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Katamari Creator “Not Suited” To Games Industry
9:30PM Luke Plunkett | Keita Takahashi is a creative guy. Pads around bare-foot, comes up with stuff like Katamari Damacy. We love him for it, but at the same time, get the impression his heart’s just not in it anymore. More »
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Katamari Designer Has An FPS Idea (It’s Kooky!)
10:30PM Brian Ashcraft | Keita Takahashi, the guy behind Katamari Damacy and Noby Noby Boy, is a wacky guy — he makes wacky games! But he has plans for more wacky games he hasn’t even started making yet. There’s this FPS he’s got… More »
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Katamari Creator’s Playground Moving Forward
8:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Several years back, Keita Takahashi, the game designer behind Katamari Damacy and Noby Noby Boy, mentioned he wanted to design playgrounds. He’s been commissioned to do so, and the ball is now starting to get rolling, so to speak. More »
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Indiecade Games Fest Kicks Off In California October 1
8:40AM Michael McWhertor | The IndieCade International Festival of Independent Games kicks off in Culver City, California, October 1, a four day blowout of events, exhibitions and keynotes that highlight the best of independent games. You should go! More »
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Noby Noby Boy For iPhone Stretches Ever Closer
6:40AM Michael McWhertor | Katamari Damacy creator Keita Takahashi showed Game Developers Conference attendees a painfully brief look at an iPhone prototype of PlayStation 3 game Noby Noby Boy. Now, you can see it. Whatever it is. More »
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Noby Noby Boy Sets Foot On Mars
9:00PM Luke Plunkett | The nay-sayers were wrong. Noby Noby Boy’s Noby Noby GIRL has over the weekend defied all the odds and, stretching her supple frame across the cosmos, touched down on Mars. More »
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9:20AM Michael McWhertor | Noby Noby Boy players will issue a welcoming cheer for the newest Boy to join the Keita Takahashi-designed PlayStation 3 game this week, the adorable Onara Boy. That’s “Fart Boy” to you. More »
Fart Boy Rips Into Noby Noby Boy Tomorrow
9:20AM Michael McWhertor | Noby Noby Boy players will issue a welcoming cheer for the newest Boy to join the Keita Takahashi-designed PlayStation 3 game this week, the adorable Onara Boy. That’s “Fart Boy” to you. More »
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Noby Noby Player Numbers Dropping, GIRL May Never Reach Mars
5:30PM Luke Plunkett | There’s a brilliant meta-game feature in Noby Noby Boy, which compiles every player’s “progress” in the game and uses it to propel a single “GIRL” across the solar system. But her progress is danger. More »
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Katamari Damacy Designer Still Not Involved With New Katamari
1:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Namco Bandai’s Keita Takahashi (pictured) worked on the first Katamari Damacy game and its sequel We Love Katamari. More »
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