Yummmm. Eel. I went out for some sushi the other day, and here’s what I got:
I think it’s named after Lombard Street in San Francisco. The street consists of sharp turns down a hill so steep that if it wasn’t for the curves cars would roll down and crash. If I remember correctly in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas they did a pretty good job recreating this street in the game. Does anybody else remember that?
Photo and screenshot from GTAGaming.com
At school, I just started to get the G4 gaming channel. If you don’t have it, don’t sweat. With all of the features offered on the G4 Web site, it’s a wonder anyone needs to watch the TV station at all.
If you are not a gamer then you probably have never heard of G4. It just came out in 2002. It’s a cable channel that focuses on the gaming lifestyle. It used to be all about games, but if you have ever watched people playing games on TV (think ESPN’s Madden Nation) that gets pretty old fast. Now, G4 hosts not only talk about new games and tech news, but the channel also tries harder to cater to the male population by broadcasting shows such as Cheaters, COPS and The Man Show. I think, from a journalistic standpoint, G4 is doing a great job catering to the gaming market. Some people would disagree with me. Despite what some critics say, more people buy video games than go to the movies so the station is definitely fulfilling a need.
XXL had a short article about rappers who blog. As I said in a previous post, one of the ways a blog could be good is if it’s written by a famous person. People are just a lot more interested in what the person is thinking and doing. Kanye just launched his blog in September and he (or someone he is paying) is doing a very nice job updating it frequently with not only news about Kanye but also some of his favorite designers and personal photos. I find it weird that Twista is publishing a blog on The Chicago Tribune’s Web site. I wonder how they convinced him to do that. Lupe Fiasco’s blog is fresh too, though I’m not a MySpace fan.
All photos in this post from DannyChoo.com
When it comes to Japan, Danny Choo is the man! LOL But fo real tho, in August, his blog had aprox 9,433,840 page views per month and 48,730 unique daily users per day. His site www.dannychoo.comshows how a blog can become something more than just mindless rants. He turned his into an online community portal. Let’s review…
Danny’s web site features news on anime, technology, Gundam, idols, and a gazillion other aspects of Japanese culture. His site is offered in English and Japanese. Thank you, someone finally understands how to cater to an international audience with a blog.
Danny’s home page is organized in several different ways. He has news posts on the left and articles/discussions on the right. Writing a blog post takes time. It is just like writing a news story except with a different style. The left column is for short news that Danny wants to share quickly (such as how well fried chicken goes with ramen) and the right is for when he develops more “in-depth” pieces (which I think makes it easier for the blogger plus this distinction makes it easier for the user to decide what he or she wants to read). He also has links at the top of the page with topics and roll-down sub-categories.
It started with gamers. It will end with educators.
As I mentioned in a previous post, Japan’s CoFesta is a cultural smorgasbord of festivities promoting the best of Japan within a 40-day span. Most of the events are brand-spanking new meaning that their reappearance next year is contingent on this year’s success. I think it would be amazing as a journalist to be able to cover all of these events and present it in a series of articles, videos, photos, blogs, and other pieces. Maybe next year the organizers can make the CoFesta web site more of a hub where people around the world could go to see the latest developments of the events. I think this could greatly benefit an activity whose whole point is to give people around the world a front window to what great things are going on in Japan.
As-good-of-a-map-as-I-can-get which shows where all the Halo 3 players were logged in from as of 6:30 AM (EST).
Run for cover.
If you didn’t pre-order a copy and stand in line last night then good luck. Apparently, gamers on the East Coast weren’t playing. Well, actually they were playing, but they weren’t messing around about getting a copy…ya know what I mean.
Lost Odyssey from Mistwalker; Source: IGN.com
Yesterday was the last day of the Tokyo Game Show thrown at the Makuhari Messe in Chiba-city. The show started on Thursday, and this weekend it was open to the public. The event was organized by the Computer Entertainment Supplier’s Association (CESA) and Nikkei Business Publications, Inc. TGS kick starts the inaugural year of CoFesta. Look for more info about CoFesta in the next post.
TGS is the largest game extravaganza on the planet. The theme of this year’s show was “Link up, Reach out, To the World.” Held in eight exhibition halls, which covered approximately 54,000 square meters, this year was the largest TGS in history in terms of the numbers of exhibitors, booths and game titles. At TGS, 217 organizations were represented from 19 countries/regions. The number of game titles increased from last year’s 650 to 702.
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