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MAGFest 2013

Posted By
fuk kake
1/7/2013

OtakuBooty members were in full force again at MAGFest this year! MAGFest, run by OB alum Nick the Newbie and his cohorts, literally rocks. Great people, great staff, great music. We'd like to extend public thanks to all of the OB members that warmed our time at MAGFest along with all of the dedicated volunteers that made this convention fest possible.

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Romney-Obama Debate: OtakuBooty's Fact-Check

Posted By
John Booty
10/4/2012

Did Obama really kill Bin Laden with an enchanted arrow?

OBAMA'S STATEMENT: "I killed Bin Laden with a flaming arrow given to me by a bipartisan committee of wizards."

FACT: Obama did not personally kill Bin Laden with a flaming, enchanted arrow as he claimed. He defeated him in an aerial duel between his F-16 and Bin Laden's MiG.

ROMNEY'S STATEMENT: "Had Bin Laden's MiG not suffered mechanical failure, it's possible he would have either won the duel or escaped safely to his orbital terror sphere."

FACT: Obama, unable to score a clean hit with his enchanted arrows, relied on his experience as a fighter pilot to trick Bin Laden into performing evasive manuevers his MiG's airframe simply could not handle, causing his flight controls to fail. This resulted in Bin Laden's fatal crash into mountainous terrain. This was a direct result of Obama's tactical expertise, resourcefulness, and knowledge of his enemy's fighter. Romney's dismissal of it as a simple "mechanical failure" is disingenuous and misleading.

JIM LEHRER, DEBATE MODERATOR'S STATEMENT: "Gentlemen..."

FACT: The jury's still out on this one.

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Firefox Is Ten Years Old: Happy Birthday!

Posted By
John Booty
9/24/2012

There wouldn't have been an OtakuBooty without it. Firefox saved the World Wide Web.

The very first version (called Phoenix) was released to the public ten years ago today.

Incidentally, give Firefox a try if you haven't checked it out in a while. Still my favorite browser, and the last few releases have been lean and snappy.

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John Booty's Birthday is Less Than a Month Away. Where Is The Ordering Link?

Posted By
John Booty
5/11/2012

Well, now.

Information Systems graduate student Nobuhiro Takahashi at Tokyos University of Electro-Communications has been working on SHIRI, a 'humanoid buttocks robot' that is primed to express 'various emotions with organic movement of the artificial muscles.'

via Laughing Squid, Gizmodo Japan and Kotaku and... Cosgrove

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Lupin the Third: A Woman Called Fujiko Mine (2012)

Posted By
John Booty
4/12/2012

We'll get this out of the way first: Lupin the Third: Mine Fujiko to lu Onna (A Woman Called Fujiko Mine) series features lots of Fujiko's huge, perfect, fat, uncensored tits.

Yes, really.

That said, this is an intriguing take on a beloved old franchise that's gotten increasingly stale over the years. Enter Sayo Yamamoto, a rare female director in a male-dominated field. She brings us an "adult" and Fujiko-centered retelling of the Lupin III stories. It's one that some fans may find highly female-positive despite the fleshy Fujiko fanservice on display.

The first episode, a classic caper story, dips into a seemingly bottomless animation budget to showcase Yamamoto's kinetic, almost experimental style. We're also introduced to 2012's versions of Fujiko and Lupin. Their relationship is subtly different from the one we're used to.

Previous Lupin III retellings have always portrayed Fujiko as independent and dangerous, yet often reliant on her seductive charms when she needed to best Lupin himself. This time around, Lupin is cagier and seems immune to her feminine wiles. The end result? Our modern version of Fujiko, despite her gratuitous nudity, relies solely on skill and guts instead of fluttered eyelashes in her attempts to gain the upper hand on Lupin in their eternal game of high-stakes one-upsmanship.

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The Moment Is Here: Rock Lee no Seishun Full-Power Ninden

Posted By
John Booty
4/3/2012

It's here. Stop what you're doing; it's time for the world's strongest ninja to pummel your face... and your heart.

Watch it over on Crunchyroll!

Note that the "SD" in the title isn't the customary "Super-Deformed." In this case, the creators of the anime have specified that it stands for "Super-Determined."

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Creepy Stalker Beer!

Posted By
John Booty
3/17/2012

Courtesy of the lovely and wonderful Ms. Taco Attack, we bring you Creepy Stalker's favorite beer.

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Guilded Age: Volume 1

Posted By
John Booty
2/28/2012

Our friend Phil Kahn is one of the brains behind Guilded Age, and the cool thing we're telling you about today is that Guilded Age: Volume One is coming in April.

As Rob Perdue at Geekadelphia says,

Heres what you do:

1. Head down to your local comics emporium. If youre looking for suggestions check out this sweet Geekadelphia-curated foursquare list.

2. Politely approach the guy or gal behind the counter and let them know how badly you want to see Guidled Age on their shelves. Maybe even offer to pre-order that sucker.

3. Rest easy knowing that youve done your part to help get an awesome local web comic on store shelves. Also, come back and buy it when its available. Also, profit.

Thats it! Enjoy the comic goodness.

via: Geekadelphia, obviously.

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The Hall of Hams: Inside OtakuBooty's Server Room

Posted By
John Booty
1/29/2012

"A worker checks in a special room where the Parma hams are hung to dry in Langhirano near Parma. Prosciutto di Parma can only be produced in a very restricted area of 29 sq km (11.2 sq mile) around the town of Parma in the region of Emilia Romagna, just north of Tuscany. Around 10 million hams are sold every year, of which about 2 million are exported, mainly to France, the United States and Germany, which each consume about 400,000 a year. (REUTERS, file photo from 2009)"

via Boing Boing

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