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Chinese Man Found Dead After 40-Hour Gaming Session 【News Bite】

Philip Kendall
Jan 15, 2013
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While the rest of the world worries about global warming, guns and which countries may or may not be building nuclear weapons, there are evidently some people out there who ought to be more concerned about things a little closer to home.

According to Japanese website Game Spark, a 21-year-old man in China has been found dead after playing an as yet unnamed online role-playing game for some 40 hours.

China
(40 hours • dead • death • MMORPG • online game • video game)

Luffy Vs Goku in 3D! New Shonen Jump Fighting Game to be Released in 2013

Master Blaster
Dec 18, 2012

Bandai Namco has announced that work is underway on a 3D Team Battle game using the characters of the Weekly Shonen Jump collection of manga series. The game is set to be released in 2013 to commemorate the 45th anniversary of Weekly Shonen Jump. Color us massively excited!

Global, Japan
(Dragon Ball • new • One Piece • Shonen Jump • video game)

Rocksmith’s Japanese Commercial Seems to Defy You to Buy It, Employs Aki Toyosaki

Master Blaster
Sep 29, 2012

After mastering Guitar Hero years back, I was left with an empty feeling. I had taken my plastic 4-button guitar controller out on the street to perform One by Metallica but no one paid any attention to me. In fact, passersby seemed to be intentionally avoiding eye contact.

This is why I was excited to find Rocksmith would be released in Japan on October 11. The game that actually lets you practice a real guitar in a fun way so you can walk away from it a better person with an entertaining skill!

However, my excitement took a bit of a hit when I saw the first Japanese commercial for it.

Japan
(Aki Toyosaki • guitar • K-On! • Rocksmith • Ubisoft • video game)

“Sutra Master” is Cute, Confusing, and a Little Controversial, Goes on Sale at Comiket 82 by Ryoho Temple

Master Blaster
Aug 8, 2012

Tokyo’s famous Comic Market (Comiket) 82, the world’s largest doujinshi convention, is set to kick off on 10 August. We can be sure to expect cosplayers and original comics a plenty, but one particular creation has be stirring up a fair bit of hype weeks before the gates open – the PC game Sutra Master.

Sutras are, in a nutshell, short pearls of spiritual wisdom like something you might find in a high-brow fortune cookie and are often compared to prayers in other religions. Taken from Buddhist texts and often chanted during meditation or religious ceremonies, sutras are generally treated with solemn dignity but Sutra Master takes them to a weird new place.

China, Japan
(Comic Market • Comiket • moe • Ryoho Temple • Sutra Master • video game)

Japan’s 30 Best Selling Video Games of All Time

Master Blaster
Jul 8, 2012

The following is a list of the 30 most sold video games in Japan in the history of video games across all platforms. Western Gamers may be surprised that violent shooters take a rather large backseat to RPG’s, mushroom stomping, and Pikachus in the minds of Japanese game consumers.

Japan
(Japan • sales • video game)

Science, Enhancing the Ways We Can Mess With Each Other’s Minds

Danielnishina
Jun 28, 2012

Maybe, along with the drive to to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before, we also want to explore our minds and consciousness. And maybe inevitably that sometimes comes out to be inventing new ways to mess with our own heads. And so, the eggheads at Riken Research have developed the “Substitutional Reality System“. Read More

Internet
(alternative reality • augmented reality • education • entertainment • science • technology • Total Recall • video game • virtual reality)

Have a Double Dose of Nostalgia Listening to the Dragon Quest Theme Played On a Moog Synth Courtesy of Google’s Latest Doodle

Master Blaster
May 25, 2012

On May 23rd, the world awoke to a new Google doodle daring us not waste our time pushing keys and turning knobs to make funky new sounds. This doodle was of course a recreation of a Moog Synthesizer developed by Dr. Robert Moog who would have turned 78 had he been alive.

Thanks to one highly talented keyboardist, we were also treated to two blasts from the past, a flawless rendition of the Dragon Quest intro music as played on a Moog on Google’s top page.

Internet, Japan
(Dragon Quest • Google • Moog • music • video game)

‘Call of Duty’ Secret Bargain. “Long Live the Emperor! Banzai!”

Danielnishina
May 4, 2012

‘Call of Duty’ is a popular video game series, with new releases selling out, even in Japan. But did you know there’s a ‘Call of Duty’ that they won’t ever sell a localized Japanese version of, despite high acclaim everywhere else? We’re talking about ‘Call of Duty: World at War’. Read More

Japan
(banzai • business • call of duty • entertainment • shopping • technology • video game)

Angry Birds Fans Take Game Into Their Own Hands With Real USB Slingshot

Master Blaster
Mar 6, 2012

Millions of people have experienced the satisfying feeling of pulling back their digital angry birds, releasing and sending them flying into those rickety pig-built structures on their smart phones or computers. It almost makes you want to light up a cigarette afterwards.

But after playing through the hundreds of levels that Roxio has released you may find that original satisfaction waning somewhat. We have seen the videos of “real-life” versions in the past, but most of us lack the space and resources to do it ourselves. Well now, some ingenious fans have found a great way to add a fresh kick to their Angry Birds addiction using a real slingshot.

Global
(Angry Birds • entertainment • technology • USB • video game)

74 Year-Old Resident Evil Addict’s Reflexes “Too Quick for Safe Driving”

Master Blaster
Feb 24, 2012

Shiro Suzuki has been eagerly practicing to beat his high score of 178,270 in the Mercenary Mode of Resident Evil 4 (called Biohazard 4 in Japan). Most who have played the game would agree that this is an impressive score, whereas hardcore gamers may scoff at the number.

What makes Mr. Suzuki unique, however, is that on 10 February, 2012, he celebrated his 74th birthday.

Uncategorized
(entertainment • Resident Evil • septuagenarian • sports • television • The Mercenaries • video game)

Need a Last Minute Christmas Present? How About a “Whale Sword”?

Jessica
Dec 21, 2011

On Yahoo Shopping, a site famous for its oodles of unique merchandise, an ornamental sword is attracting a lot of attention. It’s called the “Whale Sword” and it’s a model of a style of ornamental sword used in the pre-war days, with a blade close to a meter long. Who wouldn’t want that in their stocking?

Internet, Japan
(anime & manga • entertainment • funny • Japanese swords • otaku • RPG games • shopping • video game • weird)

A Day in the Life of a Cosplay Photo Buff

Mac Denny
Sep 3, 2011

I slung my camera over my shoulder, ready to invade the world of cosplay for the first time at this year’s summer Comic Market 80 at Tokyo Big Sight.