Thursday, November 29, 2007
Mickey Mouse Doesn’t Look Like a Mouse
11:40PM Brian Ashcraft | To: Crecente From: Ashcraft RE: Big Friggin Spider Likewise bug problems here. Man, I was on edge all day today. There is a large mosquito buzzing around the apartment, it stung the wife and kid and seems to just get in my field of vision when I’m trying to write. Chalk my not being stung to tasting like crap. :) Went up to the school today. Basically, Mini-Bash has been a week because he’s been a non-stop puke monster. Last night was lovely. Oh, yes, the joys of parenting! Today, he had to go to dance practice for his school’s big rhythm event. For the show he’s in, he will play a mouse. We saw him in the ears today. Obnoxiously cute. The car ride home was him not believing that Mickey Mouse was in fact a mouse. I guess it would help if he knew the English word for mouse. Know that I think about it, Mickey Mouse doesn’t really look like a mouse at all… What you missed last night Kiwi cops place blame Coin-op Pokemon pucks Dumb exec round up Don’t rock too hard Aperture recruiting PS3 Orange Impressions More »
Nintendo Have New Customers, Old Strategies
11:20PM Luke Plunkett | Wiis are hard to come by. We know. Every stop to consider just why, though? Why Nintendo didn’t see this coming and just, you know…make more Wiis? Course you have. Nintendo’s George Harrison has the answer: Typically, we’d have begun stockpiling console hardware back in August. But this year, we were selling all the Wii we could get, and we got all the way through the summer with basically no inventory in our warehouse. In other words, when they pitched the console to the mass market, they didn’t foresee that the mass market doesn’t buy consoles in the traditional “everything at Christmas” model the industry’s used to. Those types will buy it 24/7, 365. Chalk that one up to a lesson learned, Nintendo. Why You Can’t Get Your Hands on a Wii [Wired] More »
Use “Hell”, Win Hellgate
11:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Anyone with a calculator know this trick: Type in 7734. Turn it upside down and get the word HELL. Quick contest! We’re giving away a copy of Hellgate: London. Here’s the contest: Make the word “HELL” out of something — anything, but just don’t write it. Take a picture of it and send it to kotakucontestATkotakuDOTcom. Deadline for this is next Wednesday, December 5th. Remember: You’re not just playing for a copy of Hellgate: London but the proverbial INTERNET FAME. Good luck! More »
Eat Up Pokemon Bread
10:40PM Brian Ashcraft | In Japan, Pokémon has its own bread. It’s called “Pokémon Pan,” which literally means “Pokémon Bread.” It’s pretty much everything you’d think it was done to the Pocket Monster appearing drawn on the bread to this catchy ad jingle. There’s a newer ad after the jump, but it’s not as good. But that’s just In My Humble Opinion so judge for yourself! More »
Killzone 2 Beta Still Coming (Maybe. In 2008)
10:20PM Luke Plunkett | When Guerilla’s Seb Downie said we’d get “more on a beta later this year”, he wasn’t fucking around. Here we are, at December’s doorstep, and Guerilla have delivered. Sadly, not the beta (what, you though it’d just sneak up on you? At Christmas?), but on their promised news of the beta: We are hoping to do a beta but I don’t think we’ll have anything ready before this year is over… it is something we are working on for next year. Something to look forward to, then! Just don’t look too hard. In May, Downie said “of course there is going to be a public beta”. Now a Guerilla rep has said they’re just “hoping to do a beta”. We find their lack of faith disturbing. SCEA: Killzone 2 Beta “For Next Year” [PSX Extreme, via Eurogamer] More »
The Saucy DS Game Box
10:00PM Brian Ashcraft | We don’t think we’ve ever seen a “saucy” DS case before. Even the game case for SNK’s Doki Doki Majo Shinpan was totally tame. RPG dungeon crawler Izuna: Legend of the Unemployed Ninja 2 for the DS is getting released today in Japan and going on sale at retailer Sofmap in this very saucy box set that looks more like a shameful movie (or game) than the fairly innocuous DS title that it is. So saucy! Izuna 2 Box [Hobby Blog] More »
This Waitress Also Cleans
9:30PM Luke Plunkett | This is Rumi Kinoshita. She’s a waitress. She’s also a star of Japanese dating game series Welcome to Pia Carrot. Rumi comes fully-clothed, but as you can see, said clothes are removable, and reveal a set of…bat wings. She’s also got a broom. A stripping maid that also cleans? That’s one your mother/messageboard buddies would call a keeper. [Action-Figure.com] More »
Brain Age on “Adult Version” DS
9:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Sure, Nintendo is releasing a Brain Age pack that has Brain Age, a DS and a case. Another opportunity to introduce to the great unwashed what Japanese housewives were doing ages ago! In the clip linked below, TheStreet.com has respected tech journalist Gary Krakow ramble on about seeing some old lady on the plane playing Brain Age on that “adult version” red and black DS Lite. Gary also points out: The better you get at it, the faster it goes, and the more you want to try it. Oh. Okay. Welcome to 2006, mainstream media. Watch the Clip [TheStreet via Go Nintendo] More »
British Army Also Fans Of 360 Generation
8:30PM Luke Plunkett | S’OK, 360 fans. The British Army weren’t forgetting about you when they spoke of the “PlayStation Generation”. Yes, it’s true that a generation of British kids grew up playing Tekken after a hard night of drug-taking/beer-drinking, and are now serving their country in Iraq and Afghanistan. But the 360 is now playing just as important a role! For, like their American counterparts, the British are using 360 pads to control Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, and are subtly showcasing the fact in their latest batch of recruitment videos. Army Jobs [British Army] More »
