Dai Gyakuten Saiban 2

Dai Gyakuten Saiban, a much ancient installment of CAPCOM's Gyakuten Saiban (Ace Attorney) legal battle video game franchise which tells about Ryuichi Naruhodo's great ancestor, Ryunosuke Naruhodo, in his youth during the 19th century era and with help of his allies such as Susato Mikotoba, the legendary Sherlock Holmes, and Iris Watson, the young Ryunosuke searches for clues, solving puzzles, and apprehend the real culprits behind 19th century Japan's wittiest crimes. Now, the tale of the young Ryunosuke Naruhodo returns in Dai Gyakuten Saiban 2 and in this installment, there are more stories to tell to 19th century Japan's favorite mystery solver.

Dai Gyakuten Saiban 2

Like every other Gyakuten Saiban installment, the brand new Dai Gyakuten Saiban 2 game is something you shouldn't be hurry about because with so much clues to look out for, fragments to piece, people to interact with, and some other stuff to deal with, solving cases wasn't as easy as it sounds and it takes a lot of time to uncover the real truth behind 19th century Japan's bizarre cases no one dared to find the truth. With familiar friends and foes returning back to make the young Ryunosuke's head roll, there are new characters that will keep his head rolling for more as he solves his way through new and intriguing episodes that will test your knowledge, your wits, and your right to OBJECTION!

Investigation matters in this game because every evidence you collect during your crime scene investigation matters as when you present it during trial, you'll never what will hit. It's either you, your rival defendant, the suspect, or everyone else. Of course, during trial, you have the right to deal with six possible suspects as each suspect holds a critical case that will either help you or hinder your judgment as you are piecing the cases that will lead you to the real truth. It takes patience but if you deal with your patience very well, you might be able to solve the case with ease or else you messed it up and this case will be jeopardized.

With a memorable cast of characters, new ways to solve cases, and more intriguing stories that will up the game's suspense, this sequel may not be worth the shot of being a great game for those who want to speed things up by for those who are really here for the story, it really is a great game to go along with the flow and since this is part of the franchise that yells "OBJECTION!" for 15 years, there's so much to consider Dai Gyakuten Saiban 2 your next favorite installment.

Let's Do The News! (August 3, 2017)

- Heavy rainfall due to the hanging habagat prompted the Philippine National Railways to suspend all operations past 0737 local time.

- The Philippines and Australia strengthened their defense and security cooperation through the 4th Philippines-Australia Strategic Dialogue yesterday. The two nations discussing about defense cooperation and cooperation on security issues of mutual interests during the dialogue.

- House Majority leader Congressman Rodolfo Farinas doubts the explanation of BOC Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon regarding the entry of 6.4 million pesos worth of shabu in the country.

- There is a proposed resolution from a lobby group known as the American Legislative Exchange Council, a corporate-funded project to impose a top-down right-wing agenda across the United States, that advocates for overturning the 17th Amendment so Republican-controlled state legislatures could pick senators.

- An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.5 struck Tokyo but no tsunami warning was issued. The quake was centered in southern Ibaraki prefecture, northeast of Tokyo.

- Victims of acid attacks in the United Kingdom are calling on the government to enforce longer prison sentences and tighten controls on the sale of corrosive substances, after a sharp rise of cases last year and in 2017. This hit headlines after a recent spate of attacks, prompting Interior Minister Amber Rudd to review legislation.

- Two attackers detonated a car bomb in southern Yemen, killing themselves and five soldiers and injuring numerous people. The bombing took place in the Redhoom district of Shabwa province near a security checkpoint.

- The American start-up company, Bollinger, unveiled the B1, a sport utility truck with an all-electric powertrain and exceptional off road capability.



- Universal pictures announced that Pacific Rim: Uprising's showing date was delayed to March 23, 2018.

TTFN!!!

Daihatsu Move/Subaru Stella (LA150/160) - 2018 minor change

Now on its 2018 model year, the Daihatsu Move and its Subaru Stella counterpart have been given a much-needed facelift, more than enough to introduce the latest upgrade to the Smart Assist system that promises to be its most groundbreaking feat yet for such kei cars while retaining its kei car personality that fits well to the Japanese youth.

2018 Daihatsu Move

2018 Daihatsu Move Custom

2018 Subaru Stella and 2018 Subaru Stella Custom

So, what's new on the outside? On a regular Move or Stella, the front now comes with a new horizontally-shaped grille that now packs some style compared to the pre-facelifted model as well as its new bumper design and some new alloys, not to mentioned a slightly revised rear view. On the Custom variants, that shouty N BOX Custom-esque grille has been replaced with a much simpler design which is a throwback to the previous model's 2013 facelift from five years ago while the foglamps are now almost shaped like an exclamation point just to give a spot-on stance worthy to be a headturner. Also, the rear lamps are now revamped as well as its new and rakishly sharp alloy wheel design. On the inside, you can expect a revised instrumental panel as well as an enlarged 8-inch monitor display on the dashboard for range-topping variants.

2018 Daihatsu Move interior

2018 Daihatsu Move Custom interior

2018 Subaru Stella interior

2018 Subaru Stella Custom interior

Like the pre-facelifted models, they still come with the same 660cc 3-cylinder engine with fuel-efficient measures, CVT, and its "D monocoque" body structure that promises up to 31.0km/L while turbocharged models (Custom only) can get up to 27.4km/L. For 4WD variants, fuel efficiency is 27.6km/L while Custom-exclusive turbocharged variants can get up to 25.6km/L.

Now it's time to get through the heart of the facelifted Move/Stella and that is the brand new "Smart Assist III" and for this upgrade, it uses the world's smallest stereo camera and working in tandem with the sonar sensor, detection on leading vehicles as well as pedestrians have been improved sharply and it's been given Collision Warning Function and Collision Avoidance Support Brake function. Apart from that, the updated Move/Stella comes with Lane Departure Warning system, false start suppression control, forward vehicle start notice function, and auto high beam. There are other safety tech offered in this kei car but lest we leave it for those who want to try it.

Prices start at around 1,112,400 Yen for normal versions while Custom versions, hold on a second. Says here that for the Move Custom starts at 1,371,600 Yen while the Stella Custom, meanwhile, starts at 1,490,400 Yen. That sounds odd for pricing but who cares...

Photo: Subaru/Daihatsu

SUMMER VACATION

As part of the Aqours Next Step Project as well as the preparation of the Happy Party Train Tour and the second season of Love Live! Sunshine!! coming this autumn, the idol group from Uranohoshi Girls High presents you the brand new Duo Trio Collection CD range where the Aqours heroes now got split up into four teams. Chika Takami and Kanan Matsuura will be Twilight Tiger, Dia and Ruby Kurosawa as Inferno Phoenix, You Watanabe and Yoshiko Tsushima as Unicorn Blizzard, and Riko Sakurauchi, Hanamaru Kunikida, and Mari Ohara as Hurricane Blossom.

SUMMER VACATION

The first Duo Trio Collection album is titled SUMMER VACATION and in here, it features four brand new songs. The first one performed by the Hurricane Blossom team while the second one by the Inferno Phoenix team, the Hurricane Blizzard team will go for the third song, and finally, the Twilight Tiger team for the last song in the album. After four teams perform their songs, there are four drama parts, again, starring the four teams who did the songs in the album. While you are enjoying these new songs in this new album, best to know that these songs are coming to the School Idol Festival app game anytime now so watch for it.

Look out for more Love Live Sunshine Duo Trio Collection CDs coming very soon. Until then, enjoy their first offerings.

TRACK LISTINGS:

01.夏への扉 Never end ver.

02.真夏は誰のモノ？

03.地元愛♡満タン☆サマーライフ

04.夏の終わりの雨音が

05.南天の白き千歌と果南

06.西天の眩きルビィとダイヤ

07.東天の危うき曜と善子

08.北天の遙かなる梨子と鞠莉と花丸と……

Let's Do The News! (August 2, 2017)

- An environmental coalition labeled DENR Secretary Roy Cimatu a "fool" for believing that mining companies will voluntarily adhere to the conservation standards proposed in the 2016 Field Museum of Chicago. Known as KALIKASAN, the environmental coalition insists that  previous administrations have tried to urge the mining industry to engage in honest-to-goodness biodiversity conversation but failed.

- Nicanor Faeldon, the Bureau of Customs commissioner, is on the risk of being removed from his position amid President Rodrigo Duterte's statement that he still has complete trust in him. According to Senate Majority leader Vicente ‘Tito’ Sotto, President Duterte said that he will wait for the investigation of the Senate and the House of Representatives to finish before passing judgement on Faeldon.

- President Donald Trump will do more traveling to promote tax overhaul legislation. Specifically, Trump could travel to some Midwest states like Michigan and Wisconsin that he won during the 2016 presidential campaign but are still represented by Democrats in Congress.

- Los Angeles mayor Eric Garcetti announced that they are preparing to host the 2028 Summer Olympics, four years after Paris, France hosted theirs in 2024.

- A Magnitude 5.4 quake struck the Chilean capital Santiago in the early Wednesday hours. The tremor struck 36km (22 miles) northeast of the city at 0315 hours local time.

- Lamborghini announced that they will unveil the production version of the Urus crossover on the 4th of December.

- Aston Martin previewed their upcoming Vantage replacement, powered by a Mercedes-AMG 4.0L V8 BiTurbo engine.

- Biohazard/Resident Evil Revelations Unveiled Edition and Revelations 2 are coming to Nintendo Switch at the end of the year.

TTFN!!!

AIKATSU SCRAPBOOK 01

AIKATSU SCRAPBOOK 01

Don't let the name fool you because even though you see the word "SCRAPBOOK" on it, because even though it says AIKATSU SCRAPBOOK 01 on it doesn't mean it has some drawings in it, instead, what you have here is another set of songs courtesy from the Photo on Stage app game, for those who just can't get enough for more Photokatsu songs to store in their playlist.

For this latest single, it has three brand new songs you have already listened on the game. The first is called "Sweet Sweet Girls' Talk", followed by キラキラ宣言, and followed by 星空のフロア. These tracks are all made by the girls from AIKATSU☆STARS and STAR☆ANIS and these songs can make great additions to your ever-growing Aikatsu playlist as it prepares for the franchise's 5th anniversary this year.

Aikatsu! Photo on Stage! is available to download now on the Google Play. Contains in-app purchases. Ask your parents first.

TRACK LISTINGS:

01 Sweet Sweet Girls' Talk

02 キラキラ宣言

03 星空のフロア

04 Sweet Sweet Girls' Talk (off vocal)

05 キラキラ宣言 (off vocal)

06 星空のフロア (off vocal)

Let's Do The News! (August 1, 2017)

- Senator Ping Lacson requested that Bureau of Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon explain the agency's process in approving shipments. The senators began investigating 6.4 billion pesos worth of shabu that was allowed entry by Customs and was seized by the National Bureau of Investigation in Valenzuela three months ago.

- In preparation for the 50th ASEAN Day to be held at the PICC this week, the Philippine National Police will deploy around 13,000 personnel for the security of Foreign Ministers and Diplomats.

- The evacuation order was lifted at the edge of a national forest in Southern California, after a wildfire threatening dozens of homes in the path of the flames.

- About 2,531 Afghan troops were killed and 4,238 wounded in the first four months of the year, according to the data from the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan, a US Congressional watchdog.

- Talent manager and showbiz columnist Alfie Lorenzo died at the age of 78 due to heart failure. It was confirmed by his nephew Ramon.

- Ford Motor Company is challenging Lynk & Co, Geely's up-and-coming youth-focused brand, over trademark application, saying the brand name is too close to Ford's luxury brand, Lincoln. Reports told the US Patent and Trademark Office has extended the deadline for Ford to formally oppose trademark this month to November 15.

- Queenie Padilla counters back against netizens criticizing her for not showing the face of her newborn daughter, Mustahsina Mikailah Mir, upon her decision not to show her face on social media.

- Actor Aljur Abrenica is now part of the ABS-CBN family of stars.

TTFN!!!

FH3 Hot Wheels: Hunter SPECTRE

The Range Rover Sport SVR has been proven to be track-capable and offroad-ready Range Rover ever made for the discerning few and it's been featured in 007: SPECTRE where it met its fate with the snow plane during a snowy pursuit in Austria. If the RR Sport SVR has been proven to do almost everything at its disposal, what would happen if I sent the SVR to the most extreme challenge yet; the Hot Wheels Thrilltopia?



As we know, the Jaguar Land Rover team are very skillful in the art of PR marketing by doing some insane stuff when they launch a new car. They drove a Range Rover through a bridge made out of paper, their new Jag can drive through wires, an F-Pace can do insane loop-the-loops, there are so much insane stuff they ever made in honor of their new cars but for this, the Range Rover Sport SVR, what else to do with it than setting this track-honed sports utility vehicle on the wonderful world of Hot Wheels? Drive it, of course.



At stock, the RR Sport SVR feels pretty good to me, especially when I drove this one round Blizzard Mountain on frigid conditions, but because this is Hot Wheels, is a tough world out there so this hunk of British bulldog needs to get prepared for the worst outcome or else, get left behind in a stomping tantrum of high horsepower. In short, the hunter becomes the hunted. With all that taken care of, the Range Rover Sport prepares for an all-out war with the other SUVs and it's my job to do the impossible for the SVR or my name ain't Hunter SPECTRE. Get it?



Well, not much of a hunter myself but the hunter turned all of its competitors into its prey for tea and for the Range Rover Sport SVR, it managed to do the bold just like all of its relatives in the Jaguar Land Rover lineup done in the past. Needless to say, I want some more of the SVR because this has been one of my favorite SUVs since it got featured in SPECTRE. Like the dinosaur guarding Thrilltopia, this Range Rooney's a primal in every tangible way and it's the ideal SUV to turn the hunters into the hunted so watch out, naughty folks.

Finally Found Someone

Ever since we first saw John Lloyd Cruz and Sarah Geronimo in A Very Special Love, we got hooked by the on-screen chemistry, their signature kilig moments, and the so-called sun dance that brightened ourselves out of our daily misery. Then came You Changed My Life and it was even gooder. After that, It Takes a Man and a Woman. Now, for 2017, John Lloyd and Sarah are back in a very original love story directed by Theodore Boborol which promises to deliver some more like they did back in their previous two films.

Finally Found Someone

From Star Cinema and VIVA films, Finally Found Someone brings back John Lloyd Cruz and Sarah Geronimo in an all-original, yet, hugot-laden romcom that promises to feel like the films we are familiar with while stirring up some joy and sadness in a perfect chemistry you'd expect for a romcom like this. Sarah plays the role of Aprilyn, whose once-in-a-lifetime moment has been unexpectedly shattered when her groom disappeared at the day of the wedding, while John Lloyd plays the role of Raffy, a PR agent hired by the groom's father to help her move on. This film also stars Enchong Dee, Joey Marquez, Yayo Aguila, Dennis Padilla, and many more.

Unlike past films with John Lloyd and Sarah on it, this film is way different than the films mentioned because while the storyline is almost as original as the hugot-laden films that can ripple your heart like a tropical monsoon on a sunny day. Sure, you can expect lots and lots of hugot on this film but seeing them on-screen not only stirs up some feelings but also the nostalgia we reminisce back when you first saw them during your high school years and then you talked about them with your friends at school. When you think about it, it's almost like where the years go by and makes us a bit sad but flattering.

It maybe disappointing to talk about it at first but for nostalgia's sake, this film still shows brighten ourselves out of our daily misery just like the others, and Finally Found Someone takes the slice of cake.

My rating: 3.6 out of 5.

2017 NASCAR Monster Energy Cup - Overton's 400

The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series returns to Pocono Raceway in Pennsylvania for the Overton's 400 and controversy aside following reports that Target will withdrawn their sponsorship after this season, weekend at Pocono has became chaotic by NASCAR standards.

In the opening lap, Matt Kenseth triggered a multi-car wreck when his car got spun out of control, causing everyone behind him to come crashing through his car. In Lap 50, Kyle Busch cleared the first stage while Jimmie Johnson's car got spun out of control and it was a close call. In Lap 100, Flint Boyer nailed his first stage win.

After a chaotic Pocono Sunday, Kyle Busch nailed his first win of the series.

Next race is at Watkins Glen on the 6th of August for the I❤NY 355.

Let's Do The News! (July 31, 2017)

- Magdalo Partylist representative Gary Alejano compares the death of Ozamiz City mayor Reynaldo Parojinog to the death of Albuera mayor Rolando Espinosa. According to him, the incident with Parojinog reminded him of the death of Espinosa who was killed inside his own prison cell in Leyte.

- Alleged members of the New People's Army were spotted in an excavation site in Tanjay City, Negros Occidental, burning numerous construction equipment in Sitio Pilapil, Barangay Caticigan.

- Government forces are in an ongoing manhunt against members of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters over the attack on Maguindanao Governor Esmael Mangudadatu's helicopter.

- Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro's legislative body has claimed a huge turnout in a controversial election for a new Constituent Assembly that would have the power to rewrite his country's constitution. The shocking win shifts the OPEC member country into dictatorship amid deadly protests that killed six people. Over eight million people cast ballots Sunday. The United States has vowed to take strong and swift action against "architects of authoritarianism" for the Venezuelans as a result of the recent "flawed" election.

- Russia's head of athletics Dmitry Shlyakhtin is travelling to London this week to address the sport's governing body in a bid to lift Russia's international ban. The president of Russia's athletics federation will make the speech at the International Association of Athletics Federations Congress on Thursday, a day before the World Championships begin at the London Stadium.

- Driverless cars are banned to operate on Indian roads to protect jobs, according to reports.

- A mysterious roadster from BMW will be unveiled on the 17th of August, ahead of the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance.

- After their successful career in endurance racing, Porsche announced that they will quit LMP1 and the World Endurance Championship at the end of this season as it prepares its 2019 entry into Formula E.

- The Persona 5 game will spawn a TV anime adaptation in 2018.

- Meet the real-life "Run Girls, Run!" idol unit who will appear in the upcoming Wake Up Girls! Shin Shou TV series airing this October.

TTFN!!!

FIA Formula E 2016-2017 FINALE

Montreal, Canada. The final destination for this season's FIA Formula E Championship. For the competitors, it's their last stop. The end of the long struggle. A place where a true winner is named after their globetrotting battle of the zero-emission machines.

Before I can tell you who wins this season's Formula E, let's mention first the winners of the first part of this epic, yet chaotic, Canada finale. In part one, Lucas di Grassi from ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport wins the race followed by TECHEETAH's Jean-Eric Vergne, and Stephane Sarrazin.



Now, let's focus on the final part of the Montreal ePrix. In the first lap, Sarrazin got spun out at the first corner and later, Buemi's car sustained some damage at the back, triggering a black flag on him to sort things out. If things couldn't get any worse for him, his pit stop at the third lap is seriously the end of his title defense. With Buemi just a speck on the rear mirror, attention goes to Jean-Eric Vergne and Felix Rosenqvist as the battle for the lead may not necessarily decide the fate of the final battle. Overtakes after overtakes, this final battle became one of the most exciting Formula E battles ever witnessed.

Jean-Eric Vergne from TECHEETAH wins the latter half of the Montreal ePrix but the winner of this season's FIA Formula E Championship goes to Lucas Di Grassi from ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport.



And that really is the end of this season's FIA Formula E Championship. Expect dramatic changes coming on the next season coming this fall and until then, congratulations to Di Grassi for winning this season.