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Bernie Madoff, The Cell Phone Game

5:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Ponzi scheme mastermind Bernie Madoff is in jail for pulling off the biggest financial swindle ever. Nothing says white collar crime like a cell phone game. More »
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Plastered Japanese Politician, The Cell Phone Game

10:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Japan’s Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa showed up at the G7 meeting in Rome totally blotto earlier this month. This calls for a cell phone game. More »

Final Fantasy Cell Phone Game Reaches 2 Million Downloads

7:00PM Brian Ashcraft | How big are cell phones in Japan? If Final Fantasy IV The After is any indication, pretty damn big. An episode sequel to Final Fantasy IV, the cell phone title has been downloaded over 2 million times and is available for Japanese carrier DoCoMo’s FOMA 903i and 703i series as well as for carrier AU’s WIN BREW series. It was released earlier this year in February, and new “chapters” appear on a near monthly basis. 終章控える『FF IV ジ・アフター』累計ダウンロード200万突破 [Gpara via Game|Life] More »