Dead Rising 2: CASE ZERO is an Xbox Live exclusive demo of the upcoming title Dead Rising 2. Billed at 400 MS monies, this translates as $5 in American monies.

Dead Rising 2′s original street date was today but has been pushed back to September 28th.

In Case Zero, we are introduced to our hero Chuck Greene and his daughter Katey. Two years have passed since the outbreak at Willamette (Dead Rising), and the events at Fortune City (Dead Rising 2) are three years away. Escaping Las Vegas zombie outbreak, the Greene family stops 47 miles out to the small town of Still Creek. Chuck pulls into Brockett Gas Station for some fuel, taking Katey with him inside to check the place for supplies. Katey is sick. Really sick. Zombie sick. Little Katey has been bitten and the only hope she has is for Chuck to administer the zombification halting drug Zombrex every 12 hours.

Zombrex was designed by medical technician Isabella Keyes in Dead Rising to save Frank West. Zombrex is rare, expensive, and deadly if taken before or after the recommended every 12 hours prescription.

In horror scene fashion, some ass hops into Chuck’s truck and hauls away, leaving Chuck and Katey stranded in Still Creek. Worst yet, all of Katey’s Zombrex was in the truck. The undead residents begin shambling toward the gas station, and Chuck barricades the door, knowing he’s gotta come up with a way out. With Katey secure in the makeshift safehouse, Chuck decides to risk going outside into town. Checking his watch, it’s 7 AM. Daddy’s got to get his medicine…

Inafune quotes: “I have always had doubts about doing a demo…Everyone seems to want to do them. Rather than create a demo for Dead Rising 2 I wanted to set up a different area and let people see what the game play is like.”
“This is definitely a test case.”

This demo is short though the replay value is high.  If you loved the first game, you’ll dig this for sure.

BONUS FACT: After playing Dead Rising at my cousin’s house in Albuquerque, three days later as soon as I got home in San Francisco I bought an Xbox360 and a copy of Dead Rising .

You will run around Still Creek, bashing zombies, looking for weapons to bash zombies with, and experiment with combining items in the maintenance rooms to better bash zombies with. You will run into survivors and be introduced to the different methods of rescue which consist of giving them the inventory item they desire, kill all the zombies around them, talk to X person, carry the injured, and escort. You will have a fucking great time. All this is optional. The only required things to do are the 5 case files, but the demo is set to let you achieve every side quest within the time limits of the main missions. Once you get all the achievements though, the title loses incentive to replay. Though you can carry over your Prestige Points and Money from Case Zero into Dead Rising 2 so that may appeal to the grinders out there.

Reviewed from a release build provided by the publisher. Played to completion at least 6 times. Stopped at about 440,448 Total PP.

Patrick Macias returns to the mic to take on the tough women of Japanese cinema! Don’t miss it!

Monday, September 13th at 7:00pm (Happy Hour starts at 6:00pm)

š Hosted by Patrick Macias (Editor, Otaku USA)
š VIP party starts 6pm
š Discussion + Screening of Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion
š $20 / mature content

Join host Patrick Macias (Editor, Otaku USA) for a unique look at sexy Stray Cats, Female Prisoners, Delinquent Bosses and other captivating and sexy bad girl roles from Japanese cinema. The evening will be complemented by a theatrical screening of the lurid prison film Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion. Adults only due to mature subject matter; 18+ General admission tickets for the discussion and film screening are $20.00.

Buy Tickets

$20 general / mature

TokyoScope Talk DX: BAD GIRLS & WILD WOMEN!

Disclaimer: I was kinda drunk when I typed this and 20mins late, but here are my notes from my mobile in all their erroneous glory!

Despairs aug 4th slims sf
Crowd only five rows deep. JRockRevolution dude fittin outside trying to get comped in.
Shit, I don’t know any thing from after Kamikaze, lol
15 min intermission at the 8:45 mark wtf
Baaaaai! is this korn? 8:59p hella feed back, going with it
Reset hahah. Oh shit again, sorry. Reset x 2
Karyu hella strummin tryin to keep the crowd going, lots of pitch shifting, nice recovery, crowd is hollerin… Nope hey guys. Our computer crashed. Wtf
Here we go, free style Karyu. Oh poor despairs. Zero is mad. Tsukasa is bowed. Karyu is pissed, looping the intro riff.
Comedy. Karyu just walked off. Hizumi is filming the crowd. Zero is misting, arms crossed. Karyu returns. Here we go 9:07p
Baaaaaii!
Track not so bad… they’re playing with hella anger
Forbidden! Fuck yeah!
Hollow!
SIXty‡NINe time!
Born!
Rocked
Hella good slow jam qne it becomes you…
Hizumi: I was inspired by deep deep sea at rest…
Ear hustlein: Nani kore? < Shaggy looking dude with hoe
Super short track!
More redeemer and after stuff I don’t know about
MIRROR!
Garnet!
Curtain down… oh shi- no Murder Freaks, ƒtƒ@ƒVƒYƒ€, žOƒmŒŽ, quarter void… Nooooooooo
950 walk off…
Signing.
We’llllll fuck.

Damn, LA gotta a way better show =/

An event was also announced for June 11th where cosplayers and crafty artist can present their depictions of ‰λ-MIYAVI-. I really gotta see how those toys turn out…

Press Release:

MIYAVI EVENT AT SUGOI LIFE THIS FRIDAY

Miyavi will be at Sugoi Life in Northridge, CA on Friday, June 11,
2010 starting at 5:00 PM. Sugoi Life is hosting the Spirit of Miyavi
Cosplay Contest along with the Miyavi Munny Design Contest. PMX is the
only convention invited to judge this unique contest. What’s the
prize? A chance to meet and greet with MIYAVI himself at a
winners-only part of Sugoi Life. Winners of the Munny Design Contest
will have their Munnys autographed by Miyavi at the meet and greet.
Sugoi Life will also be giving away tickets to Miyavi’s June 12th
concert at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles!

Sugoi Life / Pacific Media Expo MIYAVI Cosplay Contest

Baby daddy ‰λ-MIYAVI- is bringing his guitar to North America and rocking on a new tour. Select dates will have events which include meet and greets and all that fare.

NEO TOKYO SAMURAI BLACK WORLD TOUR 2010

-North American Leg-

2010/6/10 San Diego, House of Blues EVENT
2010/6/12 Los Angeles, Club Nokia Live
2010/6/13 Anaheim, The Grove of Anaheim
2010/6/15 San Francisco, The Fillmore EVENT
2010/6/17 Vancouver, Commodore Ballroom EVENT
2010/6/18 Seattle, Showbox
2010/6/19 Portland, Roseland Theater
2010/6/23 Chicago, House of Blues
2010/6 /24 Toronto , Sound Academy
2010/6/25 Boston, Harpers Ferry
2010/6/27 N.Y., The Fillmore New York at Irving Plaza
2010/6/29 Washington, 9:30 Club
2010/7/01 Atlanta, Masquerade
2010/7/03 Dallas, House of Blues EVENT
2010/7/04 Houston,House of Blues EVENT

Source: MySpace / Official

Today (in Japan) is ƒ€ƒbƒN‚Μ“ϊ (MUCC Day)! Released today is their latest single –ρ‘© (yakusoku/promise) which comes in three variants, the standard limited, vanilla, and an anime covered one. Anime version is for ‘MŒυ‚ΜƒiƒCƒgƒŒƒCƒh (Senkou no Night Raid) for which the single is the opening theme for.

VAMPS duo HYDE and K.A.Z are returning stateside for a few select dates before moving on to the rest of their world tour.

As seen on their blog:

VAMPS LIVE 2010 WORLD TOUR

NORTH AMERICA

• FRIDAY, OCT. 1 – AVALON HOLLYWOOD, LOS ANGELES
• SUNDAY, OCT. 3 – THE GREAT AMERICAN MUSIC HALL, SAN FRANCISCO
• SATURDAY, OCT. 9 – ROSELAND BALLROOM, NEW YORK CITY
  (same weekend as the New York Anime Festival and New York Comic Con)

EUROPE

• TUESDAY, OCT. 12 – SALA APOLO, BARCELONA
  (Spain’s National Day, a public holiday)
• SATURDAY, OCT. 16 – ESPACE GRANDE ARCHE, PARIS

ASIA

• SATURDAY, SUNDAY, OCT. 23, 24 – SHANGHAI INTERNATIONAL GYMNASTICS CENTER, SHANGHAI

SOUTH AMERICA

• SATURDAY, NOV. 6 – TEATRO CAUPOLICAN, SANTIAGO

Source: VAMPS Official / VAMPS MySpace

Patrick Macias enters the ring for his 4th match of Tokyo Scope. This bare chested bout has Macias going tit for tat against the sex in Japanese cinema and he’s taking it to the mat! Don’t miss this no holds barred night and get a ring side seat to every low blow, submission, and leg lock this event will display!

Friday, June 11th at 7:00pm at VIZ Cinema Admission $10 / ADULTS ONLY!

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