Published September 21, 2007
Welcome to The WTF Edition. I only had four hours of sleep Thursday night, so much of the day I was feeling kinda punchy and goofy. Bear that in mind as you witness the following …
Cooking Mama is big in Japan! I love this game. I have it on the Wii and the DS. Oops, am I allowed to say that?
Over in the Hudson booth there was a party going on. This dude and his back-up dancers were putting on a show with footage from Hudson games on the big screen. The crowd was singing along and waving their arms.
Over in the sales hall you could buy a whole bunch of game-related stuff, from Square Enix soundtrack CDs, to Mario gear, Dead or Alive girlie posters and …
… boob pillows. What more can I say about this?
Vending machines are serious business in Japan. You can buy anything from a vending machine. I've been making frequent trips to the machines in my hotel for Coke, potato chips, and little baby Häagen Dazs ice cream cups.
This one though—I can't figure out. There's no vending device, so I think these are free. They appear to be small green feathers. I have no idea why one would want a small green feather even if it's free. Could it be some sort of statement like a red AIDS ribbon? If any of you Xbox.com readers know … I will give you a cookie.
Chris Paladino and I went on an epic quest for swag today. You can check out the video here to see who won. Video Monkey cut out the part where CPal agrees that if he wins he has to wear my underwear. Anyway, here's my swag haul.
Japanese TV … well, it's perplexing. I watched a show called Hero (I think) in the bathtub when I got back from TGS. I knew the main character was angry, but why I didn't know. He was kinda hot, except the stupid cell phone charm he was rocking ruined his hotness by a factor of ten. It would be like John Wayne in footie pajamas. The other show I watched was some form of game show. I'm pretty convinced that the premise is that people come on the show and tell outrageous stories. The panel, when they hear something that they think is BS, put an inflatable pig head on their desk. Maybe the person who is first to spot the lie wins? I don't know, but it went on for two hours! Tomorrow, TGS opens to the public and the cosplayers will be running rampant.
TriX out.
