DocFugu’s blog. Fighting games in Japan.
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Cool Amazon Robot Party
Large Danboard Robot (peeking over my cube wall) Mini Danboard Robot Danboard and mini Danboard hanging out together I envision that the start of the human-robot wars will look something like this A Danboard is a “robot” that showed up in volume 5 (I think – I’m only up to 3) of the Yotsubato! manga. […]
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A visit to Kashiwagi Farm and Ooyama Temple
Kashiwagi Farm Lots of Meat! There are cows there too In mid-January R. and I had a party at our apartment. R. wanted to make roast beef for the party, and since we had a rare instance of days off at the same time coming up she thought it would be fun to drive somewhere […]
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Amazon’s list of 2008 Award Winning Manga
The good people over at Amazon Japan have just released their list of 2008 award winning manga. The good folks from the book department, whose floor I also sit at, put the list together. I’ve been reading the second series of books (well, comics) on the list, よつばと! and think it is a really good […]
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Books: David Gemmel’s The First Chronicles of Druss the Legend and Natsumi Hikaru’s “The Doctrine of Sex”
David Gemmell’s Druss the Legend This past week has been a busy one, but sometime over the past week or two I picked up the second book about Druss the Legend in David Gemmel’s
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I need to check out 紅虎餃子房 or 万豚記
According to Famitsu, the restaurants 紅虎餃子房 and 万豚記 will have SF4 themed menus from 2009-02-12 to 2009-04-12. There are a bunch of either of those places in Tokyo, so I should be able to find one. Didn’t look like there were any in Shibuya though. Also you get a card with a QR code and […]
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Joe Haldeman’s “The Accidental Time Machine”
On Sunday I picked up Joe Haldeman’s “The Accidental Time Machine”, a novel that I had ordered because Amazon told me to buy it. When Amazon tells me to buy something, I usually listen because it knows what I like. (But then again, I’m biased!) Anyway, by Monday evening I had finished reading it. It […]
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Recent Running and Hidden Raves
Run around the Imperial Palace Run near home I just found out that there is a running club where I work. Nice. I joined up and the first run of the year was on Friday. Generally the club meets for dinner at 9:30pm, after running. People run at their own pace, so you have to […]
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I really hate Zangief
Actually, Zangief is totally my favorite character. I love him. This guy apparently doesn’t though. A rap from Balrog / M. Bison’s point of view. Really funny. Man, I want to go play some SF4.
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Review of John Scalzi’s Android’s Dream
I became a fan of John Scalzi when I read a book of his that Tor gave away as a free ebook: Old Man’s War. After that I read The Ghost Brigades, and The Last Colony. That took me through the “Old Man’s War” series, except for the new still-in-hardcover Zoe’s Tale. So, I’ve really […]
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The Mystery Jets and The Kooks
Last Thursday, R. and I went to see The Mystery Jets. We’ve seen them maybe two or three times now. I like them; they have good rhythms, nice hooks, and are pretty clean. They aren’t one of my favorite bands, but they are good and I enjoy listening to their stuff. Of course, they are […]
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Crayon Physics Deluxe
Crayon Physics Deluxe Menu The level select GUI is cool too Pivots! They are part of Physics! Make your own pivots! I recently bought a new game, Crayon Physics Deluxe. In the past three or four years, I’ve bought maybe three or four games: the Orange Box (for Portal mainly – I haven’t gotten anywhere […]
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Let’s Talk about Bathtubs
My bathtub is a lot smarter than I expected. It has a nice little spout thing that doesn’t get in your way. The spout can shoot water out to the left or to the right. There is a control panel where you can set the temperature of the water, and the bathtub will re-circulate water […]
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