Comment: Re:The fascination with "social media" needs to en (Score 2) 116
Yes, text messaging in Japan is fragmented. Its often impossible to text between carriers and my Japanese carrier offered no capability to send or receive texts overseas.
When the earthquake hit power and phone service became largely unusable pretty quickly (somewhere between Tokyo and the quake). However, I was able to send a facebook post from my Japanese style smartphone that hit a fair number of my friends and family telling them we were OK before everything went down. I rarely used it for day to day stuff since it wasn't all that useable, but for this application is was perfect.
Comment: Re:Price fixing by camera makers push me there. (Score 1) 280
Shinjuku
Comment: Re:Price fixing by camera makers push me there. (Score 1) 280
Not to mention the Yodobashi camera store (more of a complex really) in Shinkjuko will blow your mind.
Comment: Re:Blackouts didn't happen (Score 1) 286
Yeah, the word is: here maybe 4PM.
Here in Tochigi it was strong, but not frightening. My first time under a table! Lots of stone walls fallen over in my neighborhood.
According to wife, supermarkets are rather bare today.
Comment: Re:Will this really reduce power usage? (Score 1) 286
My neighbour got SMS text messages from the heart of the disaster zone yesterday. Phone calls impossible.
Comment: Blackouts didn't happen (Score 1) 286
Here in Tochigi just north of Tokyo and south of Fukushima (where the reactors are) the blackouts have been cancelled (or perhaps postponed).
cheers, david
cheers, david
Bethesda Unveils New Co-op Dungeon Crawler 218
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from the new-and-shiny dept.
from the new-and-shiny dept.
Bethesda Softworks took advantage of the recent Game Developers Conference to take the wraps off a new game called Hunted: The Demon's Forge that they're partnering with development studio inXile to create. It's planned for the PC, Xbox 360, and PS3, though no release window has been set. It's a third-person action game with a swords & sorcery setting, and it features two heroes as they fight their way through monster-filled dungeons. The game is designed such that two users can play together online (no split-screen), each controlling one of the heroes. ShackNews summed it up thus: "From what I saw, Hunted rolled up ideas from a number of different games to create its modern reinterpretation of the dungeon crawl. There was the raw action appeal of wading through waves of goblins, spiders, and related denizens. The skill system and weapon upgrades bring in the character development side from a role playing game. And the co-op design with its warrior and archer dynamic introduces the reward of playing together like an MMO."