The Song of the Wind

I found it. The feeling has been away from me fo quite a long time...and now i finally found it again after a long 'meditation'. She give me a reason to smile...a reason for me to continue this life...and the best of all, a reason to love & appreciate everything around me.


Thank you again......

Sacrifice.

Since Aidiladha is tomorrow, i suddenly got the urge to insert my MGS4 and re-watch the ending...again. I dunno...previously i can hold my tears during the ending but not this time. Maybe it's because i just realised that there's alot of similarities between Me, Old Snake & Big Boss in term of sacrifice we all made.





Well...im not going to elaborate it one by one(and to prevent any sympathetic reply) but to think it back again, it surely hurt like hell. And i pray ALOT that nobody will notice the sacrifice i made because i think that the best way to enjoy my life. and yeah...im quite happy with it.

Big Boss giving his final respect to The Boss & her great sacrifice

P/S: Im sorry...I always has the urge to hum the following MGO tune in my head.

*Na Naaa Na Naaa...Na Na Naaa Naaaa Na Naaaaaaa*

Malaysia Official PS3 Launch Event

This is indeed a great new for PS3 gamer in Malaysia. Sony FINALLY launch the PS3 in here. While most of people in here get their PS3 from parallel importer which either the US, HK or SG console and NO warranty, new owner will get the console WITH 1 year warranty from Sony Malaysia. No need to send the PS3 to SG or HK for repair if something happen. We're not talking about the infamous 'dead lens' problem here, we're talking about HDMI port not functional and WiFi went kaput kind of problem. So instead posting it back to that PS3 original country, we just need to drive to our local Sony Style and dump the console there. End of story.

Anyways, this is the bundle(with price) you can get on the Launch Event:

PS3 Bundle Promotion

1x 80GB Sony PlayStation 3 Console
1x Soul Calibur IV
1x PS3 Game (selected titles)
1 year warranty

Price: RM1699

Quite a steal huh?. Take note this 80g is not the old 80g with backward compatibility with PS2 game. This is the 40g model with extra 40g of HDD spaces that was announce during the last E3 back in July 2008. and dont worry, the 'selected title' is surely a crappy game :P. You can pre-order thru Sony Style Online and will get:-

- Limited Edition PS3 bag
- Soul Calibur IV CD holder

For the enthusiast fan, you can queue in the line during the Launch event.


Now for the big question:

Did we get our own MALAYSIA PLAYSTATION NETWORK STORE?

I want to buy things with RM, not SGD or USD



Oh before i forgot, this is the detail of the launch event:

Official Malaysia Sony PS3 Launch

Venue: 1Utama Shopping Centre (New Wing), High Street Ground Floor, Main Entrance
Date: 20th September 2008
Time: 11:30 a.m.

The first 3 people in the line to buy a Sony PS3 on the day of the launch will get a RM1000 cash voucher that can be used for their next Sony product purchase.
4th - 20th - RM500 cash voucher
21st - 50th - RM350 cash voucher
51st - 100th - RM150 cash voucher


Sony 24-hr Gaming Marathon

How many game wins do you think you can rack up in 24 hours? Take part in the Sony 24-hr Gaming Marathon and you might win for yourself a Sony BRAVIA TV and a Sony PlayStation 3! For 24 hours, try to win as many sets as possible in Soul Calibur IV and at the end of the 24 hour gaming marathon, only the top 8 winners will qualify for the Semifinals and Finals! Interested participants must register online at Sony Malaysia's website before 18th September 2008 and must be above 18 years old to take part.

Reward:

Champion – Sony BRAVIA TV + 1 unit of PS3

2^nd prize – 1 unit of PS3
3^rd prize – 1 unit of PSP
Consolation – Lots of Sony goodies to be won!

Sony PS3 Game Girl Competition

Ladies! If you think you have what it takes to be a Sony PS3 girl, then take part now and you may win yourself a trip to Hong Kong! Register before 10th September 2008 and on the day of the event, showcase your talents to the crowd and you may represent Malaysia for the Asia Game Show 2008 and win a PS3!

Reward

Champion – 3D2N flight & accommodation to Hong Kong to represent Malaysia in the Asia Game Show (AGS) + 1 unit of PS3

1^st runner up – 1 unit of PS3
2^nd runner up – 1 unit of PSP
Consolation – Lots of Sony goodies to be won!

*Picture & Details are courtesy of www.GameAxis.com, you can read it all in here

News News News

It's hard to catch up with news especially if you're working in a place where Internet connection is limited. Well, cant blame them..it just for security purpose. It seem only 3 news im interested over the past week and they are :

1) Phil Harrison Quit SCE.













The first thing i said when i read this news is "WHAT THE F**K???" Now a man who responsible making me buy PS3 leave Sony?. I must say he is a damn good speaker and know what he was talking about instead of bullshitting about the sales number. I dont know what is Sony thinking and how Sony gonna replace him but 1 thing i know for sure, Sony lost one of the best PR people in the world. Anyways Phil, Good Luck & All the best to you

2) MGS4 Got a Released Date.







The Banner above is worth than a 1000 words. I already marked on my calender for June 16 is the most anticipated date in 2008. Metal Gear will rule the world!!!!...*ahem*, just kidding. Anyways, Konami has setup MGS4 to be worldwide release which means, all territories will get MGS4 on that date.

















To make thing more sweeter than a can of Vanilla Coke, they planning a Special Edition Box set which you can see the picture above. MGS4 game + Metal Gear Saga 2.0 video + Tin Can Box. So far, this one is intended for Japanese market. For US market, Konami still didnt give any feedback yet. Hopefully the US & Euro version also get the Limited Edition. Speaking of Disc, MGS4 will use 50g Blu-ray Disc but from recent interview with Kojima, it seem 50g is not enough for HIS VISION of MGS4. WTF? Someone give him the prototype 100g blu-ray disc now!!!!

If you guys has been wondering "why 50g is not enough?", it's because he dont want to compress the data (texture, sound & etc). For Hideo Kojima, No Compression = Top Quality. Well, it seem he's a perfectionist and sometime having a perfectionist as a Game Designer is great because we can assure the quality of the game they deliver will be a top class.

Just for laugh, 50g BD is not enough for MGS4. If they come out for Xbox360, maybe we will see this boxset :P




















Dont even think about compression. I already said before, Kojima dont want to compress his game. In the mean time, keep an eye on the Countdown time at the upper right of my blog


3) MGS4 + 80g PS3 US Bundle.

















The biggest news and i somehow expected it, Sony will released MGS4 + PS3 bundle. The best part is, it's the 80g version...not the 40g like Devil May Cry 4 bundle. Im planning to get the US bundle but it seem one of the supplier said it may cost RM2000+.

F**K the price, i'll get it no matter what!!!. In fact, it's the NTSC U/C version, so i can play MGS Essential Collection on PS3. having 2 PS3 is not a problem at all. Now where can i find extra money for this :D

Morally Gray

This term mainly used to show that there's no good or evil. In fact you dont know which one is good or evil. You just do the thing you think right . I can bet most of us has been in this situation before and we just do what we think right and hopefully the thing will so on as smooth as possible. I used to get some feedback from people saying "you cannot do that..you should do that...bla bla" but at the same moment i also thought that what im doing is for my myself. It doest matter whether it will do good or bad to you..all the matter is me. And thus putting me into the 'Morally Gray' situation. Infact im already in this business for a long time pushing back to my secondary school year.

Taken form the PS2 game poster below titled Shin Megami Tensei:Nocturne (Shin Megami Tensei means Reincarnation of True Goddess), the question is...

what IF the road to salvation & path to hell are both paved in blood? Which one will you take?


Or maybe you didnt follow any of the given path, you just make you own path and destroy anything that try to stop you. MegaTen series always deal with moral choices and it's a great way to test out your real character.

As quoted from Kamen Rider Kabuto,
"Even the devil's whispers can sometimes sound like an angel's voice".

Paradise City

Artist(Band):Guns N' Roses

Take me down to the paradise city
Where the grass is green
And the girls are pretty
Oh, won't you please take me home
Take me down to the paradise city
Where the grass is green
And the girls are pretty
Oh, won't you please take me home

Oh yeah..i like this song and it's a great theme song for the latest Burnout games, Burnout Paradise. As i promised, i bought Devil May Cry 4 & Burnout Paradise along with Motorstorm. By the way, i already finished Devil May Cry 4 in Normal difficulty mode :P .

New Phone

Yerp..this is my new phone, Nokia N82. Equipped with 5 megapixel camera + WiFi which make reading RSS feed is a bliss.

The quality of the picture?...the picture above itself were captured by my sister N82 phone and i purposely put my Dualshock 3, God of War 2 & UT3 at the back just as a prove that im not leeching this picture on the web.

Oh..and for the side note, im getting my Burnout Paradise this Tuesday, Motorstorm on Wednesday and Devil May Cry 4 maybe on Friday or if im out of luck, next week :P

Life's A B!tch

or at least Donald Trump said so. You wont believed how stupid people is nowdays. There's someone contacted me, someone i know and tell me "We can settle the money thingy by invest in stock". Please, get back money in 10 days?...what if the stock suddenly dropped ?. Dont treat me like a primary school kid even though i know a little about stock but i know the risk involved in there. My colleague already lost nearly 5000 bucks by doing the same thing. Yes, 5000 is consider small but it a big amount for an average people like me in which to get the same amount, we need to save up nearly a year.

so my advised to that 'someone', if you want to do it...you use your own money, if you did get double or triple..pay your debt back to me

New Additions This Month

Two new PS3 games were added to my library. And those two are Call of Duty 4 & Unreal Tournament 3.

Another two (hopefully can get 2 or else stick with 1 first) will come at the end this month. It's Burnout Paradise & Devil May Cry 4.


It seem that I'll be pretty busy in weekend for February.