Well shave my head, pierce my ear, push me off the face of the earth and call me J Allard. Is that an Xbox 360 controller I see in those hands!?

Japan must still be warming to the Xbox. Because it featured in the J-drama Voice. Look. They're actually playing it and not wincing as they hold the controllers in fear it'll give them some form of disease or shoot them with its red tractor beams of death.

When we gets parking tickets, we tend to just pay them. We cuss and we curse about them, but do nothing about it. Not this man. Mr Chi-City ain't dealing wid this shit no MO'! And after getting issued a ticket rather un-justly, he's on a quest for justice. Here's his story on how he got the ticket. Make sure you watch this, because this is YouTube gold.

In what seems to now be 'the lick', Namco will release their long awaited console releases of Tekken 6 in a special collectors edition form, which will come with a 100 page hardback book of artwork and wireless arcade stick by gaming peripheral veterans Hori.

If beat 'em ups have taught us anything, it's that dudes will make themselves broke for an arcade stick themed on the game they bought it for. Those Street Fighter IV arcade sticks that some of you suckers bought should work with this game. But just to be extra and exclusive, you'll probably shell out for this one too won't you?

Yup. Thought so!

I posted a picture of the Xbox 360 version purely because I own an box 360. The PS3 will of course receive the special collectors edition bundle of Tekken 6. The only difference being that the base is black and not white, and the buttons being labelled Square, Triangle, blah, blah, blah - you know the deal.

I'm actually looking forward to Tekken 6. I'm not on the edge of my seat for it, but will definitely pick it up when it releases later this year. I'm no out of practise with the game though. I wish I could be asked to set up my PS2, because I actually do feel like giving Tekken 5 a whirl.

I have no idea how much this special edition is going to set gamers back. But it's probably going to be pretty expensive. Given the joystick is made by gaming peripheral vets Hori and that it's also wireless.

Another month, another Final Fantasy game on the cards. Square Enix's latest chronic milking of the series is tentatively titled Four warriors of light: Final Fantasy Gaiden.

If Square didn't roll out so many FF games that looked the same, I'd care more. I'm sure at least one of these non-main-entries-into-the-series FF games are really good and worth the time. But when you click on gaming websites and see a Famitsu scan of a new game every other month, you feel like losing the will to even bother.

It took 2 years, a batch of trailers, finally acquiring a new console and finding out more about the story to finally get excited about Final Fantasy XIII. So it's gonna take more than an announcement for me to wait with baited breath to play these other little FF games.

I don't remember Claire meeting Ada during the events of Resident evil 2?! I could be mistaken, but I don't recall Claire ever meeting Ada. If she didn't, then I'm not surprised at it being something that happens in this game. A lot of meetings between character that occurred in the main games have been altered for the conveniences sake of Umbrella and Darkside chronicles. I mean, Carlos and Jill were barely together in Resident evil 3: Nemesis, yet they got partnered the whole time in the chapters for Umbrella chronicles.

I look forward to Capcom showing us insights into new aspects of the storyline. And as Umbrella chronicles featured an all new final chapter which took you through how exactly Chris and Jill took down Umbrella and how Wesker got away. It'd be great if we got a final Leon and Claire chapter based on the events of Degeneration. Capcom would be stupid bitches to pass on a chance to let players experience a zombie outbreak in an airport. I also hope Capcom push the relationships. Capcom need to really make it 100% clear that there is NOTHING between Claire and Leon. And show there is something between Leon and Ada, and clearly show Claire and Steve developing feeling for one another. Because these weren't things that were always clear in Resident evil 2, Code: Veronica and 4 where Leon and Ada were concerned.

As for who that chick is in the water tank, I'm not even going to guess. Especially after the whole "That chick in the tank is Sherry Birkin!!" shit with Resident evil 5's trailer. I'd imagine the girl is Alexia Ashford. But knowing what Capcom did with 'the girl in the glass tank' for Resident evil 5 after the Internets swore blind it could only be Sherry because of the hair colour - it could end up being Chris Redfield with a dye job and blue contacts.

I don't think I'll buy this game, but will probably ask for it as a Christmas present like I did Umbrella chronicles. Providing an Xbox 360 or DS game doesn't come along that I want more. The game is looking really good though. Everything looks much more dynamic than the last game. And whilst the graphics haven't been improved that much, Capcom are working the lighting to greater effect.

Despite a lot of the game play footage showing an additional player on-screen, this is only for the single player mode to help create a sense that you aren't entirely alone. When in co-op, no character is shown on screen. A real shame, because I was beginning to think we'd get a Time crisis 2 set-up. Where-by the game could be played online, and an option could ne enforced enabling players take slightly different routes through stages, giving them different vantage points. Sounds good doesn't it? Too bad Capcom didn't holler at me or have Time crisis in mind when they developed this game.

This game has the potential to do well sales wise. Fans of Resident evil 2 and Claire Redfield lovers will probably pick this up just to jump back into re-imagined Resident evil 2 and Code: Veronica scenario's. Knowing deep down Capcom won't ever REmake the games.

The first time I saw this, I actually said out loud "Look at that fat n***a with the blonde wig!!" It was all in love though. Because I really do think this cosplay is the best Sailor moon cosplay ever. And no, I'm not being sarcastic. This dude broke the mould. He's a guy, he's black and he's of a large build. Yet he cosplayed as a skinny Japanese girl who looks white and has long blonde hair. You gotta love it. This is what cosplaying's all about. F**k it!

Dude...who ever you are. I salute you. Because you my friend, are a true soldier. I also think you look a little bit like Lil' Kim in this get up too. Only a much sexier version.

Despite the sign telling you 11 things you are not to do in the arcade and 3 things you should be aware of: you are actually allowed to have some fun!

As long as gamers abide by and respect these rules, a white gloved staff member with a headset won't politely insist that you piss off.

A man tried to argue with me today. Now, I'm a rational person. If approached correctly I'll listen to what anybody has to say and see every possible point of view. But if you come to me with a stink tone and an attitude, I just won't care. This is where Mr. Arsehole made his first mistake. He approached me wrong with an arsey attitude. The kind of attitude that leads to situations escalating, and somebody getting a black eye and losing a tooth.

He was going on about his rubbish and I just wasn't caring, which I know probably pissed him off even more. He kept flapping his gums with his stink tone which I did not care for - so I realized I had to regulate. I had to tell a man several times to watch his tone and stop being arsey with me, because I don't care for it. The look on his face said it all: he realized himself his tone was wrong, given HE was the one who started what didn't need to be an arguement at all. After all of 20 seconds, he tone switched back to arsey, so I just told him to "Shut up!". I didn't shout it, didn't say it aggressively. I just kissed my teeth and said "Arrrghhh...Shut up!" The argument was done at this point.

If you want to get through to somebody, you need to check not what you say, but how you say it. If he came to me with a correct tone and was rational, I'd have had no reason to bring rudeness to the table. But he was just being a complete arsehole. So I had to regulate him. I hope he don't make the mistake again. Because we live in a time where if you argue with the wrong person, you can end up getting a punch in the face, or even worse: getting stabbed or shot. He didn't know me from Adam, so he shouldn't have stepped to me how he did.

It was a nice day, I was cool, so it didn't piss me off in any way. Especially knowing I got the last words. Those words being an instruction to shut up.

If there's one word to describe Shinjuku: busy. Busy, busy, busy. Shinjuku is just one of many places in Japan where 20 somethings all flock to when they wanna shop, chill and have a cool day out. During the day Shinjuku is relative tame, but when night falls and the neo lights are switched on Shinjuku comes alive and all the hipsters, trend setters and fly folk come out of the wood work for a good old random good time.

The 2 main things my friends and I did in Shinjuku was shop and eat food. Not that Shinjuku's stores and eateries are better than anywhere else's, but something about Shinjuku just demands your money. And you're not even mad at the place for it. Chalk it down to something in the air or the fun atmosphere that has you forget you're actually broke and got hit by a bitch exchange rate in the heart of the UK recession.

Within Shinjuku is a place called Lumine est, which is a multi story building full of restaurants and department stores. My mates and I frequented this place for 2 reasons: good arse food and fine arse ladies. The 7th and 8th floors during lunch and dinner times is just wall-to-wall chicks. I'm talking WOWL-ta-WOWL! My mates and I couldn't keep our eyes in our heads. It was ridiculous. Every time you turned a corner, opened a door, or looked up you were seeing sexy ladies. Once the appetite for food developed we were spoilt for choice in terms of where to eat. But we settled on a great Ramen place that seemed empty compared to everywhere else on the floor. The owner grew to love us. Damn right too, we ate there 4 times! Our Japanese was so bad that I'm going to just say we couldn't speak it, and the head of the restaurant didn't know a word of English. But our clean as a whistle bowls, big grins hand gestures said enough. The place served up some of the nicest Ramen I've had. I wasn't keen on the stuff at all until I ate it at this place. On the same floor was an ice cream parlour called Stone cold creamery. Trust me when I say this place has the best ice cream in the world. The queue for this place when I went for seconds was plain stupid. Going all the way around the side of the joint and into the fire exit stairwell.

Out on the streets Shinjuku also has a dirty little red light district (I say dirty little like there's any other kind). I didn't get to visit it. We did try walking around the area the smut map said it was supposed to be, but we couldn't find it. I'm guessing it was some Harry Potter shit where you had to push a brick near the Mitsukoshi building to get in. Either that or it's protected by a Gaijin field, so that only Japanese people can see it.

Shinjuku is a fun spot to just wander around and soak up. There's always something that happens or occurs there. For me, select moments included: staff singing and dancing at an ice cream parlour, watching one of the lads get turned down for a date, a girl telling me she speaks no English and then engaging in a conversation in which she speaks better English than me, a young man skidding along wet tiles outside an electronic store and taking down a baffled man in the process like M.Bison's fierce kick sweep in Street Fighter, watching my friend try on a jacket and say how much he loves it whilst being oblivious to it being a womens jacket and watching one of my mates try to escape the game of a guy in a shop who looked like Michael Jackson - just to name a few.

Man, I love Shinjuku.

Today's a nice day. Clear blue skies and a sun that's shining brightly. Let's hope it ends nicely, and something doesn't occur in the day to piss me off and sucker punch my morning optimism.

It's nicer and less absolute to say Michael has gone off to kick it at Space channel 5 with Ulala than it is to say that he's the D-word - even if some don't believe in that shit. But, hey; if there can be a heaven and hell, why not a Space channel 5!? I'd love to go off there when I die. A chance to dance with some aliens, and a chance to mack some game on Ulala.

I bet this game is worth some serious money now.

We've been through a fair out bit: me and my Adidas Decades. I've 'em for 6 years and I just dunno what I'd do without 'em. They are the most comfortable pieces of footwear I've owned in my life, and I just bought 'em on complete whim. I thought the style was cool, plus I just needed some new trainers at the time because all my others either hurt, or were too white for me to just wear day-to-day to college and to work.

It only occurred to me earlier this evening just how long I've had them and the sheer amount of miles I've walked in them, the conditions I've subjected them to and just how much I pretty much love 'em!

I'm currently in the market for a new pair. I want another pair of low's and a pair of hi's. If the weather's nice next week I may scoot around for a pair in central London next week.

Here's a young chap cosplaying as the murdering tramp with the dye job that is Akuma. And judging from the look of this poor sod's face, he must've been made to wear this as a forfeit or the result of losing a bet. Nobody would be dumb enough to wear this of their own accord and then look royally fed up and pissed off otherwise.

Don't turn your nose up. You know you'd buy it.

If there's one place in Tokyo acts as the full on onslaught of Japan at full throttle, it's Shibuya. The lights, the fashion, the bustle, the quirks: all of them are smack bang in the heart of Shibuya. It overwhelms at first. The sheer volume of skyscrapers, lights, shops, parlours, department stores and people feels other worldly. It's wickedly insane, but the best possible insane and never intimidating. Because all you want to do is get caught up in it all.


Shibuya is famous for quite a few things: most notably its crossing and the famous statue of Hachikō the dog outside Shibuya's main station. Hachiko statue is a well-known hot spot for those waiting for friends, their other halves and just chilling. It's not the most elegant spot. It smelt a little, was dingy and had some weird people lurking around. So I just took a quick snap and headed for the flashing lights and tall buildings. But to get to the lights, buildings and good stuff, I had to cross Shibuya crossing, which is MAD! When the little man turns green people flood from everywhere to cross. And then when he turns red, it's like everybody just disappears.

Those of you who have played The world ends with you may notice some similarities between some of the locations and landmarks I've already mentioned, as well as a couple of the pictures. That's because the game is set in a pretty faithfully recreated Shibuya - albeit some name changes where store names are concerned. Not so oddly enough, Square Enix's HQ is located in Shibuya. I didn't get to see it though. But I may infiltrate it one day: to free the Final Fantasy slaves who seem to do nothing but work on an FF game day in, day out, every month of every year.

Shibuya is the hub of all things light, colourful, bustling and exciting. You are never short of things to do or see in Shibuya. Whether you want to shop, eat out, just look around, mix it up with locals, have fun, club it up, just chill - you can do it all in Shibuya. Which is why if you ever go to Japan and you want a really cool random night to set you through: Shibuya is THE place.