17 Again (2009) August 31, 2009
Posted by itsahanzo in Movies.Tags: 17 Again, Alex, Maggie, Mark Gold, Movies, Scarlett, Zac Effron
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In 1989, Mike O’Donnel (Zac Effron) was the most popular guy in Hayden High School. During the finals of the basketball championship, his girlfriend told him that she was pregnant. He cannot focus on his game and he decided to give to leave the game to propose to her girlfriend although there is a scout judging his performance with chance of a scholarship.
20 years later, he is a grown man with 2 kids. He was a workaholic and spent most of the time working without caring much about his family. He didn’t get the promotion he expected; the kids were ignorant of him, on the verge of divorce and he is staying at his best friend’s house, Ned Gold. While visiting his high school, he reminisces of the good times he once used to enjoy and hope he had a chance to do it all over again. Suddenly, he met the mysterious janitor and had a short chat. On his way home, he saw the mysterious janitor about to commit suicide jumping from the bridge. He stopped his car and tried to prevent the incident but the truck passed by and the janitor fell into the river. He ran over and suddenly he got sucked into a whirlpool in the river.
When Mike woke up the next morning, he was 17 again. Mike believes that he was given a second chance to live it all over again and wanted to amend everything he had done wrong. He pleaded Ned enrolled to him at a high school using the name Mark Gold.
It was during this time, he understands his family a whole lot better. His daughter Maggie was a slut in school and was with the school’s basketball captain and also a bully. His son, Alex was a dropout in the basketball team and always been bully by the team.
Mark decided to change their fate and tried to get closed to them at schools. He tried to change Maggie’s love life and help Alex to stand tall, get a girlfriend and be drafted into the basketball team. It was also the time he tried to mend the relationship with his wife, Scarlet. Everything went well and smoothly until the divorce hearing.
Mark attended the hearing on behalf of Mike and read a letter dedicated to Scarlet and wish them well. He decided to gave up everything and wish them well. It was during this time, Scarlet felt something amiss. She asked the judge to postponed the hearing and found the letter was just an ordinary note and not the letter.
At the basketball championship, Scarlet and Maggie attended the game to root for Alex. Before the start of the game, Mark made a same gesture to Scarlett as he did 20 years ago during the championship finals. Scarlett remembered the gesture and ran away into the hallways as she did back then to find out it Mike was really Mark. Mark felt it was a chance to explain the situation and ran to the Alex and told him this was his chance to shine before chasing after Scarlett. Mike returned to his own self and explained to her and pledges to start a new life with them all over again while Alex scored the winning basket in the tournament.
Championship Manager 2010 Preview August 27, 2009
Posted by itsahanzo in Games.Tags: Alan Curbishley, Championship Manager 2010, CM 2010, Football, Gordon Strachan, Joe Kinnear
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Here is a preview for all Championship Manager 2010 (aka CM as it is famously known). Interviews with well known managers such as Gordon Strachan, Alan Curbishley and Joe Kinnear giving thumbs up views on the upcoming version.
Notably there are big changes made to the game with the announcement of a brand new 3D match engine. Scouting system and investing in countries to develop new talents, managing practice matches on A Teams and B Teams trying out new tactics and strategies and much more.
Really looking forward to it. Bound to release this Sept 11 . For more information, please check out the official website at www.championshipmanager.co.uk.
Tekken Fact File (Part VI) August 27, 2009
Posted by itsahanzo in Games.Tags: Azuka Kazama, Feng Wei, Jinpachi, Lil Rochefort, Mokujin, Roger Jr., Sergei Dragunov, Tekken, The King of Iron Fist Tournament 5
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Roger Jr.
Mrs. Roger and Roger Jr. entered the King of Iron Fist Tournament 5 to look for Mr. Roger who had been missing. After all their perseverance, they had finally found him indulging himself in a carefree life of elegance without an ounce of family responsibility on his mind. Disgusted with what had become of her husband, Mrs. Roger divorced him right then and there. Mrs. Roger and Roger Jr. had become members to a fatherless home, and times were tough. Just then, an announcement about the King of Iron Fist Tournament 6 was made, and so for the purpose of living a rich and stable life for themselves, The former Mrs. Roger and Roger Jr. decided to take part in the tournament once again.
Mokujin
Mokujin is a training dummy made from a 2,000-year-old oak tree. Sensing evil’s presence, Mokujin once again sets out to save the world. Mokujin was originally given life by Ogre.
Jinpachi
The boss of Tekken 5 and Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection. He is Kazuya’s grandfather, Jin’s great grandfather, and Heihachi’s father. Jinpachi Mishima is the father of Heihachi and the founder of the Mishima Zaibatsu. He was defeated during a hostile takeover by his son 50 years before the fifth King of Iron Fist Tournament. As Heihachi started to steer the company into the military industry (something Jinpachi had wished against) Jinpachi tried to retake the Zaibatsu, but failed, and was imprisoned below the Hon-Maru, one of Heihachi’s compounds, where he died sometime later of starvation.
Sergei Dragunov
Dragunov hails from Russia and his fighting style is Combat Sambo. While conducting a geological survey for the purpose of resource development, a peculiar body was found beneath the endless frozen soil. The Military quickly dispatched the Special Forces to quickly quarantine the area�they later relocated the unknown body to their laboratory with total secrecy. One month later, the military headquarters responsible for investigating the unknown body, thought of giving special orders to one man involved in the excavation. A man named Dragunov, a member of the Special Forces who has been dubbed the White God of Death because of his overwhelming fighting prowess. Dragunov stood silently, nodding his head in approval, as he received orders to go to Japan. Sergei Dragunov received an order from Russian Military headquarters to sneak into the King of Iron Fist Tournament 5 to capture an unconfirmed creature known as Devil. Sergei infiltrated the tournament, but did not find the Devil.
Lili Rochefort
The only daughter of a wealthy oil magnate, Lili has led a pampered life. However, four years earlier, Lili was the target of an attempted abduction. Lili struck out wildly and was able to even defeat one of her abductors. As a result, Lili realized she found pleasure in streetfighting. Her father, however, was a kind and gentle man who abhorred violence. Lili was torn between her strong urge to fight and her desire to please her father, whom she adored. Lili was unable to control her desire to fight and decided to take the family jet abroad under the guise of travel. One day, she receives an invitation to a certain fighting tournament from an opponent she defeated in San Francisco. Lili soon realizes that the host of this tournament was none other than the Mishima Zaibatsu, the main source of her father’s problems. She decides to enter the tournament and put an end to her father’s business troubles.Lili participated in the King of Iron Fist Tournament 5 without telling her father, however, her chances of winning the tournament were completely destroyed at the hands of Asuka Kazama. What’s worse, her father knew of her involvement in the tournament, and as punishment he forbade her from leaving the house until further notice, thwarting her chances of a rematch with Asuka.
Azuka Kazama
Asuka has been taught the Kazama Style Ancient Martial Arts by her father since she was an innocent child. Due to her sense of justice, she likes to intervene in any troubles and got to be known as a meddler in her city of Osaka. One day, when she came home, students of her Kazama dojo looked troubled. She found out a Chinese Martial artist appeared and had fought her father, who was now hospitalized with severe injuries. A few days later, Asuka was told by a detective of the Hong Kong international police this fighter would compete in The King of Iron Fist Tournament. Asuka made the decision to enter the tournament.
Feng Wei
Feng Wei started training martial arts (Chinese Kenpo) at a young age with master Shin-Ken, and quickly became the strongest of his martial arts family as he grew up. But he was so hungry for power that he dared to enter competitions using other styles, which was prohibited and taboo. At last he murdered his master, Shin-ken, who scolded him for fighting outside of the dojo. In order to prove he is the strongest fighter and in order to further complete his martial arts style he decides to enter the King of Iron Fist Tournament 5.
Tekken Fact File (Part V) August 26, 2009
Posted by itsahanzo in Games.Tags: Bryan Fury, Christie Monteiro, Craig Marduk, Heihachi Mishima, Raven, Steve Fox, Tekken, The King of Iron Fist Tournament 4
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Bryan Fury
Bryan came to the realization that his life was quickly coming to an end. Two years ago, the Mishima Zaibatsu recruited Doctor Abel as its top scientific advisor. When this happened, Abel abandoned Bryan without giving a second thought to the now-obsolete cyborg’s well being. Bryan knew that the only person capable of extending his life was Abel, his creator. Bryan despised both Heihachi Mishima, the man who took Abel away from him, and Abel himself for abandoning him. One day, Bryan heard news of The King of Iron Fist Tournament 4, and decided to enter the Tournament. He entered knowing that it would probably be his final fight.
Christie Monteiro
Christie is the granddaughter of the Capoeira master who taught Eddy Gordo the art of Capoeira during his incarceration in prison. While in prison, Eddy swore an oath to the master to pass on the art of Capoeira to his granddaughter. Eddy sought out Christie shortly after his return from The King of Iron Fist Tournament 3 and taught her the art of Capoeira, just as he promised his master.
Steve Fox
As a young British boxer enjoying his run as the world middleweight champ, Steve Fox was at the top of his game. He had everything he wanted, except for one thing – his past. Adopted in his infancy, Steve never knew the identity of his biological parents or the origin of the scar on his arm. One day, Steve is ordered to throw a fight by a Mafia betting high stakes on the fight. Steve refused to cooperate and won the fight regardless of the threats made against him. Unfortunately, the Mafia made good on their threats and put a price on Steve’s head. With the Mafia in hot pursuit, Steve fled England for the United States to lead the life of a marked man. But no matter where he hid, he could not completely shake the Mafia henchmen. Steve realized that no matter what he did, the Mafia would eventually catch up and kill him. No one would ever know that he was killed, nor would he ever learn the truth about his past. With this realization, Steve decides to put himself in the limelight again and enters The King of Iron Fist Tournament 4
Craig Marduk
Undefeated for four years in the professional circuit, Craig Marduk was once a respected and feared Vale Tudo fighter. However, Craig is expelled from the professional ranks after being linked to a minor scandal. Bitter against his peers and society, Craig’s wrath consumed his soul. One day, Craig started a bar brawl in Arizona and killed an opponent during the fight. Convicted for second-degree manslaughter, Craig was sentenced to 10 years in the state penitentiary. Two years later, Craig was mysteriously released from prison. Some anonymous “benefactor” had apparently paid off numerous judiciaries to arrange for Craig’s release. An envelope is delivered to Craig shortly after his release. Craig opens the envelope to find a plane ticket and an article about The King of Iron Fist Tournament 4
Raven
Raven, an International intelligence organization operative, is rumored to be the best and most cruel agent. None of his background information such as his nationality, age or history is clear. Nothing is known about Raven except that he has an X scar on his face. He witnessed Heihachi Mishima being terminated by the self-destruct explosion attack of ‘Jack Force’ in his investigation towards Mishima Zaibatsu and G Company. After that, The King of Iron Fist Tournament 5 was announced by someone. Raven decided to enter the tournament and find out the hidden truth behind the tournament. During The King of the Iron Fist Tournament 5, Raven encounters Heihachi Mishima, who was presumed to be dead! They began to fight. Before a victor could be decided, Raven received orders to return to headquarters and had to withdraw from battle. After that encounter the battle between both the Mishima Zaibatsu and G-Corporation intensified. In order to prevent any further losses, Raven is sent to investigate the Mishima Zaibatsu once again.
Tekken Fact File (Part IV) August 26, 2009
Posted by itsahanzo in Games.Tags: Eddy Gordo, Ganryu, Heihachi Mishima, Hwoarang, Ling Xiaoyu, Panda, Tekken, The King of Iron Fist Tournament, Yoshimitsu
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Ganryu
Ganryu was banned from the sumo ring after he was caught fixing fights in his favor. Blackballed from the only sport that he was capable of fighting in, Ganryu ended up being employed by Heihachi Mishima in Tekken. He fights Yoshimitsu who defeats him and steals his ill-gotten money. Later, he works for Kazuya Mishima in Tekken 2. Entering the second King of Iron Fist Tournament, Ganryu ended up falling in love with Michelle Chang – a love that Michelle was oblivious to, believing Ganryu to be a disgusting, woman-crazed madman. After Michelle defeated him, and the disappearance of Kazuya, Ganryu returned to Japan. His ban from Sumo was lifted, and he became the youngest ever Rikishi. Among the dialogue in Tekken 5, it is stated that Ganryu has never won a championship. After the events of Tekken 2, Ganryu opened a sumo stable and worked as a trainer to other sumo wrestlers. He did this to finally forget about Michelle.
Hwoarang
A student of Baek, Hwoarang studies the art of Tae Kwon Do. He has lighting fast kicks and speed. Hwoarang was drafted into the military back in his homeland of Korea and was assigned to a special operations division. Although his successes in various missions were highly regarded along with his prowess at Tae Kwon Do and combat techniques, his penchant for disobeying rules and orders gave his senior officers more than a few headaches. Hwoarang was uninterested in military life. He longingly recalled the days of hustling money in street fights and the rush of hand-to-hand combats. He often thought of fighting against Jin Kazama. These longings could not be quelled by the military. One day, Hwoarang found out about the Tournament. Hwoarang’s blood stirred. He would defeat Jin, Heihachi Mishima, and anyone else who dared to challenge him to claim the Mishima Zaibatsu. Filled with excitement, Hwoarang slipped out from the military base and headed for the Tournament.
Eddy Gordo
Son of a wealthy industrialist in Brazil, Eddy seeks revenge against the “Organization” that took over his father’s life and unjustly put him in prison. Eddy joined the tournament with the intention of taking over the Mishima Financial Empire so that he can use its resources against the Organization. Capoeira is his fighting style.
Ling Xiaoyu
A high spirited young girl studying ancient Chinese martial arts. Her instructor is Wang. Ling was a junior at Mishima High School. She still lived, studied and trained as a ward of the Mishima Zaibatsu. But lacking any particular goals, Ling grew tired of her everyday routines. One day, she received an anonymous e-mail that warned her of Heihachi’s evil intentions and the danger to her life. Ling replied to the e-mail, but she did not receive any further messages from the anonymous individual. Ling’s intuition told her that Jin, who had been missing since the last Tournament, could have sent the message. She believed the message and started to suspect Heihachi and the Mishima Zaibatsu. Upon hearing the announcement of the next Tournament, Ling made the decision to enter hoping to be reunited with Jin and to unveil the truth behind Heihachi and the Mishima Zaibatsu.
Panda
After the last Tournament, Panda accompanied Xiaoyu back to Mishima High School. Since then, Panda spent her days training with Xiaoyu. On some days, she wondered (just a little) about the whereabouts of Kuma, who disappeared after the Tournament. One day, two years after the Tournament, Xiaoyu, lost in her thoughts, told Panda about the announcement for The King of Iron Fist Tournament 4. After hearing Xiaoyu’s concerns about the Tournament and the Mishima Zaibatsu, Panda made up her mind to become Xiaoyu’s bodyguard once again.
Tekken Fact Files (Part III) August 26, 2009
Posted by itsahanzo in Games.Tags: Baek Do San, Bruce Irvin, Heihachi Mishima, Kuma, Lei Wulong, Paul Phoenix, Tekken, The King of Iron Fist Tournament 4
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Kuma
After losing to Paul Phoenix in the last Tournament, Kuma realized that he had lost touch with his animal roots. As long as he was Heihachi’s pet, he would be unable to harness the power of his natural instincts, no matter how much he trained. Determined to revive his wild instincts, Kuma trained by himself in the mountains of Hokkaido (a northern island of Japan). Life in the wilderness was more brutal than any training Kuma went through with Heihachi. Despite this, Kuma continued his harsh regimen because he burned with the desire to defeat Paul. His efforts paid off- his skills improved dramatically to the point where he developed his own attacks. One thing Kuma could not get rid of, however, was his habit for watching television. He went down to the village every so often to watch TV through the windows of the villagers’ houses, much to the surprise of the villagers. After waking from hibernation during his second year of training, Kuma went down to the village as usual to watch some TV. When he looked through the window of one house, he saw a commercial announcing The King of Iron Fist Tournament 4. Kuma’s instincts raged for battle, and he headed for the tournament site. Paul would be at the Tournament without a doubt, and Kuma was determined to defeat him.
Heihachi Mishima
Heihachi is Kazuya’s father and Jin Kazama’s grandfather. He owns an enterprise, and discovered the ruins of Ogre. Heihachi retrieved the Mishima Financial Empire by defeating his son in The King of Iron Fist 2. Heihachi failed to capture Ogre. He made his researchers collect blood and tissue left behind by Ogre and attempted to create a new life form by combining its genetic material with his own. The experiment failed, however, and Heihachi learned that he lacked the Devil Gene necessary to integrate Ogre’s genome into his. In order to obtain the Devil Gene, Heihachi searched for Jin, who transformed into a devil during the last Tournament. During the search, Heihachi learned that the body of his son, Kazuya – whom he killed 20 years ago – was stored at a cutting-edge biotech firm called G Corporation. Heihachi ordered his Tekken Force to raid G Corporation in an attempt to obtain Kazuya’s remains.
Lei Wulong
Lei’s life was consumed by police work. Lei’s girlfriend got fed up with his workaholic lifestyle and dumped him. At the same time, Lei botched an operation to bring a crime syndicate to justice. Lei failed to capture an agent of the syndicate who would have enabled the police to take down the syndicate’s boss. The failure cost the police force two years worth of intense undercover investigations. Rival detectives who were jealous of Lei’s stellar case record saw this as an opportunity to damage Lei’s career. Lei was relieved from active duty with one month suspension. Being suspended, Lei learned from an informant that the syndicate was plotting to assassinate a boxer participating in The King of Iron Fist Tournament 4. The syndicate apparently hired an assassin for the hit. Lei thought that he could gain valuable information from the boxer about the syndicate. If all went as planned, he could also capture the assassin and establish a plausible connection between the assassin and the syndicate. Lei reasoned that this would aid efforts to bring the syndicate down. Lei entered the Tournament with the hope of redeeming his honor
Bruce Irvin
Bruce Irvin was Kazuya’s former bodyguard and a Muay Thai expert. After becoming reacquainted with Kazuya Mishima at the King of Iron Fist Tournament 5, Bruce Irvin decided to assist Kazuya with his scheme to takeover G Corporation, and after they had succeeded Kazuya managed to control the corporation from behind closed doors.G Corporation waged war with the Mishima Financial Group (MFG), and Bruce, as Kazuya’s Captain, led Kazuya’s private corps into battle, fighting the MFG the world over. Soon afterwards, G Corporation made preparations to annihilate the MFG by placing an enormous bounty on Jin, and as anticipated, the MFG began to show signs of movement: the opening of King of Iron Fist Tournament 6 was announced.
Baek Do San
Baek, a TaeKwonDo master, entered King of Iron Fist Tournament 5 along with his disciple Hwoarang. However Baek withdrew from the tournament, when he found out that Hwoarang lost from his rival Jin and was seriously injured. Baek then rushed to the hospital to visit Hwoarang. Although Hwoarang’s condition wasn’t considered as something serious after his treatment, he wouldn’t wake up and Baek started blaming himself for being an inadequate instructor. It took 3 days for Hwoarang to regain consciousness. They discussed the details and Hwoarang told Baek that not only he has to recover, but to strengthen himself even further. Baek sensed his strong will and his unprecedented modesty and hence he decided to teach him everything he knows. Baek & Hwoarang returned to Korea, and endeavored to practice intensely. Eventually the announcement of King of Iron Fist Tournament 6 came from the Mishima Zaibatsu and Baek decided to enter the tournament one last time, to widen his personal experience.
Tekken Fact Files (Part II) August 26, 2009
Posted by itsahanzo in Games.Tags: Anna Williams, Armor King, Heihachi Mishima, Lee, Tekken, The King of Iron Fist Tournament 4, Violet, Wang Jinrey, Yoshimitsu
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Yoshimitsu
As the leader of the Manji Party, Yoshimitsu dedicated himself to providing food, medical assistance, and shelter to the ever-increasing number of political refugees around the world. Unfortunately, with a constant lack of necessary funding and manpower, Yoshimitsu was unsure about the future of his organization. When Yoshimitsu heard about The King of Iron Fist Tournament 4, he envisioned a union between the Manji Party and the Mishima Zaibatsu. With this dream in mind, Yoshimitsu decides to enter the Tournament immediately. He must defeat Heihachi Mishima at any cost.
Lee Chaolan / Violet
After he betrayed Heihachi and sided with Kazuya at The King of Iron Fist Tournament 2, Lee was expelled from the Mishima Zaibatsu. For quite sometime, thoughts of revenge consumed Lee. Eventually, he realized that it was pointless to kill an old man who probably had only a few years left in his life at best. With that realization, Lee distanced himself from fighting and moved to a mansion in the Bahamas to lead a solitary life. One day, he discovered a huge sell-off of G Corporation’s stock online. Lee’s intuition told him that something happened within the company. His intuition was correct. He hacked into their classified computer network and accessed their internal corporate communications. Lee learned that the Mishima Zaibatsu attacked G Corporation and caused significant damage to their research facilities. He also came across information that a new life form under development by the Mishima Zaibatsu would be completed by next year.
Armor King
Armor King travels from one wrestling ring to another, searching for a worthy challenger. Armor King watched with interest at King’s attempt to win the first tournament in need of money for his orphanage. Although King did not win the tournament, he won third place, giving him enough money to build his orphanage. Soon after a child dies in his care, King ran away, choosing the path of the drunkard.
Wang Jinrey
A relentless merchant. Jinpachi, his childhood friend, once told Wang, “To preserve peace,” I must put an end to the Mishima bloodline.” These were Jinpachi’s last words to him. 30 years after Wang heard of Jinpachi’s death, he received and invitation to the King of Iron Fist Tournament 5. “I need your help. Come see me, Jinrei.” The letter was signed “Jinpachi Mishima.” A confused Jinrei says, “What? Jinpachi is alive?” Wang enters the tournament to see if his long lost friend still lives.
Anna Williams
Nina’s sister, Anna is a highly skilled fighter. Even though she rivals her sister, she still cares for her a great deal. After being placed in suspended animation during the second tournament, Nina was awoken 19 years later by the influence of the recently excavated Ogre, who compelled her to assassinate Jin Kazama. As per her request, Anna was awoken at the same time as her sister, though she was unaffected by Ogre’s influence. Nina also began to suffer ill effects from the ‘cold-sleep’, resulting in long term memory loss. In an act of compassion, Anna set out to stop Nina from once again becoming an assassin, and to help her recover her past.
Tekken Fact Files (Part 1) August 26, 2009
Posted by itsahanzo in Games.Tags: Armor King, Devil Jin, Jack, Kazuya Mishima, King, King of Iron Fist Tournament, Nina Williams, Paul Pheonix, Tekken
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I’m not a Tekken fanatic but someone posted these information in one of the game forums which is not quite popular and I felt it is a bit wasteful. So I will forward some of his information over to this blog. Yes, it might be a copycat version but I felt that these needed to be shared and the images are awesome HD!
Kazuya Mishima
Once thought to be dead after being thrown into a volcano, Kazuya is one of the most feared fighters of the Tekken tournament. As the son of Heihachi Mishima, Kazuya uses his family’s style of marital arts (Mishima style). He once found love with Jun Kazama and they had a son, Jin. Kazuya has a long time standing rivalry between his father, Heihachi. He is also the master of the famous “Electric Wind Godfist.” Devil is his alter-ego.
Devil Jin
When the Devil gene takes over Jin Kazama, he turns into this form… Jinpachi was able to escape captivity as Honmaru fell. This had triggered the evil that was building up inside Jin. Two months later, evil has utterly consumed Jin’s mind, and a deadly force has awakened
Jack
The Jack robot series was partly created by Dr. B. The original Jack is from Tekken 1, Jack-2 is from Tekken 2, Jack-3 is actually Gun Jack, Jack 4 was never playable in a game but can be seen in the Tekken 5 intro, Jack 5 is the playable version of Jack in Tekken 5, and Jack-6 of course is in Tekken 6
King
King is a pro wrestler from Mexico with mysterious leopard mask. Armor King, King’s mentor and foster father, was dead. King pledged on Armor King’s grave that he would seek revenge against the man responsive for his mentor’s death. The man was currently serving time in an Arizona State Penitentiary. With the money he saved from professional wrestling tournaments, King arranged for the murderer’s release from prison and sent him a plane ticket. With his plans in motion, King headed for the Tournament to await his sworn enemy, the Vale Tudo fighter – Craig
Nina Williams
After The King of Iron Fist Tournament 2, the Mishima Zaibatsu used Nina as an experimental test subject for cryogenics research. Fifteen years later, Nina was released from cryosleep by Dr. B and appeared in the third Tournament. She fought through the Tournament while suffering from cryosleep-induced amnesia. Since then, Nina disappeared from the reaches of the Mishima Zaibatsu and spent her days carrying out missions as a contract assassin. To this day, she has been unable to regain memories of Anna or her personal life. As a woman without memories or close relations, the only person Nina could count on was herself.
Paul Pheonix
Paul is a hot headed biker with experience in Judo and other marital arts, and is known for his famous punch “The Phoenix Smasher.” He has been in every Tekken tournament to date, and went undefeated through the entire King of Iron Fist Tournament 3 and was even victorious against Ogre. Swelling with pride, Paul returned home. However, Paul’s happy ending was short-lived. Unknown to Paul, Ogre morphed into his second form – True Ogre – and the tournament continued after his departure.
Petz My Baby Hamster EUR (PSP) August 14, 2009
Posted by itsahanzo in Games.Tags: Games, hamster, Petz My Baby Hamster, PSP
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Fancy adopting a hamster but scared of it in real life or you simply didn’t find the right one with the right color or patches?
Petz My Baby Hamster might just be your solution. What’s more, it is cost free meaning you don’t need to fork out money to buy food and toys for it.
I wouldn’t categorize it as a game. It is more like having a pet in virtual life. The movements and images of it look realistic. The habits and characteristic are almost exactly alike. I wonder how long the developers studied and video camed it.
What do you do in this errr … game?
First, create and name your pet hamster. You can customize your hamster according to your preference. Then named it although the characters available are limited. So give it a short name. Then you have 2 choices, TV option or play with it.
You keep your hamster entertain and watch it do funny activities (pretty lame too) and watch it evolve in their own environment. When its motivation level increases, the hamster will enters into all kind of funny and lame events. You can also interact with it and feed it with food, petting it and poking it!
The TV option allows you to observe and interact with different hamsters. Each channel corresponds to different TV shows where your hamsters engage in all sorts of activities. Your personal Hamster TV! It’s more like AFK playing.
This game (whether game or otherwise) is more suitable for girls or gamers who are kinda lazy to engage in games with hyperactive actions such as grinding levels and farming items, winning games in sports, puzzle cracking games and etc. You now have a chance to adopt and nurture one and when you are sick of it, you can just leave it aside. No one will sue you for animal abuse. Hahaha
Hotel For Dogs (2009) August 13, 2009
Posted by itsahanzo in Movies.Tags: Don Cheadle, Dreamworks Entertainment, Emma Roberts, Friday, Hotel for Dogs, Jake T. Austin, Nickleodeon
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Andi (Emma Roberts) and Bruce (Jake T. Austin) are two orphans that makes life difficult for their foster parents. They have been changing foster parents frequently due to the troubles they had been into and most of the foster parents gave up on them.
Recently they moved in with new foster parents whom are rockers wannabe. They secretly kept a dog named “Friday” without their knowing. They repackage an empty box into brand new item and tried to sell it to the pawn shop. They managed to earn 20 bucks for some burgers but were apprehended later. Bernie (Don Cheadle), the social worker, whom arranges their foster parenting, got them out of trouble from the police station. He warns them to stay out of trouble.
Andi and Bruce went out for a walk at night and they stumble across a break-in. The robbers ran and they were stunned. The police arrive shortly and wanted to arrest them. They ran away to avoid more trouble and came to a dead end. It was Friday who leads them to a safe hide out and got them out of trouble.
They were hiding in an old hotel which was quite spooky. Feeling eerie they decided to run away until they stumble across 2 stray dogs and Friday. Andi went to the local pet store to get some food for the dogs. He was greeted by Dave (Johnny Simmons) who had a hunch for her and her colleague Heather (Kyla Pratt) was jealous. Andi pretended to be from a rich family and their love for dogs. Dave then asked for help and Andi end up with 3 more adopted dogs brought to the abandoned hotel. Andi and Heather then discovered the secret and both joined the team. They began cleaning up and restructuring the whole place until they stumble upon Mark (Troy Gentile) whom also joined the team. The kids then setup a rescue team to save all the dogs in the park and those lock up in the dog pound.
Bruce began building gadgets in the abandon hotels using parts he stole from his foster parents and the junks in the hotel. They build sanitary rooms, entertainment room, exercising machine, feeding machine and much more. The dogs adapted to the machine very quickly.
One day, the feeding machine broke down and the dogs went eccentric. The abandoned hotel was busted and the dogs were captured back to the dog pound. Andi and Bruce were separated and send to different foster parents to start a new life which none of them prefer.
Meanwhile, Friday managed to free itself and escape from the dog pound. Friday ran to Dave to lead him to Andi and Bruce. They began a reunion and despite knowing they will get into big trouble they went ahead with their plan. They rescued the dogs and try to lead it over the county line where the dogs would get proper shelter. Their plan failed as Friday leads the dogs back to the abandoned hotel, where the dogs really belong.
A huge commotion arises from the streets with the dog pound officers and police secured the building to recapture the dogs. Despite the protest from the kids, they were held aside. It was then Bernie appeared and gave a plead speech to hear him. He explained what the kids were trying to achieve and the people were move by the actions. The people then visited the abandoned hotel and were impressed with it. The people then donated money and the real Hotel for Dogs began its operations with the kids working there.
Andi and Bruce finally found a new foster parents that care and love them. Bernie and his wife adopted them and ran the Hotel for Dogs business with Friday no longer hiding around.
Dogs are man best friend, as so they say. After watching this movie, I guess it will be everyone’s best friend. It is a must watch movie and it is really interesting and impressive. It is by Nickleodeon Movies and produce by Dreamworks Entertainment. It looks like a kid’s movie but it is suitable for all ages. It is a must watch movie. The morale of the story is more towards protecting animal from abuses.
