I rocked down to Harvey Norman with my sister on the weekend after getting word that they had a few games on sale. It was pretty much just the usual rubbish no one wants, however I did manage to pick up a copy of Toe Jam & Earl: Mission To Earth on Xbox, as it was just a tenner.
Even though I’m a Sega fan and owned a Mega Drive, I never played either of the original Toe Jam & Earl games, I know blasphemy. So I can’t really compare the remake to the classic games, but it’s not half bad. It’s your usual 3D platformer collectathon, so it get a little repetitive after a while. The humor in the game is pretty decent and keeps it kicking along for a while, and it also looks quite tasty.
I’ve been watching some new anime recently, I sort of delve in and out of it every now and then, seems to be that time of the year. Anyway, out of the latest few that I’ve picked up one really stood out. Samurai Champloo is the latest series from the creators of the excellent series Cowboy Bebop. Samurai Champloo is, at its most basic level, samurai action set to hip-hop music. It’s been quite a while since I’ve watched an anime and then check to see when the next volume is getting release. Samurai Champloo is such a well produced anime and carries so many of the traits that made Cowboy Bebop so great, that it’s simply a must see for any anime fan.
I also picked up Volume 3 of Ghost in the Shell: SAC it's pretty decent, more of the same and with some continuation of the laughing man story. Volume 4 is also out this month, so if your a GiTS fan check it out.
I also picked up Paranoia Agent, though I've only watched the first episode. It's very strange and quite slow moving. It's quite well done though with decent animation and fairly interesting story, but Boogipop Phantom springs to mind when watching it. I don't know if I could handle watching too much of it in one sitting. So far it seems it's about a string of attracts on people late at night when they are alone. The attacks are committed by a young boy with rollerblades and a baseball bat, that even the victim doesn't really see. In all truth I bought it because I love the front cover of volume one, and the box is also quite cool. I'll watch the rest and see how it goes. Volume 2 of it is out this month so I'll probably pick it up, I'm kind of committed now.
Also I’d forgotten that La Pucelle Tactics is getting a PAL release soon, it’s out on the 12th of this month, so get your pre orders in.
