From the category archives:

Games

Dragon Quest quest?

by Lee on 7/20/2009

With the much-delayed Dragon Quest IX for the Nintendo DS selling by the bucket load in Japan, this fella’s quest quite possibly wasn’t the pleasant ambience of the park, but instead a bit of privacy to play his newly purchased game in peace.

Dragon Quest IX Japan

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Japanese gaming goodbye

by Lee on 2/15/2009

The Nintendo Wii may well be selling wonderfully, but despite being a forefather of the aforementioned, and the fourth biggest selling console in history, this particular Super Famicom (SNES) has unfortunately had to say a final farewell to any further fourth generation fun.

Super Famicom

And games.

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Tokyo booth babe torment

by Lee on 10/14/2008

Being a booth babe at the recently wrapped up Tokyo Game Show can’t really be all that rewarding, as, not only do the young women have to smile sycophantically at the seething sweaty masses, but they also have to cope with clamourous, camera-carrying crowds.

Tokyo Game Show booth babe

Along with middle-aged men who should know much better.

Tokyo Game Show booth babe

And, maybe worst of all, an unmerited meeting with me.

Tokyo Game Show booth babe

(click images for a larger, but still laughably lit, look)

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Japanese gaming gear

by Lee on 1/31/2008

There’s no denying the fondness for fashion in Japan, with appearance a priority. In fact, it could be argued that a large percentage of people are f*ing obsessed with it.

Japanese fashion

That said, it’s not necessarily always successful, as the merits of this gamer’s mask for example are somewhat moot to say the least.

Japanese gamer

(click image for magnified masked man)

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Touching Tokyo togetherness

by Lee on 1/7/2008

To have and to hold,
From this day forward,
For better, for worse,
For richer, for poorer,
In sickness or in health,
To love and to cherish,
‘Till DS do us part.

Japanese gamers

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