January 2010
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LOVEDELIC,moon,電波サル →
route24:
一昨日のこと。
PostPetDS 〜夢見るモモと不思議のペン〜のお疲れさま会。
出張があって打ち上げに出られなかったので、ぼくにしたらこれが打ち上げ。
色々ありましたが、お疲れさまでした。そしてありがとうございました。
偶然にも隣のテーブルに知ってるメンツ。 …
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Namco Bandai's Musou Controller, the new Real...
Just when we though we had seen it all, the Japanese still have a card up their sleeve to surprise every other player at the table. Namco Bandai has announced the release of a series of three new game keychains consisting of portable game pads with a directional cross and two buttons. Normally one would expect these to plug into a television using small cables and provide the player with an...
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JAPANoFILES #5 - Of space invaders and tax evaders
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[ At first sight, this new JAPANoFILES feature is a disastrous segue to the last UFO encyclopedia article. However, both share a similar status as games that are so unknown they even dodge the status of “cult games”. In a time when the film industry is increasingly dependent of game tie-ins in order to assure a...
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_______________________________ STATUS QUOTE _____
YOSHIRO KIMURA
Game Designer
(Chulip, Little King’s Story)
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Enter the N64... Interview with Shigeru Miyamoto...
Similar to a post from
last year, I’ve decided to dig into some of my prized magazines and look
for interesting articles worthy of another chance. The following is an
interview with Shigeru Miyamoto (one of the few names in this world that
dispenses any introductions) that took place in Madrid in early 1997. Those
were the days before the great release of the console in PAL territories,...
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Revel in this new artwork from Last Rebellion
I’m not one to become agitated over some news of another fantasy Role Playing Game, although NIS has very much taken the breath away from me this week. Not only because of how interesting the design of Classic Dungeon is looking, with its retro graphics and double-layered soundtrack featuring modern and 8-Bit versions of its compositions; but mostly on account of the artwork that keeps...
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Another appendix to the soft drink vending machine...
Today, the inclusion of interactive vending machines has become a quite common element in a handful of Japanese games. Such is the case of the approaching Kenka Banchou 4 for the PSP, the newest episode of a series initiated on the PS2 depicting the troubled life of Japanese high-school students who want to become the strongest and most respected fighters in Japan. With this much bullying and...
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Takara Tomy unveils new mini Game & Watch series
Takara Tomy Arts, one of the most successful toy companies in all of Japan, has sided with Nintendo for the release of a new series of Game & Watch official products. Despite having been re-edited on many occasions by other manufacturers, these new key chain-sized versions of Gunpey Yokoi’s dream machines present accurate replicas of the original models and games. The systems also...
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Sony Computer self-portrayed as the hericidal...
Much has been written about Sony’s bold and often surrealist PlayStation advertisements; in fact the the brand has become famous for it in publicity circles.The Enlightenment was one of such plucky marketing stunts that first appeared on Sony promotional disks and ended up being a fan favorite extra from the good old days of the OPSM demos.
In this twisted Shaolin martial arts...
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JAPANoFILES #4 - Encyclopedia of strange...
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[ The JAPANoFILES feature returns to EasternMind with more from the Japanese videogame cabinet of curiosities. The following is a one-off title I found in my many late-night travels to auction listings - one I fear to be a little too obscure even for what little audience visits this corner already. And while there is no...
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Rainy Woods now Red Seeds Profile
About a month ago, Marvelous Entertainment began staging an all-exclusive Xbox 360 release in US territory under the name Deadly Premonition. Some might recall a rather controversial trailer for a horror game named Rainy Woods back in E3 2007: later becoming notorious for its open homage - or simply plagiary, depending on your point of view - of David Lynch’s celebrated TV series...
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The clapping Fuchikoma: Ghost in the Shell PSX...
Of all the famous mangas and animes out there, Ghost in the Shell presents the oddest proportion between popularity and the available number of video game adaptations - perhaps only matched by the highly influential Akira in this department. That, in itself, might also attest to the quality of the original works, as they’re intricate pieces of art and animation whose conversion to the...
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Standard Reception 01/2010 - Fortuitous Parallels
I missed doing these Standard Reception posts. I’ve had a little time last week and so I went through a selection of what I purchased these lasts months. While unpacking all these games, positioning them for the pictures, I was reminded of how the PlayStation might be the console with the most obscure cult games - precisely the ones I tend to look for in this feature. As always, my only...
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PS3 "This is Eno" bundle: a Sony and Kenji Eno...
For all those who missed the unforgettable live event last year at the Departure Lounge, here is a chance to get even: this is the Japanese exclusive Sony PlayStation 3 edition of “This Is Eno”, including the exclusive Blu-Ray version of the concert and interviews with AOSAWA, DJ vi ‘est, Kusda and a special interview with Kenichi Nishi and Kenji Eno having a few drinks on the...
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Clock Tower: First Fear PROLOGUE
Clock Tower: First Fear is a 1997 re-edition of Human Entertainment’s groundbreaking horror adventure, initially released in 1995 for the Super Famicom. Clock Tower was one of the first mature survival horror games of its day, one of several reasons supporting its notoriety and popularity. With the last official episode of the series being released for the PS2, already a few years after...
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I.Q. Final(s)
I.Q. Final is the second episode of the series (later continued in the P.Q. games) including new characters, game modes, rules and challenges, while retaining the admirable elements of the original version. One such element is the use of sophisticated and outstanding ending sequences that grant a whole new meaning to the game in a matter of a few seconds - from a spartan landscape into a more...
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I.Q. Ending
The one minute-long ending sequence to SCEJ’s brilliant cube puzzle game I.Q., in which a lone anonymous man confronts himself with a relentless march of oppressive marble cubes that can either make him plummet down infinite emptiness of defeat; or grant him this brief epiphany. Quite possibly the most exquisite, unforeseen and intricate ending ever created for a video game. Orchestral...
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Where all my hopes lie