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Month: October 2016

  • Mini Famicom

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    You’ve seen the recently announced Nintendo Classic Mini Famicom, right? This video does a great job of showing it off, and although I’d sure like to get one, I’m still quite looking forward to getting the NES Classic Edition when it comes out. The best thing about this announcement though is that Nintendo re-released GameCenter-CX…

  • Everybody Wants Some

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    This is absolutely one of my favorite movies this year. I loved this thing to bits, with all its slackerness, just spending some time hanging out with these characters. Killer soundtrack too. Thank you, Richard Linklater, for continuing to make movies like this. They make me very happy.

  • Star Trek Beyond

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    Well, this was pretty damn good. Much better than the second one, which I know isn’t saying a whole lot since most people find Into Darkness to be pretty disappointing, but yeah, it’s a really fun flick that feels more like the fun we had with the first movie. I also quite liked the way…

  • Motocross Saito

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    I really love the animated pixel art of Motocross Saito, like the scene pictured (view the animated GIF). There’s more to see here.

  • Kenzo Estate

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    Did you know that the founder of Capcom, Kenzo Tsujimoto, has a winery in Napa Valley called Kenzo Estate? This Monocle video report (from 2010) gives you a tour of the grounds.

  • Being Tokyo

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    Being Tokyo (@beingtokyo) is a #rocur (“rotation curation”) Twitter account that sees a different person based in Tokyo take over each week to share their personal take on the city, and this week it’s my buddy Gueorgui who has taken control, until October 4.

  • Auto Panther CM

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    Here’s a beautifully animated commercial for Japanese car dealer Auto Panther created by Shinji Hashimoto (he worked on all of Satoshi Kon’s films). Found via Cartoon Brew.

  • Ken Niimura’s Love Letter

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    As I just mentioned in my post about card games, the only games I kept and brought back from Tokyo where my two editions of the excellent Love Letter game (which I’m very happy to say that my wife quite enjoys as well). I have the basic Tempest edition from AEG, but also the beautifully…