2013 - Legoland Malaysia!

That's right all fellow Malaysian Lego fans (and even those Internationally!) - Legoland is going to open their first Asian theme park in the State of Johor! Slated to be opened in 5 years time, it will be located in Nusajaya, the new administrative city of Johor (think of it as Johor's Putrajaya).

Nusajaya is located in the Iskandar Development Region, kinda like the Southern Malaysia version of the Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) in Central Malaysia. Its located off the E3 (Expressway 3) highway, and is under construction. There are plans to include other theme parks in the same region, like Universal Studios and Disneyland, to attract Singaporeans (and International tourists) via the Second Link Causeway to come and stay over for the weekend.

View Larger Map
Sources : The Star Online and Brothers Brick

Gears of War 2 customs

If you like Lego and you like Gears of War (GoW), chances are it crossed your mind how cool it would be if Lego releases such sets, from the chainsaw-attached-to-gun franchise.

Though the odds of that happening is about as slim as Marcus Fenix getting a light saber as a melee weapon since Lego doesn't do military as a policy. However, Lego customiser Hazel shows us what the minifigs (Lego Mini Figurines) might look like if it was ever released!

Source : Brothers Brick

Professional Gaming

It is sad that gaming is seen as a just a...well...game, to people who don't understand and who aren't into it - which usually means people who aren't geeky enough or consider themselves too cool to be seen associated with playing games. So much so the term "Professional Gaming" has to be created to differentiate between standard playing games for fun, and seriously playing games, which leads to it being a job, either for beta testing new games, or as a form of sport.

However, even Pro Gaming is not seriously seen as an avenue of work, and will take time to be accepted as a norm, and until then, while pro gamers rake in the money winning electronic sports for their quick reflexes, sharp thinking, and keen analysis, the older generation will have a tough time believing what was once just a waste of time is the future of income and survival.

Gradius's Vic Vipers

Remember those frantic moments of avoiding incoming fire and shooting at central cores of huge bosses in Gradius series? Well here are some amazing works by Peter Morris to remind us of the golden era of side-scrolling shoot-the-core series!

Source : Brothers Brick

Power Leveling

Power leveling is the reason why some people can make money online by selling high-level characters for online games. This is easily done if you have a lot of time to spare, like say if you're a student (as opposed to busy working people - not that students aren't busy), and you spend your free time creating powerful characters, and then selling them off to people who want to play the game - but don't have time to build up a character.

If you put 2 and 2 together, you have an Internet economy where students sell powerful characters to working adults. Since governments aren't savvy enough yet about the Net economy, you can easily get away without being taxed yet!

Of course, you can always develop your character yourself, but if you're working AND spending time to level-up your character, chances are you'll end up like our friend Jack above...like how some of us are suffering from Fallout 3...or Dead Space...or...well, you get the idea!

Lego @ Toys Flea Market

That's right, there was a table selling Lego at the recent Toys Flea Market (check out this post for reference - it will open in a new tab/window) by E-Toyz:

If you still can't see the Lego boxes - it's on the left

Well, okay, they also had other toys, but they had Lego as well, so hopefully this will grow to become a popular spot for Lego trading, so we'll let you know when (and where!) the next Toys Flea Market is happening - and if there's Lego there again by E-Toyz (or others!). Thanks Joujou and Shugi for the pictures!

Monsoon Season

This is a common problem with Malaysians. Having their modem (and sometimes even more) fried by lightning during rain and thunderstorms, thanks to our tropical location! More so during the monsoon season now which rains almost everyday! So much so some companies like Aztech (and now Belkin) are known to replace your modems or routers should they get struck by lightning, since many new users are unaware they should remove their phone line from their modem or router during thunderstorms - as phones work just fine! However, it does help if you live in a location with tall structures around you, as the lightning will go for those instead of you!

New Header Bars!

After being almost a year in existence, we at BrickGamers have now begun to change our header bar (that's the first image you see at the top with all those minifigs trading in a market!) to reflect themes based on current times. For our first theme, we're going with the Fallout 3, so for our next update, maybe we'll do a Christmas one, or another popular game - we'll see how it goes!