I think my last days in Tokyo have been driven by basically doing all the things which I’d kick myself for later if I didn’t do them. So I went to Nikko, and played the Gundam thing, and bought Densha de Go! Final, and after all that how could I not ride the Thunder Dolphin?

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Today seemed like a good day to visit Akihabara. Again. Visited this tiny PC shop again, which has such tempting prices: a 21.6 HannsG monitor with HDMI for £130. But then how would I get it home?
Onwards to this nifty otaku shoppe where I bought a NERV t-shirt which is Highly Awesome.
Also, I’d decided I’d [...]

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Phase is my new favourite game. It’s basically Guitar Hero on the iPod, it’s by Harmonix, it’s got Freezepop in, and you can add any song in your iTunes library and play it! Must… stop…

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It’s finally up, thanks to drunky (who also supplied the whimsical captions). Clive Sinclair! Spaceships! Essex! It’s all here and more!
History of the British Video Games Industry, Part I
Also, if you’re on digg, you can “digg” it which is apparently good.

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Half-Life 2: Episode 2. Portal. Team Fortress 2. Metroid Prime 3. World in Conflict. Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts. Enemy Territory: Quake Wars. Flight Simulator X: Acceleration. Unreal Tournament 3. Call of Duty 4. Gears of War. Sam & Max Season 2. Mass Effect. Guitar Hero III. Crysis.
I go away for a while, and they [...]

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