Fangirlisms

I actually told myself I’d stop updating this blog, but somehow I get the feeling I’ll be poking around every now and then. I won’t be going back to hosting the blog on its own domain, but free WordPress isn’t so bad. I actually just added a few lyrics pages for Wolfgang’s Black Mantra album while moving this blog back to free WordPress, so I really don’t think I’ll be staying away…

This is what I don’t like about non-PC console games. It’s so hard to take screenshots to share. 😐 Anyway, I managed to take a picture of my tweaked Fem!Shep from Mass Effect 2 using my phone’s camera. I know I mentioned that I didn’t have to modify her because she was pretty enough, but when I started a new game using the same Shep (Yes, I finished my first playthrough of ME2 a few days after…

Being a big fan of musicals and Greek mythology, I recently picked up Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical thinking I would love it. Sadly, I was wrong. WARNING: Spoilers ahead! Stray Gods’ premise is promising: you play as Grace, a mortal who somehow gets entangled with the Idols (Greek gods who live among mortals). These Idols stay “immortal” by passing on their “eidolons” to a mortal they…

Fangirlisms has been up for SIXTEEN YEARS. Geez. Realizing that makes me feel very, very OLD. That said, I keep wondering what I’m even doing with it. It once housed my beloved fansites and fanlistings, and I used to post more frequently. It’s not that I’ve lost interest in my fandoms; I will, and forever will be, a squeeing fangirl. I still fawn over my fictional husbandos and waifus, and…

My boyfriend once told me that I easily get obsessed about stuff. Games, fictional characters, anime/manga, books…whatever manages to really spark my interest, I obsess over. As much as I hate being called a fangirl (i.e. girls who go gaga over whatever fandom they jump into), I guess that’s what I am. This blog will be the place where I post about things that I “fangirl” over from now on. You…

Apart from Tamuura, I also bought an egg this Christmas. There’s something inside the egg, of course: Boom, baby. It’s a Blaze Dragon from 4DMaster‘s Mythic World set. Continue reading Mythic World 4D Puzzles: Blaze Dragon

[Cross-posted at Metro Gamer] So I got myself a copy of Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4 this month even though I haven’t finished Persona 3: FES yet (but I did finish Persona 3), and I have to say that it’s one hell of an addicting game. I’m a bit of a sucker for life/dating simulation games, and the Persona series definitely has elements of that in the games. I’m happy that this game ironed-out…

My boyfriend and I bought a few toys/figures over the weekend: a Hail Dragon from the 4DMaster Mythic World 4D puzzle series and Aerith and Fran Final Fantasy Trading Arts Minis. Continue reading Mythic World 4D Puzzles: Hail Dragon

My boyfriend and I bought a few toys/figures over the weekend: a Hail Dragon from the 4DMaster Mythic World 4D puzzle series and Aerith and Fran Final Fantasy Trading Arts Minis. Here are pictures of Aerith and Fran as well as the other two minis I have (Ashe and Basch). Continue reading Final Fantasy Trading Arts Mini: Aerith and Fran

As much as I hate to repost news that’s already been posted on IGN and Kotaku, I had to fansqueal somewhere. Tekken 6, the latest installment of Namco’s popular Tekken series, is coming to the PSP, PS3, and XBOX 360 this fall. IGN has some screenshots of the PSP game, and you can view them here.

My PSP was gathering dust in one corner of my bedroom due to the lack of games to play. After seeing the games lined up for 2009 and finally snagging myself a copy of Patapon 2, I think my PSP will be seeing a lot more action this year. Here are the top five games I’m personally looking forward to in 2009. 1.  Tekken 6 So I already mentioned this in my previous post, but I can’t help but…

I just started playing Dissidia a few days ago, and thought I’d just sum up the random thoughts about the game I’ve had since I started. Graphics and Design Very Kingdom Hearts-ish if you ask me. But then again, Crisis Core looked pretty much the same too. As always, Nomura has been inhaling paint fumes to get high while designing the costumes, but I guess that’s how he rolls. There’s a…

Guys, srsly. Look at that line shoot right up. Do I really need to explain this? Apart from that self-explanatory screencap of my blog’s stats the past week, it might also be worth noting that the top search terms for my blog the past few days are “garrus romance” and “mass effect 2 garrus romance”. [EDIT: The day I posted the entry about Garrus being a romance option, I got 173 pageviews, 95…

After getting over my initial “OMFGSQUEE I HAS MASS EFFECT 2 SO I CAN HAS GARRUS ROMANCE NAO” phase upon buying it yesterday, it’s time for me to post about my first impressions of the game. I’ve only played the first few hours of the game while ignoring my crew’s suggestions to recruit Mordin first and going straight after Garrus. The new combat system in Mass Effect 2 is designed to make…

This is what I don’t like about non-PC console games. It’s so hard to take screenshots to share. 😐 Anyway, I managed to take a picture of my tweaked Fem!Shep from Mass Effect 2 using my phone’s camera. I know I mentioned that I didn’t have to modify her because she was pretty enough, but when I started a new game using the same Shep (Yes, I finished my first playthrough of ME2 a few days after…

My Fem!Shep always has Garrus by her side, no matter what the circumstance… well, except the suicide mission where he had to lead the other teams. I’m too much of a Garrus fangirl to leave him idle in the Normandy while my Fem!Shep goes off on her missions, plus he’s pretty useful with his Overload and Armor Piercing Ammo skills. Since they’re always together, I decided to customize my…

I’ve been spazzing about this for the past few hours already, but I’m still giddy about it. My hunter finally tamed Gondria! I spent most of yesterday afternoon and evening looking for Gondria in Zul’Drak. When I logged in the first time today, I was just about ready to give up on looking for her and go back to doing my dailies… but a few moments later, I spotted her on my mini-map! I was so…