K-On! goes to University

The ever popular slice-of-life manga/anime of Japan will be having a new story that will cover the university life of the four former members of the Light Music club and the life of Azusa after the girls graduated. You can read the complete details by visiting my article by going to GameOPS.net

Nihonsei: Tokyo Marathon 2011

A run for a cause went mainstream last year as top companies like ABS-CBN and Milo invited every athlete and non-athlete to join the fun run so that a chosen charity could benefit from it . Well, Japan too had been hosting a lot of marathon in the past few years and by far Tokyo Marathon is the most famous. Find out why after the jump.

The recently concluded Tokyo Marathon Charity Run 2011 last February 27 attracted a lot of foreigners and otakus alike. That's right, that's not a typo. A large number of otakus joined the recent marathon wearing their favorite anime character. A "cosplay marathon" as they call it.















The proceeds of the charity run were given to selected institutions around Japan. And they say otakus are worthless human beings.

This entry was cross posted at GameOPS

Detroit to Erect A Life Size Robocop

It started first as a tweet to the mayor of Detroit, Mayor Dave Bing, that a statue of Robocop is needed to represent the city.


Read the what happened next after the jump.

Mayor Dave Bing responded that there are no plans of building a statue for the said movie icon.



But that didn't stop the citizens of Detroit, instead, they formed an independent group in Kickstarter (all thanks to Imagination Station Detroit), a Facebook page was also created, which all campaigned for the erection of the Robocop statue.

As of press time, $60,147 were accumulated from the $50,000 original plan. An amazing 2,196 backers had already given their pledges and Fred Barton Productions, the company behind the production of the original Robocop movie, will donate materials for the 1:1 scale model.

Azkals won over the Blue Wolves 2-0

The Philippine team Azkals won a 2-0 game over their first opponent The Mongolian Blue Wolves. Details after the jump

With the help of Emil Caligdong's goal in the 42nd minute of the first half and the finishing goal of the crowd favorite, Philip Younghusband in the remaining 92 minutes, gave the Azkals their first victory on the AFC Challenge Cup that was held at Panaad Stadium in Bacolod City.

And yes I'm blogging about sports now. STFO.

The Big Bad Blogger and Whistleblower

Last month, Inquirer.net contributor Margaux Salcedo wrote an article about a "Big Bad Blogger" which sparked a buzz all over the blogverse (Read the complete story here). A lot of bloggers condemned BBB (Big Bad Blogger) for his/her horrendous acts and wanted to know his/her identity.

Due to the secrecy of the BBB's identity, a lot of bloggers were falsely accused. Some people, due to their prejudice nature, thought that most of the bloggers were money hungry, attention seeking, blackmailing individuals, which really affected the innocent bloggers out there who started from blogging as a hobby and eventually turned into a profit gaining job.

Yesterday, Margaux Salcedo posted another article stating that the BBB should be remained anonymous (Read the full article here). It may have concluded the issue of the BBB (or rather, prematurely ended), but did it resolved the problem it created? What can be done in order to protect the innocent bloggers and the wrongfully accused?

I have nothing against Margaux Salcedo but I think a clear explanation or an apology is needed to help the innocent who were affected by this issue.