DnDnG: A Short Documentary
Little Boy (before playing D&D with girls): "They [the girls] might pass out because of gore." Little Boy (after playing D&D with girls):...
Wonderful game stories from beyond the grave
This just in from Rocket News, but apparently a Gamer discovers his deceased father’s ghost on an old Xbox game, challenges it to a race....
An exercise in naming
This reddit thread is beautiful. The rules are simple: remove one letter from a game title, what's the new synopsis? One example: "Ass...
Hello Kittyについて
ぜんぜん重要ではないが、もし時間があれば、日本人の友達の声および意見を聞かせてください： 最近（昨日ぐらい？）、日本で人気なアヴリル・ラヴィーンは下記のＰＭをユーチューブでリリース。そのあとすぐに、大勢な欧米人は「日本人に対してレイシズム」の原因ですごく反対していて（コメン...
日本はオタク・サブカルチャーだけではない
インターネットにおいて、日本の珍しくて、オタク、およびサブカルチャー（アニメ・マンガ・ゲーム）のものが好き外国人が多い。下記の例は大勢から一つだけですが、まぁ、こういうものは現在、結構流行っている。僕もこうみたいなことを見ると、「あっ、やっぱりジャパンはめっちゃおもろいなぁ...
On 大恐竜時代(Daikyouryuu Jidai/Era of the Dinosaurs, 1979)
On 大恐竜時代(Daikyouryuu Jidai/Era of the Dinosaurs, 1979): This aired on TV back in the early 80's when I was bout 5 or 6 years old. I...
Conference on the Apocalypse
Holy crap. I just received a conference alert for a conference about the Apocalypse. Anything re: the End of the World is welcome,...
One Anime Opening Crawl to Rule them All
DAICON was a series of sci-fi and animation conventions held in Osaka in the 80s. Here's the phenomenally weird opening of DAICON IV,...
The Reality behind the Game
I am working on a powerpoint for the mini-meeting tomorrow. I had one of those moments where I had to step back and actually look at what...
I rode 宇宙戦艦ヤマト to get to this place
「宇宙戦艦ヤマト」isn't just some anime title. It is a phenomenon with a myriad of mantles. Transliterated, it is Uchuu Senkan Yamato. Roughly...
