Let's Do The News! (March 24, 2013)

(cheers and applause)

Castlevania - Lords of Shadow -
Sadama no Makyou (Mirror of Fate)

JM: Hmmm....you're not quite pleased about this, eh?

JC: Um...yeah. I'm not kinda fond of portable games but I think this game needs a bit of refinement and a bit of drama to thrill fans. Sadly though, I think it's not the kind of Castlevania that tickles my fancies. Guess I have to wait until Konami and MercuryStream finished with the Lords of Shadow sequel rather than playing this game for hours until I beaten it...

JM: Really? But on your way home, I bet that you're going to finish it even in the hardest part of the game and then you'll stop...

(audience laughing)

JC: Yeah, right. You got me. Anyway, we will do the news right about now...

RH: Exactly and ever since we've tackled the Mirror of Fate 3DS game, Konami collaborated with Diamond Dining for the special Vampire Cafe to promote the Mirror of Fate 3DS game with some special menus themed after the game. Check it out...

Vampire Cafe

(wow)

RH: This is the special Vampire Cafe menu from Diamond Dining and look at those, they're all themed after the Castlevania heroes. Those menus are available up to April 30, 2013. So, what can you say, folks?

JC: Well, those drinks themed after Trevor and Simon were my pick and also this meal themed after Gabriel but that meal themed after Alucard, it looks kinda weird. I really don't know what sort of people trying to make a meal themed after a vampire who waged a battle against his father. I mean look at this meal, it feels like it's been served by vampires on last year's Halloween...

(audience laughing)

RH: Exactly, Jezza. It is a vampire-themed meal themed after a vampire. So, what's to compromise about this meal anyway?

JM: Well, why don't you head to Diamond Dining and taste this Alucard-themed meal by yourself?

JC: Oh, come on...I mean if I was that Gordon effing Ramsay going to that place and look at this meal, I would melt myself down and choke the blokes who made it, just as when Renaldo Balkman got banned for grabbing Arwind Santos' neck...

(audience laughing)

JM: I'll make you worth a while...

JC: Okay! Okay! Deal! I'll go and taste it. When I die, you stay away from the funeral...

(audience laughing)

JC: Anyway, I just found something on the internet and it seems Ford India took some drastic measures to advertise their made-in-India compact car and care to guess what they did? Take a look...

Ford sexist print ad

Ford sexist print ad

Ford sexist print ad

(audience laughing hysterically)

RH: What...the...fudge?!

JM: Son of a bee sting!!!

JC: Yep, it's those controversial print ads from Ford India which involves celebrity bondage and a slogan that goes "Leave Your Worries Behind". In here, we can see former Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi holding hostage three buxom and barely clad women, all wearing ball gags with hands and feet bound...

(audience laughing)

JC: ...then, the other ad sees Paris Hilton kidnapping the Kardashians...

(audience laughing)

JC: ...and finally, Michael Schumacher kidnapping Sebastian Vettel, Fernando Alonso, and Lewis Hamilton...

(audience laughing)

JC: Don't know why that caused so much controversy but I think I like those print ads. Imagine if I was on that ad, I would rather kidnap you two and the Stig on the boot...

(audience laughing)

RH: What?!

JC: Don't know...Social experimentation...to keep you away from you two blabbering about my tastes...

(audience laughing)

RH: Why don't if this was me, kidnapping you, Slow, and Stig also...

(audience laughing)

JC: Okay, now you making me melt down...Why you little!!!

(audience laughing)

JC: Come back here, you little rascal!! Come back here and I'm gonna do what Renaldo Balkman do to his teammate!!!

RH: And then what? You gonna get a lifetime ban?

(audience laughing)

JC: I don't care if I have a lifetime ban or not. What matters most is I'm gonna kick your butt like what Jason Francisco did to John Prats for calling him a big head!!!

(audience laughing)

JM: Guys! Guys! Guys! Would you please stop the fudge up or I'll grab both of your necks and kick your butt?

(audience laughing)

JM: You don't know what I'm capable of but I know jujitsu, aikido, karate, taekwondo, and other martial arts...

(audience laughing)

JM: I'm a black belt of almost anything!!!

JC: Ahem, are you a black belt on all of those or are you just wearing your leather belt?

(audience laughing)

JM: Okay, maybe I'm not a black belt on any kind of martial arts. If you two don't shut up, I would rather bring you to some girls to the convention dressed as the girls from the Tekken series...

RH: And then what?

JM: Crush your bones off...

(audience laughing)

JC: Oh dear, I don't wanna get fractured by some girl who dressed as her favorite Tekken femme fatale...

RH: Me too...Especially when someone dressed as Lili because this really leave me some fractures...

(audience laughing)

JM: Good...Care to move on?

The Doctor and Clara in a cover of
Entertainment magazine

JC: Okay. Now, because we see the prologue to next week's Doctor Who and its trailer for the episode titled "The Bells of Saint John", we are excitment about the return of The Eleventh Doctor, now on his new costume, as well as his brand new partner Clara Oswald, the souffle girl who was once Oswin Oswald from the Dalek Asylum and then Clara Oswin Oswald from the Victorian London in last year's Snowmen special...

(audience laughing)

JC: Anyway, what puzzles me is...why the name Clara?

(audience laughing)

RH: Well, Jeremy, looks like you finally asked that question after months of speculation. Seriously, why the name Clara? Perhaps they should have call it Mara. Not Clara...

(audience laughing)

JM: If can interrupt, Hammond, but there was a Mara on Doctor Who...

RH: Really? There's a Mara in Doctor Who?

JM: Yes, and for those people under 75 or 65, bear with us because The Mara was once in a classic Doctor Who.

JC: Classic Who?

The snake possesed by The Mara

JM: The Mara was a malevolent force who was made from the planet of Manussa and used as an instrument of terror but when things went wrong, the Manussans got rid of the Mara. It's a parasite who eats fear to survive and hopping from brain to brain alhtough it even showed up as an snake in other classic Who episodes...

RH: So in short, The Mara is a malevolent parasite who has no form but capable of controlling other people or creature's minds. Really? Well that explains anything...

JC: I was just thinking that it can be Kathryn Bernardo being possessed by the Mara because she's Mara and that Clara's not Jenna Louise Coleman. It's Julia Montes...

(audience laughing hysterically)

JC: Get it?

Mara Clara

(Mara Clara theme song playing)

(audience laughing)

RH: Good idea, Clarkson! Kathryn can be a Mara while Julia's the Clara! This is great drama! Look at the f***s we give! I mean yes really! Mara Clara in the world of Doctor Who!!!

(audience laughing)

JC: I'll be Clara, you'll be Mara.

RH: Aww...why does it have to be me?

JC: Come on! I always want to be possessed by The Clara while you'll get The Mara...

(audience laughing)

RH: No, Jeremy! I don't wanna be Mara. I wanna be Clara so I can grab and slap the heck out of you!

JC: Hey!

(audience laughing)

JM: Anyway, while Jeremy and Richard is making a mess about the whole Mara Clara stuff, that's the end of the news, folks...

Castlevania - Lords of Shadow - Sadama no Makyou (Mirror of Fate)

Now, let's start with this. It's Castlevania - Lords of Shadow - because ever since it was launched in late 2010, Konami decided not to use the "Akumajou Dracula" name and adapt the Castlevania title to a global scale. In its first outing, the first Lords of Shadow pits Gabriel Belmont in his quest to avenge Marie's death in a battle beyond good and evil. With the upcoming second installment in the works, Lords of Shadow gets its own 3DS game for the first time...

Castlevania - Lords of Shadow -
Sadama no Makyou (Mirror of Fate)

It's called Sadama no Makyou or Mirror of Fate and judging by this 3DS game, it really brings players the new Castlevania adventure for the first time on this hand held console. Even though it's still exclusive to the Nintendo 3DS, the new portable Castlevania adventure really redefines the classic side-scrolling action that adorned classic Castlevania games for generations. As a matter of fact, the classic Castlevania experience is now reborn with some cool gimmicks to spice it up.

Set 25 years before the original Lords of Shadow, Mirror of Fate features one of Gabriel's descendants named Trevor, who is a knight of the Brotherhood of Light who is on the quest to avenge his mother's death at the hands of his own father who has now returned to take up residence in a mysterious castle. Dracula, a powerful vampire, declared war upon the Brotherhood and this makes it the ultimate showdown between Father and Son. Well, you get that idea but anyway...

You're one of the Brotherhood now and you can be either as one of your favorite Castlevania heroes such as Trevor Belmont, the iconic Simon Belmont, and Alucard, the son of Dracula, and fight your way against numerous monsters memorable to Castlevania fans many. From zombies, skeletons, giant bats, gargoyles, even the nastiest foes sucu as the Executioner, the Daemon Lord, the Night Watchman, and others.

Castlevania Lords of Shadow Mirror of Fate really is a classic redefined because thanks to such side-scrolling action memorable to most Castlevania fans but don't be fooled by such crisp, smooth action because as you progressed further, this game keeps getting harder and harder and harder until you face bosses that requries 120% of your skill to beat them. Even with the might of the Battle Cross, an array of subweapons, and some powerful magics to make it up for some brute force, you'd still need an effective strategy to fight all your way against a horde of monsters.

There are other things to do as well. First of all, aside from fighting hordes of monsters in a mysterious castle, there are so many obstacles to come through. There are lifts to jump, wall to wall jump, pushing crates, and some puzzle-solving scenarios that takes a smart adventurer to master through those obstacles. Do it wrong and you'll gonna have to start over but as the saying goes, practice makes perfect.

So, Mirror of Fate, the first ever Castlevania adventure available exclusively on the 3DS, it maybe the most challenging Castlevania adventure of the series but with the choice of your favorite Castlevania heroes such as Trevor, Simon, and Alucard, and a battle against hordes of monsters plus so-called epic boss battles, it really is a Castlevania with a twist and with an innovative side-scrolling action which dates back from classic installments, it sure is a gimmick for the fans many but for everyday gaming, it is a bit "meh" for me.

The game will cost you 4,980 Yen, both retail or digital download via Nintendo e-Shop, but by the moment you're done with this game no matter the result is, and when you finished it with flying colors, you'll need your own.

Special edition Charger 392 revealed at Spring Fest

2014 Dodge Charger 392

The Spring Festival of LX's is a gathering of owners of cars which utilizes Chrysler's LX platform such as the Dodge Charger or the Chrysler 300. This year, SRT will reveal two new models; one is the Chrysler 300 SRT concept (which previews an updated version of the high-performance version of the Chrysler 300, which in in my opinion, will have the same 8-speed AT as the 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8) and this, a special edition Charger 392. Using the Dodge Charger SRT8 as its basis, the special edition model features black accents on the hood and roof and sporting the iconic ‘392’ badge on the front fender. It even comes with the "392 HEMI" badge which came from the Challenger SRT8 392.

It is limited to 392 units and sales start soon this year with available exterior colors are Bright White, Billet Silver, Plum Crazy, HEMI® Orange and TorRed.

Story: http://www.drivesrt.com/news/2013/03/srt-charger-392-appearance-package-debuts-at-spring-fest.html

VIDEO: Prologue to next week's Bells of Saint John

Doctor Who Series 7 returns next week with 8 new episodes featuring The Doctor (Matt Smith) and his new ally Clara Oswald (Jenna Louise Coleman). Next week sees the episode titled The Bells of Saint John where The Doctor meets up with Clara (once again) and team up against a malevolent alien force lurking around the wi-fi connections. Before that, BBC showcased an Online Exclusive prologue to next week's episode. In here, we see The Doctor meets up with a little girl. Here's the clip...



The Doctor is more than just a strange man, he's incredible...

Anyway, here's the trailer for next week's episode...



Doctor Who Series 7 returns next week on BBC One and BBC One HD (UK), BBC America (USA), Space (Canada), and ABC1 (Australia).

"Text me, maybe"

In the March 22, 2013 episode of Bubble Gang...

- Trapik gags for those who got late for graduation

- Get to know about The Jojos, a popular rock band whose names are always Jojo...

- In this show, YOU ARE OUT...STANDING!!!

- Wala nang Text Me Maybe! Bubble Gang does Talk N Text Unlitxt2All20 by spoofing this commercial!

- Diary ng isang Panget...

- Return to the Supreme Court and witness the case of someone who cheated the birthday cake. Expect some child's play at the court...

- Pickup Lines!

- Tata Lino's here once again to help your problems

- IyoTube

Forza Horizon: Black Monday, Black Friday, Black Saturday, Black whatever day it is...

The AMG Black Series models

The AMG Black Series models from Mercedes-Benz, once you go black with one of those, you'll never go back because you'll be always gone insane with one of those machines possesed by insanity done by the skunk works of the Mercedes-AMG. With weight reduction, bucket seats and exterior alterations, the Black Series models are always standing out the crowd and they always feel and sounds...GRRRR...like muscle cars because they're very angry.

Apart from the muscle car-esque sounds, they possess a very challenging handling and dynamic drifts, meaning most cars with dynamic feel tend to drift at high speeds but challenging to recover. It maybe challenging to handle a Black Series model but they're really are gut-wrenching screamers that can tear down Colorado into two.

The SL65 AMG Black Series is definitely a balls-out bone crusher. It's about 12 times the bone crushing power of 12 of your favorite female characters derived from random fighting games. Because this is the most powerful AMG model ever built, its V12 engine generates about 661HP of power and over a thousand Newton meters of torque. It may have more torque for shreds but it's performance is so bone-crushing, it's like you went home from the convention fractured after being crushed by some girl who dressed as Lili.

(laughing)

The C63 AMG Black though, this is like marrying a cannibal who ate two people. As I speak, this is the wildest C63 AMG Coupe I have ever seen in my life and with the matching gold paint on the body, it really is like Winnie the Pooh in road rage. It feels like I'm wrestling a giant yellow bear but this car's not a wild bear, it's a skunk. A Punky Skunk. (laughing)

With these cars, feels like everyday's a Black Monday, Black Friday, Black Saturday, Black whatever day it is...

Let's Do The News! (March 22, 2013)

(cheers and applause)

2014 MINI Paceman

RH: Ahem, so what you're saying is that you hate it more than the Countryman, eh?

JC: Yes, exactly. The Countryman, which I said a couple of times, is OFF LIMITS for those who are in Punkish Gothic costumes and only those who think bowties, stetsons, and fezzes are cool are welcomed. The Paceman though, this is like you're going to be stressed more than studying all night for some meaningless test.

RH: You are quite argued about that but haven't you know that it's finals somewhere?

(audience laughing)

JC: Yes, it's final exams somewhere and seems that students took so much hours studying while some morons who don't care about finals always wasting their time to the internet cafe playing DoTA or some new MMORPG I'd never heard about. Anyway, since those who didn't took my advice may end up "summer school" because they failed the whole semester, let's do the news!

JM: Right, and let's begin to My Little Pony because Japan airing for the highly popular kid's show, which ironically it was a kids show until some blokes are joining the Pony action...

(audience laughing)

...is almost here. And last February, we revealed that the Milky Holmes girls will be joining the Japanese dub version of My Little Pony Friendship is Magic. Now, more news for the Japanese dub version of MLP because...um...let me see...as announced, Miyuki Sawashiro (she was recently voiced as Courtney Collins from Metal Gear Rising Revengeance) will voice Twilight Sparkle, Emiri Kato will be Fluttershy, and Motoko Kumai will be Spike, the baby dragon who's helping our pony heroines. Also, Kikuko Inoue will voice as Celestia, the princess of Equestria. I think we got the memo right?

JC: Yes, James. Japanese dub of MLP is going to be very very interesting for the otakus living in Japan. Well, yes, it's going to air in TV Tokyo this April 2, which I think it's Tuesday, but I'm not sure the timeslot. I think it's on the morning slot because most of the kids' anime shows are in the mornings. Sadly though, if I see a grown Japanese man, whom I suspect is an otaku, watching this, I could be sensing Japan's brony...

(audience laughing)

JC: Bronies, I tell you! Bronies! Bronies! I really don't want a country like Japan to be the next country to have bronies!!!

(audience laughing)

RH: Yeah, well, you sure you don't want Japan to have Bronies because of My Little Pony. If that would happen, I could ask some Japanese dude in his 20's or 30's and if he said that he watched My Little Pony and his favorite was Rainbow Dash, I would probably attack him for sure...

(audience laughing)

JC: Okay, okay! You're the boss, hamster. You're the boss. (laughing) You're going to beat up some Japanese who happens to watch a kids show whose main themes are love and tolerance. (laughing). Hey now, don't know all about showbizness but I've been getting some hot topics straight from my ears that the so-called Queen of all media Kris Aquino decided to gives up showbiz to focus to her son Bimby, who was formerly Baby James before their divorce with James Yap. Not sure about it? Here's a clip that sums everything up...

(Huh?)

JM: Whoa, whoa whoa....Kris Aquino gives up showbiz for the sake of Bimby just because of James Yap? But...but...what about Kailangan Ko'y Ikaw? Agh....Never mind about that...I was just going to tell that Kris' decision to leave showbizness might jeopardize the story of Kailangan Ko'y Ikaw, which I believe this is the first of ABS-CBN's new Dreamscape, the teleserye division of ABS-CBN, I believe...

JC: Yeah, I think you're right. It might jeopardize a show, creating some loopholes to the storyline for Bogs, who was the main character of the drama series, which was played by action star Robin Padilla.

(awwww)

RH: Hey, you know some other hot topics? I just heard that Jason Francisco punched John Prats after rehearsals for Saturday's Banana Split...

JC: Yeah, yeah...Everyone heard about this...

(audience laughing)

JC: Now, last year, we were kinda sad that Karen Gillan left Doctor Who but for her, seems that K-Gill's career doesn't slow her down because as I heard, she'll be joining the cast of the comedy series NTSF:SD:SUV:: from Cartoon Network's Adult Swim block. Wait a minute...NTSF:SD:SUV::? What's that?

JM: A show that is so NSFW?

(audience laughing)

JC: N-S-F-S-S-F-F-W-W?

(audience laughing)

JM: N-V-F-F-S-S-S-C-C-C-F-T-W?

(audience laughing)

(indistinct talking)

RH: Guys! Guys! Enough! Enough! NTSF:SD:SUV:: is a comedy series that spoofs typical counter-terrorist or crime dramas such as 24, NCIS, CSI, Miami Vice, and others. It's set for its new season this Summer. Karen Gillan's going to be on this said show as Daisy, a Quartermaster-like tech expert.

JC: Oh! Hey, do you think Kazaa's back in her swearing ways? I mean when she was in Kevin Bishop's show, while spoofing X Factor in a sketch, at the end of it, we see Karen Gillan spoofing as Cheryl Cole swearing at the end.

JM: I don't know but I think this would be a load of...

[STATIC]

(audience laughing)

JC: Anyway, I just picked up some news that a job posting for a private company located in Minato, Tokyo listed a programming position on a sequel to an idol-raising PlayStation 3 game, which later it's no longer taking applications. WHAT?

(audience laughing)

JC: What was that? A sequel of some idol-raising PS3 game? Can anyone had a guess what's this idol-raising game for the PS3 is?

(indistinct talking)

JC: Anyone? Anyone? Never mind about that...Anyway, on that bombshell, that's the news...

MINI Paceman

In a not too distant past, I always point that the MINI Countryman is the MINI I always hate not only because by the looks of it, well because it's quite an ugly looking MINI, but it's because it had so much vile and hateful things about it. (whispers) Especially when it showed up on Gran Turismo 5. It's all terrible rubbish but for MINI, they've launched a new version. Hmmm...

2014 MINI Paceman

(eating)

Oh, hey! Sorry, I was just eating my favorite chicken mamon inside but anyway what you're looking up here is the MINI Paceman, a new model from MINI which is essentially a three door version of the car I really hate about because of numerous reasons. A quick reminder about the Mini Countryman is simple, about how I really hate about because if I was a girl and if I put on my Punkish Gothic costume, the Countryman says OFF LIMITS. Why OFF LIMITS? Because (whispering) Countrymans hate people who dressed as Punkish Gothics. Also what I hate about the Countryman is for people who think bowties, fezzes, and stetsons are cool. (laughing) Really? Well, these are some of the reasons why I hate about the Countryman. If you were a girl who puts on her Punkish Gothic costume, you are not invited. If you are moron who thinks bowties, fezzes, and stetsons are cool, you are invited.

For this three-door version of the Countryman, called the PACEMAN, I would expect the same feeling that I'd expect on the MINI Countryman except for one thing. The name PACEMAN doesn't sound like Pacman or a spaceman as Donna Noble from Doctor Who might yell to The Doctor four little words "Oi, Watch It Spaceman!" on the telly. This is exactly I might wanna tell exactly about this car. Ahem...OI, WATCH IT PACEMAN!.(laughing) Now you try!

Anyway, it's worth a try yelling four little words Donna Noble or Catherine Tate told you on the telly but it would best if you are an "earth girl" and your partner's a "spaceman". Ah yes, spaceman and earth girl in a Paceman. Pun intended, right? Yes, indeed. Pun intended but as a driver's car, there are so many issues regarding the Paceman.

First of all, the Paceman is not quite a good looking MINI I have ever seen in my life but question is, do you hate it more than you hate the look of the Nissan Juke? Only one way to find out, just park the Paceman right next to the Nissan Juke and when you got out, you really knew how much horrible these two were. Also, getting inside the Paceman is simple on the front but access to the rear seats is far too complicated. Besides, the rear seats have a very few legroom and sitting through the rear seats can be someone as idiotic as filling up a car with a bunch of people who doesn't care about driving this car at all. It's not quite an effective family car if you have a family because it only seats up to four people and an average family has about five to seven.

2014 MINI Paceman

If you're in a mood for a normal ice cream that you bought from your neighborhood bakery, you can have a 1.6L or a 1.6L petrol engine but if you're at home and if you're waiting for the bell ringinig from a person who sells dirty ice cream, then you're the sort of person who chose either a 1.6L or 2.0L diesel engines. Those powerful and efficient engines doesn't seem bad but as for the handling, this is about as harsh as studying all night for some meaningless tests, especially finals. This kind of metaphor also applies on the ALL4 models of the Paceman because I can also expect the same kind of stress as doing next week's homework or reciting something for some meaningless "graded recitation". Geez, I really don't like graded recitations when I was in my school days. Graded recitations really put out the worst for students. He he he...

So, the MINI Paceman, like the Countryman, is rubbish to drive, interior's too uncomfortable, as stressful as a final exam that you took when you were at school, and overall, I still had the same feeling I'd expect from my most hated car of all time but question is, do you hate this Paceman more than its high-performance model?

2014 MINI John Cooper Works Paceman

It's a John Cooper Works model of the Paceman. It has a turbocharged engine that develops 218hp of power, 6-speed manual standard with optional 6-speed auto, ALL4, and some sporting credentials expected from other JCW models. It does 0-100kph in 6.9 seconds and flatout in an estimated 226kph. Do you think I need to appreciate this high-performance version of the car which is a three door version of a MINI I really hate because it's OFF LIMITS for those who are in Punkish Gothic costumes and only those who think bowties, stetsons, and fezzes are cool are welcomed? Let me think about it but in a meantime, as the Got Talent judges might say, it's a NO. Uh-huh, it's a no. Sorry...

Let's Do The News! (March 21, 2013)

River's Diary

Right, what's the news today you spoiler-laden TARDIS journal?

Bureau of Customs seized illegally imported McLaren

Ruffy Biazon seized a smuggled exotic

If by rule, if a car is not available in the Philippines, don't even try to smuggle it but sadly, some moron denied the advice and because of that, the Bureau of Customs commisioner Ruffy Biazon intercepted a 2012 McLaren MP4-12C being imported into the country using fraudulent documents. Since McLaren has no official distributor in the Philippines, they only buy it via private importers. One questioing puzzle is that BOC said that the British supercar they've seized cost 45 million pesos. A normal MP4-12C would cost about 19 million pesos so that leaves a big mystery about this...

Story: http://www.topgear.com.ph/news/bureau-of-customs-apprehends-illegally-imported-mclaren-mp4-12c

Scooby goes Hybrid

At the 2013 New York International Auto Show, Fuji Heavy Industries will showcase what is known to be as the first ever hybrid car from Subaru and this is based...on the XV crossover which went on sale last year. While no further details as of now 'till showtime, the XV Hybrid will be revealed next week at the New York Auto Show as well as some mystery performance concept that kept us guessing...

Story: http://www.carview.co.jp/green/news/0/4994/

XJR Returns

2014 Jaguar XJR

Missed the Jaguar XJR? Well, good news because on the upcoming New York Auto Show, Jaguar will reveal an all new XJR which combines the comfort of an executive saloon with the thrill of a supercar thanks to its 5.0L Supercharged V8 engine which develops 542HP of power, that's similar to Jaguar's XKR-S Coupe!

Story: http://www.topgear.com.ph/news/jaguar-xjr-is-latest-addition-to-brand-s-r-performance-lineup

SRT Viper TA

2014 SRT Viper TA

A new limited-edition SRT Viper TA isn't just more on being an enthusiast-focused car because most of its luxury equipment's been stripped off and it's on a very limited production run. In fact, this special model is made as an act of revenge against General Motors for outding the SRT Viper with the 2013MY Chevy Corvette ZR1. A couple of months ago, Motor Trend reviewed both the SRT Viper and the 2013MY Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 and as it turned out that the ZR1 is faster than the SRT Viper round the Laguna Seca (1:33.70 vs. 1:35.77). For this model, it seems that the hatchet has been burried because the SRT Viper TA set a lap time of 1:33.62, beating the lap time set by the 2013 ZR1.

Production's limited to 33 units and it's available in special Orange Crush color.

Story: http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/coupes/1303_2014_srt_viper_ta/

"It needs to be updated!"

Jenna Louise Coleman's right. The TARDIS toy needs to be updated because in next week's Doctor Who, they had a new TARDIS now. She said that when she was interviewed by CBS' late night comedian and talk show host Craig Ferguson.

Underground Toys or Character Options, if you're reading this, we want ourselves a new TARDIS like what Jenna Louise said. It may look the same on the outside but when we open its doors, we can see the new (but Teletubbies-inspired) TARDIS interior. This is something we really wish to have...an updated TARDIS toy! Please... And be sure that Clara Oswin Oswald inspires a figure!!!

(sigh)

THANKS FOR CRITICIZING EVERYONE'S TARDIS TOYS (OR THEIR DW COLLECTIONS), NEW GIRL ON DOCTOR WHO...

SIDE NOTE: In observance of Holy Week, that is next week, I may temporary shut this blog off when the clock strikes 12:00 midnight (Philippine Standard Time) to Maundy Thursday. Which means, no more blogging until Easter Sunday, when I'll be back from the Lenten season...

Forza Motorsport 4: Evo vs. STi

The battle between two sides

Over the years, Subaru and Mitsubishi had been locked in combat for decades just so they can outperform, outhandle, and outwit each other with their road going rally cars and everytime they launched different versions, they try outdo each other with a quantity of letters and numbers after the car's names. You've been given a choice; for one lap at the Nurburgring, you want the super-sharp Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution but for the journey home, you want a more comfortable Subaru Impreza WRX STi.

Here at Forza Motorsport 4, I'll be only comparing the STi's and the Evo's offered on this game and luckily, it will be somewhat a duel between Evos and STi's.

First up the 22B vs. the Evo VI

Subaru Impreza 22B - 1:28.290
Mitsubishi Evo VI - 1:29.321


Next: WRX STi GDB-Type II vs. Evo VIII MR




Subaru WRX STi GDB-Type II - 1:27.591
Mitsubishi Evo VIII MR - 1:27.818


NEXT: WRX STi GDB-F vs. Evo IX MR




Subaru WRX STi GDB-F - 1:26.718
Mitsubishi Evo IX MR - 1:27.556

AND FINALLY: WRX STi GRB vs. Evo X





Subaru WRX STi GRB - 1:26.986
Mitsubishi Evo X - 1:26.346

VERDICT: Hmmm...It appears my Stigness can only handle Scoobies because back when I was high school, I was very fond of the STi's regime. I once drove a GDB-F WRX STi since WMMT3 (or maybe the Fast and Furious PS2 game?) and I have to say that this is the kind of car I literally fell in love with. No matter how many times I've been bashed by adolescents in their Mitsubishi Evos, I'm on the urge of getting to know each other but then, with current generations revealed in Tokyo since 2007, it seems my love for Impreza STi's had been evolved and I swore myself that I will never ever get alienated by the aggressive raw power of the Mitsubishi Evo X...but I did. Sure, the Impreza STi GRB really won my heart but it's the Evo X's sheerness and agility really made it jealous. And that's how the age-old question's in boiling point as Evo fans and STi fans starting to melt down over debates.

Hey, since Subaru and Mitsubishi are out in the world of motorsports, and soon these two will be consigned at the history books, I think that this fight ends with an armistice, not a peace treaty.

Michelle Gumabao, IHAW NA!

On March 20's Banana Nite's IHAW NA segment, Tito Bhoy interviews guest Michelle Gumabao, a member of a winning volleyball team from the UAAP. He talks about what's the secret of winning a mach, about her possibility in the world of showbiz, and how to master some volleyball moves...

Meanwhile, the Tres Kumpares are having troubles taking a nap on the same bed...

VIDEO: See how the Toyota 86Q was made

Of course, the Toyota 86Q, which is a mini-me one-off version of the Toyota 86/GT86 (Scion FR-S) sports coupe, which was launched last year alongside its Subaru BRZ twin, really is a Daihatsu Midget truck with some sporting credentials. Yes, they've used the chassis from a Midget truck and then loaded some 86 credentials to make it look like the miniature version so mini, it looks like it's a toy car life sized. Question is, how long did they made this one-off?

To find out, ExtremeDrivingTV has a video clip on how long did the 86Q was made. Wanna know how long? Watch the clip and find out and apologize to their English subtitles because it feels like it's been Google Translated...