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Archive for February, 2008
So yeah, those who went and bought a PhysX card to accompany their new Geforce 8 are probably pretty bummed right now…
I went and dugg the story. My first submission, so go check it out 
Original story was found here.
It’s been a while since I mentioned anything relating to the Gundam universe. This post was sparked by my recent discovery of the latest Gundam series being aired in Japan as we speak. Titled Gundam 00, this series differs from the numerous other stories in the fact that it is set in the AD timeline (our own). Previous Gundam stories have followed alternate timelines, such as Gundam Wing’s After Colony (AC) and Gundam SEED’s Cosmic Era (CE).
I’ve only seen the first 6 episodes at the moment (I have another 3 queued up to watch tonight), and so far the story seems to be following the generic: power struggle between two or more major organisations — Gundams intervene — controversial usage of using violence to end all violence, fight fire with fire, etc etc etc. The main character is an obligatory moody, introverted and mysterious guy named Setsuna F. Seiei. If more than 3 words escape his mouth in an episode, be surprised. This series is hinting towards the fact that it might be following in SEED’s footsteps with the idea of genetically engineered super-soldiers (original, eh?) being used to defeat the Gundam Pilots, but there’s more! There were hints in the last episode that the Gundam Pilots themselves are genetically engineered super-soldiers! DUHN DUHN DUUUUHN!! Like I said, story isn’t a strong point here.
But I think all Gundam fans know that what is important is the kick ass Mecha. And this series doesn’t let up on the kick ass Mecha. Lots of kick ass Mecha here.
Anyway. I might have previously mentioned that I bought the Perfect Grade Strike Gundam model kit from Bandai a while ago, and had much fun assembling it. Here’s a pic:
And all this talk and watching of Gundam spurred me on to expand my model collection. So I went out and bought the Perfect Grade Skygrasper kit with the Aile Striker add on for the Strike Gundam . Win! And to complement that, I bought the High Grade Archangel kit. The Archangel claims to require glue and paint, which most other kits don’t, bring the model closer to the Warhammer 40,000 miniatures I also collect.
So that should keep me pretty busy for the next few weeks.