Tales of Vesperia, initially a X-Box 360 exclusive, has seen itself move from the X-Box 360 to the PS3 within a year of its release on the X-Box 360 nearly two summers ago. When the PS3 port of the game was announced, it was hoped by North American fans of Namco Bandai’s Tales series that the PS3 version would be localized and released in North America. There were rumours that the title was in the midst of being localized only a month after the Japanese version was released as Troy Baker, who voiced the main character Yuri Lowell, commented that the voice cast was getting back together to record additional content for the game. This did not come as a surprise as the PS3 version, released in Japan in September 2009, had additional voiced scenes and an additional character (a pirate named Patty) that were not present in the 360 version. (more…)
Over the past few weeks I have found myself reading some novels that I never quite got around to finishing in my teenage years. One of the novels I find myself reading is The Foundation series, written by Isaac Asimov. I remember having read a copy of the first two novels of the series (Foundation and Foundation and Empire) that my mom had owned as a kid. It was an enjoyable read and one of my first forays in science fiction literature that was unrelated to Star Trek or Star Wars. I never did get around to finishing the series, which was originally part of a trilogy of novels, but over the years I did come across of the successive novels Asimov had written to continue and complete his story; I even managed to read a prequel to Foundation that he wrote called Prelude to Foundation. It was only after visiting a friend of mine, who works at a local bookstore, that I decided to get back into the series and bought all three novels comprising what is considered the original trilogy, namely Foundation, Foundation and Empire, and Second Foundation. Since purchasing them I’ve managed to get through the first novel easily and am still reading the second one, and I can say that both novels are great and I really have enjoyed Isaac Asimov’s narrative, so much so that I have purchased other novels (Nightfall, Nemesis) he wrote and enjoying them equally as much! 
I think Mistwalker’s staff are turning into masters of teasing as they’ve posted their second update on the official Last Story website. With their most recent developers’ blog they posted up not only more artwork of the game locations but they also included a map of the city along with some text that sort of gives the impression of a sort of “Welcome to Ruli Island” sign (on a sidenote, the ‘R’ and ‘L’ sound are sort of interchangible in Japanese, explains the whole Ruri/Ruri thing). 
In a world where downloadable films and TV shows are growing in popularity amongst consumers, it comes as a surprise when you encounter new optical media products that do not come with digital copy. These days when you purchase a Blu Ray movie, like Pixar’s Monsters Inc., you get a voucher that can be used to download a digital copy of your movie via the Internet. 
A little over a month ago we finally heard of Mistwalker Corp’s latest project after months of speculation. Over the past few months we’ve heard bits and pieces on the