I have a theory as to what the whole twing-twang thing is about. This blog entry says "Kevin and I trade off- I play sword-wielding Nariko and he plays the arrow shooting Kai."

So I assume that "playing twing-twang" means "shooting arrows" in whatever retard language the characters in this game speak.

I have a theory as to what this means. This blog entry says "Kevin and I trade off- I play sword-wielding Nariko and he plays the arrow shooting Kai."

So I assume that "playing twing-twang" means "shooting arrows" in whatever retard language the characters in this game speak.

*dupe http://www.videosift.com/video/Typical-Landing-at-Kai-Tak-International-Airport

When I first saw the Zero Punctuation Review of Heavenly Sword and the reviewer said that Nariko was extremely western-looking, I took it with a grain of salt. Seeing this video though, actually makes his comment seem like an understatement. Seriously, the only way she could be more western would be if she was named Jennifer, Megan or something similarly typically American.
Is it explained in the game why she's like twice as tall as the Kai character, why she's got white skin, red hair and an insane British accent?

Damn! Videosift's search engine blows chunks, then -- I though I did a search before I posted it and came up nada... oh well.

Anyway, thanks for the heads up! I guess I'll tag it as a duplicate.

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nice video and thanks for the plug but unfortunately someone beat you to it: http://www.videosift.com/video/Typical-Landing-at-Kai-Tak-International-Airport

nice video and thanks for the plug but unfortunately someone beat you to it: http://www.videosift.com/video/Typical-Landing-at-Kai-Tak-International-Airport

The "yippie kai yay motherfucker" chorus made it for me. Upvote

For some Tracey Ullman trivia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracey_Ullman


An excerpt from the article on Irma Thomas - since the Ullman article doesn't have it:

"She then began recording on the Minit label, working with songwriter and producer Allen Toussaint on songs including “It’s Raining” and “Ruler of my Heart”, which was later reinterpreted by Otis Redding as "Pain In My Heart". Imperial Records acquired Minit in 1963, and a string of successful releases followed. These included "I Wish Someone Would Care” (her biggest national hit), its B-side "Break-a-Way” (later covered by Tracey Ullman among others), "Anyone Who Knows What Love Is”, and "Time Is on My Side" (a song previously recorded by Kai Winding, and later by the Rolling Stones)."

For the rest of the Irma Thomas article:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irma_Thomas



I had hoped to find a video with Irma Thomas singing this. The one I did find didn't have very good audio.

this is a horrible landing that should have been aborted long beforehand. the Kai Tak approach was definately unique but it was far from typical to land a 747 on one wheel as haphazardly as this. looks good though, upvote.

This vid has nothing on http://www.videosift.com/video/Typical-Landing-at-Kai-Tak-International-Airport#121293

Truly a SHIT compilation.

Missing MANY MANY great one liners (for fuck's sake, where was Yippy Kai Yeay MotherF*cker?), and including an awful lot of dross and crap that couldn't even be considered one liners.

Truly abysmal.

Incredibly poor choices. None of the best one-liners of all time are actually in the video. No "Ho, ho, ho, now I have a machine gun" or any other of a hundred other Die Hard lines including "Yipee-kai-yay, motherfucker!"? No "Hey, maybe you haven't been keeping up on current events, but we just got our asses kicked!" or "Game over, man!" or any other of a hundred other Aliens lines? Come on, guys, at least try!

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This is a great video, thanks for posting it.
I have long been fascinated with the Kai Tak approach, used to make it a routine flight playing MS Flight Sim. Sadly by the time I got my real wings the airport was all but closed. Got to fly in as pax a couple of times which was awesome and also one jump seat ride which was... well...

One other airport that has a reputation almost as bad as Kai Tak is Wellington International in New Zealand. Pilots call it "The Boot" as it is always trying to kick you in the arse. 99.9% of the time windy as all hell, a pure crosswind with a lot of shear as a bonus is the norm. Due to Wellington's geography the runway could not be built oriented to the prevailing winds.
The runway is short, you stuff it up one way you hit a mountain, mess it the other way you're in the water. You can bet on low cloud guaranteeing an ILS approach.
Very nasty airport.
As an interesting aside to the "The Boot", a 747 once had to land there in an emergency. To get thing back out once it was repaired the interior had to be completely gutted, minimum fuel was uploaded and the aircraft pushed right back to end of the runway. Thus at seriously minimum weight and with maximum takeoff distance available(TODA),the aircraft made a successful takeoff and flew to Auckland, (I think) where it was internally stuck back together .
It is also worth considering a Pan Am, American Airlines and Qantas requirement in 1976 was for a smaller capacity, higher performance 747, so was born the 747SP. Qantas wanted one so they could get pax capacity into Wellington!!!

I just posted an Update on the" Checkerboard Approach" to Kai-Tak - it was one of only two airports in the world to have this lead-in system. Now that's what you call flying!