Insane Pixel Art dance-off madness by the super brothers. I’m digging the synchronized music and graphics at the beginning of the video.
DOT MATRIX REVOLUTION
Monday, September 15th, 2008Sleeping on the Train
Wednesday, August 20th, 2008
In Tokyo people like to sleep on the train. You see it every day. Often times if the person next to you is sleeping they will nod off and lean into you which can be annoying. You do eventually get used to it though.
Every so often there is a person who is more than simply nodding off. This guy was sleeping in full force. He wasn’t moving, was not waking up when the train decelerated, nor did he notice when people were taking his picture. I even posed with him for some shots other people were taking.
What a trooper.
Ikemen Bank
Tuesday, August 12th, 2008
This is both the most insane and awesome thing I have seen out of Japan recently: the ikemen bank! (The image says “have you been excited recently?”… yes, my Japanese has improved significantly)
“Ikemen” is a slang word meaning handsome man. This product is a piggy bank where the user, presumably female, plays an RPG game with the handsome man software that has been embedded inside. He’ll say things like “I’m hungry!” and then you have to feed him coins. You can’t “win” the game until you’ve put in about $500 in coins. That’s a hefty sum!
If you save well your personal ikemen tells you things like “I love you, baby”. I don’t know if this will create a whole new world of penny pinchers – women obsessed with putting coins in as fast as possible to receive the loving affections of their piggy bank.
Apparently there is also a male version that is a monster killing dungeon RPG. Double awesome.