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Category: Media

  • Oshare Majo

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    I hadn’t heard of OSHARE MAJO — and usually I pick up on things that kids are into because of my students — but it’s certainly nice to see games expanding out of the boy-only ghetto. The DS is also helping a lot with this. From Kotaku: For boys, there’s Mushi King. But for girls,…

  • NWA Ad

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    The new NWA ad campaign. Update: The reason I took a picture of this is that I find it interesting how they’ve based the compaign around the use of the QR barcode. Just goes to show how popular it’s become — pretty much every ad you see includes a QR barcode that leads to more…

  • Where do Babies Come from?

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    This is an ad — and it also represents one of the mini-games — for Sega’s follow-up to the most excellent Nintendo DS game FEEL THE MAGIC. The game is called WHERE DO BABIES COME FROM? (AKACHAN WA DOKO KARA KURU NO?), and it’s out in Japan next week (October 20). This post from Kotaku…

  • The Latest GAS

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    A new collection of tees, “Nostalgia – vol. 01,” has just been released. By 4 designers (Surface to Air, Spotliss, Steve Wilson, and Andrio Abero) who were all asked to interpret the theme of “nostalgia,” the t-shirts are now available at Beams-T. Vol. 2, including the works of 3 more designers, will be out in…

  • Bow-Wow Wan-Wan

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    Today, Momus covers one of his — and mine as well — favorite architects, the duo of Yoshiharu Tsukamoto and Momoyo Kaijima, who together form the unit Atelier Bow-Wow. It just so happens that I also mention them in my latest Tokyo Q design column, which should be up tomorrow.

  • Shift 107

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    The new issue of SHIFT (107) is up, sporting a disappointing sellout cover by DIESEL (the fashion brand), and the “Girl on the Street” column is missing! They do show all the works that are to be included in this year’s edition of their calendar.

  • Bangers’n’Mash

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    My editor at THE JAPAN TIMES — Guchagucha — spins some discs tonight (Thursday) at the Ruby Room. Free entry, and 500 yen drinks until 9 — damn, I so hate that I’m out in Chiba on Thursday nights.

  • Kiiiiiii Vol. 1

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    Kiiiiiii have just released a 7 inch EP, “Kiiiiiii Vol. 1,” on Coconuts Disk. I can’t wait for their DVD/CD album to come out.