Play against Ueda Kana in Halo3, on Xbox Live
Ueda Kana is another one of those seiyuu widely known as a heavy gamer. She’s not just hardcore, but HARDCORE. For starters, she has a Xbox 360 [insert Xbox 360 epic failure in Japan comment here], what’s more, she plays Halo [insert all Japanese hates FPS comment here]. She has talked about her obsession with Halo 3 in her blog numerous times. Her obsession goes as far as forgoing sleep on work days to the point of messing up her breakfast, 16 hour marathons, as well as organising numerous gaming sessions with her seiyuu friends (apparently Shimizu Ai is quite a sniper according to Ueda Kana). Well it seems that her unhealthy obsession has gotten noticed by Microsoft.
This coming Saturday (23rd), between 1pm to 3pm Japan time, there’s a special event on Xbox Live where you can have a chance to go head-to-head against Ueda Kana in Halo 3 online multiplayer, and even chat with her for abit. To have a chance to play against her, all you need to do is send a friend request to either gamer tag “LIVE Park 09″ or “LIVE Park 10″ - anyone applying to both tags will be disqualified - and on that day if your request is accepted that means you’ve got in, and you will then be randomly invited to party games during that time. I’m not sure if the people at Microsoft will be bastards enough to apply any sort of geographical and account filtering, but it won’t hurt to give it a shot even if you live outside of Japan.
Guess it’s time for me to fire up a bit of Halo too.
February 19th, 2008 at 00:33
I still think it’s liez.
February 19th, 2008 at 14:30
Oh wow, that’s pretty awesome.
February 19th, 2008 at 20:13
Ok, that’s pretty evil of Microsoft. But hey, it’s a chance to go up against Kana Ueda!
Though I suspect Kana Ueda’s fans are more likely to be acting as her human shields and bodyguards, screaming “FOR KANA-SAMA” as they go down in a blaze of glory.
February 19th, 2008 at 20:25
I’d snipe ‘em both, if you know what I mean :D
Guess this goes with stories of her being a WoW addict.
February 20th, 2008 at 01:34
If there was ever a time I wished I owned an Xbox instead of a Wii, I think now would be the time… Any chance you could update us on how Kana does during the event? :D
February 20th, 2008 at 01:42
> Neo Horizon
If I ever make the draw I’ll cover it.
February 20th, 2008 at 09:03
You bought a 360 just for this event?
February 20th, 2008 at 16:28
> Bridge Bunny
Of course not, I already have a 360. Launch unit too. :p
February 20th, 2008 at 16:59
We’ve had 360’s for a while.
February 21st, 2008 at 11:47
Ueda Kana is an Xbot? ._.