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Keeping in mind the advice I got from you all on things to keep in mind when doing arcade stick artwork, I have created a second design. I think this one should still look fine even when hands are covering most of it while in play. Still don't know if I should do something with the buttons or not. Once again, any comments or suggestions are welcome. Thanks! New and improved(?) arcade stick artwork design After some advice from another friend, here is an alternative. Perhaps more improved?

After modding my Mad Catz Fightstick TE recently with the Toodles MC Cthulhu and Imp v2, I started thinking about maybe replacing the artwork on it with custom artwork as well. I put together a quick design with gimp...well, it would have been quick if I could use gimp properly.   Anyway, what do you guys think? Feel free to leave impressions and suggestions in the comments.

Hey everyone, sorry for the lack of updates. However, I recently went to Anime Boston, and now you can see my photos here !

I was looking through my Niconico settings today, and while I was at it, I took a look at my favorited videos list and found some stuff that I had completely forgotten about. One of them is particularly awesome, because Macross 7 is awesome, so I have provided a YouTube link here for your pleasure.

"Bad Apple!! feat. nomico" was featured in short clip on CNN! Based on the video, it seems it was shown at some point in the afternoon on CNN Newsroom. Now normally, this would be awesome. But it's not. Before I show the video, let me give a short history of "Bad Apple!! feat. nomico". 2007/05/20 : Doujin group " Alstroemeria Records " releases "Bad Apple!! feat. nomico" on their album "Lovelight" at Reitaisai 4. 2008/06/08 : NicoNico user "Μμ" uploads a video detailing what he would like to see in a Bad Apple!! music video ( NicoNico , YouTube ). Many users oblige, leading to several popular versions. 2009/10/27 : NicoNico user "あにら" uploads his 影絵 (shadow picture) version of the video, which instantly becomes a hit, keeping the top ranked position on NicoNico for weeks ( NicoNico , YouTube ). Many derivative videos start going up. 2010/01/28 : NicoNico user "shige-ruuu" uploads his own derivative ...

A clever parody of the song "Help me, ERINNNNNN!!", which is a Touhou arrange song by Beat Mario, this song is sung by recog, and should be amusing to those who are familiar with "A Certain Magical Index" and "A Certain Scientific Railgun". Once again, I will be providing a rough translation below. Also, I used as reference the translation for "Help me, ERINNNNNN!!" from the Touhou wiki ( Link ). <a href="http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm9364949">【ニコニコ動画】【替え歌】　Help me, TOUMAAAAA!! / recog　【禁書目録】</a> 【ニコニコ動画】【替え歌】　Help me, TOUMAAAAA!! / recog　【禁書目録】 Touma, Touma, Touma, One, Two, Three, Hey! Hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey Hey hey hey ...

Do you like BURNING giant robot songs? Because this one is totally on fire! Well, not the robot, but the song totally is. The song was originally a BGM from Touhou 12.3, but its old school giant robot feel quickly got denizens of niconico to add lyrics to it and try to sing it. Probably in response to that, Tasogare Frontier released an extended karaoke version of the song on the game soundtrack, and thus, I present below, the full version of "Our Hisoutensoku" sung by Yuge. <a href="http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm9387162">【ニコニコ動画】ぼくらの非想天則（Full Ver.）を歌ってみた / 湯毛</a> 【ニコニコ動画】ぼくらの非想天則（Full Ver.）を歌ってみた / 湯毛 And because I feel like it, here is a rough translation of the lyrics: It flies high in the sky, did you see it? That giant steel frame? The ground shakes bel...

So I just finished watching 11eyes, and overall, it wasn't really that good. I'm still thinking about playing the game though, seeing as how it looks quite different from the anime, I'm going to guess that it is in fact different, and hopefully interesting and engaging. I'm probably going to pick up the Xbox 360 version. I've also watched the first episodes of a few shows this season now, being Ladies verses Butlers, Baka to Test to Shoukanjyuu, and Dance in the Vampire Bund. Ladies verses Butlers so far is most definitely a fanservicey show, and Flameheart's incredibly huge drill hair vaguely bothered me initially just by the sheer size. I somewhat got used to it as I watched the episode, but for a short while I was contemplating how much hair you would need to be able to pull off that kind of hair. Nevertheless, it seems like it might be fun to watch, so I'll be keeping up with it for the time being. I like Baka to Test to Shoukanjyuu for the fact that it...

Yay, more awesome cute dancing MMD Remila! That's all I have to say. Now go watch. <a href="http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm9218728">【ニコニコ動画】【MMD-DMC】No Life Queenでレミリアに踊らせてみた</a> 【ニコニコ動画】【MMD-DMC】No Life Queenでレミリアに踊らせてみた

This video is full of references, I'm pretty sure I don't even get half of them. Most of the characters in it are Touhou, and I'm familiar with Buront, but not so much the other people that show up in it. The references I do get for sure are Gundam SEED, GaoGaiGar, Nadesico, Giant Robo, and probably some other stuff I forgot to mention. Anyway, it's a video with nice animation, so take a look and see what you can recognize. <a href="http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm9161505">【ニコニコ動画】【東方陰陽鉄】ユメみるOP【手描きパロ】</a> External Link This video is based on Shoot the Bullet, and has some nice animated Aya going around taking pictures, and of course being attacked while doing so. <a href="http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm9166766">【ニコニコ動画】【東方】明星ロケット【アニメOP風】...

MMD (MikuMikuDance) has been used for quite some time now to make 3D animated dances and movies on Niconico. Although started with just Miku, a large number of good character models have since been created, and the old ones improved. MMD itself has improved over time, allowing more expressive movement of both the characters and clothing. Of course it's not perfect, but what do you expect for free? Anyway, the following video is notable for it's use of most every decent character model in use at the moment, and of course for having crazy Indian music. You just can't beat that! <a href="http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm9120191">【ニコニコ動画】【MMD】御三家＋UTAUで“CAN'T SLEEP, CAN'T インド”的ななにか【Ashok】</a> External Link

The shadow picture version of Bad Apple that I posted about a few days ago has generated some pretty amazing derivative videos. I figured I'd post some of the ones I found especially good or clever. This first one was inevitable, they combined Bad Apple! with Donald McDonald. 【Bad_Apple!!Xドナルド】Bad Hamburger! <a href="http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm8803470">【Bad_Apple!!Xドナルド】Bad Hamburger!</a> External Link This next one is actually a mix of a number of videos where people made their own arrangements of Bad Apple. This combines a version using a string orchestra, a version with a piano four hands, and a version with a brass ensemble. There were several earlier versions, but I think this is the most well mixed version. 【俺mix ver】Bad Apple!!　弦楽(最終版)＋ピアノ＋金管(改)【東方】 &amp...

You might think that after being on Niconico a long time, you'd get used to all weird things they can come up with. That hasn't happened yet. This video is pretty weird, but somehow great at the same time. For those not so familiar with Touhou mythology, this video is probably about the battle that occured between the native Japanese god Suwako, and the conquering Yamato god Kanako. I have to say I'm not entirely sure why King Ghidorah and Minilla are there too. Also, shakōkidogū and various other traditional Japanese things can be seen fighting. Like I said, awesome, but also weird. <a href="http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm8797644">【ニコニコ動画】【東方】神の御狩の道標【手描き動画】</a> External Link This other video is also a weird animation thing involving ZUN's artwork, except I'm pretty sure they just manipulated his images instead of really animating them. It's strangely catchy and mesmerizing...

Most of my friends who'd be most interested in seeing this probably have, but I thought this would be an appropriate video to start out the blog with. It's on niconico, touhou related, recent, and awesome, giving it all the qualifications I arbitrarily decided were necessary for the first post. It's been keeping it's position at #1 on the overall video ranking at niconico, basically since it came out. <a href="http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm8628149">【ニコニコ動画】【東方】Bad Apple!!　ＰＶ【影絵】</a> External Link The song is by a doujin circle called Alstroemeria Records, and is called "Bad Apple!! feat. nomico."