Hello Kitty Online

It's the official launch! This is like World of Warcraft For Girls!

Hello Kitty Online

Geisha’s Dice for iPhone and iPodTouch

Source: Tokyo Digital News

Geisha's DICE is a very simple dice game. The Geisha dealer faces one to about 10 players from behind the tatami table.


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Looks like a pretty cool game.

I wonder if it could match the greatest movie scene ever involving dice :D


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No Shredded Clothes, No Game

Source: Kotaku

Battle damage brawler Ikki Tousen: Shining Dragon is known just for that: battle damage. And since it's girls in sailor suits and maid outfits, damage comes in the form of shredded clothing.

Known as Battle Vixens in the West, Ikki Tousen is also a manga and animated series. The above image is taken from the anime's third season, Ikki Tousen: Great Guardians.

Publisher Valcon Games was was planning on bringing PS2 game Ikki Tousen: Shining Dragon to the West, but those plans are in a holding pattern. Blame a "Mature" rating from the ESRB, which pumped out this description:

All the female characters are dressed in short skirts or skirts with a high slit. The game features frequent depictions of panties, cleavage, and exaggerated breast jiggle. A special attack move allows some characters to rip opponents' clothes to shreds – exposing even more of the female anatomy (legs, breasts, partial buttocks).

And that right there, that dreaded "M" rating seems to have sealed the game's fate in the West. Colin Goron, Co-founder of Valcon Games, put it best: "We could remove all the stuff that makes it an M-rated game, but then we don't think the customers would be very happy buying an Ikki Tousen game without all the shredded clothing." Talk about knowing your audience.

Rating something "M" almost means nothing. People will just get older people to buy it. Most orders are online now anyways.

Seems a harmless game to me. A little clothes shredding, a little jiggling, big deal. At least nobody is raping anyone.

Singapore Monopoly!

Source: Razor TV

The boardgame is still very popular!

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So lame! So one strategy is to get a bunch of colours and trade with nobody! Then you can win based on collecting rent only! That's like winning the World Cup by playing for 0-0 and winning on penalties!

He might win Singapore but he's not going to be able to pull that off in Las Vegas! *shakes fist*

Korean Player Getting Over $470,000 To Play WarCraft III

Source: Kotaku

Professional gaming is big in Korea. How big? Over four hundred thousand smackeroos big. Player Jae Ho 'Moon' Jang has signed a contract for US$473,037 to play WarCraft III.

Signing a contract to play for WeMade FOX team for 700 million Korean won, the 22-year-old is currently the highest paid player in the Korean e-Sports scene and the second highest paid player in its history. Back in 2007, StarCraft legend Yoon Yeol 'NaDa' Lee inked a deal to play for 750 million won.

"I am honored to play for a Korea professional gaming team for Koreans," Moon stated. "As setting good circumstance of playing, I will give everything to my fans and FOX team by winning lots of titles in 2009." And making lots and lots of money.

Wow. This is become professional sport. These guys might one day make more than Korean baseball players!

Warcraft restaurant opens in Beijing

Source: CCTV.com

A newly opened Beijing restaurant captures the trend. The
interior decoration of the place is inspired by one popular
online game.

The owner of the restaurant said he created the diner in the hope that people who share his enthusiasm for The World of Warcraft would find a comfortable gathering place.

The owner of the restaurant said he created the diner in the
hope that people who share his enthusiasm for The World of
Warcraft would find a comfortable gathering place.

In addition to the interior decoration, game features dominate
the menu selection. Diners choose from dishes named after
denizens of the virtual world.

I don't know much about Warcraft. I did hear that the government restricts parts of the game, like zombies and undead. Is that true?

Happy Birthday Hello Kitty!

Source: Crave

Believe it or not, Kitty White (aka Hello Kitty), has been aging along with the rest of us, and Saturday marks her 34th birthday. Judging from her look, however, it seems the alternately much-loved and much-reviled feline icon hasn't really grown up much and is still an appropriate representation of childlike cuteness.

To help celebrate this occasion, Sanrio Digital has organized a week-long in-game celebration in the Hello Kitty Online massively multiplayer role-playing game. The event includes a series of quests and events, including an in-game guild contest that lets players convert online efforts into real cash donations for charity.

That sounds like fun! Let's all go try this out and make a character!

http://www.hellokittyonline.com

Online divorcee jailed after killing virtual hubby

A reminder that the virtual world is played by real people who have real feelings.

Wow! How'd she get all the info?

Source: Yahoo