Theatrhythm Final Fantasy - 1st Gameplay Video

Remember that Final Fantasy music and rhythm game that was announced? It sounded all confusing and (to some) stupid. Well I was excited when i first heard about it and now that I've seen gameplay of it makes me want to go out there and get a 3DS right this minute.

Aside from battle sequences having the music and rhythm action, what looks to be fixed segments of travel also have a different approach to the music and rhythm action. Add to that some FMVs from other Final Fantasy games used as background videos during some Ouendan style action. Is that the FF8 Ballroom dance scene I see?

Thanks to Colette Bennett's tweet for the video link.

Portal: No Escape

Wanna see a good live action short film about Portal? Here's one. Much like Mortal Kombat Rebirth, I wish this gets turned into a real movie. MK sort of got that by having the web-series called Mortal Kombat Legacy.

Portal: No Escape (Live Action Short Film by Dan Trachtenberg) A woman wakes up in a room with no memory of who she is or how she got there...

Gamestop Employee Fired For Planking In Store

Planking is all the rage now, especially here in thePhilippines. It's never been something that I've been fond of or wanted to immitate but many people and immitation is a great form of flattery. However, aside from looking stupid, it could also get a person fired as a 4-year store supervisor at Gamestop has just proven.

Because he was planking while in a supervisory position, combined with the Twitter posts, his termination is considered gross negligence. Mazzocchi was a Senior Game Advisor, and had been working at Gamestop since 2007.

At first this may seem like an overreaction, Gamestop is considering not only their own reputation but the safety of its employees in this matter. Mazzocchi was putting himself in potential danger both on company property and while on the clock. By posting the images to Twitter, he essential nailed his own coffin. Gamestop is notorious for monitoring its employees actions on the web, and this is not the first time a company has used evidence from social networking sites like Twitter as grounds for termination.

Source [Geeklogie]

30 minutes of Dark Souls gameplay

Dark Souls is a month away so lets watch some gameplay footage shall we? a live gameplay of Dark Souls was being stream on Japanese broadcast site Nico Nico Douga and someone was able to record it for us to see in Youtube. 

This is definitely a day one purchase for me. Is it going to be harder than the first game? I wouldn't be surprised. These are the games I appreciate since we don't have that many games nowadays that want us to throw the disc out the window.

Part 1

part 2

Part 3

Dark Souls will be out on Oct 4 for the Playstation 3, and Xbox 360.

[Source: Gematsu]

Final Fantasy XIII - 2 is 90% complete, release date will be announced soon

The sequel to the most linear Final Fantasy game you will ever play is 90% done. Producer Yoshinori Kitase said the game has been in development for one and a half years.

Andriasang reports that it was hinted they will announce a solid release date of Final Fantasy XIII - 2 during the TGS 2011(Tokyo Game Show 2011). During a Q&A held in Tokyo, one of the attendees asked Final Fantasy XIII-2 director Motomu Toriyama for a specific date. He replied with Tokyo and a series of X's. Tokyo is the only hint we need since we know that TGS 2011 is days away. With the announcement of the game at 90%, there's a huge possibility that they will hit a 2011 release.

TGS 2011 is happening this Thursday, Sept 15 - 18 so expect more info about Final Fantasy XIII by the end of the week.

[Source: Andriasang]