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Musings from your Editors Ah-ha, so we’re back with a re-birth issue, weeks before the release of yes, a pre-rAge 2014 Ichigeki Hissatsu, packed with all new awesomeness and content. We’ll be doing a podcast, talking about some of our plans at the expo and you’ll be seeing me in a SasuSaku shirt (more on that in the next issue - but really, were you expecting anything else for me? Haha.) We decided to release the new issue a little closer to rAge, since that’s where we’ll be talking about the expo, but we always knew we’d have to release the obviously-rushed Issue one. No matter how much we loved it, it was obviously not perfect, so we give you: Issue 1.2. Have fun. (Notice how I’m talking so much about rAge. It’s pretty obvious I’m excited, right? Ok, shutting up now). Zana-Lee Xoxo

Odette Nieuwoudt AKA Zana-Lee Ah, So after four years the first edition of Ichigeki Hissatsu makes its appearance. Well, to be honest I’m quite happy its seeing the light. A lot has changed since our first bout with it all those years ago, but, a lot has stayed the same. One of those things happen to be enthusiasm. Which I hope shines through once you start reading it. Aight. You will notice that this is little different from what you are used to, reason for that being, we know are audience aren’t completely idiotic. So I hope you guys get most of it. So, I’m actually supposed to let you guys know what I’m up to. Well, except for this baby that’s gonna be keeping me busy for a another few hours, I’m also watching Taxi, a show from the late 70’s. Watch it, trust me, sitcoms lost something somewhere, or maybe I’m just watching the wrong ones. Curb Your Enthusiasm looks particularly good for a modern sitcom. Also, I’m working on two comics and a novel. More on that a little later. And lastly, I’m doing Ichigeki Hissatsu, just if you were day dreaming. And the part after the credits: Everything you read in this Magazine is true. Even the part about the Rape Tapes. There’s something hidden in the mag that leads to something special. Find it and illuminate yourself with the holy pyramids of Babylon. Yours truly, JGL Nieuwoudt Love, Spooky

JGL Nieuwoudt AKA Spooky

CONTENTS 8 What’s New 9 News ANIME 12 Naruto & Naruto Shippuuden [COVER Article] 15 Kill la Kill Preview 16 The History of Anime in South Africa 24 Team Recommendations - Anime 25 Craig Scholtz Interview GAMING 37 Old School VS New School Gaming 39 The Elder Scrolls Online Review 43 Brutal Doom Review 45 Skyrim Mod of the Month - Essentials 46 Team Recommendations - Games Index COMICS, GRAPHIC NOVELS AND MANGA 49 The History of Batman’s Robin 51 Kimmie Kriel Produksies 55 Batman 75th Anniversary 56 Monthly Manga Insert - Gridlocked 82 Interview Monthly Mangaka - Pako Mekute MUSIC AND TV 88 Interview: Katon Black 91 Twisted Review 93 80’s Metal MOVIES 95 Movies May/June 96 Movies You Have To See 98 Spaghetti Western Feature BAKA SPOT 102 Taz Noble Cosplay Interview 108 Spooky’s World 113 Baka Spot Quiz 115 Ask Nurse Joy!

Rebirth Cover Artist: Joshua Klein

Profiles

Zana-Lee

Name: Odette Nieuwoudt Age: 22 Favourite Anime: Naruto/Naruto Shippuuden Favorite Game: Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic Currently Watching: Arrow/Star Crossed Current Obsession: The Bat Family Listening To: The GTA V Soundtrack Reading: The Fault in Our Stars/ Charlotte Profiles Hall

Spooky Name: Kobus Nieuwoudt Age: 24 Favourite Anime: Trigun Favorite Game: Age of Empires 2 / Do om Currently Watching: Taxi/God Bless DanCougar Current Obsession: Spaghetti Westerns Listening To: Electric Angels Reading: Judge Dredd

IH WHAT’S NEW True Blood Releases Teaser for Upcoming Final Season!

Hanamonogatari - New Anime! 2014-05-31.

Sequel to the Monogatari series. Number of eps: 5. The new clip (available on YouTube) reveals some major plot points for the upcoming final season of True Blood. True Blood’s seventh season will air in the USA on June 22 on HBO.

New highly-anticipaed movie Trailers! We’ve finally received a good look at Godzilla, a very beaten up Joseph Gordon-Levitt in Sin City: a Dame to Kill For and some new footage in the Japanese trailer for the new X-Men movie. There was also a new trailer for The Fault in Our Stars and a first look at the movie adaption for the acclaimed novel - If I Stay. Head over to YouTube now to have a look!

Nightwing YouTube Series Starts!

Batman VS Superman DELAYED Until 2016! Rumors abound! The internet went crazy when this news dropped, everything from Ben Affleck’s injury causing the delay, to the casting of Lex causing some script rewrites. My favorite? That this movie is going to be filmed back to back with Justice League. Yes. It’s happening. Jesse Eisenberg has officially been cast as Lex Luthor - looking forward to seeing this Social Network actor bald. Gal Gadot will be Wonder Woman and Cyborg has also been confirmed to be a part of this movie. Other cast members include Amy Adams as Lois Lane, Diane Lane as Martha Kent and Lawrence Fishburne as Perry White. The delay might actually give them the time to produce an epic, and being released in 2016 - it’s going up against The Avengers 2. Coincidence?

Nightwing: Prodigal is a YouTube series by Brady Roberts (who also stars as our much-loved Dick Grayson). Batman has gone missing and Nightwing, with the help of Oracle must locate him. The series will showcase an array of wellknown villains, including Poison Ivy, Harley Quinn and The Riddler.

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Avril Mocks Japanese Pop Culture! Ka-ka-ka-kawaii! Avril Lavigne’s Hello Kitty music video sparks controversy!

After the much discussed ‘Chinese Food’ video, we thought it couldn’t get any worse it just did. An angry Chinese guy had this to say: “It is a steaming pile of hot garbage.” The talk on the net is that this music video is extremely racist. Avril posted on her Facebook page that this song was to say thanks to her Japanese fans. Okay, so maybe not racist, per se. She was just making a mockery of Japanese popculture.

The video features Avril worm-arm dancing, wearing the most horrible Gothic Lolitainspired skirt ever, cupcakes and Avril spewing popular Japanese phrases.

Racist, horrible or just annoying? Have your say on our Facebook page! (Spooky seems to think the song is OK: “It’s a song about her KITTY ;)”)

Oddly enough, Hello Kitty is no where to be found in the video. Did Sanrio refuse her the rights to use it? Hmm.

Zach Snyder (Man of Steel, Batman VS Superman) to direct.

“It will be a further expansion of the Universe,” Silverman of WB told the Wall Street Journal. “Superman VS Batman will lead into Justice League.”

A script for Justice League is still in development and it is unlikely that the movie will be released before 2018. Silverman would not comment on what members of the League would be joining Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman.

The iconic Gameboy turned 25 on April 21st! On 25 April 1989, Nintendo released their first handheld gaming console, the 8-bit Gameboy. No one really foresaw the impact that it would have on the gaming industry and how it would pave the way for the future.

The Gameboy was discontinued but it certainly opened up the way for some seriously impressive handhelds, such as the 3DS.

Nintendo sold about 119 mil. Gameboy consoles when it was first released and then The Japanese company another 81.5 mil of the wasn’t the first to think next-gen GB Advance. of portable gaming but allowing players to take Sadly, we’ll never be able to have the full favorites like Mario, Donkey Kong and Tetris experience of these but on the go certainly there’s always helped their emulators :) success.

Justice League Movie, Tentatively set for 2018

With Henry Cavill, Ben Affleck and Gal Gadot already cast as Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman in Batman VS Superman, the core members of the League are already cast.

The Original Nintendo Gameboy turns 25!

Would be exciting to see The Flash, Martian Manhunter, Hawk Girl and Green Lantern - the same starting team that the animated series started with. Who are you excited to see?

Sudani Anime Fan Creates Trandion 5 - Spooky Reports

Trandion 05. A miracle cure from the barren desert doctors of the great Sudan.

If somebody asked you today through which country the Nile ran, you would most probably answer Egypt, right? I mean, if you had to think hard about it, that would be the most logical response. Well, according to these revolutionary medicine men of the Sudan it does not. Trandion 05 is what they are calling it, a miracle vitae for homegrown goats suffering from erectile dysfunction. For many goat farmers, it is imperative that their stock produce when it is needed from them to, and up until recently there has been a dry spell that has stricken the country depriving it of their main source of milk. Blue Sam, as he is affectionately referred to by his team, has said that he discovered it by total accident. As trauma surgeon and a recently qualified practicing gynecologist, he spends his limited time off watching Anime. “I was relaxing in the recreation room, smoking some much needed hookah, when all of a sudden it hit me.” He was watching one of his favorites apparently when the idea struck. “I was watching a random episode of Gundam Seed, the one where (clears throat) Flay tries to, (molest) Kira. And then when she was on top of him, and he started to cry, I found it. It just came to me actually, strange, really.” So, he got the team together and, the rest as they say, was history. “Trandion 05 is basically a testosterone booster spliced with the same elements that you would find in the street drug known as Ecstasy. What happens is, we increase the amount of testosterone the male specimen produces by effectively increasing it's heart rate, thus, he pumps more blood to the important areas and he has minimal problems performing.” When asked if there was any danger in administering the drug, he quickly responded, “So far the success rate is very high, if it happens, which is pretty rare, that the (goat's) heart does stop, well, then there is another reason to celebrate, because, nobody goes home empty handed.” He said with much gusto. No word has been given on whether or not the rumors of human experimentation was true or not, he did however say that the drug is strictly meant for the local goats found in the Sundanese area. And that human consumption is not recommended. “A goats heart can handle the strain, ours cannot, you give this to a man, his penis will most likely fall off and he will not survive the night.” At least Trandion 05 has made a positive change to an otherwise historically war torn country, putting a smile on the face of a milk man or two. Hailed as the reincarnation of the heroically noble Saladin himself, after speaking to Blue Sam, I can truly say that he has the power to lead his people to the promised land with his miracle invention, Trandion 05. Your's truly, JGL Nieuwoudt.

The Trandion 5 product packaging, designed by mutual friend Joshua Klein

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Haruno Sakura DoB: Mar 28 Height: 161.0cm Weight: 45.4kg Blood Type: O Interests: Quiz games, Memorization.

someone who can’t even save one “Can of his friends become Hokage?...What do you think, Sasuke? ”

- Uzumaki Naruto

In the shadows of a turbulent world “walked one hundred thirty two shinobi, whose thread left not a trace. ”

- Naruto, the Official Character Data Book

Uzumaki Naruto DoB: Oct 10 Height: 166.0cm Weight: 50.9kg Blood Type: B Interests: Playing Pranks, Watering Plants.

Uchiha Sasuke DoB: Jul 23 Height: 168.0cm Weight: 52.2kg Blood Type: AB Interests: Taking Walks.

By : Zana-Lee

THE GREATEST ANIME EVER?

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The Greatest Anime Ever is a term that has been used to describe the likes of Dragon Ball Z, Death Note and even Gundam SEED, but it is definitely a term that is used biasedly from fan to fan. For me? No other Anime even comes close. First, let’s take a look at Naruto and Naruto Shippuuden before I get into why no other Anime can compare. Naruto Episodes: 220 Status: Finished Airing Producers: Studio Pierrot, TV Tokyo, Aniplex, Viz Media Genres: Action, Comedy, Martial Arts, Super Powers, Shounen Rating: P G 13 Naruto Shippuuden Episodes: + Status: Still Airing Producers: Studio Pierrot, TV Tokyo, Aniplex, KSS, Viz Media, Rakuonsha TV Tokyo Music Genres: Action, Comedy, Martial Arts, Super Powers, Shounen Rating: P G 13 Naruto and Naruto Shippuuden follow the story of Uzumaki Naruto, a ninja from Konoha, the Hidden Leaf Village in the Fire Country. A demon fox known as the Kyuubi attacked the village on the night of Naruto’s birth and in order to stop its reign of terror, the Fourth Hokage sacrificed himself to seal the monster inside of Naruto. The first season picks up twelve years after the incident, with Naruto struggling to find a

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place in a village that hates him for having the creature inside of him but as the story progresses, finding his place takes a backseat to fighting new foes, saving his village from a deadly sannin, and saving his best friend. Fast forward three years, Sasuke is gone. Naruto returns to the village having been gone to train with Jiraiya and Sakura has finished her training under the Fifth Hokage, Tsunade. While they try to save Sasuke from Orochimaru’s snake-like vice grip, they also have to defend Jinchuuriki Naruto from the Akatsuki, a dangerous organization who want to extract the Kyuubi from him - killing him in the process.

The Anime is based on Masashi Kishimoto’s manga of the same name and has been published in the Weekly Shounen Jump since September 1999. Naruto’s anime first started airing in 2002 and continued until 2007. Shippuuden is still currently ongoing.

One of the reasons that Naruto has become such a huge thing is because of the many relatable themes that Kishimoto manages to bring in. Alienation is one big theme during the entire series - how Naruto feels hated and separated from the village and how that has influenced him. This is so relatable to fans because how many of us haven’t felt like that? A lot of us have been bullied and shunned and that is one definite reason why I identify with Naruto as a character, but it’s also inspirational to see how he

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- Uchiha Sasuke

Deals with this. Naruto doesn’t let it force him down - his main driving force is getting the village to acknowledge him by becoming Hokage. There is really something everyone can take from Naruto, and that’s only one of the reasons why it’s the Greatest Anime Ever. Other than that, we get: - Awesome, relatable characters and character development. - The biggest feels ever, you can laugh, cry like a baby or have shed some epic, prideful tears. - The most epic fight scenes. - SOMEHOW, Kishimoto manages to humanize every single villain. - Also, he’s the MASTER of planning ahead. - Uchiha Sasuke. - Awesome story arcs - The Openings and Endings are unrivaled!! - Naruto VS Pain (do I even need to mention any more after this? XD) Despite growing up with Dragonball Z (which will always have a very special place in my heart), I feel that Naruto’s story has a much deeper meaning and holds a lot more intensity that DBZ did.

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By : Zana-Lee

Kill la Kill Episodes: 24 Status: Finished Airing Producers: Aniplex, Kodokawa Shoten, Aniplex of America, Trigger Genres: Action, Comedy, Ecchi, School Rating: R 17+ (violence & profanity)

From the makers of FLCL, Gurren Lagann and Panty and Stocking. The name Kill la Kill came with some seriously high expectations, having the same writer and director as the hugely popular Gurren Lagann. Many thought that Kill la Kill wasn’t going to be nearly as good as Gurren Lagann, fortunately - it seems they were wrong. Kill la Kill follows female protagonist Ryuuko Matoi, a school girl searching for the truth behind her father’s murder and this has led her to Honnouji Academy, an elite school where a certain group of students are given Goku Uniforms that grant them special powers.

One of the most note-worthy things about Kill la Kill is the “dirty” animation style, that really gives the anime a unique and recognizable feel. The color work and backgrounds have such a startling array of contrasting colors that it’s hard not to take notice and adds to the overall feel that Kill la Kill is trying to achieve. Kill la Kill is entertaining but not the most extraordinary or revolutionary anime ever, but it is attention-grabbing and filled with suspense and comedy. Unfortuantely, it also has a lot of still frames to the point where you wonder if they had a full animation team or not. The anime also showcases some serious fan service and over-the-top battle scenes, but if you can look past this - the show really entertains you to the last episode. Watch this if you liked: Dragonball Z, Gurren Lagann

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The History of Anime in South-Africa. History of Anime

Van houtkabouters tot Kamehameha Waves.

History of Anime in South-Africa. Spooky here, how you guys doing? You guys wanna know a secret? Momentous so. Your parents, if they had TV in the late seventies, and they watched what was on offer, (who am I kidding, they sat through everything, am I right?) They grew up watching anime. Yes, that's right, baby. It might not have been that moe crap you guys love to drool over today, but it was anime. Case in point:

The first wave as I like to refer to it, The age of Heidi. Truth time. A lot of the shows we grew up with, if you are of a certain age, well, if you are young enough to remember MTV actually playing music, then you are of a certain age, are in fact actually anime. Now as a kid, no let's clarify, as an Afrikaans kid, I was lucky enough to be able to catch some delightful shows such as Pinocchio and Heidi, among others. And, like my parents, I loved it. No kidding, I actually cried when Heidi ended, no lies, manly tears like Ken used to cry back in the day. ( “Something will grow here because “he” lies here...”) And my love hasn't changed for it at all. Now I hear you kicking and screaming already, Heidi and Pinocchio does not count as anime, bru (Don't ever, speak to me, again...) Protest as much as you like, Heidi was the first show the guy behind Howl's Moving Castle worked on. Yeah, the man behind himself, the legend, Hayao Miyazaki. He also worked on a slew of other classics back in the day most of you still hasn't seen or even heard of.

Now, for another shocker. Heidi was so popular in SouthAfrica, that she ended up being the first ever Animated character to be featured on the cover of South-Africa's longest running magazine, Die Huisgenoot. That's right, an anime character was featured on the cover of a magazine adults mainly buy. Not only that, Heidi inspired dozens of artists of the time to record her theme song and it sold like hot cakes, it was even played on mainstream radio! That's right people, your parents probably made that happen, it was on the hit parades of the time. Imagine one of Bleach's themes or Naruto's theme songs playing on the Top 40? Unimaginable? Probably. Our country was experiencing Heidi mania. Just to think about it right now, the very first animated shows that aired on our humble television sets were in fact of Japanese origin. Damn straight.

“Just think about it right now,the very first animated shows that aired on our humble television sets were in fact of Japanese origin. Damn straight.”

Now, Heidi wasn't the only show with some oriental ties that aired in the 70's, nope. We had Pinocchio as well. Now, it's not hard to imagine why these shows were chosen above say something like Mazinger or Raideen, or Getter even. ( I want to say, damn you Italy, but, I won't.) And I could go on for days why I think it were pretty obvious choices, but then again, this is just an overview.

Now, once the 80's finally rolled on, and it rolled on hard, South Africa started expanding on it's animation. The 80's are remembered for Anne of Green Gables, although, I'm not really sure of when it aired, I just know it did. Also, except for Brakenjan and Dawie die Kabouter, which were both euro-jap co-productions, we got one of the most well thought of shows ever to reach our shores, and in English as well! America had some choice pics in the 80's. Most of them butchered to the point where it became a whole other show, but choice none the less. Among these were things like Star Blazers (Space Battleship Yamato), Getter Robo G and Gaiking. They also had Queen Millennia and Space Pirate Captain Harlock (A show which would have done extremely well over here.) , edited together as one single show, which even by today's standards is pretty weird. Now those two weren't the only shows that got that treatment, and luckily for us, we got this one. Harmony Gold, some of you remember these words right? How about Robotech? South-Africa's first taste of mecha. Two shows edited together as one. Macross combined with Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross and Genesis Climber MOSPEADA to form the ultimate show.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Harmony Gold, some of you remember these words right? How about Robotech? South-Africa's first taste of mecha.â&#x20AC;?

Next we got the 90's. We got reruns of all those wonderful shows that aired in the late 70's. And, we met the lovely Moomin family (Sing it with me now!). Now I'm not sure when this aired, but, this is a show everybody should check out, I only caught it in about the mid 2000's and I was bowled over by it, took me some time to figure out what it's original title was, all I had to go on was the strange but beautiful Afrikaans title, Liefde en Elende. And, that it was an anime about the French Revolution. As a teen I recognized how good it was, and I hope they re-air it some time. It's a shoujo, but even so, it's good. The Japanese have a way of dealing with European history that's always been more entertaining than the way they seem to do themselves. Its Japanese title turns out to be The Rose of Versailles. And I promise you, if you watch one shoujo from the 70's, you should choose this one. (And this is coming from somebody who's favorite anime's include, DBZ and Speed Grapher.)

The 90's: Or the age of Pokemon: (I'm leaving out Power Rangers, on purpose ( Troll Face.) ) Oh yeah, The 90's also brought us two very successful franchises. Pokemon and Digimon. Everybody knows Pokemon, so I'm going to say check out Digimon, it's a childhood favorite of mine. Season 1's dub is good, two is crap, three is brilliant. Also, if you don't like Adventure (Season 1) skip to Tamers (Season 3) it’s more mature and they tried to put a realism spin on it, or well as much as you possibly could. (As a bonus, the dub features music from the Matrix lol, or very similar sounding music.) Four has the digidestined combine with their Digimon, like, that's when I stopped watching.

“That anime is the Rose of Versailles. And I promise you, if you watch one Shojo from the 70's, you should choose this one. ( And this is coming from somebody who's favorite anime's include, DBZ and Speed Grapher.)”

Alright. Now we get to the Mother, we only got this baby like 13 years or something after it aired in Japan, but, like , who cares right, in 2003, this was new to us. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the height and the fall of the anime market in South-Africa. The 2000's:

Everybody I knew was crazy about it, we drew pictures, collected Tazo's, my friends had the games. We were infatuated. On another note, young me seemed to have picked strategy, or luck in the case of the Pokemon Tazo's over girls? Or was it cards, I can't remember, all I saw were tears and the need to be loved by me as much as I loved watching kids yell out, “I believe in the heart of the cards!” guess I have that to thank then for turning me weird and getting me 0 face down time with any sexy nubile teenage girls, okay, maybe I'm lying it wasn't 0, but my crew weren't exactly Motley Crue either. Luckily for me, I drew my god card soon enough, and drew it I did. Bam! So yeah except for DBZ, there was Mew Mew Power, (Which I watched, I guess.) and a few others, but SABC 2 got the drop and that was where it was at. I'm guessing except for CN and Disney, SABC had a large role in finally pushing the stake through KTV's heart. (RIP Sweet Prince.) Because, except for DBZ, DB and DBGT. They had a monster of a franchise. That rivaled even the mammoth, that is Pokemon. It was known as Yu-Gi-Oh! Now, I guess, this is where most of you come in, that is to say that everything I wrote previously is all news to you. Battle City was the bomb! The Bomb, man, I still have fantasies where Johannesburg CBD is transformed into Battle City and we end up on a moving tripple decker bus at the end. Man, that shit, that shit would be fine. Saving the world with trading cards, battling reincarnated malevolent crazy haired Pharaoh’s, damn straight! Who knew you could sit through more than 200 episodes of people playing a card game an it could be so entertaining?

Dragon Ball Z. You may hate on it now, (not in front of me though, cause, like, you think that Sword Art Online is the shit, and that alone shows me that you have no taste, or, alternatively, get your ass kicked. What? I'm a violent man, I grew up with television and video games, I'm the stereotype they warn you about on the news...) but you have to admit, there was a time that you were entranced by it. This, for many of us, was the time we found out about the term “ANIME” and also, almost broke our legs to get to our TV's just to see Gohan kick Cell's behind. (“Stay tuned for Dragon Ball Z, coming NEXT!” you got chills, right? Yeah, me too!) DBZ started something in South-Africa that all could relate to, White, Colored, Black. And all the rest, that came here in the late 1800's in search of fortune and fame and found the barrel of a large gun ( or spear, for a while.) pointed at them instead. Also, this ain't a place to come for your holidays, you want the sun, go invade the Bahama's or some place else...

Remember that one show about the kid with the spirit in the dress playing Chinese Checkers or something? (Hikaru No Go.) Yeah, that wasn't Battle City. That was nothing like Battle City. Man, even the Gameboy Advance game was insane. I love me some Heart of The Cards. (Damn, this guy must be an idiot, that Chinese Checkers show was so cerebral and ten times better than this mainstream hogwash, poop, poppycock. Has he been parted with his brain or some such? “Sword Art Online...”)

Hey bro, that’s cheating!

Ah yes, so Yu-Gi-Oh became monumental. And so, Sony brought a channel to South-Africa called Somy Entertainment Television. And they had some great shows on there. Like, Just Shoot Me and Fresh Prince aaand News Radio. God I loved it all. And then they started showing interest in bringing and anime channel to our third world country. Which was a mistake, cause the hipsters hated on it, those same assholes who was cheering for a channel, destroyed it in the end. So, they gave as Animax. And they didn't show Samurai Champloo, like they did in other countries, cause, apparently it won't work here?

It’s time for pizza!

Now, unlike SABC of the 70's who actually did research on the shows they wanted and they brought them over for a reason and they were awesome, (unlike the fiasco that is SABC today. You think SABC of the 70's would have aired Naruto Shippuuden like that? Nope. It's called quality control for those wondering.) Sony seemed to have picked shows at random from a hat and just through them out there to see which would stick. We all know what worked in the past, right? Franchises, things like Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh, DBZ. They gave us Najika Blitz Tactics. I swear of all the early shows I think .Hack was the closest to what we were used to. Shows that would have worked: Full Metal Alchemist. Naruto Samurai Champloo One Piece Dragon Ball Z Remastered ( Uncut.) Given that most of these shows are all licensed to Funimation, those are the shows that would have worked.

Now, from a fan's perspective. I liked half of the things they gave us in the first run. Late night offerings were good. Things like Speed Grapher and Tenjou Tenge were cool. Reminded me of Sci-Fi channel's late nights. ( Ha, you thought I forgot?) Things like Bubblegum Crisis. A.D. Police. Cowboy Bebob would have fit right in.

Lonely way!

Solti Rei, was also cool. Samurai Seven, was okay. What else? Eureka Seven. And worst show they could have shown? Earth Girl Arjuna. What the heck was that? Jeez. Oh and Ghost in the Shell, Stand Alone Complex was cool. Not long and they changed their line-up. They added things like Bleach and Black Lagoon to the mix.

When anime didn’t suck.

What was that you said about Duran Duran?

What, so Bleach is cool, but my list is not? You could see who their target audience was at this point. They started showing shows with subtitles and in Japanese audio. It was aimed at the fansub and purist community. Most of which have seen most of these things years ago already, “Oh man, I so want people to see this shit in its original Japanese dub, I mean, America is just gonna fuck it up in anyway with their Shitty dubs, break the shows, tear them apart. Man, Ocean Dub, Gundam Seed. Man, Kira is my favorite, but Shin, Shin, Man. America dropped the Atom Bomb, Man! Conspiracy! Man, you want to smoke another joint? Or should we go back to bed and watch Nozoki Anna? Your choice?”

“Now, from a fan's perspective. I liked half of the things they gave us in the first run. Late night offerings were good. Things like Speed Grapher and Tenjou Tenge were cool.”

I smell nudity!

If they wanted to succeed they would have checked what came first, they would have ignored the haters and rolled out with something more accessible. But, soon Animax, like MTV, became a reality TV channel. And I'm thankful for that, cause, KENNY VS SPENNY! Ninja warrior and Takeshi's Castle in part. But, KENNY VS SPENNY! ( “Oh, It's the old Tiger on the skate board bit. Classic.”) I like anime, but I love comedy, so comedy always wins. So there you have it.

The things I do for love...

The 2000's can be likened to the comic book depression of the 90's. Especially in America, but, we felt its effects as well. It started off wonderful and it ended horribly. We all know the factors, the reasons why it went bad. I mean come on, Tokyopop closed it's doors in North-America, that's how bad it was. New Type Magazine also closed it's eyes for good.

Today, all we have left is SABC 2. The last bastion of Anime in this country, and although they are blundering it all up, at least we know that in ten years time they will still be showing anime, because its the poor kids who need it the most.

BDSM...it’s not for everybody...

Mein puppy...

"Sword Art Online...Pearl Harbor... Motherf*ck#rsssss....” I blame the Internet. Now you know why we can never have anything shiny anymore.

Anime

Team Recommendations If you’re feeling: Epic Fist of the North Star Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Science Fiction, Tournament, Martial Arts, Post-Apocalyptic In a post-nuclear future where guns are a distant memory and martial arts is the only weapon a man can count on, Kenshiro - the successor of a deadly martial arts style known as Hakuto Shinken, which gives him the ability to kill his enemies by using the human body’s secret vital points - often resulting in a violent and gore-filled death.

If you’re feeling: lonely Bleach Genres: Action, Comedy, Shounen, Super Power, Supernatural Kurosaki Ichigo (15) has always been able to see ghosts. One fateful day he encounters Kuchiki Rukia, a shinigami who saves him and his family from an attacking hollow. However, she is injured in the battle and has to transfer her powers to Ichigo. In the aftermath, she is unable to continue her shinigami duties and allows Ichigo to take on the role of shinigami in her stead.

If you’re feeling: brave

Legend of the Galactic Heroes Genre: Drama, Sci-fi, Space, Military

For decades, the Galactic Empire and the Free Planets Alliance have been in an interstellar war. Two new commanders enter the conflict: Admiral Reinhard von Lohengramm and the Free Planet Alliance’s Yang Wen-Li. Watch as they are tested through the war and changed by the reality of it.

If you’re looking for a feel good anime:

Skip Beat!

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Shoujo The story is about a girl named Kyoko who goes to Tokyo with her childhood friend, Shou, as he persues his dream of becoming an idol. She later discovers that he’d only been using her as a maid and to cover his living expenses. Of course, Kyoko is furious and vows to take revenge by beating him at show business.

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Interview

Craig Scholtz: The Rage tapes. Craig Scholtz, a man most people seem to know by now. Friend to the people, trend setter and dreamer. He is the kind of guy that puts his mind to something and within six months of its creation, he turns it into a franchise. Some say heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s still just a kid, but that makes it all that more impressive.

These are the transcribes of the fabled Rage tapes that were stolen in January 2014. Most of itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s here. The rest? Lost forever. I present to you, Craig Scholtz: The Rage 2013 Interview.

And so, when rAge finally came around I was ready and willing, pen and paper in hand, okay no pen and paper, would have been cool though, right? He would arrive on the Saturday, so the whole off Friday I ran around waisting a ton of money, mostly on useless shizz, but I did manage to get me some Red Dead Redemption, baby. Saturday came around, I dressed up like an 80's Rock God, even went all metro and wore eye liner, tight jeans (really tight, I kid you not.) and an open button up shirt with the most messed up moosed hair you can think of, yes, I tried to cosplay, didn't work out that well. So my first job was to find this guy, rAge had worn thin on me so it wasn't like wow anymore, and all I really wanted was to get this over with. I made plans with him earlier that week, we'll meet up and go out for some lunch. He seemed fine with it, so off I went. After asking about half a dozen vendors and Cosplayers, I finally found him.

I got pretty pissed off cause most of these high up Cosplayers looked at me like I was this guy that just wandered in from the street. I wasn't, okay... one girl even remarked that I looked like a male hooker (her words - not mine, I'd have said whore or prostitute, sounds less classy but way more laughs would have been achieved.) I then proceeded to offer her my services, but she unfortunately declined. Given that she was there for the boobs and not the sausage cart like the other girls were. (She musta been, right?) So I push through, and finally make it to the middle, and I finally spot this guy, The Craig, as he is known, hiding somewhere within this large crowd of people. To be honest, I'd probably never have seen him if it wasn't for that Naruto cap he wears like a flag. And there he was, surrounded by all these super fly girls (terms the kids use today. They were foxy, okay.) Signing autographs, and taking photos. Some girls even jumped in and stole a few kisses. Okay, so this guy is obviously a rock star right, I mean he's nothing like I imagined him to be.

The things we chatted about, he always seemed so reserved, but that was not the case. So like any respectable guy that's just been called a man whore, I had to put a stop to this (plus I could barely hear myself think over all the high pitched voices yelling out 'THE CRAIG' at the top of their beautiful lungs.), so I picked my hand up reached in and klapt his Naruto cap down onto his nose. Right then I was pulled to the ground, by what I can only describe as Bebob and Rocksteady themselves.

Guy had security with him. I thought it better not to argue or fight with them and they pulled me back up. A groupie (what else can you call them? InSA fan girls?) then proceeded to spit at me, for what reason I'm not completely sure (might have been a Friendly Fury.), luckily for me, Craig recognized me from FB and the group and told his security (and strangely rabid fans) to stand down. If he hadn't, I would have probably been locked up right now, working out in the gym like a mother and looking on getting enough lube (or drugs) so I could squeeze my way to freedom through the toilet in my cell. That's kind of contradicting, but whatever. Craig then commanded Rocksteady to wipe the spit from my face, which I'm thankful for, although it didn't stop me from getting a mild case of herpes, I'm on antibiotics so it's cool, honey.

He apologized and I put out my hand, he refused it and rather came in for a hug. I respect that somewhat, I have to admit. We got the formalities out of the way and finally headed, to the dismay of his fans, to the restaurant. So, it was Craig, myself, Bebob and Rocksteady and two groupies. None for me, unfortunately. I knew that things might get crazy so I packed a pack of condoms just in case, which again, seemed unnecessary as the day wore on.

So finally we reached the place, he wanted to go to a fancy restaurant, I chose Spur. So we went, and we sat down and we ordered, and Bebob and Rocksteady sat at a different table but not very far from us, and for 15 minutes I watched The Craig feed his groupies with not only his hands but with his mouth as well. He was bird feeding these foxes, and every time I wanted to go in a direction that would lead to my exit, he'd stop me by saying, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Eat something, you're a big guy, you need to eat.â&#x20AC;? So after our plates were cleared, I finally got the chance to ask the man behind InSA some questions.

What follows is the transcribe of what happened that afternoon.

Spooky: Dude, what the hell was that? Craig: What? Spooky: Why are you acting like you're some kind of Rock Star? Craig: Because, well, I am kind of one, ain't I ? Spooky: Well, up until today I expected you to be this geeky guy with glasses. Craig: And? Spooky: You've turned out to be that geeky guy with glasses that gets all the, excuse the expression ladies, pussy. I find it quite disconcerting that you've been masquerading as this evil genius, somebody like Mandark for exampleCraig: Mandark? You must be kidding me, I never pretended to be anything I am not. Spooky: Don't interrupt me, this down to earth guy who's everybody's friend, and it turns out that you're (expletive) Diamond David Lee Roth (expletive). Craig: Dude, look, I think I get where you are coming from, even though I have no clue who you are referring to, is he some kind of wrestler or something Spooky: No. Craig: My online persona is toned down bro, I'm chilled when I have off time. The me you know, just so happens to be the chilled me. Spooky: Whatever, lets get on with the interview shall we, my plate is finished and I don't want desert so I think I can start right? Craig: What if I want desert? Spooky: You want ice cream? Craig: No, I'm in the mood for something alcoholic. Ladies what do you say? Want to party a little? Spooky: Have alcohol if you want to, just answer my questions at least, also, are they going to be staying here? Craig: Who? Spooky: These girls? Craig: Yeah, why not. A man needs his distractions, these happen to be mine, they're with me. Spooky: Okay, then. Now, Craig, would you please elaborate on how the InSA brand came to be? Craig: You really gonna read it off a piece of paper like that? Spooky: Ye, yeah, I worked very hard on these, why? Craig: No reason, please continue, Mister President. Spooky: What's that supposed to mean? Craig: Nothing. Spooky: Come now, what? Craig: It's just I find it kind of insulting. Spooky: What? Craig: I fly down all the way from Cape Town for this interview and you aren't even prepared, that reflects poorly not only on yourself, but the magazine as wellSpooky: Okay (expletive) it! There I threw the paper away, you happy? (Expletive) the questions, I'll just wing it. Craig: Good, that's much more professional.

Spooky: Craig Schults. Craig: Scholtz. Spooky: Craig Scholtz, you are the man behind inSA correct? Craig: You know this already. Spooky: Where do you think your brand will be in five years, given it's phenomenal growth? Craig: Why are you leading with that question? Spooky: Just answer it, okay. Craig: Okay, look all I want from this brand is to grow. But more importantly I want to empower the community with it. In five years time, if it's the biggest anime brand in South-Africa, if my InSA pages are synonyms with anything Anime in SA, if I am all over the magazine covers, when songs are being written about me and films are being made. In five years if I'm up on a little girls' wall, if my pages aren't doing what I'd set out to do, I'll ask that little girl to take my poster from her wall, no actually, I'd ask her to put up a poster of Naruto himself, because all I am is a student of the great Uzumaki, you know. Spooky: You're here to serve the community? Craig: That's all I've always set out to do. Not only to serve, but to enrich as well. Spooky: And? Do you think your groups has served their purpose thus far? Craig: Sometimes. Sometimes I don't. Spooky: You think they aren't? Craig: You know, sometimes I feel, sometimes I feel like deleting them all. There are some people out there, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Hatersâ&#x20AC;? as I like to call them, that sees these pages as quite the opposite as to what I'd like them to be. Spooky: You mean the Anime Fans guys, the older groups. Craig: Yeah, I don't know why, but whenever they get the chance they put me down, trying to turn others against the InSA brand, I don't want that. Spooky: Well, it makes sense. Craig: What does? Spooky: They've been around since the Otaku Mag days, before you came along they had no competition. It's like a street right, with a Spar on it, and that's the only convenience store in the area, and even though they don't have everything, they have most things, right. Craig: Right... Spooky: And this Spar, it's run by these old men and womEn, they are pretty old right. Craig: Right... Spooky: And up until this point they haven't had the need to do anything special, I mean it wasn't a circus or anything, they were the old stable, tried and trusted, everybody knew them and they were like, like the old guard. Now, all of a sudden. BAM! Here comes the poraCraig: No, that's racist dude, just saySpooky: Here comes the souty, (expletive) in hand with only a cart of fruits and vegetables, and he places himself on the corner, not giving a damn about the no hawking signs posted all over the neighborhood. Craig: And that's supposed to be, Naruto in SA right. Spooky: Yeah, and you're the Souty. Craig: Okay, continue. Spooky: Okay, now at first, they don't give a damn about you. You see they have they leave you alone, under this arrogant pretense that you're just having fun, come on, it's a fruit and veg cart going up against a franchise. They're letting you play on their corner man, letting the fat whore walk the beat, just because they are under the impression that all the men are after attractive ones. Craig: Are you allowed to say that?

Spooky: What? Craig: You know, whore? Spooky: Dude, why only at whore you say something? After all I've said thus far? Craig: I dunno, this word seems like it could slip through, you'll probably censor the rest. Spooky: My editor will sort it out, okay so, they let you play, right. And then all of a sudden you start playing music and throwing these kick ass block parties. Craig: What kind of music? Spooky: I dunno, early Beastie Boys? What does it matter? Craig: Dude, I dunno who that is even, what about Blink or Eminem? Spooky: What about Sum 41, what the hell does it matter? In my head No Sleep till Brooklyn is pumping okay, leave it at that. Craig: Whatever man. Spooky: Okay, SO you become the hip kid on the block, and all of a sudden, your cart becomes a cart and a stall. And pretty soon that cart becomes a stall as well. The porra is becoming a boss. Craig: Souty, not porra. Spooky: Yeah, right. So, pretty soon only the regs are shopping at Spar and all of the cool kids are coming to your block parties. Pretty soon, Spar starts getting bitter, because you are growing and they are not. Pretty soon you are bigger than they are and you get the Beastie Boys to play live at one of your parties and they are still walking around with a boom box replaying ads from their glory days. Craig: What are you getting at? Spooky: The reason they hate you and your brand is because you, my dubious friend, just so happens to be the cool kid on the block, plus, you are an underdog, you represent underdogs, and they represent the elitist pricks that look down on others while you embrace everyone. Craig: For real? Spooky: Yeah. And if you keep growing, logically speaking now, pretty soon you will devour Spar and all it's assets and become as big as Mordor itself. Craig: SO you're saying that I will eventually become the people that despise me? Spooky: If you continue on your way up, yeah. Craig: I dunno about that now. Spooky: It's bound to happen, dude. Craig: So how do I stop it? Spooky: You can't. You let nature take it's course. And instead of fighting against the next young lion that comes along, you join forces and become allies with them. This way you don't become stagnant, you are still doing what you've set out to do and you'll still be growing, with the new guy. It's like Goku teaching Naruto the Kamehameha. Exactly the same. Craig: And in my case all Goku want's to do is give Naruto an atomic wedgie. Spooky: Yeah. Craig: I see, I kind of like young lion analogy, dude. Spooky: Yeah, that's exactly what you are bro. Now, Craig Young Lion Shultz. Craig: Scholtz. Spooky: Right. What are your thoughts regarding our community? Positive, or do you feel we need a change? Craig: Right now? I feel like there's still a riff separating us. There are two widely used terms which I despise.

Spooky: Yeah? Craig: Yeah. Noob and Elitist. It's like you said we have to help each other. Right now, one side wants nothing to do with the other, and the other are all banding together and growing as a unit. While the Elitists, they don't even like each other that much. It's pretty screwed up. I mean, come on, up until a couple of years ago, even I was new to this. Now I was lucky enough to have a bunch of friends that were into anime and manga, so they helped me out. But there's a certain demographic that wouldn't do shit for the new kids. Spooky: Yeah, that's pretty lame. Craig: And then you get those assholes, that look down on anything that becomes successful. I mean come on, if you were a mangaka, I guess you would want your book to reach the same heights as One Piece and DBZ right, or am I wrong? You want everybody to fall in love with it, nobody goes out there to be moderately successful. Nobody wants that bitter audience they represent. It's (expletive) weird man, that's all it is. Spooky: Oh, that's been around for some time now. People have been like that for ages. They don't want to be a part of a collective. They don't want to let go of their individuality, the alien aspect of it all. It's pretty lame you are right, because those things become successful for a reason. I mean, yeah, I'm not ashamed to say it at all, DBZ is still the greatest anime I have ever experienced, even at this age. I have found nothing of that epic in nature since then. I mean come on, you would have to be either gay or an asshole to disagree, maybe those scenes with EVA01 in Evangelion, yeah. You know, an anime is really good when it gives you chills. And also don't come here with the bullshit, oh, DBZ has to be respected because it's the grandfather of modern anime and all that. They're like, you have to respect the things that came before. Screw that. You respect DBZ and Toriyama, not because of what it archived you respect it because it's (expletive) cool! That's why you respect it, cut the pretentious bullshit and get it together. Craig: Exactly. There are too many pretentious monkeys in the scene, we need to weed them out before they infect the young ones. #TheCraig Spooky: What's your thoughts on the Cosplay community? Craig: Aww, man. I love those guys. Especially the Cape Town guys. I don't know about the guys this side, but over there. I always support them man. I feel like we should go at it as a team. How do I feel about the current state of Cosplay in this country? I feel, uhm, that it's not getting the attention it deserves, yeah, I want us to have bigger cons, where Cosplayers from all over the country can come and compete. Better their craft. Spooky: Last Question. Craig: Okay. Sure. Spooky: How's rAge been thus far, it's your first time here isn't it? Craig: You should have lead with that question, doofus. Spooky: Doofus? What is this, Buffy the Vampire Slayer? Craig: No. But still. Spooky: I have a reason for asking these questions like I do, now shut up and answer it, will you? Craig: Will I what? Spooky: Let me take one of these ladies into the store room. Craig: What, how do you even know there's a store room here? Spooky: I don't. It's called wishful thinking. Craig: Okay, say I do give you one of these ladies. (Who's responses have not been recorded, for prosperity. Besides. I think they were high as kites in any ways. Hulle het gesweef...) Spooky: Yeah. Craig: What then? You take her into the kitchen, and you have some fun there or are you a bathroom kind of guy? Spooky: You mean in a tight, cramped space, like a bathroom stall? Craig: Would you?

Spooky: Yeah, why not? Craig: What if it stinks in there? Spooky: Then I use a different stall, you gonna give me one or not? Craig: You are a sick man, Spooky. Spooky: Is that a yes? Craig: No. They are all mine. Spooky: You're mamma never teach you to share? Craig: She did. Spooky: Then what's the problem? Craig: Well, a friend of mine organized a hotel room, right. Spooky: Right? Craig: And, well. He's bringing over a few girls, and another friend, he's bringing over three others, I'm supposed to bring two. Spooky: And then? Craig: And then the door closes and it stays shut until the next afternoon. Spooky: Ah. Craig: Yes, my Johannesburg friends wanted to treat me. Spooky: So you have to take two girls? Craig: Yeah. Spooky: Why didn't you browse a little? Craig: Dude! Spooky: What? Look at them. They are barley alive. That one is licking her place mat. Nee, hy. Dis nie vir eet nie. Craig: So, they're a little different, and what's up with you having a problem now, a second ago you wanted to have bathroom sex with one of them in a dirty stall. Spooky: Dude, I was at the sexpo last week, I left with a bag of condoms, there's only so much you can do with a condom around the house. Craig: Haha, let me guess, you made balloons didn't you? Spooky: Yeah, I made like two whole refuge bags full. Craig: And? What did you do with them? Spooky: I dropped the bags off at some child care thing. Now when I drive past all I see are condoms flying. It's supposedly upsetting the neighbors, but, at least those kids are happy. Craig: So now you still have many left, or not? Spooky: Dude, if I wanted I could start selling them online. They pass that shit around like its Christmas at Zuma's house. Craig: Oh my God, Dude, Christmas at Zuma's house. Spooky: You know how they like to pay for it. Craig: Haha, yes. Spooky: Enjoy your visit, man. And thanks for the sit down. Craig: No problem.

I cannot help wonder, what with all that's happened recently, especially with the cosplay scene, whether Craig's answers would still be as positive as it was back then, Love, Spooky

Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t worry Your Sam will get you back to the Action Figures, Statues, Collectibles

Mister Frodo. Shire and it will be just as we remember it. and Comic Books. As far as the eye can see. Your Sam will..

Gaming

Old School VS New School Gaming

I'm not all that clued up when it comes to gaming anymore, I'm not really ashamed to say that as well. I mean. Why should I be? Gaming, for me, is dying a slow painful stupid death. The golden days are over my friends, now everything has gone to hell. Look, the only “real” console I've ever had before the PS3 ( damn you RDR...) was the PS2. I still play PS2 games when I get the craving even, and, there's still a bunch I'd like to have, things like (okay I'll keep this anime related.) A.C.E 3 and Battle Stadium D.O.N looks epic. Now, awhile back I went to a gaming shop, Games R Us, you might have seen their stall at rAge, looking for some ps2 games, since they don't sell many pc games. So I look their stock over, they have some great titles, but never the ones I want, so I walked over to the tiny pc games section they do have. Now, you have to see this from my point of view, when I was a kid, back in the 90's the most I paid for games was, like, R190. Prices went up and one day I walk into a store and BAM I see a price tag for R500. That was still fine compared to this because unlike the cheap looking plastic box I picked up here, the previous game had something inside. I almost flipped out completely. I mean, wtf was this? Almost R700 for an empty fricken box? That's excluding the price of downloading this baby, and of course, we are living in the digital age (Hallelujah! Bitches.) so we are probably going to have to download up to 5gb of game fixing “patches.” You know, when I was a teen, I'd pay R300 for a brand spanking new game, all the feelies included (manual, poster, registration forms) and then I could play it out of the box! I know that sounds alien to most leet gamers of today. I mean you guys all have to deal with Steam, empty boxes, DRM (Starforce lol), NO out of the box multiplayer, weekly patches. Now I'm not saying we never had to download patches, I mean sometimes our gfx cards or sound cards were incompatible so we quickly connected and downloaded a fix. A fix. Not for gameplay but for compatibly. Most AAA companies lived up to their names. If you had to download anything else, it was for a game from a smaller studio. Heck, I played the hell out of Stronghold, didn't even know there was a problem. It was hard as f... but I played it. Remember the days of Counter Strike? Many of you still play it, even if it's an OLD ass mod. Back then you had one copy, you installed it on all of your friends' pcs, ran it through your lan, (It was a weekend thing, or week, if it happened to be the holidays.) All had tons of fun. Hell Yeah! Not today homos, today everything is f-d. You know Elder Scrolls Online Imperial Edition is gonna cost you a thousand bucks? I hope that one comes with a statue or something, cause then at least your kids will have something to play with when one day the game becomes useless. It's an online game. You think their servers are gonna run forever? No? Okay then. How about these single player games you have to be connected to the Internet to play? What happens in ten years? Thank God for pirates. Cause I'd have to download a crack just to relive my favorite game. I bet in ten years time you'll still find people playing Unreal Tournament, Counter Strike and even DOOM 1 and 2. “OMG dude, those shitty graphics just gave me an STD.” “Yeah well at least its been ported to maybe over a hundred systems, it's super compatible. Ever seen BRUTAL DOOM?” “OMG, like, that is seriously not YOLO, at, like all. Get away from my face loser.” “ Yeah, go, I think Teen Mom is on or something, suck a D, Belieber.” Yeah that's right, I'm still playing DOOM, man. And you know why? Because it's been on every pc I have ever owned, it's worked on every operating system since DOS and it's been ported to a few consoles. DOOM 2 is so intense, even by todays standards (lol what standards?). Get your best Battlefield player in here, boot up Brutal Doom 2 and watch him pee his pants. Games today are linear. They make you stupid. That's why RPG's are doing so well, western I mean. That's why Skyrim sold so well. I played it, yeah, was cool. Wanted me to install Steam? Had a retail copy. Screw that. Installed it without Steam. Look man I get it, piracy kills developers. Home taping is illegal, I know the story. But, I don't know why they go to all these measures for an unfinished game? Why they expect me to pay all this money for nothing? I still haven't played Bioshock. I can't install it, without downloading half the files from the net? What did I pay for then? Only half the game? And now you have to pay for extra keys? So lets say in five years time, you find stuff you lost during a move in a box, right, we all knows this happens, and it's cover less. Who even still has an entire collection of complete psx games? It's just discs on spindles, most people's pc games are the same. Oh flip, what now, I feel like playing this, but I have no key? So you go online, and buy a new one for the price of a new game. Screw that. Oh yeah, here's a nice one. Sony has the right to brick your console if they feel you have violated their terms of agreement, that means, the console, which you've just paid almost 10K for is not yours. So if I hack my PS3 so I can run my PS2 retail discs with cfw (have a new slim PS3) and I decide to play some GTA Online, and they find out by using their commie spy satellite's way up in space, they can nuke me. Oh thank you, Sony. But you guys knew all of this already didn't you? NOW, don't get it twisted. I love that there are platforms like Steam. Because. Well. Indie Games. They kick ass. And Indie Developers need as many platforms as they can possibly get. You know why Indie Games rule the gaming world? Cause they love the craft. You have to be original if you want any kind of foot in the door, and it's exciting. I mean, anybody can make a game these days, and effectively become the next Bitmap Bros(!). Indie games kick AAA developer output's ass. And I'm not just saying that because I'm gonna enter that world pretty soon, and become Darth Vader in the process, meh, it's a living. Now a little anecdote: It's the simple matter of old school MTV vs New school MTV. Pretty soon, you wont be hearing any music but the package will look the same.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Oh yeah, you mean those movie games the kids play today, yeah, I paid like 80 bucks man to watch my kid sit there like a fool while the game plays these long ass movies. I'm telling you for 80 bucks I could have gotten him an entire series, man. He'd be yelling green ranger or whatever, instead. I thought I'd like go an sit down and watch him play. I thought damn, man, HD gaming, now that beats my old SEGA any day, but damn, man. My kid did nothing for an entire hour. He just sat there and watched as these white guys talked. And then the game was over. What the hell. I took the game back, man. Attendant tried to give me trouble, yeah, man. I told him to keep his dumbass movie game, he yelled back something about me being a hater. I kicked his fool ass, they had to call the cops, spent the night in jail, man. Yeah. I found my old SEGA, and I slotted in my old GUNSTAR HEROES. Mother's hand eye coordination went through the roof. He's playing for the Chicago Bulls now, man. He's the youngest player they ever had. 8 years old. Made me so proud.â&#x20AC;? I'm guessing that's how the older generation feels. 0 feels for you though. Cause all you're used to is second best.

Love, As always, Retro-kid Spooky.

Gaming

The highly anticipated Elder Scrolls Online is finally here. Ler’s have a look at what’s great about it, not so great and how it differs from the epic Skyrim. -Zana-Lee The Story The events in TESO is set about a millennium before the events of the Dragonborn in Skyrim and around 800 years before Morrowind and Oblivion. The often-mentioned Deadric Prince Molag Bal appears as the antagonist as he attempts to meld the plane of Mundus with his realm of Coldharbour. (There are some awesome videos of this on YouTube.) The Game Most of Tamriel is playable, including Skyrim, Morrowind and Cyrodill, all remastered as it was 1000 years ago. A lot of places are still locked off for expansion content, though. You have the choice of joining one of the three factions at war for the throne of Tamriel as one of the nine playable races (Imperials are only available if you purchase the collectors edition): - Ebonheart Pact Faction Races Argonian, Dunmer, Nord -Aldmeri Dominion Faction Races Altmer, Bosmer, Khajiit -Daggerfall Covenant Faction Races Breton, Orc, Redguard

2 Major Differences Between Skyrim and TESO - Environments Instead of the giant sandbox that we’re used to in Skyrim, TESO have the usual mmo travel system by use of wayshrines that transport you from one entrance to another, with a more story based approach to traveling and a wide variety of different locations instead. Techinically, it IS possible to travel the entire world - if you don’t mind dying, unlike Skyrim where the monsters are scaled to your level - the ones in TESO are not. - Character Progression In Skyrim you got certain bonuses that were racespesific but could focus on whatever skills you wanted, your skills improved as you used them and whenever you leveled up you could ad perks to skill trees to gain access to new abilities. There are four classes in TESO - Templar, Dragonknight, Sorcerer and Nightblade. Each of these come with a trio of class-spesific skill trees. Weapons and Armor can still be heavily upgraded however you like. What’s good about it? It’s multiplayer, has excellent character progression, big world, interesting quests. What’s not so great? It’s an mmo, combat feels linear and floaty, subscription. If you don’t mind paid games, and you’re a Skyrim fan, this is definitely for you! Thanks to both my friends Luddy and Jaco for endless hours of talking about this.

Gaming

MORE violence, MORE blood, MORE rip and tear.

Brutal DOOM, takes the greatest First Person Shooter video game ever made, and makes it even better. John Romero once said, if Brutal Doom had to have been released instead of DOOM. The video game world would have crashed. SGT Mark IV brings you an experience you will never forget!

The world wide mega hit, DOOM, just got even more crazy. With the Brutal DOOM mod (18th Cacoward winner and winner of the Moddb 2012 MOTY Editors Choice of Creativity Award) , it becomes an entirely new game. Faster Enemies, harder Bosses, epic new weapons, more blood. Modern fps conventions that are taken for granted such as area damage, weapon kickback, reload animations and head shots, all here. Destructible environments, movable objects, new moves such as Kick straight from Duke 3D! The Chainsaw now cuts enemies in half, for that ultimate experience! Emulated Ragdoll physics.

Added Realism with modern lighting to resemble Doomsday Engine.

New additions also include the ability to summon and or rescue ally marines. These marines are bad ass, and it’s best to stay out of their way when they fire. Another cool thing is of course, they communicate with you. “OMG, did you see that flying skull.?” Says one. “That was f*cked up!” Murmurs another.

This is probably the thing most play this game for: Third person executions! This is where the Berserk packs changes things a little. Once you pick one of these up, you have to switch to your fists. Once you engage a demon or an zombie watch the magic happen.

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This month, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be looking at some essential mods that any Skyrim PC gamer needs to add to his/her game for a better and enhanced gaming experience. Project Reality - Climates of Tamriel (if you want realistically dark nights) The Unofficial Skyrim patches (they're essential because they fix a LOT of bugs and stuff that the official patches never fixed) Frostfall (for immersive weather effects and camping/survival stuff) Abot Fires Hurt (ever notice how when you stand in a fire, nothing happens? This fixes that)

DVA - Dynamic Vampire Appearance (adds visual effects to your vampire when certain things happen. Example, using night vision makes your eyes glow, drinking blood adds a blood spatter around your mouth and being hungry makes your eyes look bloodshot like the vamps in Vampire Diaries) Pumping Iron (adjusts your character's weight, aka muscle as your combat skills increase) Predator Vision (gives you hotkeys to toggle night vision and heat vision if you're a vampire or werewolf) Moonlight Tales (Some nice werewolf related features) Better Vampires (An absolutely essential mod if you want to play a vampire. has many customizable features in the mod configuration menu)

Skyrim Redone (very good mod that improves tremendously on the game's broken/useless perks system. Be warned, depending on which options you install in the nexus mod manager, it can make battles difficult as it improves enemy ai and other such things. I personally love the increased difficulty. note to read all the instructions for this mod cause they're very important) The Choice is Yours (stops quests from starting automatically because that's really annoying) Tougher Traps (so that getting hit in the face by a log will actually kill you) BFT - Better Fast Travel (adds carriages to towns and small settlements, as well as ships that can take you between Windhelm, Solitude and Dawnstar)

Realistic Needs and Diseases (for immersion, adds hunger, thirst, alcohol drunk effects, etc)

Skyrim Mod of the MonthThe Essentials Guide

UFO - Ultimate Follower Overhaul (some stuff related to followers. improves the system a bit. I just use it so I can have more than one follower at a time)

BFS Effects (adds a burnt, electrocuted or frozen visual effect to enemies killed with elemental magic)

SGHair (Google, it's not on Nexus - adds more hairstyles)

The Dance of Death (killmove-related mod. I use it to disable the last enemy requirement, meaning you can use killmoves even if there are still other enemies around)

DSAMG (just a little animation mod to make the dragon soul absorb look cool) A Matter of Time (ui add-on for clock, date, etc) RaceMenu (gives more sliders and options in character creation) SkyUI (required by practically every mod out there, plus it makes your interface look nice and more keyboard friendly. it also adds the mod configuration menu which you will need to customize the options in many mods) ApachiiHair

Equipping Overhaul (lets you see all favourited weapons on your character instead of only the one you have equipped. also has a few other options you can try out) Convenient Horses (Improves horses like making them run from fights so they don't get killed and cost you a load of money.)

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Skyrim Unbound (gives you options for starting in an alternate location when starting a new game. You get options for dragon-related stuff if you want to have the main story enabled or not. you have to get this mod from the Steam workshop) lastly, just remember to install all the requirements for mods, I didn't list those cause not all requirement thingies have esms or esps

Gaming

Team Recommendations If you’re feeling: Epic Skyrim Genres: RPG, Action As the fifth installment of The Elder Scrolls video game series, Skyrim doesn’t disappoint. This time you are the Dragonborn, and the game follows your efforts to defeat the dragon Aldiun.

If you’re feeling: lonely Lollipop Chainsaw Genres: Action, hack and slash Play as Juliet Starling, cheerleader and Zombie hunter in a fictional California High School.

If you’re feeling: brave

BRUTAL Doom

Genre: first person shooter Brutal Doom is a mod that works with Doom 1 and 2, its most notable feature is more blood, you can shoot off body parts and special illuminating effects on projectiles and pick-ups.

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Genres: Platform, Racing, Puzzle, Sports, Party Run around as Sonic, the blue Hedgehog and his friends, collecting rings, fighting Doctor Eggman and doing your favorite sports.

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s ’ n a m t a IH The History of B Comics, Graphic Novels and Manga

The Acrobat

The Female

Stephanie Brown

Richard ‘Dick’ Grayson

The Marksmen

The Detective

Jason Todd

Timothy Drake The True Son

S R LE I O D P A S E H A Damian Wayne

Robin first debuted in April 1940, as a character that would appeal to younger readers - to be Batman’s sidekick. They are commonly referred to as The Dynamic Duo or Caped Crusaders. Robin received such an overwhelming response that Batman sales doubled. The first Robin was Richard John ‘Dick’ Grayson. He was part of an act called The Flying Graysons for a traveling circus. After witnessing his parents murdered at the hands of a mafia boss, Dick was taken in by Bruce Wayne and later joined him as Robin.

Stephanie Brown, initially a villain, starts seeing Robin (Tim Drake) without knowing his identity. While Tim is away, she is approached by Batman, who reveals Robin’s Identity and offers to train her. Of course Tim isn’t happy about Batman’s betrayal and it drives a wedge between them. In one issue Alfred Pennyworth asks Batman if having Stephanie become Robin was a temporary thing and an attempt to lure Tim back to him. Batman never truly answered.

“Was I ever really Robin?” - Stephanie Years later, Dick gets shot by The Joker - and asked before she died. following this, Batman ends his career as And Batman answered, “Yes.” Robin. Dick travels around and joins the Teen Titans. Batman tells Dick that if he isn’t going to be his partner then he can no longer In 2006, it was revealed that Batman and Talia al Ghul’s drugged night had be Robin. So, eventually, Dick Grayson held some consequences. Damian becomes Nightwing. Wayne, who would later become the fifth Robin - after the events in Battle The second Robin, Jason Peter Todd, first for the Cowl, where he subsequently appeared in March 1983, and was initially takes the title from Tim...by force. popular with fans, but following a story arc written by Jim Starling his popularity fell to Of course, being trained by The League of Assassins, Damian was exposed to the point where DC polled fans on whether he should live or die. Jason was killed by The death at a young age which caused tension with his father - because Joker on a vote of 5343 to 5271, which Batman had a firm policy of not resulted in some issues thereafter focusing on Batman’s guilt over not having prevented killing his enemies. So, how did Damian go from a self-important, Jason’s death. bloodthirsty, bratty kid to one of Dc’s most beloved heroes? In 2005 there was a story arc titled “Under the Red Hood” where Jason was resurrected, Readers believe it was the strong and become the Red Hood. An anti-hero that father-son bond that developed after is much like Batman, except for the fact that Bruce Wayne’s return that slowly began to change Damian and he uses lethal force. everything really came to a point when Damian sacrificed his own life. Timothy Jackson Drake was the third “He saves the world,” writer, Grant character to take up the Robin mantle. Tim Morrison said, “He does his job as was present the night that Dick’s parents were killed, after seeing the Flying Graysons Robin. He dies an absolute hero.” in action. Later, he connects Robin’s “Mother may have given me life, but acrobatic style with Dick Grayson and you taught me how to live. deduces that Bruce Wayne is Batman himself. Although he kept the information to Love and Respect himself, seeing Batman overcome with guilt Your Son Damian.” over Jason’s death pushed Tim to act. He contacted Dick/Nightwing for help and was recruited as the next Robin. Later, he becomes Red Robin.