Comicology Is Moving!

It’s been a while since I posted here, yeah? That’s because I’ve been hard at work on the new home of Comicology. Geek Out.ph.

I think I have outgrown i.ph mainly because the platform was too restrictive. I wanted to do a little bit more with this, but just couldn’t. That, plus I get incredible amount of spam and email I receive through this blog. It was ridiculous;I would receive almost 150 a day.

Thing is, I’ll miss this place. I have done a lot of things here. I wrote some garbage, and I wrote some pretty good stuff. This thing really is a part of me. I mean, I won an award through Comicology. That is saying something about this baby, yeah? I am thankful to everyone who supported the Comicology.i.ph run. But yes, time to move on.

Everyone, I invite you all to join me at Geek Out.ph and we’ll continue our shenanigans there!

9 Minutes of Arkham Asylum

While we all await the launch of Comicology’s new home, let us all bathe in the glory that is Batman Arkham Asylum!

Check out 9 full minutes of cutscenes and combat! It is so amazing! Can’t wait for it to drop!

Captain America First Avenger Heavy Artillery Action Figure Review

None of the Thor figures really tickled my fancy, due to the very movie inspired designs (which were nice but didn’t really fit into my collection) and I figured the Cap toy line wouldn’t interest me either. I already had a Captain America and I didn’t care much for those gimmicky shields that Bucky Cap or USAgent carried. That is, until I saw the Heavy Artillery Cap, which is just another fancy name for “Classic 616 Captain America with a shitty repainted accessory but KICK ASS SHIELD.”

Look at that shield. Tell me it isn’t worthy of its place among my collection.

Sculpt

There’s nothing super special about the sculpt of this figure. I mean, he’s no War Machine or Bleeding Edge. Captain America has no outstanding detail save for the chain mail, although the proportions are just spot on. He’s a hell of a lot thicker than the 2-pack MU Captain America, which made him look very Captain America-y. (more…)

Green Lantern Quick Review

Lemme start out by saying that I think a rating of 25% for Green Lantern is too low - way too low. It is totally not as bad as some reviews would have you believe. But then again, this is coming from the perspective of a fan who is extremely tolerant of most things that have to do with superheroes. I thought Ghost Rider was okay. And because I was able to piece together missing bits despite the glaring plot holes and lack of exposition to myself, in my head, I was able to enjoy it fairly well.

Because of those little things, it kept the movie from being truly great. …okay, stupid loopholes in logic kept the movie from being great, but even if that’s true, Green Lantern still managed to hang on to being good. I will go on record and say I enjoyed Green Lantern even though it was slightly disappointing.

The Good (Stuff that does not require much defending because they were genuinely good)

Fan Service - The Oath - Seriously, every single time I hear the oath, I get goosebumps. And I guess it’s all in the execution. Green Lantern: First Flight did a pretty horrible way of using the oath, and I was hoping they’d do it better in the movie. And true enough, they did.

Canon origin - They stayed about 90-95% accurate with the origin story in reference to the source material, which is nice but not completely necessary for a good movie. To a fan, though, that’s worth a few points.
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WWII Captain America Shield Makes an Appearance

The new trailer for Captain America: First Avenger has been out for a couple days already so I’m guessing a bunch of you have seen it. And with every other blockbuster trailer, people have surely done those frame by frame analysis videos. I actually haven’t seen any but for sure they’re floating around somewhere on the web. 

However, for those who just casually watched the trailer like I did, here’s something very interesting. I didn’t catch it right away myself. I was on my 35th (probably) viewing of the trailer when I caught a glimpse of this:

 

Green Lantern Animated Series and HeroClix Online

Upon firing up the old laptop this morning, I was greeted with two amazing pieces of news from Comics Alliance. Let’s start off with a table top game that turned digital online game, HeroClix Online. All the details are in this link, but lemme break it down for you.

If you’re anything like me, you’ve totally wanted to grab as many HeroClix as you can but never did because of a few insurmountable factors - the cost of the figures, the space and location in which the games are played, and the lack of players to throw down with (I don’t have many friends). The HeroClix online game might be able to overcome those barriers and will finally allow me to indulge in this massively geeky endeavor. 

If you can live with paying for figures that you can’t actually hold and display and you’ve always wanted to get your HeroClix on at any time of the day with worldwide match making, then this might be right up your alley. I’m running out of display space so this is perfect for me.

Since I’ve never played a single HeroClix game in my life, I’m very unfamiliar with the rules even though I’ve spent a fairly unhealthy amount of time reading about it and the figures. In HeroClix Online, that won’t matter so much because even if you suck balls, you’ll never be able to play incorrectly or make up your bullshit rules because the rules are enforced via the program on which it runs. Suck on that, people who’ll likely take advantage of my noobishness.

Developer Icarus Studios says the table top game was faithfully recreated digitally in pretty cool 3D - everything from the maps to the actual HeroClix figures. 

The paid Beta will be available come July 5, 2011 and it’ll go for $1.95. I know what I’m getting myself for my birthday!

On to the DC side of things. With the heavy push of Green Lantern right now in the form of interesting Blackest Night and disappointing Brightest Day story lines, the direct to DVD animated movie Green Lantern Emerald Knights, the poorly reviewed movie and general Green Lantern awesomeness, it wouldn’t be too far fetched to have an ongoing Green Lantern animated series, right?

Now, DC knows how to do animated series right! Look at their track record - Batman The Animated Series, Batman Forever, Justice League Unlimited, Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Super Friends! That’s why I’m totally excited for this series, which will be aired on Cartoon Network.

From what I read from Comics Alliance, the series will be 98% set in space, so this’ll be more of a Green Lantern Corps thing IN SPACE! It’ll have 26 episodes for the first season, which is pretty good news.

Hal Jordan will be voiced by Josh Keaton (Spider-Man), Michael Clarke Duncan will be Kilowog (wow, fucking really!?), Sinestro will be played by Richard Green, James Arnold Taylor will play Guy Gardner (He also played Guy in Batman: The Brave and the Bold). I haven’t seen anything about John Stewart or Kyle, though. Boo.

A lot of people on YouTube are against the 3D animation and would much rather have the traditional drawn cartoon style. As much as I see how much cooler it’d be in ink, kinda like JLU, I see the merit of 3D animation. See, 3D animation is easier to animate as long as the models and environments are finished. It doesn’t look bad and the art style is unique. I enjoyed Jimmy Neutron. A LOT. I say we reserve judgement until we actually watch the series, yo. It’ll be out within 2011!

ToyCon 2011

Alright, so I made my way to ToyCon 2011 earlier today to experience its awesomeness. Unlike previous years, I wasn’t so into it this time around mainly because of financial restrictions, although this year’s probably the funnest, largely thanks to the fact that I got to hang out with some cool people. 

ToyCon always offers and delivers on what it is known for every year - awesome toy/geek bargains, lots of cosplayers, toy displays, statue/sculpt exhibits and freakishly long lines and crowded halls. But hey, what’s exchanging some sweat with another fellow geek, right?

Gotta love the merch.

I promised myself I wouldn’t spent more than 1.5k at the event. And huzzah, amazingly, all I got myself was a shirt, even though I really wanted to plop down some money for this guy:
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Captain America 40’s and Possible Avengers Poster

I know this is old news, but I just wanted to share it with you guys since I found it pretty dang cool.

It’s a 1940’s-esque looking movie poster for Captain America: The First Avenger. It looks like it was inspired by this iconic comic book cover:

Not a total copy, but you can see similarities here and there. 

Also, big news for today is that at a licensing expo in Las Vegas, there was a mock-up poster for The Avengers.

It’s not the actual poster. Maybe they just needed something to license? Anyway, what it does show is the line-up of what will be our Avengers - Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, Hulk, Black Widow and Hawkeye. Now, the line-up doesn’t really come as a surprise because we’ve seen all of these guys on screen. The question is who will they introduce within the Avengers movie? My money’s on Wasp and Ant Man.

Another interesting noteworthy thing are the costumes. Captain America ditches the overly bulky World War 2 get-up for a sleeker, superhero-y look. Besides some of the textures and materials, the only big difference I can see would be that arrowhead on Cap’s shoulder, which kind of makes him look like a private.

Not much is revealed in the Iron Man costume except for silver shoulders. The Mark VI already had silver biceps and knees. The Mark III had some silver in the clavicle area. This wouldn’t be too far a strech. Gone is the triangular chest-piece and we welcome back the circle, which I think is a better look for Iron Man anyway.

Thor looks just like the movie version, so no surprises there. Would’ve appreciated a more comic-y feel, but this is no problem. Black Widow’s essentially the same except for some changes in her pants. Hulk… well, Hulk’s kind of naked. Purple pants or bust, though.

Awesome reveal would be Hawkeye. You can really see  Renner’s likeness on this piece. Also, the purple got scrapped and the Ultimate Universe costume got adapted. I don’t know how I feel about that. I’m a big fan of the new Hawkeye suit.

X-Men First Class Quick Review

Everybody’s been talking about X-Men First Class like it was the next Citizen Kane or The Godfather. This, of course, piqued my interest. If you recall, I was quite fearful that First Class was going to be a Dawson Creekified version of the X-Men, dealing with teenage problems about love and fitting in. To my surprise, that’s not how it played out. Well, that’s not the focus, at least. If you felt like I did, then don’t worry about it. Go see it.

This is one of those times when you know you’re supposed to look at comic book-based movies as alternate universes of sorts. It’s so much harder to actually do it, though, because you come in with predefined expectations and knowledge. To a comic book fan, a movie or show that totally bastardizes a franchise is like the worst thing ever conceived by man. If the only similarity with the franchise is the names of the characters, the fan will feel like pulling out a pistol and indiscriminately kill people in the theater. The movie’s so good, though, that you’d treat it like a mini-series time piece like Justice League: New Frontier or Marvel’s 1602.

Kevin Bacon and Michael Fassbenders’ performances were brilliant. James McAvoy’s portrayal of Professor X was incredibly interesting. Those three seriously made First Class. Instead of focusing on the actual first class students, the movie would  revolve around the evolution of Charles Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr as humans, mutants, heroes and villains. 

As a time piece, it did great with 60’s themes. The language, the clothes, the sets and decos were all very 60’s. And the good thing is that they didn’t pick that decade randomly. It all works out, given Erik’s history with Nazi oppression and their plot theme of the Cold War. The Cold War was all about an arms race - which country can stockpile and show off how much muscle they’ve got behind their garage doors, and the movie played off that very well, especially given that mutants are the children of the atom. They not-so-subtley made the link between fear of nuclear destruction and fear of the mutants, which gave the film a whole new depth of  understanding the plight of the mutants and the humans’ hatred for them.

Think V for Vendetta with mutants. Well, even more mutants. It really is a comic book movie that revolves more on the situation, on the tension between the antagonists and the protagonists, on human characterization over kick ass action sequences. That’s not to say that there are no action sequences; it’s still a comic book movie. They gots that, too. Comicology highly recommends X-Men First Class, if you can suspend your X-Men canon fanboyism for a couple hours.

As with any movie, though, there are highlights and nitpicks. Here be spoilers:

The Awesome:

- Rebecca Romjin Stamos cameo.
- Hugh Jackman cameo and line - “Go fuck yourselves.”
- Any scene with Kevin frickin’ Bacon
- Magneto finally in the helmet pulling a Genosha on the warhips
- Banshee’s first flight

Picking Nits:

- Magneto using malleable aluminum bed post metal to break diamond as if it were glass
- Darwin dying. Seriously, Darwin is essentially immortal. He would’ve evolved a way to get past all that energy, like becoming a vibrating tuning fork-like being to disperse everything.
- MacTaggert and Cassidy weren’t Irish
- Beast looks like The Grinch
- Azazel is no fucking lackey and can do much more than just teleport
- Emma Frost being more powerful than Charles at times
- Your first class: Cyclops, Jean Grey, Iceman, Angel and Beast. 

Krispy Kreme Green Lantern Doughnut

This is one of those very rare instances where comic book geekery and food meet to create a GEEK FOODIE FUSION. And with that comes the very first cross post between Comicology: The Study of Awesome and BaconTunaMelt. Huzzah!

I, for one, love the marketing being put behind the Green Lantern movie. It’s a hell of a lot less traditional than mere TV spots and blogger events. (Yes, I’m just bitter no one asks me to come to the party anymore.) They’ve got a Green Lantern logo in the park at Glorietta. Scattered among the trees there are little green paper lanterns that just look spectacular at night. Another one of their efforts is the Green Lantern donut by Krispy Kreme. I just had to give this bad boy a try.

What kind of dougnut is it, essentially? It’s a chocolate doughnut with a mint jelly center with powdered sugar sprinkled on top and filled to the brim with willpower and total lack of fear. According to the poster, it is made with Hershey’s Milk Chocolate. Hmm, that’s probably why it tastes so familiar. Also, chocolate? This must be the John Stewart variety doughnut. </racism>

I’ve always hated Krispy Kreme doughnuts; they’re just too goddamned sweet, especially those glazed ones. I wasn’t particularly excited to pop these things into my mouth because I was dreading excessive sweatness. To my surprise, the Green Lantern doughnut didn’t feel like a diabetic’s worst nightmare. The sweetness was tempered and the chocolate tasted a lot like Hershey’s, which is never a bad thing. The powdery sprinkled sugar added more flavor than sweetness, which as good, because any additional sweetness would’ve driven this one over the threshold of my sweetness tolerance.

The jelly green energy willpower core was another source for needless worry. I figured it would be too minty that it would ruin the whole experience. But again, to my surprise, the jelly was only mildly minty and cool. Sure the texture felt like mucus after a warm summer day, but that’s easy to get over. Its taste was not overpowering, which is totally the opposite of how it looks - you’d expect it to taste a little like toothpaste.

After taking a bite out of the dense doughnut body and realizing how good it was, it will take quite a bit of willpower to resist getting another batch. Thankfully, the price prevents me from doing so. Krispy Kreme doughnuts are not cheap, but I figure the GL doughnuts are a tad more expensive. I got half a dozen for  P264.00, which means each piece costs about P44.00.

In brightest day,
In blackest night,
no doughnut shall escape my sight.

If you’ve got about P370 to spare, you can actually pick up a dozen of these guys, which makes the per-piece price lower at P30.83 a pop. Had the dozen come in a special Green Lantern box, I would’ve opted to buy that instead. Unfortunately, they just come in the regular Krispy Kreme dozen box. So, boo.

I can only really recommend this for Green Lantern fans who wanna nerd out while taking a doughnut break. The Krispy Kreme Green Lantern doughnut isn’t spectacular but it’s good enough; but just not to the point where it could justify the P44.00 price tag. It’s worth noting that I did like this doughnut more than Green Hornet one. Let’s hope the movie’s better, too.

As a marketing tool, I think it may have worked on me. On my way to the nearest Krispy Kreme, I kept signing this song, almost out loud.

And I kept reciting the oath.

In brightest day,
In blackest night,
No evil shall escape my sight
Let those who worship evil’s might
Beware my power
GREEN LANTERN’S LIGHT

Anyway, I’ll be right back, need to get my midnight snack on. I have a couple more doughnuts left.

The Tastiest Green Lantern Ever

Om nom nom nom.

All together now!

“In brightest day, in blackest night, no evil shall escape my sight. Let those who worship evil’s might, beware my power - GREEN LANTERN’S LIGHT!”

There’s no place like Space Sector 2814.

Look On the Bright Side #DCReboot

It seems that Mephisto has made his way into the DC Universe. Yeah, if you haven’t heard by now, DC is planning to drop a gigantic reboot bomb on its ENTIRE universe right after Flashpoint. Here’s their official statement. So far, all over Twitter and the Internet, everyone’s all gloom and doom. I don’t disagree with them, of course. All the arguments used in One More Day can be used for this, only this is a change on a publisher level, which I find ballsy and quite frankly, insane.

Here’s how I think a conversation in the DC offices went-

Guy 1: Dude, I’ve got an idea that will ROCK THE DC UNIVERSE DOWN TO ITS FOUNDATIONS!
Guy 2: Let’s hear it, dude!
Guy 1:Okay, get ready for your socks to get rocked. What if we…
Guy 2: … yes?
Guy 1: … RETCON the entire FUCKING DC Universe! FUCK YEAH!
Guy 2: What?!
Guy 1: High five, buddy! Don’t leave me hangin’!
Guy 2: Wait, wait, wait… you want to flush about 70 years of history down the crapper and alienate everyone who has been buying our books all these years just so we can attract a younger market?
Guy 1: Mhmm.
Guy 2: Sounds crazy enough to work! Let’s do it!

And thus…

…is about to happen.

But if there’s anything I learned from Monty Python, it’s to always look on the bright side of life.
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Greatest Battles Comic Pack Deadpool Review

I can’t believe that I put the video together but forgot to post the full review here. Oh well, better late than never, I suppose.

Accompanying Taskmaster in the Greatest Battles Comic Pack is Deadpool, who is considered by many to be the main selling figure of the set. I humbly disagree, though, as both figures are really good.

Sculpt

Having nothing but musculature to define the sculpt of the body, you’d think that Deadpool would be a simple figure, yes? I guess, if you look at it a certain way, you’d be right. However, because of the tiny add-ons on the figure’s person, it becomes that much more interesting. 

I wouldn’t say the new sculpt is an improvement, because the older Deadpool figures are way cool and most of it remained unchanged anyway. It really was just a change to reflect the more modern look of Deadpool in the headsculpt and in the hands. Even without the harness and belt, the body was pretty detailed. Well, about as detailed as a spandex costume can get.

The face is sculpted with a 0_o look but it’s very subtle, so you’d have to get in real close to see it. His hands are re-sculpted to be able to hold his weapons and other third party accessories (Marauder guns) better. The right hand has the pinky out, and that, my friends, is one of the reasons why this figure rules.

Buckles on his feet, straps around his wrist, a holster on the thigh and the odd shape of his mask make the bulk of the detail of the on-figure sculpt, so that’s not a lot. Around his torso, though, you can find a very nice harness, made to look a lot like real-life webgear for military use. It fits loosely around the body, and though it doesn’t look or feel very detailed, its functionality surpasses its meh-looking-ness. It holds two swords via loops instead of full scabbards, which makes him a little more mobile and makes him look sleeker.

Around his waist is the belt with all these 90’s pouches. This accessory is a bit more detailed than the harness and it’s also got a sheath for his knife at the back and it fits very nicely.

Paint

Probably the weakest aspect of this particular Deadpool figure is the paint. Not because it’s shoddily done or anything, but because the main color is pretty weak.

The applications are spot on clean, even the parts where black meets red or black meets white. Silver on the buckles are remarkably clean even though they’re puny and surrounded by another color. The Deadpool logo on the belt looks amazing, too. I have no qualms with how things are painted. I do, however, have a problem with what they are painted with. Deadpool’s ball joint is all red and the red on Deadpool looks to be like a faded pinkish light red color, which does not do the figure any favors. A deeper, darker, richer, fuller red would’ve looked better on Deadpool.
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Red Box Contest Winners

So yeah, a few weeks back, Comicology launched this contest to win Red Box hours and a katana. Okay, so yeah, that contest is done and now is the time to announce who wins what. Congratulations to the following folks.

5 hours at Red Box good for two people: Jason Casimiro

Yeah, this would’ve won but the Justin Timberlake douchebag hat just didn’t cut it.

5 hours at Red Box good for 3 people: Antonio Barrameda

You know what really screams “rock star?” Up-side-down cross tat and an orange ID.

5 hours at Red Box good for five people: Albert Abadico

You, sir, are the spawn of satan himself.

Okay, now for the special prize. The winning pic for the special prize is a little wierd, since it didn’t exactly follow the rock star theme, but holy crap, it’s an awesome pic.

Special prize: RJ Palabasan

So, RJ, you’re gonna have to tell me what you want - a Mjolnir, a katana or the Hulkbuster/Extremis Iron Man figures. Lemme know.

As for the rest of the winners, I will get in touch with you with instructions on how to claim your prizes! Congrats, you crazy, crazy people.

What Happens When Glee Meets the X-Men?

Fucking X-Men First Class happens.

Don’t stop belieeeee… FUCK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I honestly don’t mind if they fuck with the canon here and there. Sure, Banshee doesn’t speak with an Irish accent, which has been a trademark of the character since his inception. Okay, Alex Summers was Professor X’s first student, even though he’s younger than Scott Summers. And Mystique is younger than Hank McCoy. That’s okay. But when you start turning the X-Men into a Glee spin-off, just without the lame ass singing? Hells to the no.

Also - Cyclops, Beast, Angel, Iceman and Jean Grey. That is your first class. Not these guys.

Kirby Krackle’s Ring Capacity

Before I explain what this post is about, I need you guys to open your ears and expose yourself to the awesomeness that is Ring Capacity by Kirby Krackle.

 Were you not AWESOME’D OFF YOUR BALLS?! Kirby Krackle is a geek rock band from Seattle, Washington! The song Ring Capacity is from the album E is for Everyone. Buy it on iTunes, people. Geek rock needs some market support.

Speaking of support, there’s a group on Facebook petitioning to get Ring Capacity on the official sound track of Green Lantern, the movie. Join it if you think the song is awesome. Show your support, yo!

3.75" Marauder Gun Runners

Finally, we’ve got the video for the very finely detailed, well scaled, solidly built Marauder Gun Runner guns up.

If you want your own set, head over to Marauder Inc and place your order. You need a Paypal account or a credit card. Pick out your orders and add them to your cart. I highly recommend getting whole sets so you save a few bucks. Then head to check out then pay. Tell them where to ship it and you’re all set. Shipping is $1.45.

If you’re, like me, from the Philippines, expect 4-10 weeks of waiting time. Fret not, I’ve done it a couple times and never have my goods gone missing. They’re totally legit.

I have a few extra guns. If you want some, just drop me a line and I’ll tell you what I can sell you.

Thor Review

The biggest problem I have when reviewing anything is my inability to keep it unspoilery as possible. Don’t worry, though, this time around, I’ll really make an effort. Check out our Thor movie review.

Okay, so Thor was, in a nutshell, pretty damn good with lots of fan service. It really does have a bit of everything for practically everyone to enjoy. Casual fans will find recognizable characters with fairly faithful film translations, the bookworm will find some stuff about Norse mythology, the geeks would notice a lot of nods here and there that only they would get, and the girls get some romantic beefcake action. Yes, my friends, Thor comes with a love story. Fret not! It does NOT ruin the film. Well, that is until girls start swooning, when FUCKING THOR should not have been swoon worthy. He is supposed to be “FUCK ME NOW” hunky or “I’M GOING TO DIE” scary.

The main plot is fairly simple, and it more or less follows comic book canon, except for some minor changes. We’ll get to those later, because they deserve a little explanation. As a movie, those changes really aren’t all that important but they helped move the plot along. Although the main concept was fairly simple, the way it was told was solid. It was like having two movies, two sides of the Thor mythos, playing out for you and it all merges into one story at the third act. If you’re wondering, yes, the love story component of the film is actually a part of Marvel’s Thor mythos. It wasn’t added in just to attract the females, like I’ve been hearing some people say.

Thor the movie actually reminds me a lot of Thor: The Might Avenger mini from 2010.

Taken out of context, this sounds really dirty.

Even Heimdall’s race change was in this specific comic book. Yeah, Heimdall’s supposed to be white. They Samuel L. Jacksonified him.
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Comicology Gets a Facebook Page

I hope this isn’t misconstrued as selling out, because it really isn’t. We just figured that it’s easier to let some people know new pieces on Comicology, toy news, comic book stuff, articles from other blogs and all that stuff. Everyone’s on Facebook anyway, so we might as well go where the people are, so it’s convenient for everyone, yes?

We would totally appreciate it if you would click “Like” and join us in the community. We’re thinking of giving something away exclusively on the Facebook page. It’s likely going to be either a PS3 or XBox 360 game. Could be another katana, if you’re all so inclined. 

PSN Hacked, What do we do now?

The Playstation Network has been down for about a week now, and I haven’t been able to get my Call of Duty: Black Ops on. That makes me an angry boy. At first, I figured it was just experiencing some down time like it does every now and again. As of a couple days ago, we learn that it was because some doucher got into the system and started getting PSN content for free. At least, at the time, we thought that was the worst of it. As it turns out, the hackers were able to get our personal information.

Now, that isn’t cool. Not cool at all. Here’s what they got:

- Names
- Birthdates
- Addresses
- Email Addresses
- Usernames
- PASSWORDS
- Log-in details of any kind
- Security questions

There is still speculation about whether or not they got your credit card information. Sony advises that, to be safe, it’s better to cancel your credit card or put it on hold temporarily. 

Data theft is a pretty big deal. With your name and birthdate, who knows what kind of damage they could do to you? As a gamer, if they decide to fuck with your account, there’s nothing you can do. Here’s where Philippine users get a bit lucky, because we aren’t a supported country of the PSN just yet (or we may never be because of this, but I guess we don’t want that shit anymore.) 

When Philippine users create accounts, they normally have to pick out an address that is supported by the PSN. This also determines the PSN region. People still use that 90210 trick and it works for Region 1 players. People use a Hong Kong or Singapore address for Region 3 accounts, UK addresses for Region 2 accounts. Because of that bogus address, we can’t enroll or attach a credit card to our accounts. This is why Philippine users resort to using PSN cards. But, don’t think you’re safe yet.

The hackers now have access to your account. All your PSN money, they could take it off your hands. If you’re like me, a guy who has about P3,000 worth of PSN money in the account, there’s a very real danger of you losing that. It’s not a big amount but that is majorly fucked up.

Now, we have to be vigilant. Be very aware of emails or calls, asking for your info. Sure, us Filipinos, are not in danger of that as much as our Western gamer brethren are, but it’s still a possibility. Sony will NOT get in touch with you to retrieve your information, so if you see someone passing themselves as Sony reps, kick them in the ballsack.