So, went over to the Natsu Matsuri 2008 event  with the NUS Japanese Studies Society over at the Japanese School in Changi. It was my first time and while there was a downpour in the morning, it did little to dampen the mood, albeit I could do without it.

Spot Tedfox!

There isn’t much to talk about, other than the fact that the number of yukata wearing patrons were vastly outnumbered by “civilians”. The event itself was held over a few areas. The left and right wings were where the stalls and game booths were held, while the performances, originally supposed to be held over in the field was moved over to the hall due to the rain.
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The annual Char Fest organised by KKnM will be held on the 23rd August over at…. KKnM of course duh.

It will open an hour earlier for KknM members at 11am while us mortals will have to wait till 12 pm. You can check out the loot offered this year over here.

For lack of a better title

While it wasn’t Odex this time, they have become synonymous with anime piracy, so they get the blame.
Nope, this time it was Showgate inc.

A quick check on Animenewsnetwork came up with this
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Konami has announced a special edition MGS4 edition featuring Sackboy from LittleBigPlanet! Fans rejoice!

Nah found this on kotaku posted by Chocograph on AU gamespot. Another indication of the immense potention user generated content can have on games.

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OMG let me just go into rabid fanboy mode here. ff13 is gonna be released on the xbox 360. Needless to say i am completely devastated by this piece of this. I was always a strong believer that ff13 should remain on the ps3. apparently, square enix thinks otherwise. I bet the japanese didn’t see this one coming. it is an outrage, and curse square for letting the financial clout of microsoft get to them.
I am very very disappointed and i hope sony has something to show for to counter this tomorrow.

Edit: kotaku has a live blog going on now with regards to this
http://kotaku.com/5025033/liveblogging-square-enix-press-conference

Well the first major press conference for E3 kicks off in about one and a half hrs’ time according to gamespot. I will be doing a mini live blog just to reflect my reactions on the event. Hopefully, we will hear some unexpected announcement, perhaps a new halo game? *crosses fingers hurhur

You can watch the live feed from gamespot here.