Monday, September 22, 2014

Let's Do The News! (September 22, 2014)

Things we learned today...

- After winning the elections, newly-elected New Zealand PM John Key said that he wants this nation to vote next year on changing the national flag.

- The Australian government is proposing a ban on torturing suspected terrorists from Secret Service agents for interrogation purposes.

- The government officials from Yemen had signed a peace deal with the Shiite rebels following days of violence that killed over 140 people and sent thousands evacuating from their homes.

- The legendary Lancia Fulvia Sport 1.3 Zagato is this week's feature on the latest Jay Leno's Garage webisode. Check it out!

 

- Bandai Namco Games announced their 5th DLC Catalog for the PS3-exclusive THE iDOLM@STER ONE FOR ALL video game, which will go on sale at the Playstation Store on the 25th of September. First up, there's a brand new scenario where all 765 PRO idols are wearing the scenario-exclusive Relish Autumn outfit and they're performing the scenario-exclusive song titled Thank You!. In addition, Kana Yabuki and Nao Yokoyama from THE iDOLM@STER MILLION LIVE mobile game will be making a special guest appearances on this DLC catalog. Additional clothes you say? Yes, there are! Additional costumes for this catalog include Lady Grisaille, Pastel Bikini, My Dear Vampire, Starlight Agent, Scent Iris, Twilight Safari, Jungle Survivor, Sky Puzzler, Baby Blue Jaguar, Desert Traveler, and Horoscope Caster. Additional songs include 99 Nights, きゅんっ!ヴァンパイアガール, L・O・B・M, and my song.

765SHOP CATALOG Vol. 5 Thank You!
- Kotori Minami from Love Live! School Idol Project now has her very own Nendoroid! Sweet! She'll be available to you this January at the price of 3,241 Japanese Yen plus tax.

Nendoroid Kotori Minami

- Nissan's Infiniti brand confirms a production version of a brand new, two-door coupe by 2015. Could it be the Q50-based Q60 or better known as the Skyline Coupe in the making?

- Group Lotus PLC may lost over 325 jobs as part of a new plan for the British sportscar maker.

- Lamborghini teases a mysterious machine for its Paris Motor Show debut but what is it?

- Comedian Nick Frost will be making a guest appearance on the upcoming Doctor Who Christmas Special.

Forza Motorsport 5 - 2014 Renault Spark SRT_01E at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps

Part of the Spark-Renault SRT_01E taking on the world on Forza Motorsport 5, it's time for this zero-emission racing machine to take on one of the most challenging racetracks in the world, probably known as Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, the racetrack used as the venue for the Formula 1's Belgian GP as well as the Spa 24 Hour endurance and other races. This racetrack has a very challenging Eau Rouge corner at the start and racers need to be very careful with their speed and mobility while trying to survive the corner's dreaded elevation. One small mistake will cost them more.


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Even though the Spark-Renault SRT_01E has faced some minor mishaps while trying to survive one of Spa's nastiest corners and elevations, I believed that one quick lap round the Spa with this zero-emission racer is a profound success. I know that this game had me sending this racer halfway round the world and its progress after taking on Europe's finest racetracks is looking pretty good. Looks like we need to move out from the Europe and next time, let's bring this one to the Middle East. Specifically, the Yas Island in Abu Dhabi. You know that racetrack used for the Abu Dhabi GP? Yeah, that's what we're tackling next.

F1 2014: Singapore GP



Nico Rosberg's unfortunate turn of events in the form of a faulty gearbox problems that sent him stranded at the start of the formation lap gave Lewis Hamilton from Mercedes the upper hand in the Singapore GP race at Marina Bay. With no Rosberg in sight, Hamilton's now focused on catching up against the likes of two Red Bull Racing's finest; Sebastian Vettel and Daniel Ricciardo. His victory sent Vettel in 2nd place and Ricciardo in 3rd place.

Other racers that faced the same fate as Rosberg in this race were McLaren's Jenson Button for his car's power box problems, two racers from Sauber, and Kamui Kobayashi from Caterham for his car's power unit failure.

On the driver's ranking aside, looks like Hamilton's now in the lead and he's three points ahead of his teammate Nico Rosberg. This is going to be very one sided.

The next race will be at Japan this 5th of October.

Report: http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2014/9/16385.html

Image: Top Gear

Sunday, September 21, 2014

Hub Network to be renamed as Discovery Family?

Hub Network

Bronies from all over the world got shocked when they heard the news about Discovery Communications renaming the family-oriented Hub Network, the one with My Little Pony and other great kid shows on it, into Discovery Family. This report occurred when Discovery Communications and one of the world's biggest toy companies, Hasbro, terminated their partnership. Under the terms, Discovery will take over The Hub's interest and rebranding it as a family-oriented network while Hasbro will retain their large stake and control six hours of daytime TV on the network from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM.

The renaming is expected to happen this year and it will be placed in a business unit overseen by Henry Schleiff, the group president of Discovery Communication's rapidly-expanding channels.

Report: http://www.awn.com/news/discovery-rebrand-kids-network-hub

Park Sang-Myun in Banana Split



In case you've really missed last night's episode of Banana Split: Extra Scoop, one of South Korea's famed comedians made a special guest appearance in front of the Music Museum audience! Yes, that's Park Sang-Myun, an actor who appeared in the Green Rose Korean drama and movies like My Wife is a Gangster and Miracle on Cell No. 7.

Very nice to see a foreign celeb guesting on this show!

Forza Motorsport 5 - 2014 Renault Spark SRT_01E at Nurburgring GP Circuit

Part of taking round the world with the Spark-Renault SRT_01E racecar, the car used for the FIA Formula E championship, on Forza Motorsport 5, this zero-emission racing machine is prepped up for its next destination; the Nurburgring. Sadly, because my XBOX One's Game DVR only carries up to 5 minutes of footage, using the Nordschleife is not a good idea so instead, I've gone for the shorter one; the Grand Prix Circuit of the Nurburgring. The one that served as the basis for the Formula 1 German Grand Prix annually.

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Although a little rough on the end but the Spark-Renault SRT_01E is proven to be ready for this track should the Germans have accepted their invitation to future FIA Formula E seasons. Next time, let's go to Belgium's Spa-Francorchamps. Now here's a challenge this car pumped up for this...

Doctor Who S08E05

Doctor Who S08E05

Although the Bank of Karabraxos is impregnable, The Doctor (Peter Capaldi) and Clara (Jenna Coleman), with the help of some skilled cons such as the augmented human Psi (Jonathan Bailey) and the shape-shifting mutant human Saibra (Pippa Bennett-Warner) managed to survive through the most dangerous bank in the universe. Encountering with the likes of Madame Karabraxos (Keeley Hawes), her clone in charge of the security Ms. Delphox, and the fearsome monster that detects guilt known as the Teller, this adventure is no walk in the park for them. That was one heck of a bank heist they've pulled but that episode is worth remembering.

Here's a BTS clip from this episode:



NEXT EPISODE PREVIEW:

Saturday, September 20, 2014

#BGDodoBeNice

On the September 20, 2014 episode of Bubble Gang...

- Arrow gags

- Court hearing with Ex-Vice Mayor Dodo Be-Nice gets a mockery!

Chikki Manica

Sec. De Anim

Ex-Vice Mayor Dodo Be-Nice

- Dexter the Binatilya tries to fight off against an approaching jolog.

- IKAW AT ANG INA takes on...fansigns!

- Bubble Gang does McDonald's Everyday McSavers by spoofing this commercial as WCDONALD'S EVERYDAY WCSAVERS! Love ko to!

Bubble Gang does McDonalds!

- One of Don Cantoni's associates is heavily wounded!

- Ano ba ang mga nangyayari, kuwentuhan natin di kaya ng dati, puro kanta na lang tayo pare, salita ay di natin masabi...

- More big questions answered in ANG BAGONG DATING DOON INTERNATIONAL!

- Wedding with the demons!

Friday, September 19, 2014

R:RACING EVOLUTION Direct Audio

R: RACING EVOLUTION
Direct Audio


Launched on the PS2, XBOX 360, and the Nintendo Gamecube on the 27th of November, 2003, R: RACING EVOLUTION is a little more than celebrating 20 years of Namco's racing games, which was started it all from Pole Position, Final Lap, Winning Run, Ridge Racer, and MotoGP. This game, for the first time, featured fully-licensed vehicles from all over the world spanning from tuner cars, classics, muscle cars, and racing machines. Yes, we did heard that XBOX versions had players trying out a Hummer H1 Open Top.

In the Racing Life mode, which served as the career mode of this game, players buckled themselves on the tale of Rena Hayami, a young woman who, after an accident, forced to leave her job as an ambulance driver and live her life as a racer for the G.V.I., with the help of Stefan Garnier.

At last, after over a decade of waiting, the original soundtrack for the memorable racing game has arrived and it features a total of 17 music tracks based on the game, including the game's theme song "Show The World", which was composed by Yu Miyake and vocals by Stephanie Cooke from King Street Sounds, the same lady who did the ending theme song from Ace Combat 04: Shattered Skies, titled Blue Skies.

This music CD is perfect for those who still remembered this game a decade ago.

TRACK LISTINGS:

Disc 1:
1) Show the world (Short Version)
2) Select Screen1
3) Select Screen2
4) Deep Resonance
5) Liquid Soul
6) Mars Landing
7) Divas
8) Funk-A-Tronic
9) Rising

Disc 2:
1) T Minus Ten
2) Monte Carlo
3) Carmine
4) Boombox
5) Time Compression
6) Scene 15 BGM
7) COLLECTION
8) Show the world

Gran Turismo 6: The GT-R NISMO

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The GT-R is one of the all time bests that was once built from a hermetically-sealed factory and always in tune to the sound of speed. It has a wide reputation of crushing the competition three times of its price tag and every speedo boy in the world wished to have one of those because...this is the ultimate in the JDM aristocracy.

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With the introduction of the new GT-R NISMO, the pride of Japan has now been toughened up to continue its never-ending quest for speed and while the brand new GT-R NISMO was heavily inspired from its involvement in numerous motorsports, especially the Super GT and the FIA GT3 as well as its involvement at the Nurburgring, the reworked performance of Japan's mightiest supercar truly salivated us with the promising powerhouse we deserved from Nissan and thanks to Gran Turismo 6, we can now live the dream of driving one.

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I am one of the lucky ones who can't wait to try out the full potential of this toughened version of Godzilla and this car really seduces everyone to go back playing GT6 and drive this beauty as much as they want from their heart's content.

 City of Arts and Sciences - Night_4

So, how did Nissan decided to create a much improved version of the GT-R even though the GT-R is by no means one of Japan's biggest contributions to the world of sportscars since the Silvia and the Fairlady? Let me give you a little secret between us because while Nissan announced the development of their most extreme GT-R to date, they've sent out their hardened veterans on reserve and what are they doing? They're very busy collecting data from the world's finest exotics. After moments of data collecting from its opposition, they began analyzing what should their ultimate GT-R be aside from adding more power and be more aerodynamic than the normal one.

Moments later, they've pooled in their available resources and then trying out in the Nurburgring where it recorded a lap time of 7:08.679, which is faster than what the Lexus LFA Nurburgring Package would do. The final result? A GT-R that is proven to be track-focused and road-legal at the same time. This is it. This is the prime specimen Nissan has been looking for through the years and when the GT-R NISMO is born, the world stood still and fell silence.

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Having spent nearly five minutes on this car, I'm starting to adore its GT-R NISMO newly-found characteristics not just as a track-focused road-legal machine but also a modern grand tourer the world has ever faced. This is way beyond being a modern grand tourer because it balances dynamism and precision, making it a good car to drive even at the hands of a rookie. And when the weather starting to come bad and the roads have gone wet, the GT-R NISMO laughs at the face of nature thanks to its amazing 4WD system and its incredible traction that stands out from any roads.

With the improved 3.8L V6 twin-turbo engine, race-inspired aerodynamics, clever suspension setup, its double-clutch gearbox, and several man hours spent into the development of this car, the GT-R NISMO is aimed to deliver the best lap times the most than most of its European rivals would do and that gives me an idea because...

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I want to see how good the GT-R NISMO is and to find out, I need a proper rival to do the job and yes, a wild Lexus LFA appeared but this isn't the Lexus LFA we'll be using...

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Yup, it's this. The LFA Nurburgring Package. A special version of the LFA heavily inspired from the one used in the Nurburgring 24 Hour Races and like the GT-R, this is a track-focused and road-legal machine that is primed and ready to take on the world's finest on the road and on the track.

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So, here we are. Two prime specimens are now in place for the biggest duel of their lives as two track-focused versions of Japan's finest sports cars of all time slugging against each other in none other than Suzuka Circuit. Yes. The whole Suzuka Circuit we're talking about as both the LFA Nurburgring Package and the GT-R NISMO will be having a samurai swordfight to the death and whoever's the fastest wins.


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First up, it's the LFA Nurburgring Package from Lexus. The hardcore version of the limited-to-500 unit supercar that stunned the world since its 2009 Tokyo Motor Show debut. Just 50 out of the 500 units were made with this package that comes with the added 10HP power on the 1LR-GUE V10 engine, improved gearbox, and a host of aerodynamic features. It even comes with a fixed rear spoiler for added downforce. It went round the Nurburgring in 7:14.64 and that's quicker than the recently updated 2013MY (2014MY) Nissan GT-R's 7:18.6 lap time. Incredible. On mid-December 2012, the last Lexus LFA ever built is armed with the Nurburgring Package and it's been colored in Whitest White.

Anyway, while it performed some amazing moves since this is the track-focused version, the LFA Nurburgring Package found no issues while surviving Suzuka but unlike the GT-R, the LFA is rear-wheel drive, meaning this car can get some misbehaving oversteer that costs this car some time but despite its rude behavior, the LFA gets the job done quicker than serving a pizza.

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Now, it's the turn of the GT-R NISMO and not only it packs more power than the LFA because of its 591HP power output from the 3.8L V6 twin turbo engine, its track-based aerodynamics inspired by those from the GT3 and GT500 racers as well as its clever 4WD system makes it more easier to handle than the LFA. Although there are a number of downsides apart from understeering and too much grip, the GT-R NISMO tries to be "feel at home" on the Suzuka Circuit and it behaves very well in corners that the LFA Nurburgring Package misbehaved for a brief period. Remember this has a lap time of 7:08.679, which is faster than the LFA Nurburgring Package, but is it faster here?

After a hot lap round Suzuka, here are the results;

LFA Nurburgring Package - 2:20.783
GT-R NISMO - 2:12.960

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So, a surprise result then, thanks to the GT-R NISMO's improved capabilities as a racing machine built for the road and track in mind, not only it beats the LFA Nurburgring Package by several seconds but...I truly believe it's ready. It's finally prepared to take on the world because that's what the GT-R NISMO wanted to be for the pride of Nissan. I guess this ends here but in the meantime, time for the GT-R NISMO to have a well-deserved break at Andalucia.

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In case you haven't noticed it by now, what you're looking at here is GT6's biggest track yet. Called Circuito de la Sierra, this original track is based on the roads of Andalucia, Spain. Because this is bigger than the Nurburgring, concentration is a must if you want to survive their biggest circuit offered on GT6 but in the meantime, goodbye!

Let's Do The News! (September 19, 2014)

Things we learned today...

- Typhoon Mario is expected to leave the Philippine Area of Responsibility by Sunday morning, according to weather reports. So far, the Philippine capital has been submerged in flood, all because of the hanging habagat that enhanced this monster of a typhoon.

- Citizens from Scotland had vote NO for the nation's independence.

- Apple's iOS8 operating system has arrived but what's it all about?

- Terror group Al-Qaeda is posing a even more deadlier threat to its rival terrorist group ISIS against the US government, according to a top US official.

 

- Peugeot's Quartz Concept crossover is ready for its Paris Motor Show appearance.

Peugeot Quartz Concept

- Citroen will showcase their fuel-efficient concept car based on the C4 Cactus budget crossover that will promise 50kmpl of fuel economy on this year's Paris Motor Show.


Citroen C4 Cactus Airflow 2L Concept
- IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: Asphalt 8: Airborne revealed their San Diego update with the addition of a brand new (and highly difficult) San Diego Harbor track and there's some additional challenges exclusively on the iOS8 models such as the new iPhone 6. Also, keep an eye out on new cars such as the Savage Rivale GTR, Mazda Furai Concept, Maserati MC12, Peugeot Onyx Concept and Koenigsegg's fastest masterpiece known as the One:1. If you see one of them via time-limited events, seize this opportunity to win an early access to one of these machines!

- Who eats hotdogs the most? Man or hamster? Watch this amusing clip where World Eating Champion Takeru Kobayashi takes on a hamster on the hotdog eating duel.

 

TTFN!!!

Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Let's Do The News! (September 17, 2014)

The big scoop today...

- The Mayon Volcano has spewing lava earlier as residents are rushed to leave the site of the deadly eruption immediately.

- Due to the ongoing bad weather because of the outgoing Typhoon Luis and an incoming LPA set to become a typhoon in a few days, the Department of Transportation and Communications has suspended six domestic flights from Manila going to Butuan and Surigao and vice versa.

- Renault revealed a concept car that previews their take on the VW XL1 eco-car called the Eolab. It's set for its Paris Motor Show debut in a few weeks.

Renault Eolab
Renault Eolab Concept

- Kazari Uiharu and Ruiko Saten from To Aru Kagaku no Railgun gets the BEACH QUEENS treatment as these figures from Wave will be available this March 2015 starting at 6,200 Japanese Yen.

Beach Queens Kazari Uiharu

Beach Queens Ruiko Saten

- Good Smile Company introduced a new line of figures called figFIX. Unlike the figma figures we know, the figFIX figures are fixed in a specific and well-known pose of each character while the head part make use of the same joint as the figma range. The first figFIX will be Shimakaze from the browser game most Japanese otakes keep blabbering about called Kantai Collection (KanColle). Donned in her half-damaged state, FigFIX Shimakaze is ready for its April 2015 release at its 3,611 JPY pricing before tax.

figFIX Shimakaze -Half-damaged ver-

- Real Racing 3 introduced its Version 2.6 update with a new menu interface, 8-player cross-platform multiplayer, updated race replays, new Racing School events, and the addition of two legendary classics such as the Lamborghini Countach and the Lamborghini Miura.

- Moments after being freed by the authorities, actor Billy Crawford is going to Canada along with his co-hosts from It's Showtime TV show for a concert.

TTFN!!!