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Namco Bandai’s PSP game Queen’s Blade Spiral Chaos sure does know how to market it’s self.  Not only is the game filled with sexy fighting girls and a special order figure, but now there is a new pose able figure for you to… um… play with.

Cattleya is the latest charcter to make the jump from pixel to plastic as a “Revoltech” figure and as you can see saying she’s a little top heavy is an under statement.  From the looks of it, she even comes with two different types of outfits.  Which means you could probably have her hang around with her bewbs out for the world to see.  That’s probably all that she can see.  Man… going up and down stairs for her must be really awkward. o_O

IMPORT: Queen’s Blade: Spiral Chaos (Sony PSP, no region protect) $58.90

Japan get’s all the best preorder bonus’s.  If you preorder No More Heroes: Paradise for the 360 or the PS3 you’ll get some prints of Sylvia Christel eating fruit on the toilet.  The cherry one is for the PS3 and the mango (?) is for the 360.  Apparently there are others that you’ll get but only these have been released to show the public.

Damn it!  I want erotic pics when I preorder games. >_<

IMPORT: No More Heroes: Eiyuutachi no Rakuen (Xbox360) $59.90

IMPORT: No More Heroes: Eiyuutachi no Rakuen (PS3) $59.90

Back in 2003 Tecmo released a spin off to it’s Dead or Alive fighting series called Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball for the Xbox.  It featured the shapely girls of the fighting game playing volleyball (duh) in simply bikinis (woo!) on a tropical island.  It apparently did well enough to, not only gain a sequel for on the 360 called Dead or Alive Xtreme 2, but a new PSP game as well called Dead or Alive Paradice.

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As any artist knows, nothings beats having a real live model to draw from.  But we don’t all keep nude people around our house for just such an occasion nor do we all have friends that would pose nude for us.  It would be pretty sweet though.  There are substitutes that will work in a pinch.  There are those god awful wooden artist dummies, Stikfas toys and, my favorite, Microman: Material Force figures.  But if you’re feeling fancy and have money to burn in your pocket… you can check out this little number.

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So I’ve wanted to make this post for a long time.  It’s on an anime figure.  Not just any figure though… a naughty one.  Probably the naughtiest one I’ve ever seen.

The figure is from eroge makers Gigapule’s series called Butterfly’s Dream.  Now while the figure seems to star a bondaged up anime girl with removable blanket and panties, but the real focus is on her companion.  ^_^

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How much do you like beer? Do you like it enough to pay obscene amounts of money on it? How about obscene amounts on just a few beers? No? What if I told you it was from space?

I’ll let you think about that for a sec.

See, Sapporo Breweries in Japan is now selling beer that has been brewed with barley that have been up in space for about 5 months. Actually, it’s the fourth generation offspring of seeds that spent time in space, but we’re cutting hairs here.

But you, the fine consumer, can now own and drink (if you wish) this space beer for only… $110 bucks… for a pack of 6. Oh and you can’t just go and buy it. No, no, no silly consumer. You have to go to Sapporo Breweries website and apply before Dec 24th. After which only a select few people will be chosen to make said purchase. Why are they doing it like this? Because they only have 250 six packs to sell of the space beer.

According to Sapporo the taste is “a mellow flavor and slightly dark color reminiscent of deep space”, what ever the heck that means. o_O

So are you willing to part with $110 bucks so you can drown your tastes buds in space beer? All of the profits are going to the Okayama University where they will use them to help promote science education for children in Japan and Russia.

You know… I would be so pissed off if I got so dunk on this space beer that I barfed it all up. Not that that would happen to me, you see… I don’t drink alcoholic beverages. ^_^

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