Monthly Archives: August 2013

SGN: Chopping Block Webcast, Sports, Sports-SGN

NFL News and Predictions

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“It’s not about talent once you get to the NFL because everyone’s got it. It’s about being willing to go that extra mile to be the best and that’s something that I’ve always done.” -Robert Griffin III. That pretty much sums up the preseason. This is where the guys who are talented, get weeded out from the guys that have talent AND the drive to be the best at helping their football team win games. And with preseason halfway over, that means only one thing for the fans. FOOTBALL IS COMING! This has been a very interesting off season, with a number of coaching changes, free agency, injuries, and of course arrests and suspensions. Here is the major news up until now:

The Baltimore Ravens traded away Anquan Boldin to the Super Bowl losing Niners, released Bernard Pollard, Ray Lewis retired, Ed Reed was not resigned, and relocated to Houston to join the Texans, but gain Elvis Dumervil.

Brian Urlacher retired, James Harrison, leaves Pittsburgh and joins the Bengals.

Mike Wallace joined the Dolphins, who broke the bank in free agency by also adding Dannell Ellerbe, Chris Clemons, Brent Grimes and more.

The Packers work out a HUGE deal to lock up Aaron Rodgers long term, but lose Greg Jennings to the Rival Vikings.

The Arizona Cardinals hire former Steelers and Colts offensive coordinator Bruce Arians.

The Patriots lose Wes Welker to free agency, and Aaron Hernandez to the State of Massachusetts as he was arrested without bail in a murder investigation, but add Danny Amendola, who is day to day with an unspecified injury, and Adrian Wilson. They also add Tim Tebow, whom the NY Jets released after drafting College hype Geno Smith, who is nursing a ankle on the green side of New York. Meanwhile, the blue side of New York has worked out a long term deal with Victor Cruz, who is currently in a walking boot hoping to make it back week 1.
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Osi Umenyiora Joins the Falcons, as well as Stephen Jackson.

The Philadelphia Eagles find a new head coach in Chip Kelly, after they part ways with Andy Reid, who found a job quickly in Kansas City, and now has Alex Smith as his quarterback to mold.

The Bronco’s gain Wes Welker on offense, but lose Elvis Dumervil, and Von Miller was handed a 6 game suspension for violating the league’s substance abuse policy, for street drugs not performance enhancing drugs.

All of that being said, I feel that the Bronco’s will be fine in the AFC West and take that division. I expect the Dolphins to battle the Patriots for the AFC East, both making the playoffs. The Steelers and the Bengals battle for the AFC North, both making the playoffs as well, and the Houston Texans taking the AFC South, making up the 6 AFC playoff teams.

I don’t see the Cowboys making it in that tough NFC East, but I see the Redskins continuing their success. The Niners take the NFC West slightly over the Seahawks, who also make the playoffs. The Packers take the NFC North and the Falcons take the NFC South, with Saints as a wild card to form the NFC playoff teams.

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Anthony Andrews

Otaku

The Manga Dilemma

Imagine you were told you could enjoy something for free and have newer versions of it before the people who pay for it. In the name of supporting the creators, would you actually pay for a dated product? Most would not, and that is the problem with the manga industry today.

As with music these days, there is a lot of bootlegging of manga. Essentially, a completed manga chapter will be leaked days or even weeks before it was meant to be released. In Japan, this may not be a big deal since it is the source for the material. The real issue is trying to get those chapters to the UK or America. Because of the time it takes to translate, license and distribute, Western countries are typically a month or so behind the Eastern readers. What some people have resorted to is getting the original Japanese mangas or “raws,” translating the text themselves then releasing them online for free. The turnaround from the Japanese market to the various websites who host these free scans is far faster than companies like Viz Media can keep up with.

This bootlegging process creates several issues. First and foremost, manga creators and distributors lose money, and when people lose money, they become less likely to do work. This leads to some of the less popular, but critically acclaimed, mangas getting cancelled or never making it to animation. Even more popular franchises like Naruto and Dragonball Z do not receive the same level of exposure here as they do in Japan because sales numbers cannot truly reflect the fan base. There have been groundbreaking box office sales for both franchises and their movies are shown in theaters in the East just like any other movie. Money makes the world go ‘round; however, if the Western owners of those franchise licenses do not see the opportunity for similar numbers, they will never spend the time or money to get advertisement for these films and get them into.

As fans and consumers of anime and manga, we are put in an odd situation. In order to see this genre grow and have the same level of mainstream media exposure that Japan enjoys, we would have to wait and pay for episodes and manga chapters we have already seen months ago. Honestly, it would be easier for the major Western companies to just hire the scanners who are currently translating for free. The scanners already have a following and with paychecks and official tools at their disposal, they could do better work. It comes down to the same issue we see in every form of creative media: money vs love. Those who love the mangas and animes do what they do for free and stay on top of it for the love of it. The major corporations and companies that hold the licenses here are focused on dollars and look more at how they can milk the love fans have as opposed to just giving them what they want.
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It should definitely be noted that there are those who have risen to the occasion. Companies like Crunchyroll and Yen Press are working double time to save the industry from piracy and providing an almost immediate turn around on translations for the Western world. They can be sited as helping bring a balance between not only getting the latest and greatest of anime and manga, but also finding reasonable prices for the content they provide. Crunchyroll, for instance, has a service that allows unlimited viewing of up-to-date anime releases for $6.95/month. Consumers can use anything from a laptop to a tablet or even the Playstaion 3 to enjoy Naruto Shippuden, Bleach or newer shows like Attack on Titan.

In the end, we are left with two options: play the game within the system and pay companies who are slowly bringing us content, or continue guerrilla tactics such as scanning raws and possibly tank the entire market in Western countries. With the rise of sites like Crunchyroll, we are provided with a third option as far as anime is concerned, but there is still not as strong a turnaround for manga.Though, in the grand scheme of things, this is such a minor issue, and the odds of some type of major change in how things operate is slim to none. With this knowledge, however, I hope that those who love manga and anime can make more informed decisions as to how to get more of what they love.

~the Ace of Spades

Film/Television/Broadcast/Radio, Games and Software, Industry Now

PS4 Release Date Announcement?

I’m sure many of our GIGA Geeks are privy to the news of the prospective Viacom/Sony deal which ”It looks like Sony could be primed to lead the charge into the future of television as the publisher announces a deal with Viacom to provide streaming television programming through various devices (like the PlayStation 4) by the end of the year or sometime in early 2014.”  Well, just today it was announced that highly anticipated news about the official date of release for the sexy PlayStation 4.
Of course even this is still subject to disambiguation.  News spread faster than crack and AIDS in the 80’s after being released on the official PlayStation blog.  Its official my people, August 20th, we’ll have a release date for all you “line campers” and “tent-bringers” to prepare for.

Also, to gamer’s delight, there was also news of a week long expose consisting of the world’s biggest publishers and developers.    “For one week in August 2013, Koelnmesse in Cologne, Germany becomes the centre of the gaming universe as the  invite you to check out the games that will light up the rest of the year and beyond”. <Source>

Direct News from the Sony camp
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We’ll kick off the show at 18:00 BST on 20 August 2013 with a briefing to media on our release plans for PlayStation 4, as well as updates on PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita.  Once the Koelnmesse opens its doors to the public, PS4 leads the way as gamers get to try out the next generation in console gaming for the first time, and there’s plenty to get excited about on PS3 and PS Vita too.

 

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Game File, Games and Software

Pokemon Game Show News

Apparently, the Pokemon Game Show is dropping a bomb a minute. We have seen the addition of Mega Evolutions in Pokemon X/Y:

The announcement of Pokemon: The Origins, an upcoming animated special (to be released in Japan on October 2, 2013) based on the games, featuring the rivalry between Red and Green:

And now, though it is just a quick glimpse, we see a new Pokemon title (jump to 2:14 for the glimpse in question):


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Could this be a return to consoles for the Pokemon franchise? I would definitely be all for another Pokemon Colosseum or XD: Gale of Darkness, but I need them to leave the Battle Revolution formula out of this.

Stay tuned. As soon as I find out, you will know too.

~the Ace of Spades

Pokemon Game Show footage by YouTube user SIZUMA1

GIGA: Arcade, GIGA: Play, Other, RPG

GIGA: Arcade – Arcuz – RPG


Description

Arcuz is an Action Role Play Game (Like Zelda or Diablo). You fight with the monsters, train your hero, learn skills, search better weapons and equipments, compose new items using your creativity…and more! Don’t be addicted!

You got 18 different maps to discover, 25 quests to accomplish, 21 battle skills to learn, more than 10 types of monsters to kill, more than 100 weapons and gears to choose, and unlimited possibility of composition…Those are not all. We translated this game into 7 languages so half of the whole world can enjoy it!

Hope Arcuz will bring you a lot of fun!

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Instructions

1. Overview:
Here we are presenting a classical action role playing game (Like Diablo). It is called Arcuz. The game consists of very cute pixel artwork and creative system. You can see avatar changes when equip different weapons, fight with the monsters and get self level-up, learn battle skills, add crystal pieces on your weapon or armor by composition (increase its power), etc.2. Game story:
A long long time ago, land Sakara was rich and flourishing. There was a village at the west of the land called Arcuz Village. People lived there happily and peacefully. Their cosy life led them to forget the dark age when the Devil of Abyss, Ssyba, came out from the underground and brought horror and darkness to the land. Fortunately, he was sealed in the deepest place of the dungeon by the heroes.Recently, strange things have begun to happen again. Animals surrounding village Arcuz were blustering and began to attack the villagers. People left the land to escape the abnormity, but some are still suffering and waiting for the arrival of the calm after the storm.You, the hero, an adventurer, heard about this torrid affair and came to the village. Thus our story starts from here…3. Control and brief instruction on how to play:
WASD: Move
J: Attack/Talk with NPC/Accept
K: Jump/Cancel
I&L: Activate Battle Skill. You can put 4 battle skills on the skill slots on the bottom of the game screen and press I/L to use the skills. You level up and add ability point to one of your skills. Then you click one of the skills on the SKILL panel and put it on the skill slot. You can only put active skills to the skill slots (not passive skills).
1/2/3: Use potions and town portal. Click the potions and scrolls in your inventory and put them on the potion slots on the bottom of the game screen. Then you can use the potions and scrolls by pressing key 1/2/3.
C/V/B/N/M/,/ESC: hotkeys for Char, Skill, Quest, Inventory, Map and Menu.

First you, the hero, arrived at Village Arcuz. The old man standing near you is the Village head Wayne. You go to the front of him and talk with him by pressing J. You accept his 5 tutorial quests for beginners one by one: You buy weapon from the blacksmith Gran and equip it; you go out of the village and kill slimes (fight training. Attack by keep pressing J. You can have attack combo, you can jump and chop down… This game has a very cute battle system); you learn how to add points to your characters and battle skills; you learn how to compose… After finishing all of the 5 quests, you enter Chapter 2. From Chapter 2 to Chapter 5, you are going to help the villagers and begin to see the whole picture of the game step by step.