Xbox get’s a Japanese release date, 2002.02.22 - coincidentally, the date JSRF gets released Stateside. It remains to be seen how well the Japanese public will lap-up the new hardware. No doubt the current trend of pre-order package lunacy will not get off the ground this side of the pacific. Kabuki Warriors looks like it’s primarily being crafted for the eastern audience, but the graphics look like they have some way to go to compete with the likes of FFX, ICO and MGS2.
WIRE01, the all-night rave event featuring Takkyu Ishino, Westbam etc, happens this Saturday at Yokohama Arena. Yours truly won’t be going because of a Japanese test on Sunday (good forward planning there), but Sega and Sony will be there in full force. The event is going to be the first chance the public gets to play the much anticipated REZ. A big poster on the side of Shibuya station proclaims that the game will get released in November, and unlike the west, it will be Japan’s first Sega PS2 game.
7 days to Gamecube. Only three launch titles, Luigi’s Mansion, Wave Race and Super Monkey Ball, but at least you don’t have to spend $500 on a pre-order. In fact, even pre-orders are proving difficult to guarantee for launch now. Stocks of Luigi’s Mansion were all booked up over a week ago. First impressions to come next Friday.
Don’t try this at home..
Go on treat yourself and the woman you love to some Manties..
Seth Godin argues that ever quickening technological advancement is decreasing the scale of our vision. Are we losing the abillity to dream..
For Sale: Mike Paradinas ponytail one careful owner..
Cheap-CDs.com look as if they’re trying to apply the Google work ethic to the online CD store. Does anyone have any experience of shopping with them before I dive in?
Balmer steps into the world of Industrial/Metal/Cheese/Pop with his latest “best of” anthology..
The label the Beastie Boys founded in 1993 was closed down yesterday..
