For Astro Boy Fans Only

Those who knew me knew that I'm a big Astro Boy fan. It's my obssession like others obssess over Pooh (ach), Tweety (ach ach), Marvin the Martian (pbbbtt), Hello Kitty (cough, hairball), or Donald Duck (argh, can't breathe). I'm just glad there was an AstroBoy revival in honor of the 30th anniversary of his creation by the godfather of manga Tezuka Osamu. The animation didn't catch on here as much as back in Asia where they even have an Astro boy costume mascot in a recent anime convention, how cool is that.

With that said, I am recently playing the AstroBoy GB Omega Factor. This is a very addicting game. Just when you thought you have finished the game -- possible spoiler here, don't go further if you don't want to hear the story -- Astro dies and goes back in time and some of the levels you went to before change story, it shifts from a straightforward shooting game to an RPG. Now, I got stuck in a world where the mere clues doesn't really help me move forward to another character. It's bugging me so much that there is no group discussion out there where I can look for answers. And thanks to this game I actually had sleepless nights again. I couldn't complain, it has very cool graphics.