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  • From The Desk of Sam: Who Needs Twilight Teams when you can….

    Posted on November 21, 2011 | No Comments
    Check Out FROM THE DESK OF SAM for similar articles. Team Jacob? Team Edward?…. these are two phrases I am sure going through every fan of the Twilight series mind right about now with the release of whatever novel they are up to as a movie adaptation. This is especially annoying now as some cinemas have found it fitting to distribute necklaces with both “Teams” on them and isn’t the most fashionable jewelry around… but I digress. But instead, I pose that people forget both...

  • Thoughts on There Ever Being a Real Life Visual Novel – My Boyfriend is the President MAD

    Posted on November 19, 2011 | No Comments
    This is an example of the posts going on my blog – From the Desk of Sam (Alongside posts on science and other random rants). Any posts on anime will most probably be posted here as well. As I am sure some of you are not regular readers of my site, I thought I should share with you this piece of what I posted last night. A visual novel is generally a means of telling a story through pictures and music, and instead of having...

  • I realize that the title may be ambiguous, however this is not an article relating to anime companies having Facebook Pages. I think with so many millions of people on Facebook, having an active Facebook Page for your company is potentially one of the best moves that can be taken in terms of reaching out to your fans. This article is instead on one component of etiquette that I find is getting annoying and I must put my 5cents towards (Who knows, many years of moderating the...

    A Musing on Anime Company Facebook Walls

    Posted on November 7, 2011 | 1 Comment
    I realize that the title may be ambiguous, however this is not an article relating to anime companies having Facebook Pages. I think with so many millions of people on Facebook, having an active Facebook Page for your company is potentially one of the best moves that can be taken in terms of reaching out to your fans. This article is instead on one component of etiquette that I find is getting annoying and I must put my 5cents towards (Who knows, many years of moderating the...

  • First of all, whilst I address this to the staff at the Robina store of Borders, the same message can be given to anyone who has worked in any Borders/Angus Robertson at any time, after all, you have all been a part of the Australian book industry and provided me, alongside many others, with countless numbers of books and other media that beforehand, were very hard to come by in any other bookstore (Eg. Manga). 

    My Thoughts on the Store and Staff of Borders Robina – and other stores.

    Posted on July 8, 2011 | 3 Comments
    First of all, whilst I address this to the staff at the Robina store of Borders, the same message can be given to anyone who has worked in any Borders/Angus Robertson at any time, after all, you have all been a part of the Australian book industry and provided me, alongside many others, with countless numbers of books and other media that beforehand, were very hard to come by in any other bookstore (Eg. Manga). 

  • The thing to make a Headache Worse – Borders Problems and my thoughts on the joys of a Physical Book.

    Posted on February 17, 2011 | No Comments
    I really do detest bad news, especially considering when it has played a big part in this blog and my collection of otaku wares, however after reading this, I suddenly feel quite ill again. I am talking about the current issues that both Borders stores in the US and Australia are currently having. A few days back, the US company announced they were having difficulties and have now filed for Re-organisational Protection under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code. Currently this means that they should remain in business, however...

  • I was sitting down this morning looking at the TV guide, since, whilst not being a big fan of many television shows, felt like spending some time on the couch watching some television. Now, back then I was a kid, I was addicted to the childrens afternoon on the ABC Channel with shows like Play School *Shudder* and animated shows like Blinky Bill which showed that there was some decent animation done in Australia, basically in comparison to now as when I looked at the...

    Australia – The land of…. not much anime?

    Posted on August 31, 2010 | 6 Comments
    I was sitting down this morning looking at the TV guide, since, whilst not being a big fan of many television shows, felt like spending some time on the couch watching some television. Now, back then I was a kid, I was addicted to the childrens afternoon on the ABC Channel with shows like Play School *Shudder* and animated shows like Blinky Bill which showed that there was some decent animation done in Australia, basically in comparison to now as when I looked at the...