The Games Xpo Singapore TGX 2012

Video #1: Cos X Players

Video #2: Dragon Nest Final Match @ Main Stage

Counter Strike Match

DOTA2 Match

Starcraft 2 Final Match

Singapore Toy, Game & Comic Convention 2012 (STGCC)

I missed the last year STGCC because of my job. Thanks to my twitter connection, I only knew about STGCC 2012 a day before its first day and attended STGCC 2012 last day which was held at Marina Bay Sands Convention Center. Other than the thriller of enjoying the best of Eastern & Western toys, games and comics, I am astonished with the debut performance of Piko in Singapore. In fact it was his first public performance in South East Asia.

Marina Bay Sands Hotel

Video #1  Piko Make My Day @ Main Stage

Video #2 Fight Saber Performance @ Main Stage

Video #3 Cosplay Runway @ Main Stage

Video #4 Cosplay Runway Ending @ Main Stage

Main Entrance to STGCC 2012

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

Official website: www.abelincolnvampirehunter.com

Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln:_Vampire_Hunter_(film)

Main cast: Benjamin Walker & Dominic Cooper

Director: Timur Bekmambetov

Release date:22 June 2012

Running time: 1 hour 45 minutes

Plot:
          President Lincoln's mother is killed by a supernatural creature, which fuels his passion to crush vampires and their slave-owning helpers.

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34x6m-ahGIo

Cinema: Cathay City Square

Ticket Price: RM 12.00

Rating:

Plot              7/10

Effect         10/10

Scene        10/10

Cast             9/10

Overall      9.0/10

Freedom to Love (PinkDot 30 June 2012)

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Aliens: Colonial Marines

Aliens: Colonial Marines is an upcoming video game to be released on February 2013 by Sega for Window PC, PS3, Wii and Xbox 360. Developed by Gearbox Software, Colonial Marines takes place after the event of Aliens (1986 second installment of Alien films).

#1 Escape from Nuclear Blast in LV-426 (Aliens)

In the end of Aliens (year 2179), the Atmosphere Station blew up by its own nuclear reaction due to overheating as the primary exchanger pipes were ruptured during the first assault between the colonial marines and aliens in Hadley's Hope facility, LV-426. The few survivors (Ellen Ripley, Corporal Dwayne Hicks, Newt and Bishop) escaped from the nuclear blast and entered hypersleep for the return to Earth on U.S.S. Sulaco spaceship.

#2 Hypersleep on U.S.S. Sulaco

The Alien Queen had left several eggs/superfacehugger on Sulaco before being ejected into space by Ripley. The alien facehuggers impregnated the survivors in their hypersleep tubes causing fire on Sulaco. The survivors were sent into escape pod which was then ejected from the burning Sulaco and crashed into Fiorina Fury 161 in the event of Alien 3 (1992 third installment of Alien films).

#3 Alien Egg on Sulaco (Alien 3)

#4 Alien facehugger approaching Newt in the Hypersleep Tube (Alien 3)

#5 Escape Pod from Sulaco crashing into Fiorina Fury 161 (Alien 3)

When the Colonial Marines search & rescue team arrived to the scene in LV-426, they found Sulaco spaceship in total mess but was not completely engulfed by the fire. In the gameplay, player will take role as first shooter investigating the damaged Sulaco spaceship as well as the remaining Hadley's Hope facility and the derelict alien spacecraft which stores thousands of alien eggs in Alien (1979 first installment of Alien film).

Check out the latest trailer and the gameplay walkthrough demos:


#6 Cinematic Trailer


#7 Gameplay Walkthrough Demo


#8 More Gameplay Demo

Prometheus (3D)

Official website: www.prometheus-movie.co.uk

Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prometheus_(film)

Main cast: Noomi Rapace & Michael Fassbender

Director: Ridley Scott

Release date: 7 June 2012

Running time: 2 hour 4 minutes

Plot:
          Ridley Scott, director of "Alien" and "Blade Runner," returns to the genre he helped define. In the late 21st century, a star map is discovered within the archaeological imagery of several otherwise unconnected cultures, including Magdalenian, Mesoamerican and Mesopotamian civilizations. The crew of the vessel Prometheus is sent on a scientific expedition, sponsored by the Weyland Corporation, to follow the map to find the origins of mankind. Exploring the advanced civilization of an extraterrestrial race, they soon face a threat to humanity's very existence.

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0WUpsErUBA

Cinema: Golden Village Plaza, Plaza Singapura

Ticket Price: S$14.50

Rating:

Plot              7/10

Effect         10/10

Scene        10/10

Cast             9/10

Overall      9.0/10

Quotes:
David: Big things have small beginnings.

Elizabeth Shaw: We call them Engineers.
Milburn: Do you mind telling us what they engineered?
Elizabeth Shaw: They engineered us. 

Meredith Vickers: Take us home!
Elizabeth Shaw: If we don't stop it, there won't be any home to go back to!

Visuals:

#1 Fossiled remain of Space Jockey discovery in derelict spaceship
in LV-426(Zeta-2-Reticuli system), June 2122 (Alien)

#2 Before 3.2 billion BC, a sacrificial engineer drank a dark liquid
to seed the earth with his DNA elements

#3 Prometheus arrived in LV-223 in the year 2093

#4 Alien structure

#5 Biological weapon cargo

#6 Space Jockey spacesuit in the background

#7 Hammerpede emerged from the dark liquid

#8 Impregnation by a Hammerpede

#9 Stone cylinders in cargo area of alien spaceship

#10

#11 Prometheus rammed into alien spaceship

More info on Engineer and its biological weapon cargo:
http://www.angelfire.com/oh2/Thrahn/Jockey.html

McDonald's Hello Kitty Ronald Birdie Grimace Hamburglar (Singapore)

McDonald's Hello Kitty McDonaldland crossover plushies in four unique costumes. With every purchase of an extra Value Meal, you can get one Hello Kitty at only S$3.90. You may also grab your favorite Hello Kitty at S$9.00 without any meal purchase. Each of them will be promoted for a week back to back in sequence from 17 May till 13 June:

1. Hamburglar  17 May - 23 May

2. Grimace        24 May - 30 May

3. Birdie            31 May - 06 Jun

4. Ronald           07 Jun - 13 Jun 

Tada, here comes the full set of them

Hello Kitty Hamburglar, Grimace, Birdie & Ronald McDonald

Ronald

Men In Black 3 (3D)

Official website: www.meninblack.com

Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men_in_Black_3

Main cast: Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones, & Josh Brolin

Director: Barry Sonnenfeld

Release date: 25 May 2012

Running time: 1 hour 46 minutes

Plot:
          In Men in Black 3, Agents J (Will Smith) and K (Tommy Lee Jones) are back...in time. J has seen some inexplicable things in his 15 years with the Men in Black, but nothing, not even aliens, perplexes him as much as his wry, reticent partner. But when K's life and the fate of the planet are put at stake, Agent J will have to travel back in time to put things right. J discovers that there are secrets to the universe that K never told him -- secrets that will reveal themselves as he teams up with the young Agent K (Josh Brolin) to save his partner, the agency, and the future of humankind. -- (C) Sony

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyaFEBI_L24

Cinema: Cathay City Square, City Square

Ticket Price: RM17.00

Rating:

Plot              9/10

Effect         10/10

Scene        10/10

Cast           10/10

Overall      9.8/10

Quotes:
(The crew of Apollo 11 are watching the fight on the launch tower between the agents and bad guys] Buzz Aldrin: If we report this, they're going to scrub the launch. Neil Armstrong: [Passively] I didn't see anything.

Agent K: Don't ask questions you don't want to know the answer to.

Agent K: Do you know what is the most destructive power in the universe?
Agent J: Sugar?

Dinosaur Terror - Kids' Nightmare in Singapore

5m-long Pachycephalosaurus, 2m-long Velociraptor, 9m-long Ankylosaurus, 16m-long Spinosaurus, and 6m-long Dilophosaurus are frighteningly scary and nightmarish to kids who might not able to tell they are just fake. My 5 years-old nephew had cried out of fear when encountering a Hello Kitty of the same size as him. With these carnivorous looking dinosaurs (they actually are carnivores who once roamed the earth devouring meat), I think he might faint as well if he was there.

X-Ploring Dinosaurs! Plaza Singapura Part 1

X-Ploring Dinosaurs! Plaza Singapura Part 2

McDonald's Hello Kitty Birdie Meets Grimace and Hamburglar (Singapore)

McDonald's Hello Kitty Birdie meets Hello Kitty Grimace & Hamburglar. McDonald's offers Hello Kitty plushies in four unique costumes crossover as per McDonaldland characters. With every purchase of an extra Value Meal, you can get one Hello Kitty at only S$3.90. You may also grab your favorite Hello Kitty at S$9.00 without any meal purchase. Each of them will be promoted for a week back to back in sequence from 17 May till 13 June:

1. Hamburglar  17 May - 23 May

2. Grimace        24 May - 30 May

3. Birdie            31 May - 06 Jun

4. Ronald           07 Jun - 13 Jun 

Tada, here comes the lovely Hello Kitty Birdie crossover! I got her this morning. 

#1 Hamburglar & Grimace found Birdie

#2 Birdie set free. She is 17cm tall and weighs 45.5g.

#3 Birdie with her purple scarf   

#4  Birdie, Grimace & Hamburglar perform planking

#5 Bed for Birdie, Grimace & Hamburglar

Chen Wu Shian Pineapple Cake (Taiwan)

Rating: 9/10

Fear

Lately, I was so obsessed with Hello Kitty McDonaldLand crossover plushies just because of fear. I guess the fear in me took the toll and plunged me back to the dark memories of my past.

I was a timid kid who always felt insecure when in school or public area. I had never feel so nervous and scared of attending my private tuition as I was always ended up as an entertainment outlet by the bullish son of the tutor. Unfortunately, other tuition mates joined in the bullying party lead by him. And he became my greatest ever enemy of my life. One of them even harassed me sexually but I was so timid to resist such embarrassment. I hated them so much that I started to isolate myself from them since then.

I felt suicidal throughout my teenage life. "Could I live past 18years old?" was the frequent question popped out in my head before I slept each every night. I had to sleep with my favorite teddy bear to sooth my aching heart. I hated them so much that I studied hard to excel over them. Books were the only consolation I could find in that I survived the ordeal.

Hatred, anger, revenge, sadism, fear; that's what I learnt and cultivated in me. They became habits. Fear leads to hatred. Hatred leads to anger. Anger leads to suffering. They seems like a karma that I couldn't let go yet till now. When I encounter difficult times, they come back easily to haunt me.

I have to sleep with Kitties tonight.

McDonald's Hello Kitty Grimace Meets Hamburglar (Singapore)

McDonald's Hello Kitty Hamburglar meets Hello Kitty Grimace at last. McDonald's offers Hello Kitty plushies in four unique costumes crossover as per McDonaldland characters. With every purchase of an extra Value Meal, you can get one Hello Kitty at only S$3.90. You may also grab your favorite Hello Kitty at S$9.00 without any meal purchase. Each of them will be promoted for a week back to back in sequence from 17 May till 13 June:

1. Hamburglar  17 May - 23 May

2. Grimace        24 May - 30 May

3. Birdie            31 May - 06 Jun

4. Ronald           07 Jun - 13 Jun 

Tada, here comes the lovely Hello Kitty Grimace crossover! I got her this morning. 

#1 Hamburglar found Grimace

#2 Grimace set free. She is 17cm tall and weighs 48g.

#3 Grimace taking off her hood with Hamburglar    

#4  Grimace & Hamburglar are ready to strike hamburger terror in the city

#5 Grimace & Hamburglar decide to wait for another day

#6 Perfect Grimace

#7 Grimace got her wings

#8 Grimace in her sleeping bag

McDonald's Hello Kitty is Back (Singapore)

It's been years since McDonald's had offered hot collectibles like Snoopy 1998 and Hello Kitty 2000. At last today, Hello Kitty makes a comeback at McDonald's. With every purchase of an extra Value Meal, you can get one Hello Kitty at only S$3.90. You may also grab your favorite Hello Kitty at S$9.00 without any meal purchase.

This time, McDonald's introduces Hello Kitty plushies in four unique costumes crossover as per McDonaldland characters. Each of them will be promoted for a week back to back in sequence from 17 May till 13 June:

1. Hamburglar  17 May - 23 May

2. Grimace        24 May - 30 May

3. Birdie            31 May - 06 Jun

4. Ronald           07 Jun - 13 Jun

Personally, Hamburglar & Ronald are my favorites. I may not be a great fan of Hello Kitty, but the Hello Kitty fever is so infectious. I am craving for them!  

Tada, here comes the mighty Hamburger Burglar, Hello Kitty Hamburglar crossover!

#1 Hamburglar was imprisoned in a plastic packaging when I got him out from McDonald's

#2 Hamburglar set free at last. He is 17cm tall and weighs 45g.

#3 Hamburglar takes a deep breath

#4 Hamburglar spreads his wing

#5 Hamburglar is ready to steal your favorite hamburgers   

#6 He can do planking as well

Hamburglar: "I can't wait for my lady Grimace to unleash "Hamburger terror" in the city!"

I want her too cos she is so cute with her removable hood!