Afternoon Snack: Sure, the Dancing Squid seafood bowl looks supremely unappetizing, but if you paid for a Dancing Squid seafood bowl it better damn well come with a dancing squid.
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I am disturbed by the dancing squid.
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Gamers Heart Japan
This Sunday, April 3rd, the videogame industry will unite under the “Gamers Heart Japan” banner, with an hour-long televised special airing on selected outlets. This special is being assembled by our broadcast colleagues, and will feature interviews and thoughts from many of the industry’s biggest and brightest names.
Titled “Gamers Heart Japan”, this 60-minute special will premiere on April 3, 2011 and be filled with veteran game industry journalists from all over the world as well as some of the top game makers on the planet. Game journalists and game makers participating will be sharing their thoughts on the incredible work and talented creators from the Japanese videogame development scene.
From the very beginning of the medium, Japanese videogames have been incredibly influential in popular culture. In “Gamers Heart Japan”, interviewees will talk about the past, present and future of Japan as a games making powerhouse, all the while reminding our viewers that the country could really use our global support in its efforts to rebuild.
Keep up with Gamers Heart Japan at the website, @GamerHeartJapan on Twitter, and on the Facebook page.
List of participants:Maxime Beland – Ubisoft Toronto – Assassin’s Creed/Splinter Cell
Todd Howard – Bethesda – Fallout 3/Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Peter Molyneux – Lionhead – Fable
Alex Rigopulos – Harmonix – Rock Band
Robin Hunicke – That Game Company – Flower/Journey
Jenova Chen – That Game Company – Flower/Journey
Evan Wells – Naughty Dog – Uncharted
Ed Boon – NetherRealm Studios – Mortal Kombat
Sid Meier – Firaxis – Civilization
And the participating outlets will include:
G4 (US & Canada)
SCI FI Australia
SPACE (Canada)
Musique Plus (Canada)
Gametrailers.com
IGN.com
Gamespot.com
GameInformer.com
Joystiq.com
Kotaku.com
Destructoid.com
Elecplay.com
G4tv.com
Reviewsontherun.com
MTV.com
TheEscapist.com
Wired.com
Games.Yahoo.com
Wired.com/gaming/
TheECA.com
TotallyRadShow.com
Shacknews.com
EGMNow.com
USAToday.com (GameHunters)
Bitmob.com
TheTorontoSun.com
UGO.com
Metacafe.com
Youtube.com
Facebook.com
So I just had a phone call with a friend of mine who’s living in Japan. She’s living in Sendai and as you may know that’s the city that got hot the worst. Well, she’s okay and her family too so far, but she was close to tears when she called me and after she told me what happened… I’m crying too.
She said that she’s been in the middle of the street after the earthquake and when the tsunami came, together with her mother and her little brother (2 years old). The water was too fast so they had to hide in the shelter of a house but they knew that the water would rise more and more and that they had to get away from there or else they would drown. They kept yelling and somehow a man saw them from a balcony of the house they were hiding behind. Well, that man jumped down from the balcony and into the water and helped my friend and her mother and brother to get up into the house and the safety even though the water was getting stronger and stronger and making it even more impossible to stand. My friend’s mother insisted on her kids going first and then the man helped her up the balcony too.
She just turned around and he grabbed her hand to get out of the water too when a car (one of hundreds) was being washed down the street and in his direction. My friend’s mother and the other people were yelling… and he suddenly let go of her hand so that she wouldn’t get pulled into the water when the car hit and drowned him.
My friend and her family survived… thanks to a stranger who gave his life to rescue them. He could’ve stayed in the save building but instead he helped them. I was so touched when she told me her story.
I don’t know the name of this man, his story, who he was… but I want to give him a special moment in my prayers today and in the future.
He’s a true hero.
My eyes are tearing up..
In the midst of all the chaos, there’s still hope.
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Leftover (hah) food pictures from Japan.
Milk pudding is the best! I wish the 7-11’s in Hong Kong carried it too.
Rainbow Bridge
Ueno, Shimbashi, Venus Outlet and Palette Town
Meiji Shrine
First experience in a sushi bar.
Shabu shabu + fresh peaches!
Shibuya. I walked around with my uncle Sam in Shibuya today. At first I wasn’t sure how the afternoon would go since I rarely talk to my uncle in Toronto but it was actually quite nice. Similar to the times I went with my aunt Amy for lunch in Hong Kong, I was able to learn a little more about my family history and about my uncle. It was nice getting to know him better. He was right when he said that both he and my aunt Amy are the talkative ones on my dad’s side of the family because both my dad and his older brother tend to be more quiet.
