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Giant Gundam - Part 2

GIANT GUNDAM IN ODAIBA - PART 2

15/06/2009

The giant Gundam statue in Odaiba, Tokyo, is complete. And I make no reservations in saying that it is undoubtedly one of the coolest things I have ever seen.

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Shazam

SHAZAM

13/06/2009

Shazam is a precocious music producer and DJ from Perth, Australia. Club monkeys the world over have known his name (or his tracks at least) for years, thanks to a string of remixes so slick, so lush and apparently so much better than the originals that they could only be described, as his moniker suggests, as magic.

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Chaser

CHASER

1/06/2009

It was snowing. I saw her standing there. I walked towards her. She walked away.

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Plates of Shame #17: YA WISH

PLATES OF SHAME #17

25/05/2009

Plate: YA WISH
Car: Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX
Translation: “You Wish”. I’ve got something that you don’t. In fact, it’s something that you will probably never have. Na na na na na. Can you guess what it is?

Vote and more after the jump...

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Giant Gundam - Part 1

GIANT GUNDAM IN ODAIBA - PART 1

21/05/2009

Japan is well known for a many things. Temples, kimonos, sushi… and giant robots. Mobile Suit Gundam - the Japanese animated TV series that over the last three decades has spawned a dizzying array of spin-offs, manga, novels, videogames and plastic models - is turning 30 this year. To mark the occassion, Bandai Namco are spending some of the gadzillions they’ve earned from the franchise to build a 1:1 scale, 18 metre tall, 35 tonne Gundam model in Tokyo’s Shiokaze Park.

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Au Cirque

AU CIRQUE

15/05/2009

I’ve been missing out on this New Farm gem for years. Why had no one compelled me sooner?

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HRAUN

15/05/2009

Hraun (pronounced “Hroin”) are an indie folk rock band from Reykjavik, Iceland. I know absolutely nothing more about them, other than the fact that they’ve managed to rattle off one very neat cover of the classic Ghostbusters theme.

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Today I Die

TODAY I DIE

7/05/2009

Today I Die is a beautifully emotive game by Daniel Benmergui, creator of the cute but heartfelt I Wish I Were the Moon and the excellent Storyteller.

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Sweets Paradise

SWEETS PARADISE

7/05/2009

Don’t tell your dentist.

Creative Environments Youth Network (CEYN)

CREATIVE ENVIRONMENTS YOUTH NETWORK

21/04/2009

The Creative Environments Youth Network (CEYN) allows users to customise their own virtual space; each connected to other such spaces, forming a community of user built locations within a virtual world.

CEYN is an online interaction system developed in response to a brief by the Youth Internet Radio Network (YIRN) project group.

Free Agents - Online Command System

FREE AGENTS

20/04/2009

Free Agents is a cooperative team based augmented reality location based game that is played both online and in the real world.

It is also a game design and development tool enabled by its integration with the Yet Another Workflow Language (YAWL) environment.

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MiLK - The Mobile Learning Kit

MILK

16/04/2009

MiLK - The Mobile Learning Kit connects students and teachers through simple and effective web and mobile technologies.

MiLK pushes the boundaries of teaching and learning beyond the classroom and into the other environments students inhabit both now and in the future.

CipherCities

CIPHERCITIES

16/04/2009

A creative authoring tool and social network where anyone can build, play and share mobile games.

CipherCities was publicly launched in December 2008.

M83 @ The Zoo

M83 @ THE ZOO

14/04/2009

An unforgettable performance on the end of the world.

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Knowing

KNOWING

2/04/2009

Worthwhile Knowing…

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Mong Kok Streets

HONG KONG 2009

30/03/2009

Oddities and brief adventures during a recent trip to Hong Kong.

The EA Experience, how Coke relates, androgynous Hello Kittys, surrealist jazz bars and getting chatted up on a plane…

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The Greatest Doughnut

BIG APPLE DONUTS & COFFEE

27/03/2009

It is possibly the greatest doughnut on Earth.

No your eyes do not deceive you. That is sugar-glazed cheese and white chocolate.

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Bubur Ayam Goreng McD

MCDONALD’S MALAYSIA

26/03/2009

Meet the Bubur Ayam Goreng McD. What is this ludicrously named McDonald’s treat?

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Petronas Twin Towers

MALAYSIA 2009

25/03/2009

A photo and video summary of oddities and brief adventures during a recent trip to Malaysia.

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GO!GO!7188 パラボラナイト @ SHIBUYA O-EAST

GO!GO!7188 パラボラナイト @ SHIBUYA O-EAST

18/03/2009

Less than a month after the release of their latest album, アンテナ (ANTENNA), fidgety Japanese rock band GO!GO!7188 were on the road again with their first nationwide tour of the year. The so-called ヘンテナ グルメツアー09 (HENTENA TOUR 09) didn’t officially kick off until the 6th of March in Chiba, but fans lucky enough to be within easy access to Shibuya were in for a treat - a somewhat last-minute, one-off “pre-tour” gig on the 2nd dubbed the パラボラナイト (PARABOLA NIGHT). Needless to say, as a fan lucky enough to be within easy access of Shibuya, I didn’t miss it.

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