This is, without doubt, one of the funniest manga I have ever read. When I first read it, I also couldn't believe it was by CLAMP - I had to keep checking the manga cover to make sure I hadn't gone crazy.

Most people will know CLAMP as the creators of Cardcaptor Sakura. This is about as far from Cardcaptor Sakura as you can get. For starters, the main character is a 19 year old guy, instead of a young girl. As such, many of the themes revolve around stuff most 19 year old guys like... like boobs, porn, and wanting to get laid.

Hideki Motosuwa has recently moved to Tokyo to attend cram school and get into college, while juggling a hectic part time job at a restaurant. Hideki notices that almost everyone in the city has a persocom - a personal computer who looks and acts like a human - and bemoans the fact that he'll never be able to afford one.

Well, guess what he just happens to finds one night, out amongst the rubbish. :)

So he takes it home, activates it, and you have Chi - a mysterious persocom who might be part of the "Chobits" series - a real AI, who can think for itself and have feelings. She also has absolutely no idea about anything in the world, leaving it up to Hideki to try and teach her, often with hilarious results. It doesn't help that Hideki also knows next to nothing about persocoms, which means he often has to seek help from others.

This often feels like a strange mix of both shounen and shoujo manga - as said, there's all the stuff a 19 year old guy tends to like. This is, also, a romance story, and a story of trying to find your place in the world, with a large amount of humour shoved in. It's also got a great cast of characters - alongside Hideki and Chi there are a bunch of secondary characters, and each has their own part in Hideki ad Chi's lives as well as their own backstories, which are fully explained as the series progresses. No-one feels like a useless add-on, every character is essential.

Basically, buy this. Never read CLAMP? Don't care, buy it. Never really read manga? Don't care, buy it. And try to track down the anime if you can - I watched it online and it's even funnier than the manga. Honestly can't remember a time when I've laughed at a anime (or a regular show for that matter) that much.

CLAMP are the writers of many of my favourite manga. They do a huge variety of genres, from lighthearted magical girls to nasty wars and innards being splattered everywhere.

This is one of the magical girl variety, and it's also my least favourite CLAMP series. It's not to say it's bad, exactly - just... not good.

This was their first major hit, in the early 90s. Both the art style and their storytelling has improved since then (although the art is still nice). In a nutshell, 3 very different 14 year old girls who have absolutely nothing to do with each other apart from the fact they all happened to b at Tokyo Tower at the same time get transported to another, magical world called Cefiro. Obviously, it turns out that there's some kind of legend that involves them and they have to save Cefiro from all the bad things that are about to happen.

Again, it's not exactly bad. But it's rated Y for young, and it shows - this really is a manga for younger readers. I first read it when I was 13 and thought it was kind of okay, I'm now almost 24 and find it all terribly twee. Plus the whole thing is just three short volumes long - this one omnibus is the entire series - so it ends up feeling very rushed.

But if you're younger, or like magical girl manga, you may still like this. I do, however, think that Cardcaptor Sakura is far superior if that's what you're after (who doesn't love CCS? :D), and if you want a more mature (and a huge lack of magical girls) CLAMP series, try Chobits or X/1999.

I've loved Pokemon since the Red and Blue days. However, by the time the third generation rolled around (Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald) I was losing interest. The series was becoming stale. The Pokemon were bland and boring. I tried Platinum when that was released, and while I liked it better, it still didn't hold my interest well.

Then finally, last year with Black and White, we had a brilliant Pokemon game again. And with Black and White 2, for the first time in close to 10 years, I was excited for an upcoming Pokemon release.

It's hard to say whether this game is better than it's predecessors. Set again in the Unova region, sometimes it can feel like the same game, but there's enough to keep you interested. There are three new gym leaders, and the gyms of those who remained from the last games have had a total make-over, giving it all a fresh edge. Instead of just having the Unova Pokemon available, which could be limiting in B/W (although it made good sense as they wanted to have a fresh start), you have over 300 pokemon from a variety of generations available in the regional Pokedex. You can catch Riolu and Mareep within the first 20 minutes (granted, they're very rare!). Growlithe (MY FAVOURITE ^^) and Magnemite are available before the second gym. Wild Eevee are available. Everywhere you go you'll find the Unova Pokemon introduced in the last game, mixed in with a great selection of classic 'mon.

A lot of the music, such as for routes and cities, is the same as before, but there are a few new tracks and a lot of remixed ones - great ones at that. In all, the soundtrack is fantastic. If you're anything like me, you'll sit there grinning like a maniac when you finally get to the Champions part of the Pokemon World Tournament and hear the new Kanto Champion theme as you battle your old nemesis, who struck fear into your heart as a child whenever he came along for a battle before you got to go to a Pokemon Centre... Gary Mother*mumble* Oak! (and if any pedantic fanboys come along with their "HIS NAME IS BLUEEE!" bit, I shall set my Starmie on you. xD)

The storyline, I don't think is as good as in B/W. B/W had a great storyline that was a welcome change from the usual Pokemon fare. While I don't think this one quite lives up to it, it's still good. A splinter faction of Team Plasma return as your main antagonists. Along the way you'll also meet and battle other people, some new, others familiar.

Where this really shines is the endgame, which does outdo B/W. There's a lot to do after you beat the Elite Four and become Champion, such as several cities you weren't able to visit, White Grove or Black Tower (depending on what version you have) and my favourite, the Pokemon World Tournament. I've spent most of my time since beating the game there - you get to fight through tournaments where you battle the gym leaders from each previous game (and they all have their gym leader themes remixed) until finally you unlock the Champions Tournament, and get to fight trainers such as Lance, Red, and Cynthia (again, all with new, remixed battle themes).

You can also, if you have two DS consoles, link with your completed file from B/W through a feature called Unova Link. This doesn't have any impact on actual gameplay, but lets you have extra dialogue and cutscenes that relate to what happened in the previous games.

In all, this is a great addition to the Pokemon series. It's also likely to be the last on the DS - I'm pretty sure the next generation will be on the 3DS, and I look forward to where it will go from there.

Bought this after seeing many beauty bloggers rave about it. And to be honest... meh.

Firstly, I don't think this is good if your skin is more on the normal/dry side. My skin is combination (normal/dry over most of my face, especially the nose, except my forehead which is prone to the odd breakout) and my face felt awful after having this on for 10 minutes, so dry and tight. I didn't notice any difference to my spots like some other people say, and nor did I notice any difference to the blackheads on my nose. I also find it quite difficult to apply - it's so thick it's almost solid, and very difficult to spread around.

I still use this occasionally, but ONLY on my forehead. And even then it's mainly because I hate waste and want to use it up - I still haven't seen an improvement.

If this works for you, great, but it certainly did nothing at all for me.

No matter your personal opinion on Delia (and tbh, I don't really have one, she doesn't do much except cook and shout silly things at footy matches to my knowledge, haha), you can't go wrong with this book. Everyone should have a copy, whether you cook all the time or just occasionally, and really, it's the only cookery book you'll ever need - it's called "Complete Cookery Course" for good reason. :)
I started to learn to cook following an older edition of this book (my father's, I think it's from the 70s or early 80s at the very least) when I was around 11 or 12. First thing I did was toad in the hole with onion gravy, and it came out perfectly. I'd never so much as held a wooden spoon before, let alone cooked. I'm now 24 and this is still my go-to book if I want to check how to cook something.

There's a huge variety of recipes, from fish to meat, from pasta to pastry, cakes and biscuits. The directions are all very simple and easy to follow - a monkey could do it! - and while there are the longer, more time consuming dishes, many are very quick to prepare and cook. There's been times when I've done a quick recipe in this book that took less time than it takes to cook a ready made frozen chicken pie. As a kid my mother fed me almost exclusively on supermarket oven ready food (my choices were usually fish fingers or breaded chicken fillets), and since I started cooking with this book, I've no clue why. Doing some proper cooking every now and then doesn't take up as much time as people think! :P

Maybe I should buy my mother this book for Christmas. While she cooks a bigger variety of food now, it still always comes from jars and packet mixes, aha. :P

I stumbled across 30 Rock entirely by accident. The first episode I saw was from season 3 (I believe). I turned it on partway through and the first thing I remember seeing was Liz Lemon (Tina Fey) trying to get out of jury service by dressing up as Princess Leia and claiming she shouldn't be on the jury as she was a hologram. This was met with a "Huh?" and I watched the rest of the episode with a rather bemused expression on my face.

I continued watching the series, purely because there wasn't much else on, and quickly my bemused expression turned into a grin of delight. This is definitely one of the best comedies on television at the moment, and frankly it's a crime not many people seem to watch it! It's witty, it's snappy, and often just plain bonkers. The cast is fantastic, and while Liz and Jack (Alec Baldwin) are probably considered the main characters, it is an ensemble cast and each character is as important as the next. Personally, my favourite character is Kenneth. He's just such a sweetie. :P

Everybody should watch 30 Rock. If you find yourself confused watching it at first, I beg you to persevere - yes, it's nuts, but once you get your head around the characters it's fantastic. The only word I can think of to really describe this show is "genius". Plus I just found out that the new season 6 is finally being shown here in the UK (on Comedy Central, nestled amidst the endless reruns of Friends and Two and a Half Men in a rather unforgiving timeslot of 10:30, if anyone's wondering).

I really, really hope it's low viewership won't end up spelling the end for this great show - but it HAS managed to reach season 6, whearas Arrested Development only managed 3, so hopefully it'll be around for a good while yet.

Bought one of these because hey, MS Pro Duos are expensive. >.>

This worked fine - for a week and a half. Then, suddenly, my PSP stopped recognising it. I never touched it or removed it, played it one day, fine, played it the next day, it's telling me there's nothing inserted in the MS slot and the light just keeps flashing at me.

Have tried formatting it, but nothing.

The card also was not the one shown in the picture - it was similar, but not the same. It didn't have "PhotoFast" written on it, and the micro SD card slots were white instead of black, and a different shape. After checking the link in another review I have to conclude that this is a fake one, which is probably why it doesn't work.

Also, the packaging was awful. It was just sent loose in a regular envelope, I'm surprised it didn't snap in half during transit as it's very flimsy. So obviously it wasn't even new (or the right product!) as the card is supposed to come packaged in a box.

I am trying another card to see if I get better results, as I really WOULD like to find an alternative to the incredibly overpriced Pro Duos. I'll update with whether it's any better and whether I'm actually sent the proper adapter. At least this was cheap so I didn't lose much.

I preordered the Aqua Blue 3DS and had that on release, but as a Nintendo (and especially Zelda) collector, once I saw this bundle, I had to have it. Managed to find a brand new one for £145, so I bought that and sold my other 3DS and my other copy of Ocarina of Time to a friend for £120, so they got a bargain and this didn't cost me too much. :D

The limited edition 3DS is just lovely, and I adore it. The surface is pretty shiny, not matte, so it does get fingerprint marks on it, but it doesn't seem to show the marks too much, which my old blue one did. The gold colour detail on it is so pretty, I think it's gorgeous.

This also comes bundled with a copy of Ocarina of Time with different gold cover art, instead of the colour image of Link riding Epona present on the regular copies. The game is as good as ever with updated graphics and (obviously) in 3D, although they have made it somewhat easier. The game also has Master Quest, which you can play through after completing the regular game once.

Also, if you're a collector like me who wants this limited edition 3DS, but bought a regular 3DS on release and are worried about losing your free Ambassador games, don't worry - the 3DS has an easy Transfer system that you can use to move absolutely everything over to your new system. :)

The creator of Dragonball Z originally ended the manga after the Cell saga. Fans, however, begged him to make more, so he did. And this is the result.

After the rest of DBZ, which is amazing (aside from the Garlic Jr saga, but that was just filler and wasn't in the original manga), this is disappointing. Set seven years after the end of the Cell games, Gohan is a teenager, and off for his first time at a public high school after being homeschooled all his life.
He sees some bad guys in the town, and obviously, being the good-hearted hero he is, jumps in to save the day. But he doesn't want to get recognised. So what does he do?

Dons a terrible outfit and becomes a super hero by the name of "The Great Saiyaman". Complete with cheesy poses.

Yes, Gohan is ruined. And in another mind-bender, Krillin has hair.

Most of this season revolves around Gohan trying to fit in at school, avoid a girl named Videl, and keep his superhero identity secret. At the end of the series, the Z fighters enter the Martial arts tournament and the build up to the next big villain, Majin Buu, begins.

But this season isn't exactly BAD. I still enjoy it. It's just compared to the previous seasons, it's a let down, and you can tell it was based on stuff Akira Toriyama never planned to write. While it's nice to have and sometimes watch, it's not an essential purchase.
It is, however, quite a short season, and it ends quite abruptly, so if you want to see what happens next, be ready to buy the next boxset soon.

As a bonkers Nintendo fangirl and collector for the past 20 years, I pre-ordered this and got it on release. For several months, however, it did just sit there, virtually unused.

But then the GOOD games started appearing. :D

The first game I actually got for my 3DS was Ocarina of Time 3D, three months after this came out, and I finally got to see the 3D in action properly.
The 3D is actually pretty good - obviously you just have to make sure to hold the console in the right position, otherwise you'll get a weird double image. It can be quite impressive, although sometimes when I have the 3D on I feel like my eyes are crossing to try and focus on it properly - I find having the slider turned up about halfway is just about right.
However, I actually think games look better with the 3D turned OFF. The lines are much clearer and the console really does have some smashing graphics. I now usually only turn on the 3D for cutscenes.

Since Ocarina of Time, I've bought Star Fox, Mario Kart, and Super Mario 3D Land. You can really appreciate the 3D on Mario, it's actually fantastic.

And then there's the Virtual Console. This was what I was most excited for the 3DS for - being able to download old Gameboy, Gameboy Colour, and Game Boy Advance games, just like you can download old console games on the Wii. For quite a long time, releases on the VC seemed slow, but they've been picking up recently and there are some cracking titles available to download, like Zelda: Link's Awakening, Kirby, Wario Land, and Super Mario Land: 6 Golden Coins, amongst others. The games are all reasonably priced (between around £3.60 and £5.40ish, depending on the game), and being older games, don't take up much space at all on the SD card, so you can cram it full of golden oldies.
Any old SD card will work with the 3DS, and one comes free with the console, unlike some consoles that are only compatible with overpriced memory cards made by the same company (*cough*Vita*cough*) You can top up the amount of cash to download games either by debit card, or by purchasing an eshop card from a shop (NOT a Nintendo points card! Must be an eshop card).
You can also download all the DSiWare stuff on your 3DS, too.

Plus, there are game videos you can download, AND game demos, so you can try out some games before you buy them.

Have a DSi? Want a 3DS? Have purchased DSiWare that you'd like to keep on your 3DS? No problem. Nintendo have added a simple to use Data Transfer system, which you can use to transfer EVERYTHING from a DSi over to your shiny new 3DS, or even from 3DS to 3DS. Absolutely everything is transferred, and afterwards the console that had been transferred from is reset to factory settings.
I myself used the Data transfer system when I bought a different 3DS (The limited edition Zelda one... it's so shiny) and needed to transfer the stuff I had already downloaded from my old 3DS. I can confirm that it really is easy to use - it's completely fool-proof - and it really does transfer everything - VC downloads, saves, etc.
If there are people here who, like me, bought the 3DS on release and as a result got the 20 free Ambassador games, and you'd like a new 3DS (there are more pretty limited edition ones coming!), rest assured, the system transfer does transfer your Ambassador status and your free games. :)

In all, this is a great console. Yeah, the 3D can be a bit gimmicky at times, but it does work well, and you can turn it off whenever you like. Now that it has a better games library, it's much more fun, and the Virtual console is just great. Plus with great upcoming games like Kid Icarus: Uprising (It looks amazing!), Luigi's Mansion 2, and Fire Emblem (confirmed for Europe!), it's going to get even better. The price reduction last August makes it even more of a must buy - I paid £180 for mine on release, which was about as cheap as you could get. It's dropped very significantly since!
But at least I have my 20 free games to make up for the price-drop. Cheers Ninty! :D