Tag: Japan
Tetsuya Mizuguchi of Rez and Lumines creates Virtual Tokyo for Second Life
The other week I mentioned briefly in our Daily Tech Hotlinks that Tetsuya Mizuguchi, the creator of games such as Lumines and Rez, is developing a Virtual Tokyo for Second Life. Anyone familiar with his work will know he’s an UTTER genius and probably deserves the Japanese equivalent of a Knighthood. Which is probably something similar to a special limited edition Hello Kitty figurine or appearance in a hentai cartoon.
Anyway, Famitsu, that gaming bible only the Japanese are privy to, announce recently…
Hey lecher, lay your wrist between a pair of boobies at work with these mouse-pads
A silly one to start the day off with, I can imagine these mouse-pads which have real silicone implants attached to the jubblie or bum bits would go down a treat for a gag-gift for a workmate. Probably in Zoo, Nuts, or Loaded magazine’s offices. Certainly not in our Shiny Towers, where most of us are women and most of my colleagues…
Japanese mobile phone users could receive earthquake warnings
Japan’s two largest mobile phone operators—NTT DoCoMo and KDDI—have said that they are jointly working on an earthquake early warning system for their customers.
The Japanese meteorological agency has developed a system whereby earthquakes can be detected several seconds before the main tremor strikes, by measuring underground tremors and estimating their intensity.
Sony to launch video sharing network in Japan
Sony has announced that it will launch a video sharing web site in Japan tomorrow. eyeVio may launch internationally after Sony has seen what kind of reception it gets in Japan. Then, it might attempt to take on the might…
Hitachi W51H hi-res mobile phone
Hitachi don't sell their mobile phones here in the UK, but their latest model, the W51H, makes me wish they did. It's just been announced in Japan, and is a clamshell phone with a monster 2.9-inch display with 480×800-pixel resolution….
Japanese chilli sauce-shaped MP3 player
It's always refreshing to see a portable music player than doesn't look like an iPod, but I can't say shaping them like everyday houehold items is the way to go, as is the case with this chilli sauce-shaped MP3 player….
Race some cats on sleds at Brandish
If the day seems to be passing by slowly, you can rely on Shiny's top blokes blog Brandish to dig up an annoyingly addictive online game to make the hours fly by. In fact, they've done it again today…