⇒ HAL exoskeleton inches closer

It will be available soon enough. I know I've posted about this before but I love that promo shot above. It's so dynamic, what with the blue glowing accents and clean white design, and the I-just-did-something-impossible pose

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⇒ Takashi Amano's aquascaping

I don't know what the Japanese word is, but I'm pretty sure the Chinese term is 'Gung Fu'-this does not simply refer to martial arts, but rather the dedication of oneself to a particular activity such that they attain previously unimagined levels. This may be why alot of Japanese excel in particular activities.

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⇒ kitsune noir

paper+foam monsters + landscapes

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⇒ old gaming thoughts

hikikomori: "social disorder...which means to withdraw from society."

"the biggest problem with the game (GTAIV) is the lack of innovative things in the game. The graphic style impresses, but not the base premise, which is exactly the same as the predecessors.”"
-Fumito Ueda
what he said
...same goes for MGS4. It's very pretty, but gameplay wise its very PS2

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⇒ more misc catchup

via ExtraLife:

Awesome caricatures


Some amazing sand sculptures.
amazing beat box girl


at first i thought this looked a bit katamari-ripoff-ish (it is Namco's), but the video won me over. No doubts about which country this game hails from. Me want!

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⇒ engadget headline worth reading

link: small bowl of ramen
summary: nan-scale 'bowl' created. Even smaller ramen noodles crafted and put into bowl for good measure.

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⇒ human tetris

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⇒ aussie $

auusie $ hits record high of $0.89 US

http://www.kawaiidream.net/categories.php?cat_id=329&sessionid=528470263da8a7fb7f74d12c60658ba2&sessionid=528470263da8a7fb7f74d12c60658ba2
http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/01/usb-powered-whack-a-mole-annihilates-productivity/
http://www.joystiq.com/2007/09/30/tgs-video-games-museum-highlights-japans-taste/
http://www.joystiq.com/photos/zelda-phantom-hourglass-launch/419978/
http://www.joystiq.com/2007/10/01/tgs07-interview-with-loco-rocos-tsutomu-kouno/
http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.takaratomy.co.jp%2Fproducts%2Fwalkiebits%2Fproducts%2Frhythm.html&langpair=ja%7Cen&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&prev=%2Flanguage_tools

http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/01/study-finds-roomba-owners-heart-their-vacuums-accept-flaws/

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