckless defiance of alchemy’s Law of Equivalent Exchange resulted in no miraculous reunion. Their experimentation with forbidden science plunged the boys into a hellish nightmare; half of Ed’s limbs were torn from his body, and Al awoke to discover his young soul transferred to a suit of armor. There is but one way the Elrics can restore what was lost - find the fabled Philosopher’s Stone. In a land marred by war and persecution, where truth comes only with tragedy, they undertake their desperate search. Every step closer to the mythical Philosopher’s Stone brings the broken brothers deeper into the darkest shadows of reality. Sinful abominations, both unnatural and human, will try to keep the boys from their redemption - but the Elrics must forge ahead if despair is to be transmuted into peace."

SOURCE: Funimation

As soon as I pack up my clothes to go home this Easter weekend, I think I'm gonna check it out. Though I've heard that the video takes a long time to download, and it ends up buffering every five minutes.

Still, I wouldn't mind seeing Ed Elric, he gets so adorable when people call him short ^_^

You Like Fishdicks?

Well Kanye West obviously does.
Check out the "musical genius" proclaiming his love for them in this clip of the latest South Park episode that aired last night.
I lmao'd! XD

Update:
This episode actually brought Kanye's ego down a notch! On his blog, Kanye basically says that his feelings were hurt, and that South Park inspired him to become a less douche-bag type of person.

And they say that South Park isn't good for anyone to watch. Oh please, Kanye's gonna be a brand new person thanks to Cartman...

Okay if Cartman of all people inspired you to become a better person then you must've been pretty screwed up. o_0

So Sad...

Dave Arneson the co-creator of Dungeons and Dragons Role-Playing Game passed away this Tuesday at the age of 61.

In 2002 Arneson suffered a stroke, and was later diagnosed with cancer.

Sadly, he lost his battle with cancer Tuesday night in Minnesota.

And unfortunately, he passed shortly after the one year anniversary of the other DnD creator, Gary Gygax, who passed away in March, 2008.

Arneson is survived by his wife and daughter.

The father of RPG's will be forever missed.

=(

Sonic Meets His Doom

The shooter video game Doom of course.

If you have ever wondered what Sonic the Hedgehog would look like as a first-person shooter game then today's your lucky day because I have a video below that gives you a great view of it.



I think it looks kind of cool, but the fact that Sonic only uses a gun to kill his enemies, and nothing else kind of bothers me. Where's the damn spin dash attack? Plus we don't get to see Sonic's trademark super speed.

Butttt on the other hand, the more I look at this video, the more I kind of want to play. It still looks kind of fun, but I think it'd only be fun for a half an hour. 45 minutes tops.

So do you guys think this merge of Sonic and Doom is badass?
Or do you just think it's bad?
What do you think?

Dragonball Sucks Dragon's Balls?

On Friday, April 10th, Dragonball Evolution is going to premier in theatres around the United States. Here's the official trailer:

And of course, since DBE is the first Americanized live action film of the popular series, Dragonball fans have no problem picking out the flaws of this movie, even way before its release.

Hell, I bet that Dragonball fans wouldn't mind going Goku on 20th Century Fox's ass right now. They'd be like Kaaaa- meeeeeee- haaaaaaa- meeeee- haaaaaaa and destroy the cast and crew who dared to mess up one of the greatest anime series of all time.

Ok, to be honest, I didn't watch a lot of Dragonball or Dragonball Z when I was a kid (I was more of a Sailor Moon kind of girl), but I could understand why Dragonball fans would want to do that: because DBE ruins the series and because it'd be awesome if anyone really had the ability to do the Turtle Striking Wave.

Kamehameha ftw
So all of my friends who happen to be lovers of the Dragonball series, or is at least really familiar with the franchise, are constantly complaining about the "Whitewashing" going on for the movie. "Whitewashing" is basically when white actors and actresses are hired to play characters who are not white but are instead a different ethnicity.

In DBE most of the major characters are white. For instance, Justin Chatwin plays Son Goku, the protagonist, in the movie.

Justin Chatwin as Son Goku

Fox had also cast Emmy Rossum as Bulma Briefs, the main female protagonist.

Emma Rossum as Bulma Briefs

You see, I have no problem with Justin Chatwin and Emma Rossum. I loved Chatwin as Tom Cruise's son in War of the Worlds. And Rossum was great in the both The Day After Tomorrow and The Phantom of the Opera. Plus I know that everyone needs to make a living some way or another, including actors, but casting Chatwin as the main character was kind of a bad choice. It only pisses off a majority of fans who will go so far as to boycott the film.

These fans are angry because 20th Century Fox had cast a white guy and girl to play the major characters who are obviously Asian. Along with the fact that there are only two Asians in the film playing the larger roles. Jamie Chung and Chow Yun-Fat are playing Chi-Chi and Muten Roshi respectively. Some fans may even call this tokenism since only two Asians have been chosen to play main roles.

People also wonder why Fox couldn't have hired lesser known Asian actors for these roles instead of white actors who are already accomplished. This movie could have given a struggling Asian actor a chance of fame.

OR Fox could have hired Aaron Yoo, you know that dude who played Shia LeBeouf's best friend in the movie Disturbia? Many fans seem to think he would have been a better choice for Goku.

Honestly though, I'm on the fence when it comes to this whitewashing issue. I understand that the Dragonball franchise is wholly based on Asian, and more specifically Japanese culture, and choosing white actors/actresses as the main roles in DBE only ruins that fact.

BUT we have to remember the demographics. This film was made in the United States, and whites make up the majority of the population. Which would mean there are more white actors then there are black, Hispanic, Asian, etc.

And we also have to ask ourselves, before we criticize Fox as being racist for choosing mostly white actors, aren't we being a little bit racist too? Does the ethnicity of the stars really matter and shouldn't the talent of the stars count for more?

What do you guys think?