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Let’s Closely Inspect Microsoft’s TGS Booth Uniforms
7:00PM Brian Ashcraft | As an addendum to our feature on booth companion uniforms, here are more photos that examine the outfit close-up. There are bonus photos of the outfits the male staffers wore as well. More »
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3:00AM Brian Ashcraft | “They look cute,” says 20-something-year-old Takahiro Yamaguchi. “So cute.” He’s spent a good chunk of his day taking booth companion photos. “It’s not just how the girls look,” he explains, “but what they’re wearing. That’s what I’m taking pictures of.” More »
How To Dress A Tokyo Game Show Booth Lady
3:00AM Brian Ashcraft | “They look cute,” says 20-something-year-old Takahiro Yamaguchi. “So cute.” He’s spent a good chunk of his day taking booth companion photos. “It’s not just how the girls look,” he explains, “but what they’re wearing. That’s what I’m taking pictures of.” More »
News
8:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Natal is Microsoft’s new controller-free motion sensing tech. It does not have a logo or icons yet — apparently, Microsoft is still in the planning stages for that. More »
What Do You Think Of These TGS Natal Icons?
8:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Natal is Microsoft’s new controller-free motion sensing tech. It does not have a logo or icons yet — apparently, Microsoft is still in the planning stages for that. More »
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Yakuza Game Developer Working On New Games
6:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Toshihiro Nagoshi, creator of Super Monkey Ball and Yakuza, is the head of R&D at SEGA. He’s got a real nose for game development. No wonder he’s hard at work on new titles. More »
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Tokyo Game Show 2010 Dates Don’t Bode Well
4:00PM Brian Ashcraft | One of the problems with Tokyo Game Show 2009 is that the mid-September dates are just too close to the August Gamescom. If the TGS organisers, the CESA, were smart, they’d move the Japanese event to October like in 2008. More »
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Real Racing Will Affect Gran Turismo
3:00PM Brian Ashcraft | This August, Gran Turismo designer Kazunori Yamauchi did more than drive in Germany’s Nurburgring circuit, he finished first — his third race and first in an actual racing car. But what does this mean for Gran Turismo? More »
Culture
Shall We Look Around Gran Turismo Developer’s Studio?
1:20PM Brian Ashcraft | During Tokyo Game Show, Sony invited a bunch of reporters to peek around Polphony Digital, the developer of the Gran Turismo series. More »
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Tokyo Game Show Attendance Down, Yo
10:00PM Brian Ashcraft | This year’s Tokyo Game Show is over, but our memories will live on. Nothing says memories like checking attendance figures, so let’s do just that. Let’s. More »
Culture
Yakuza 4 Bar Girl, Fancy Chair, Oh My!
9:00PM Brian Ashcraft | What we know about SEGA’s upcoming PS3 exclusive Ryu Ga Gotoku 4 (Yakuza 4): It has bar hostesses. What we know about SEGA’s TGS booth: It has bar hostesses. More »
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