Watched so you don't have to! The New York Asian Film Festival recently kicked off, showing lots and lots of, you guessed it, Asian films. Included in that pan-Pacific cinematic buffet was OneChanbara — a film we actually want to see. That Girl from the cleverly named That Girl's Site saw the flick, blogging:

I went to go check out Chanbara Beauty on Friday but unfortunately (or maybe fortunately) I had a little too much to drink right before the movie so I didn’t get to see it in its entirety because I fell asleep. I remember some zombies and some chick in a bikini named Aya who had a sword, and she used this sword to fight the zombies. At some point I woke up and she was fighting some other chick who was in a school uniform of some kind. I don’t remember ever seeing this little girl [with arrow] in the movie so I have no idea who she is or what she has to do with the movie. And then the movie ended.

We would've remembered everything if we had seen it. But we didn't, so tough tooty.

OneChanbara Review [That Girl's Site]

Digital Extreme's Dark Sector is meant, it feels, to be the beginning of something, a game that serves as an origin tale and set piece for what could become a franchise. In the game you play as Hayden Tenno, a black-ops agent sent into Eastern Europe to assassinate someone. Things go astray, as these things often do, and Tenno is infected with a virus that gives him evolving and deadly powers; chief among them the ability to boomerang an organic three-bladed knife at people, lopping off appendages.

Digital Extreme probably had a no-brainer hit when the decided to let people lop off body parts with a deadly Frisbee, but in their pursuit for something more they may have missed the mark this time around.

Oneechanbara: The Movie Teaser Trailer

Dark Sector's PS3 Entitlements?

Puzzle Quest: Galactrix Gallery

The announcement of the new Puzzle Quest game, Galactrix has fans of the original game all aflutter. So to add to the excitement, I present you with this gallery of screen shots and some of the space ship concept art. I'm really liking the slick interface and the improved challenge of the "gravity" based movement of the pieces is going to make it one brain twister of a game.

Over GDC I dropped in to see what was up with D3 Publishers of America and was greeted with a great surprise. They have officially announced the impending arrival of the next game in the Puzzle Quest family titled Puzzle Quest: Galactrix. This Puzzle Quest has left the realm of fantasy and entered the vastness of outer space.

I wondered how they would change the jewel matching style gameplay to make this game different from its predecessor and they certainly didn't disappoint. Besides the obvious visual differences in the interface, the style of puzzling has changed as well. The round pieces have changed to hexagonal ones and extra challenge has been added by the movement of the hexagons once you have matched up your three or more. Instead of dropping straight down, your columns slide diagonally, and depending on which piece you move, the columns will fill in either from the left or the right. Gravity will have a bearing on the various movements of the pieces as well making you have to think in several directions at once.

Japanese Bikini Cowgirl Going Live Action

That's right, hack-and-slash game Oneechanbara is getting a hack-and-slash film adaptation! The movie was announced today at a Tokyo press conference, and the flick's website was launched. The film will star TV talent Eri Otoguro as Aya, bikini model Chise Nakamura as little sister Saki and idol Manami Hashimoto as Reiko. And how was it playing the bikini cowgirl Aya? Otogruo illuminates:

It's was the first time I've ever worked in a bathing suit, so I was a little worried at first. Though, the costume was really cool, and I was able to play the part. We filmed during the winter, so it was a little chilly. I don't think you'd see a person dressed like this in winter.

Fix People's Bad, Bad Teeth

Geez, we're not sure whether to be excited or cringe in pain. Complete with the high pitched drill shrill, developer Tamsoft is bringing the pain with SIMPLE DS Series Vol. 34 THE Dentist. Players fill cavities, perform root canals and pull teeth while trying not to cause too much discomfort. Fun! There's also the typical medicine sim stuff like managing a clinic and trying to make it grow. Actually might pic this one up.
Be A Dentist [Famitsu]

D3 and Tomy just sent over their plans for next week's Comic Con. The companies will have a lot to look at including Dragon Blade: Wrath of Fire, Naruto: Path of the Ninja and Ed, Edd 'n Eddy.

Other games on site will include Dark Sector, Naruto: Clash of Ninja Revolution, Ben 10: Protector of Earth and Dead Head Fred. They will also have some artists and writers on hand, though I'm not sure if that's for the Comic Con or just their party.

Coolest part? They're going to be transporting press from the Comic Con to their party via "Naruto pedi-cabs."

Simple Awards For THE Simple Series

The Zoom Friendly Onechanbara Doll

Onechanbara US Release: "Yes." Zombie Vs. Ambulance: "No."

Onechanbara: The Cell Phone Game

The Giant Bug Japanese Schoolgirl Game

Onechanbara In Bizarre Office Scene

TGS06: Onechanbara, The Stage Show

Mahjong... With Bikinis (Or Vice Versa)

Onechanbara To Slice Up Xbox 360