Adsense - Western Union sender's name from Google Asia Pacific

Just some quick info here. Previously I took my Adsense payments by using Google Inc. as sender name without any problem, until Adsense has been upgraded to new payments system, the payment displays Google Asia Pacific as the payer (Asia-Pacific region). If you are under this category, you have to fill Google Ireland Ltd. as your sender in Western Union agent.

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Adsense - Youtube payment for April 2013 and onward

Earning from Youtube show up on my Adsense on 15th of May, 2013


Many users asking about the new payment formula after Google made some Analytics changes, caused Youtube's earning won't show up in Adsense as well as the finalized monthly payment. I share my experience for my first payment after the changes hope to help anyone still confusing with this.

This month - May 2013 supposedly I should get my payment from Youtube and Adsense ads, but it only shows me the Adsense earning. From the info I found from many websites, Youtube earning would only apply around 10th - 15th of the month, so after a 2 weeks waiting time, the second row of the April's earning finally appear which is the finalized earning for Youtube! Check the image above.

So here's the new formula after the changes:
- Youtube earning of the month will apply on 10th - 15th in the following month.
- To view Youtube earning in your Adsense, you need to go "Performance reports" tab, click the "Products" on the left column, click "Hosted AdSense for Content". The "Total Earning" listed your Youtube earning.


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When President Obama met Spider-man kid

Obama knows how to have fun when vs. super hero Spider-Man.

More Obama funny picture via Yahoo


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Mr. Bean special appearance at London 2012 Olympic

Rowan Atkinson/Mr. Bean! Highlights from the Olympic Stadium at the London 2012 Olympic Games. - 27 July 2012

Resident Evil: Revelations multiplayer

This is another wonderful product from Capcom, Resident Evil: Revelations. It brings back the true horror feeling gameplay from the Resident Evil series, with RE4/RE5 play style. The difficult level is harder than average (for me) due new type of enemies, new dodging system, and the grenade system is quite confusing at the beginning because it mixed with knife as subweapon. Raid Mode is a great feature allow players play together locally or via internet.

Anyway, I'm gonna to put an info here regarding online multiplayer, for easier communication during 3DS games through online mode, you may connect to the chat room by using the chat box via this link. Me and some net friends were using it for RE: Mercenaries 3D as well, hopefully this could gather up the players together again. == (just type a nickname and connect).

I will be in the chat room if I'm playing online.


My Friend Code:
3737-9550-9315
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Watch TOPANGA League replay

Perhaps the most hot topic of fighting games communities is the TOPANGA League in Japan. This tournament involved most of all strongest players from Japan like Daigo Umehara, Tokido, Sako, Fuudo and more. They are total 12 strongest players in the league, perhaps this is the most interesting tournament ever seen. But they tournament only stream at Nico Nico Live (Japanese) which is a pay par view video website, and Youtube doesn't allow anyone upload the replay at this moment. Needless to say, many people do not understand Japanese won't simply purchase things from Nico Nico, (however they are many people wanted to watch without paying) and I know many fans would like to watch the replay of this most highest rank battle in Japanese community.

Now I found a website from China (well... as you know) so far they still allow these videos placing on theie website. For those looking for TOPANGA League replay can visit this link. So far only Round 1 video are available.

Additional info: Tokido77 blog is doing live update and match report every round.


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Surprise guest in Square-Enix event - Umehara!

Street Fighter legend Daigo Umehara appear as special guest and pro gamer in Square-Enix press conference. This event announced upcoming arcade STG Gunslinger Stratos, Umehara talked to the game producer Nobuki Kadoi and it was revealed that Umehara already tried the game back in November. According to the announcer, he is "official supporter" of the game.

Gunslinger Stratos is an online 4 vs. 4 team battle game, players are able to choose different guns/weapons according to the selected character as well as customize it. The stages in the game are design according to the real locations in Japan (it's an idea i wish to be in game long time ago :p), and they are fully destructible. The game cabinets are all linked so they can multiplay with everyone in Japan, otherwise, player can choose to play with CPU or their own group member too.

Gunslinger Stratos is set to be release in the summer of 2012, don't forget to check out their Official Site here. It would hava a national tournament in Japan as well, officially host by Square-Enix, like what they did for Dissidia: Final Fantasy before.

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Final Fantasy VII world map "Earth" edition

Holiday with low activities scheduled, that's why this thing come cross my mind, "what does FF7 world look like... from a satellite?". If FF7 world is a planet just like Earth, orbiting a star like our Sun, in a distance where keeps water in liquid form and so on... the color and looks should be similar like our Earth (or I'm wrong?), so I put all the Earth-like texturing and color to similize the Earth, so hopefully it looks more like a real planet. And this is it, Final Fantasy VII world in the reality form.

Click the image to enlarge:


Credit:
The cloud texture originally created by Natural Earth III, I use a part of it into this map.


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One day after iPhone 4S announced...

On October 5, 2011, Steve Jobs passed away at the age of 56, after battling pancreatic cancer for years.

Read more at this link.

Why many 3DS games exclude online multiplayer support?

Nintendo's Yusuke Amano has explained the reasons behind the lack of an online mode in Star Fox 64 3D, and it's possible the reasons of many 3DS games did not included online mode so far.

"This leads me to think that just making multiplayer parts of existing games playable online isn't enough to create a satisfying experience for users. The popular online games work in lots of things, so they play well online - and if we wanted to satisfy everyone who bought the game, the costs required for including online support would be vast."

Yet it wasn't just a matter of cost. There was also a time issue and the developers decided to prioritize the 3D visuals over online play.


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A time lapse journey with nature in the past 2 years (2009-2011)

Found an interesting video uploaded by Evosia Studios showing the changes in nature from 2009 to 2011. This film is a collection of some best scenes captured from 2009 to present. It's very impressive.

Scenes include (in order of appearance):
Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest
Mono Lake
Joshua Tree National Park
Alabama Hills
Lunar Eclipse of December 2010
Monument Valley
Salton Sea
Tuscon, Arizona
Jeju Island, South Korea
Yosemite National Park
Petrified Forest National Park
Death Valley National Park
Horseshoe Bend


More details here
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I guess Devil May Cry popurity will drop because of this

The next Devil May Cry in the series, it never lost its cool but Dante's new look is unacceptable for and I guess for many fans too, unless it comes out something really special.

Kylatw from Youtube posted "This is a story of a theft who stole Dante's Clothing and weapons", hmph... I actually got the same feeling so far LOL


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Sony failed! Continue? Please insert coin (month)

From the PSN Update:

"Regarding the aim of the full restoration of PSN services by the 31st May : -

Restoration of Online Gamplay is the FIRST phase of the plan to restore the PSN."

PSN is back on May 3... May 6... and now May 31? End of May, over a month since PSN is down! Or did Sony mean May 31 of 2012? Sony, you are losing customers, loyal fans, and even developers. If I were game developer I'm going to change the plan on PlayStation now, such case could cause tons of losses indirectly! I feel like Sony is not take responsibility on the promise they made, fail to handle their own service well, that's really disappointed!


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Street Fighter Motion Comic coming in August 2011

Street Fighter: The New Challengers is a brand new motion comic movie from Eagle One Media. Here's a four Minute Preview clip from Eagle One Media's upcoming 90 minute animated comic production based on CAPCOM's popular video game franchise and Udon Studios bestselling comic book series. Coming August 2, 2011.

Street Fighter: The New Challengers continues the epic saga as Ryu begins his journey around the world, Cammy's quest to discover her past takes a number of unexpected turns, Chun-Li's investigation into Shadaloo takes her from the depths of the Hong Kong underworld to the jungles of Brazil, and Ken must contend with a vengeful Vega who wants nothing but to turn Ken's wedding shower into a bloodbath. Many familiar faces from the Street Fighter universe return including US Special Ops Guile, and the spunky and determined schoolgirl Sakura, while fan-favorites such as Fei-Long, Gen, Balrog, Blanka, and Delta Red team make their debut.


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Xbox LIVE and other online users beware!

As you know Sony PSN encounter a big intrusion late of April 2011 (20 Apr) caused the network down for over a week and many other problems. Search it if you are interested, I'm lazy to describe it here.

After a week of the PSN case, Xbox LIVE seems getting attack too as the video mention above. But just want to remind all gamers again, sometimes users' information being used by others not because the hackers hacked the accounts, it's because the users give their information to the unknown people such as some email from the fake banks, fake companies that will ask you reply immediately with your password, address, "click here to submit"... etc. So do not response any emails from the unknown senders, otherwise it's hard to tell you how worse the things can happen afterwards.


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Sony wants tablet too! S1 and S2 announced.

Sony Announces Optimally Designed "Sony Tablet" with Android 3.0 that Complements Network Services for an Immersive Entertainment Experience


After Apple successfully made their iPad popular, many other brands are rushing to product a "similar thing" hope to grab some attention from the markets. Now it is Sony's turn, they just announced Sony Tablet S1 and S2 as in the picture above that delivers the perfect (perfect means it is not perfect) combination of hardware, content and network with seamless usability for a high-quality, engaging entertainment experience.

Well, from my view, the only thing to highlight is "Through PlayStation®Suite, users can immerse themselves in high quality first generation PlayStation® titles...", so it can only run those PS games?

Anyway, if you're interested with these things, you find out all details over here
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More female clothes get ripped soon

Today's topic is about clothes ripping / clothes torn / clothing damage or whatever system it call on the female characters. About 10 years ago, female character design has become one of the "selling point" of a video games (of cause not all games), character designers tried hard to perfect female body, big boobs, big ass, and later jiggling boobs all around the games especially on action and fighting games. Last time someone from Gamespot forum mentioned most female characters are much like a hooker "One of the ways that hook your money".


Left = Aya from The 3rd Birthday, right = Nina from Death by Degree

Nina from Death by Degree doesn't consider have the clothes damage system, because her clothes ripped after some fighting scenes that trigger when you proceed to certain area, but the idea is already there.

Previously Square Enix's The 3rd Birthday is a best known game that has this clothes ripping system. After Aya (the character you control) get certain amount of damage during the battle her costume can get ripped until few little clothes left on her body.

See all her costumes before and after ripped

Beside this, many games like Queen's Blades, Ikki Tousen for PSP have it as well, and seems this system liked by many players from Asian (not sure how about Western gamers because I didn't get much feedback from my research, leave me your opinion would be great)



One of a popular fighting games, The King of Fighters has the "minor" clothes ripping in the KoF' 95 when you beat Yuri or King with a special move (Art of Fighting has it too?). This idea has been removed since KoF' 96 all the way to the King of Fighters XIII released in 2010, the female's "clothes ripping" comes back.

Here's the video of Iori super combo'd on King and the last hit did exactly like tearing her clothes off.



Alright, it wasn't a big deal actually, but I think people will curious in the future made of clothes ripping, and it's just in my view of the market's "requirement" in this and even next generation gaming, whether clothes ripping "system" or not, this kind of scenes are going to be common and normal. Lets just wait and see how games creators fulfill players desire.


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Donate to Japan quake relief via iTunes and more!

Following the disaster caused by the magnitude 8.9 earthquake and tsunami in Japan (Leviathan attack?), Apple has posted a donation page on iTunes where you can use your iTunes account to make a secure donation to the American Red Cross and its Japanese relief fund.



Apple is taking no percentage of the profits from these donations whatsoever made through iTunes go to the American Red Cross. Steve Jobs recently said that, via the iTunes Store, Apple may have the largest credit card database of any online retailer, so rigging up a donation page on the iTunes Store seems like a good way to raise the potential for donations to the Red Cross and its relief efforts in Japan.

Click here to donate via iTunes

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Beside this, Capcom is distributing worldwide the iPhone version of "Street Fighter IV" at a price of 0.99 USD (115 yen in Japan) for one week starting on March 15, 2011 (Tuesday). All of our sales from this title during this period will be donated to support earthquake relief activities. Meanwhile, Capcom will make donations totaling 100 million yen to help victims of the earthquake and to assist communities in recovering from this tragedy.

Check out Street Fighter IV on iTunes

Original post from Capcom

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Except iTunes, another easy way to make donation is via Paypal. Paypal covers all processing costs - 100% of your donation reaches the charity you support.

Visit Paypal to make donation here

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Via Google Checkout as well. Donations will go to the Japanese Red Cross Society and will be used to support to those affected by the earthquake in Japan.

Visit Google page here

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Additionally, Check Here for other organizations that are working on relief and recovery in the region.

This game is too greedy

An Angry birds look-alike game, as Steve Jobs mentioned in Apple Event March 2011, "is 2011 gonna be the year of copy cat?" I found many sites introduce this game and it seems good, but I just want to say this game doesn't have much creativity and lack of original contents. Their idea is just like combining Angry Birds and Plants vs Zombies and Fruit Ninja and maybe some other stuffs that's less popular...

"It is Pirates... it is Ninjas... it is Zombies... it is Pandas and it is full on War!"

"It is Pirates... it is Ninjas... it is Zombies... it is Pandas and it is full of empty!"


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President Obama in KFC TV Commercial 2011

Obama Impersonator appears in Hong Kong KFC ad? See the presidential lookalike selling a soft-roll fish filet. Playing on the 2008 campaign slogan of "change," the fake Obama says in the ad: "Change, not only for your mom, but for you, your stomach, for a better taste!" He is soon after crushed by a giant sandwich.


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