News: Japan In Love With Wii

Japanese-language game and entertainment magazine Famitsu found that 88 percent of their readers believe that the PlayStation 3 is too expensive, with 69 percent saying that that they are most looking forward to the Nintendo Wii this fall and winter. In the quest for who gets to be #2 in Japan, 21 percent said that they were looking forward to the PS3, while only 7 percent cited the Xbox 360. Peter Moore can't be happy about that.

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Not only japaneses because i though it's also too expensive for a console. Most of us will try to get something affordable for sure. Just because they use Blu-ray disc, that's doesn't mean they can rise the price like this. Even in Japan, they are little bit concerned about the price before they get their hands on it.

Thai Movie: Ghost Of Mae Nak

Synopsis

A new twist on a legendary ghost story, set in modern Bangkok, shows how love transcends death. Mak and Nak, a young newlywed couple in Bangkok, acquire an antique brooch and an old abandoned house that soon bring them into contact with Mae Nak Phrakhanong, a figure of horror and despair from one of Thailand's most enduring ghost legends. While Mae Nak's ghost protects the couple from an unscrupulous real estate agent as well as a pair of burglars, it becomes apparent that she expects a terrible favour in return. Mak, the young groom, is incapacitated by a powerful coma, and his bride Nak must exhume the Mae Nak's corpse from its hidden grave so that the skull can be restored using the antique brooch. Only in this way can Mae Nak's spirit finally be set free.

Official Site
Trailer

From the trailer, look like a great original horror movie for this summer.

News: Software Pirated Over 35% Worldwide

35% of the packaged software installed on personal computers (PC) worldwide in 2005 was illegal, amounting to $34 bln in global losses due to software piracy. Piracy rates decreased moderately in more than half (51) of the 97 countries, and increased in only 19. The global rate was unchanged from 2004 to 2005 as large developed markets like the United States, Western Europe, Japan and a handful of Asian countries continue to dominate the software market while their combined piracy rate hardly moved.

The rest of the article can be found here.

Surely, everyone will try to get it free rather than going to buy it.

Korean Movie: The Host

Synopsis

The film tells the story of a lake monster that rises from the depths of the Han River in Seoul to terrorize the city. The monster itself is being created by Weta, Orphanage, and Creature Workshop. It's coming in July for Korean.

Trailer

News: HD DVD Goes Interactive

HD DVD had a less than impressive start. Few players were available in stores, with the next batch not expected to arrive for another week or so, and the choice of movie titles was a rather sobering experience for movie enthusiasts. And we are not even talking about the fact, that there was only the lower-end player for sale and less known circumstance that these $500 and soon to surface $800 device cannot even playback movies in 1080p, but only in the inferior 1080i resolution.

On the technical side it appears that HD DVD will be at a clear disadvantage to the more expensive, but 1080p capable Blu-ray players that are promised to go on sale in the last week of June. But it's not always the technology that decides the fate of such a device and at least for now, HD DVD appears to be gaining steam on the content and marketing side.

Continue to read the rest at TGdaily.

I must admit that Blu-ray is greater since you can hold more stuffs in it but the price is always the main key when you have to buy a new system for your entertainment.

Korean Movie: Mr. Wacky

Synopsis
You can read at the official site (korean language).

Official Site
Trailer

News: Web Toll

What if the Internet were like cable television, with Web sites grouped like channels into either basic or premium offerings? What if a few big companies decided which sites loaded quickly and which ones slowly, or not at all, on your computer? Welcome to the brave new Web, brought to you by Verizon, Bell South, AT&T and the other telecommunications giants (including PopSci’s parent company, Time Warner) that are now lobbying Congress to block laws that would prevent a two-tiered Internet, with a fast lane for Web sites able to afford it and a slow lane for everyone else.

Specifically, such companies want to charge Web sites for the speedy delivery of streaming video, television, movies and other high-bandwidth data to their customers. If they get their way (Congress may vote on the matter before the year is out), the days of wide-open cyberspace are numbered.


Continue to read here.

Korean Movie: City Of Violence

Synopsis

Ryoo, the director of the movie will play the lead character. The protagonist returns to his hometown for a funeral of his friend. His friend was the victim of organized crime and he starts an investigation to seek revenge.

Official Site
Trailer

There aren't any special effects in this movie, just some old-school fight scenes without wires but it will worth to see it since you can expect to have a warrior-worth-a-thousand-style theme.

News: Technology Use To Put Ads In Games

In-game advertising -- a marketing frontier long on the periphery of most brands' radar -- is poised to take its place center stage.

As Madison Avenue increasingly abandons TV and radio, the rich graphics and Internet connectivity of today's PC games and next-generation gaming consoles are enabling advertisers to follow the 18-34 "sweet spot" target market to videogames.

In-game advertising takes many forms, most notably as product placement. Marketers can pay to have billboards with their brands on them appear as background scenescapes, logos on racetrack boards or sports stadium walls.

Situational placement is on the rise as well, such as using real vehicle models in racing game options or having characters consume specific soft drink brands. To date, these placements have been static, meaning the deal was made during the game development process with the visuals hard-coded into the final product. The technology will soon become much more dynamic -- providing the ability to replace the in-game visuals, music or other content at will through the Internet.

Full article can be found here.

Well, everyone need to make money so i don't really mind on ads in games but just blend it like it was a feature in the game, in that way it won't annoy while we are playing.

Korean Movie: APT

Synopsis

A young woman, who lives in an old apartment suburban of Seoul, finds herself amused observing opposite side apartments. One day, she finds out that the lights of some houses on the opposite apartments kept being turned off at the very same time. She concluded that this weird happening is somehow related to those mysterious serial deaths. She begins to act to figure out the mystery and becomes deeply involved.

Official Site
Trailer

Japan Movie: Yo-Yo Girl Cop

Synopsis

A police detective working undercover at private school Seisen Gakuen is blown to pieces on the streets of Shibuya. The cop had been investigating students frequenting a popular underground website named 'Enola Gay', where information on everything from bullying to bomb-making is exchanged. One week earlier, a strange counter on the website began ticking down to some unmentioned event.... Meanwhile, a young girl only known as 'K' is brought back to Japan from New York against her will, and is assigned the codename 'Asamiya Saki' by the National Police Agency. Her mission: infiltrate Seisen Gakuen....

Official Site
Trailer (TV Segment)

News: Some PS3's Titles Will Be Delayed To 2007

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe CEO David Reeves has revealed several key PS3 launch titles including Heavenly Sword, Formula One and Motostorm, will miss the November 17 launch day on PS3 and now appear in 2007.

However, Reeves also revealed that the company plans to cast a wide net during the initial PS3 launch window, saying that "for the first time we are not going to go just for hardcore gamers".

Speaking exclusively to CVG at E3, Reeves explained that Sony is "going to have a portfolio of social gaming" for the launch window, Singstar and EyeToy an integral part of this battleplan. It's not clear whether Singstar on PS3 will be out on launch day, but it'll hit "certainly before Christmas", said Reeves, with "an EyeToy one [game] after Christmas". He added: "EyeToy is not playable at the moment, but it will come before March 2007."

Continue to read here.

That could hurt a little bit since we are all waiting for Heavenly Sword, which i think is a great game by the trailer and gameplay we saw in the E3.

News: 200 GB DVD With Six Layers

TDK Japan has developed a prototyped recordable Blu-ray disc with a stunning capacity of 200GB. This new disc boasts eight times the capacity of a single layer Blu-ray disc. TDK has used a signal processing scheme to increase the capacity per layer to 33GB. The prototyped medium has a layered structure in which the recording layers are formed from the bottom L0 layer to top L5 layer, and a 0.1 mm cover layer and a hard coat layer to protect the medium from scratches and dirt are stacked on these recording layers. As for the L0 layer, an inorganic material, i.e. a commercialized Si-Cu alloy layer is used. For the L1 to L5 layers, a novel inorganic material consisting of bismuth peroxide and germanium oxide is employed. When bismuth peroxide is irradiated with laser light, oxygen is deposited to form air bubbles when the temperature reaches 690 K. The presence or absence of these air bubbles is detected based on the difference in reflectance of the laser light.

You can read the rest at Newslaunches.

Imagine you can put anything you want and carry like a super HDD in a tiny DVD with this new technology. Well, the price will be high for just one of them so maybe we will all wait for a price drop or else, one will serve enough for years.

Japan Movie: Imprint

Synopsis

It's the late Victorian period. Christopher, an American journalist, has been travelling for an unspecified period looking for Komomo, a lost girlfriend who he promised he would rescue from her life of prostitution and return with him to America. To that end he lands on an island solely populated by whores and their masters. He's solicited by a syphilitic tout (played by Mame Yamada, last seen in Nine Souls and always just as welcome as Ren Osugi and Taro Suwa, who also seem to pop up in movies when you least expect them) who claims not to have seen Komomo, but reckons he should enter the brothel anyway as he's got to spend the night somewhere. Christopher agrees, and asks for the company of a girl he'd seen lurking in the shadows at the back of the room where the prostitutes solicit for business.

Official Site
Trailer

I have heard this wasn't really you expected from Takashi Miike but if you are fans of horror movie, you should take a look for it.

News: Microsoft And Yahoo Will Soon Catch Up Adsense

The Internet search-advertising wars are getting hotter: Vowing to catch up to industry leader Google (GOOG), Yahoo (YHOO) Monday will demonstrate an overhauled advertising system that promises to generate higher revenue and enlist more clients.

On May 4, Microsoft (MSFT) unveiled its own search advertising program and said it would invest up to $6 billion in a bid to catch up with Google.

Yet Google still easily dominates paid search ads - those little text ads that appear near search queries. The Internet powerhouse has made several enhancements to its search program as well.

Google says it hasn't heard anything from Yahoo or MSN to make it worry.

"There's been nothing that's announced that makes me want to change what we do," says Richard Holden, director of production management for Google's paid search programs.

Google brought in over $1 billion in profits in the first quarter primarily from text-based ads. Advertisers love search ads because they pay only if someone clicks on them. Holden says Google stays on top by upgrading its AdWords search program every two weeks to bring in new clients or to give existing ones more options.

The full article can be found here.

This is gonna be interesting when MSN will launch their own Publishers Programs which i expected around in the end of this year. I am sure with MSN, we will have more advertisers since MSN network isn't only a search engine, there are many other businesses running with it.

Korean Movie: Almost Love

Synopsis

Kwon Sang Woo and Kim Ha Neul, the popular stars of 2003's hit film My Tutor Friend reunite for writer/director Lee Han's 2005 romantic comedy, Almost Love! The two actors play Ji Hwan and Dal Rae, a pair of friends who grew up together in the same neighborhood and have been platonic pals ever since childhood. While Taekwondo student turned stuntman, Ji Hwan (Kwon Sang Woo) wishes to follow in the footsteps of his hero, action movie icon Jackie Chan, drama student Dal Rae (Kim Ha Neul) would like nothing more than to become an actress, although her eternal shyness during the audition process continually prevents her from landing any plum acting roles.

Although the two of them bicker incessantly, there's a mischievous, altogether playful quality to their arguments, and as the film develops, it becomes clear that they are great friends with a deep affection for one another. However, their friendship takes a turn for the worse when they each begin dating other people: Dal Rae starts seeing a handsome, athletic young man who happens to be a fellow member of Ji Hwan's Taekwondo group, while Ji Hwan himself begins going out with a gorgeous young woman with a figure to die for. It would seem that there shouldn't be any issue between these two about dating other people, but as soon as they embark on these new relationships, things start to get weird for these once good friends! It seems that everybody knows their relationship is so much more than friendship, except Ji Hwan and Dal Rae themselves! Will they figure out their own feelings in time, before it's too late?

Official Site
Trailer (see it at the link below)

Well, this should be funny like Too Beautiful To Lie, a worth one to see.

Japan Movie: Cool Dimension

If you can read japanese, you get the synopsis at the official site but since is somewhat look like Charlie's Angels but with japanese actresses.

Official Site
Trailer

Korean Movie: Love Phobia

Synopsis

On a sunny day, a boy named Jo-kang meets Ari, a girl in a yellow raincoat, and they become friends. Jo-kang falls helplessly in love with the quirky but attractive Ari, but one day, she suddenly disappears. Ten years pass and Jo-kang, now a high school student, gets a call from Ari and meets her again in a temple. Although they have not seen each other for ten years, they have such a great time together. Then, Ari disappears again. Jo-kang is devastated. Why has she disappeared again? What will become of them?

Official Site
Trailer

News: The Next Thing In Monitors

What flat panel screens were to CRT, OLED monitors will be to flat panels -- and then some. Imagine a display sharper, thinner, and less expensive than you can get from a flat panel monitor. They're still over the horizon, but jkabaseball gives you the lowdown on OLED's bright future.

CRT monitors were the first consumer monitor. They are big, but offer great performance. Then along came LCD monitors. They are a lot thinner, but priced higher. Their performance isn't great, and decent performance costs a lot more. Take Apple’s monitors for example, they are among the best in the industry, but can cost over $2000.

Now imagine a screen better than that, thinner than that, and even less expensive. Sounds too good to be true? With OLED technology making its way into screens, this is what we can expect. OLED monitors are still on the horizon, but smaller devices sporting OLED screens are starting to trickle down into the market. Let’s take a look at what OLED is and how we will benefit from them.

You can read the rest of the article here.

Something more greater than LCD without to have a big pocket to get? I must own it when my LCD isn't working anymore.

News: Windows Live™ Messenger Launched

Windows Live™ Messenger Beta is the next-generation MSN Messenger. It has everything you already love about Messenger—your contact list, emoticons, and instant access to your friends via text, voice, and video—plus new ways to connect and share documents with almost magical ease. As always, it is free to download Messenger and use most of its features.
What you will be able to do with it
• Send all your familiar winks and emoticons, plus some cool new ones
• Have real-time text, video and voice conversations*
• Call your friends’ mobile or land-line telephones by signing up with Verizon Web Calling to make affordable domestic and international calls
• Easily share documents of all kinds with Sharing Folders
• Make free PC-to-PC calls with other Messenger users
*Both parties must have compatible Web cams, microphones, and speakers.

Please note that some beta features may not be available immediately.

Here you can get it via this link.

Exclusively E3 Contents

If you notice, there are over 2 days with no new stuffs in my blog. I was busy with something else but also making some good stuffs for everyone who enjoy gaming world. Have you ever being in E3? Do you want to know what look like a next-gen console game? You have found a site that have many great trailers but you don't know which one you want to see and how good it is? If you in trouble to get what you want, here i can make your life go easier with this exclusive content. In the past few days, i try to gathered all of movie CG trailers, demo videos and all kind of contents about E3 and make it up in one big MEGA E3 2006 Trailer Movie. Hope everyone will enjoy and please leave a comment if you like it or not.

Mega E3 Trailer Movie

Korean Movie: See You After School

Synopsis

For Goong-dahl, nothing has gone right in his whole life. In an attempt to get rid of his 'loser streak,' he signs up for and fully immerses himself in a year-long psychological therapy program. Getting right out of the clinic and with high hopes for the future, Goong-dahl makes a fresh start in the high school battlefields. Goong-dahl manages to spot some losers who were bullying the school's most gorgeous student, Mina. But, alas! Due to a lack of information about the school's notorious thug Jae-koo, Goong-dahl mistakes Jae-koo as his prey. Naturally the tables are turned and Goong-dahl is challenged to a fight on the rooftop after school.

Official Site
Trailer

Japan Movie: Noroi The Curse

Synopsis

With all the TV specials about spirit photographs and haunted buildings have you never worried that you might yourself be cursed just by watching them?

"Dead Waves" are vengeful spirits that have become one with TV radio waves. Negative energies such as resentment and hatred are then released from the television on these waves. The phenomenon escalates, steadily devouring millions of viewers, pulling them into the shadowy world of death...

As the popularity of Asian Horror sweeps the world, a team of young filmmakers and actors brings you a startling, next generation horror movie - "Dead Waves."

Promising young actor Toshihiro Wada, who found fame in Fuji TV's drama, "Tokyo Wankei" stars as TV director Hiroshi Usui, who is trying to pursue his own artistic path, struggling against abnormally competitive viewing ratings. In the role of Runa Nagao, a girl who fights the presence of the spirits, but does her best to stop them, is the talented young actress Shihori Kanjiya. She made a big impression with "Swing Girls" and has continued to appear in hit films including, "SURVIVE STYLE 5+" and "NICE NO MORI." "Dead Waves" is their first appearance together. The outstanding cast is completed with Masaki Miura, Akihiro Nakatani and Asuka Kurosawa in supporting roles.

Official Site
Trailer

Don't be fool by the picture, this one is a top j-horror and will worth to see it for sure.

News: 694 Million People Online Worlwide

The report by research firm comScore Networks claims to be "the first true estimate of global online audience size and behavior" using consistent methodology.

The estimate was based on a survey of major markets including China and India.

"Today, the online audience in the US represents less than a quarter of Internet users across the globe, versus 10 years ago when it accounted for two-thirds of the global audience," said Peter Daboll, president and chief executive of comScore Media Metrix.

According to the report, the United States still had the single largest Internet audience, of 152 million users, followed by China with 72 million.

The figures differ from some other surveys and official data -- China for example is believed to have over 100 million Web users -- because the comScore data excludes those under 15 or those accessing the Internet from cybercafes, mobile phones or digital assistants.

Third on the list was Japan with 52 million users, followed by Germany (32 million) and Britain (30 million).

Full article can be read via this link.

Well, the percentage is still low since there are places that can't use Internet but rest assure that in the future, everyone will have access to this technology (i hope so!).

Japan Movie: Dark Tales Of Japan

Synopsis

Collated by infamous Japanese producer Taka Ichise (who brought The Ring and Dark Water to the screen), this collection of short horror films draws on the work of some talented directors. Hideo Nakata (The Ring), Takashi Shimizu (The Grudge), and Kiyoshi Kurosawa (Cure) are among the contributors who bring some shocking tales to life.

Trailer

Before going berserk about what is really some dark tales about Japan, i must warning erveryone that this movie isn't that scary at all but you should get at least some entertainment moments for the long run of it.

News: AMD Versus Intel In Power Consumption

Advanced Micro Devices is turning up the heat on rival Intel by turning down the power.

AMD CEO Hector Ruiz welcomed Dell Inc. as the newest member of The Green Grid, a group of companies seeking to reduce power consumption in data centers.

During a keynote speech here kicking off the 2006 World Congress on Information Technology, Ruiz said Dell joins Sun Microsystems, Hewlett-Packard and IBM—all of which have used AMD’s Opteron processor for servers which AMD claims consume less power than servers based on Intel processors.

The announcement prompted renewed speculation that Dell may be in the process of creating servers based on the Opteron processors, a reversal of Dell’s current "Intel-only" policy.

Continue here if any interested.

Are AMD leading for now and the future? Time will tell.

News: Oblivion First Patch 1.1 Beta Version

Well, here at last we have what we waiting so far, the latest patch for Oblivion is out but is just a beta version. I hope it will fix most of some major problems we have while playing it. Here are the list of some issues they listed to have being fixed:

-Fixed an issue with falling through collision in Fort Wooden Hand
-Fixed issue with remapping controls in French, German, Italian and Spanish versions
-Fixed issue with crashes on exit
-Fixed issue with some shadows not lining up
-Going to jail while equipped with bound armor or weapons no longer crashes the game

You can get via this link.

Korean Movie: Bloody Tie

Synopsis

1998, Pusan, South Korea. The entire country’s economy is hardest hit ever by major currency crisis and businesses are claiming miserable bankruptcy by hundreds each day.

Strange enough, though, the narcotics market surrounded by tough seamen and fishermen in Pusan is flourishing with ironically high profits these days.

Here two men clash- Sang-do, a middleman for narcotics and Lieutenant Doh, a narcotics detective. Though in completely contrasting positions in life, the two men share an identical goal; Get hold of Jang-chul, the key figure in the dark world of narcotics in Korea.

The two men begin a life-risking battle…

Official Site
Trailer

Japan Movie: The Princess Blade

Synopsis

In an unknown country closed off from the outside world for well over 500 years, the ruling dictatorship enlists the help of the Takemikazuchi family, a clan of skilled assassins who sought asylum from their nation years ago. The most highly trained member of the family is Princess Yuki, killing dissidents and rebels who attempt to thwart the ruling body.

One day Yuki discovers a dark secret that changes her life forever: her mother may have been killed by her own leader, a member of her adopted nation's ruling class. Soon, Yuki is fighting for her life, enlisting help from the most unlikely of allies--a rebel named Takashi--while her own family attempts to hunt her down.

A wild ride into a dark, apocalyptic future, where law is upheld with the power of the samurai sword, "Princess Blade" is a stylish and spectacular ride featuring some of the most mind-blowing fighting and special effects sequences ever seen.

Trailer

Well if you like samurai-sword-fighting movie and stylish effects, this is the movie to watch. The trailer is about 6 minutes, including all the fight scenes in the movie with a adrenaline music in the background, hope everyone enjoy it.