The Cutest Video In The World (And Other Fun Stuff)
I've decided to start using our admittedly dusty blog to share content that the gallery simple can't handle, namely videos. I might also throw up some of my favorite gallery images from time to time.
Today's featured video shows Aki Toyosaki (the voice actress of Yui Hirasawa in K-ON!) performing The Beatles's "Hey Jude" on acoustic guitar. She's pretty adorable, as is her English.
We have a Youtube Channel!!
Come over to Fanservice FTW's Youtube Channel where I review Revoltech's Getter Robo Arc (Ah). Be in for a blast as a jaded mecha fanboy revels in this new figure.
Good News Everyone!
I'm proud to announce that Fanservice FTW has, with the help of your donations, found it's new home on a much more stable and powerful virtual private server. What does that mean? Well, not much for you! But it makes life easier for us admins. We're still trying to work out a few bumps with the new system, though, so if you can't load the site at any time, don't worry, we're working on it. Also, as we mentioned during the downtime, this plan, while more flexible, is also more expensive. So we still need everyone's help to keep Fanservice up and running. Currently we have about $100, but we'll need another $200 to see us through the next year, so if you can, donate! To supplement donations, we may be looking into ads, but we promise they won't be intrusive if we decide to got that way. We also have another special announcement regarding a new Fanservice Facet, so stay tuned for that. Once again, thanks for all your support, we couldn't survive without our Fans!
Transformers Review: Sea Spray
Seaspray is design to carry Breacher, a scout class autobot.
Being a fan of the classics line, I was excited to see that Seaspray was getting the 'classics' treatment. A couple of the mini-bots have received upgrades in the form of newer toys in recent years. A couple of these mini-bots have been given large bodies fitting with their alt modes. Powerglide got a large and in charge body and Seaspray was no exception. Being in the ambiguous Transformers 2010 line, there were at first doubts about Seaspray even being a G1 re-imagining. Rest assured Hasbro has declared this to be the same gargle sounding guy from the original cartoon series.
WE DUN GOOFED – Gallery needs donations
Hey Fans, there's a good reason the gallery's down. Our hosting site decided that there was too much traffic and spontaneously shut off access to the site (including to us admins). We managed to put up this gimped version of Fanservice FTW until we've moved to a bigger and better host. Which brings up the next point: bigger hosts are more expensive hosts, and we here at Fanservice are poor. So we are asking for any donations you can give in order to pay for the new server. It's gonna cost around $300/year, so any donation over $5 would be great. We can't really offer you any special treatment for your donation, because we've never had tiers of users here at Fanservice to begin with (which is a good thing!), but we will list you as a donor if you just enter the name you want to use in the PayPal prompt. When we've received a few months worth of donations, we'll move the site over and reopen the gallery. It's up to you as to how long that takes!
Thanks for your understanding, everyone!
Visit the Gallery to find the PayPal donation link.
PS - Any donations we receive over the amount needed will go to relief efforts in Japan.
UPDATE - We have received about one-third of our goal, which is good enough to open a new server for a few months. We hope to receive more donations throughout the year. There are still some configuration bugs with the new site, but we are mostly back, and it's thanks to all the Fans.
EA Wows Crowd With Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit
EA just beat Microsoft's entire press conference in the first 5 minutes when they revealed Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit, developed by Burnout creators Criterion. The game is a reboot of the series as envisioned by the Criterion team, and it looks great. One of the chief new features is the ability to play as the cops in both campaign and multiplayer.
They demo'd a cop vs criminal race for us, and it looked fantastic. One of the things I noticed most was the great transition from an intro cutscene to the race itself, which was entirely seamless with the exception of the HUD fade in. I can't wait to get my hands on the game and find out how well it plays.
Given the DualShocks the crew was demoing the game with, NFS Hot Pursuit looks to have been developed primarily on PS3, though I'm sure the 360 port will be great.
The game will be out November 16th.
People of Fanservice, Lend Me Your Strength!
Hey everyone, it's time for a Fanservice group project!
Anime Review: White Album – Musings and Critiques
Snow flakes are pivotal to the story
I have had either the privilege or horror to watch White Album. Based on the visual novel of the same name, this anime is a faithful adaptation of series in style and plot. Having had it recommended to me and watching the first episode a year or so ago, I decided to pick it up again to give it a shot. After watching White Album, I have mixed feelings about the show, mostly coming from my bowels. White Album is a pseudo-harem drama that transcends the genre by making the main character, Touya Fujii, and half of the cast into human failures.
Sengoku BASARA Samurai Heroes: Brian Crecente, I’m Calling You Out.
Edit: surprisingly quick responses from Crecente himself prompted a few changes.
Normally I open doors for women, eat all of my dinner and respect my elders. I've got no problems with authority or people that are simply above me for no other apparent reason than experience and effort, and I respect those people for those very reasons. That said, I also have no problem with making sure credit is given where credit is due, and believe in having decent games represented fairly and professionally.
For that reason, I should--no, I must--raise issue with Brian Crecente's coverage of Sengoku Basara: Samurai Heroes. It's completely underwhelming and has given Kotaku's readership a terrible impression of the upcoming game. My issues are not completely trivial, nor am I just needlessly hating on Crecente, nor Kotaku for publicity, click-through traffic or just to whine. I realize that the business of journalism is a business: money gets passed around, favors are pulled, and so on. While I will not make any presumptions as to whether or not that is even remotely relevant to Kotaku's coverage of Sengoku Basara: Samurai Heroes, I believe that games should be represented fairly when they deserve to be, especially on one of the most trusted and most widely-read outlets for video game journalism on the internet.
I've drawn my sword, good sir! Well, okay, one of them.
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