JTV – April 2008

A catchup of recent JTV action.
With Super Special FX Sumo, YoYoMaster, Bug Guys, Velcro Wall and more and Girls on Slippery Slides.

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Bumblebee

This is AWESOME! Engadget spotted this big guy at CES.
Now if only I could find the remote control…

Essential Free Software

After a recent format to make some space, I decided to replace ageing software with Free / Open Source Solutions, so I have put together this list of some of the Best Free Software. This is a general list useful for most Windows users (XP targeted), and best installed directly after formatting or on a new PC!
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Exo-Suit

This is just too cool to ignore. Now If we can just pair this with the HALO suit we will be that one step closer to the otaku MECHA dream!

Via Engadget and Video Fix

Simpsons Game Trailer (Parody)

This deserves a post all on its own.
Remember the episode “thirty minutes over tokyo“? Some of the funniest shit I’ve seen.

Well in similar style here is a parody add for the Simpson’s game. Not quite as good but still funny.

Tokyo Dance Trooper

The latest video from the Tokyo Dance Trooper, and a reason to Plug Danny Choo.
Danny is the God of Otaku, with an awesome blog on all things it encompasses.

Odaiba

Odaiba is opposite the Tokyo Bay area, the Rainbow bridge joins them. Its home to Fuji TV, Oedo Onsen.. and of course Sega Joypolis! Continue Reading…

Visit from the Cops

So the other night about 9pm I hear someone knocking on one of the doors on our floor. He kept at it for about 10min, “moshi moshi” “ko(n)ban wa”. Normally the post office guys give up after 2 knocks. They left before I could see who it was.

Next morning at 9am I wake up to a similar sound. Finally someone answered. 5min later they knocked on MY door! I open, eyes half shut, to see Otaku (no-one knows his real name, they just call him Otaku, like super-nerd) with 2 Policeman behind him! NO I wasn’t thinking, “shit. Is my visa up?”. He said some stuff in Japanese, most I couldn’t understand, then when I answered they said no worries and went to talk to somebody else.

I had to wait all day to find out what was going on! We conjured stories of one of the new guy being wanted for something, but it wasn’t nearly as exciting. Turns out Otaku had been involved in some kind of fight!! And needed a co-signature for his statement. Dont know why he knocked on my door?!