Weekly Briefs

• Nintendo has given the Queen, a gold-plated Wii and their new upcoming game: Big Family Games as a gift in an effort to get on her Queen’s good side and probably as a clever marketing ploy. (Gizmodo)

• Hayao Miyazaki, director of famous animated films like Spirited Away, My Neighbour Totoro, and Ponyo on a Cliff will be receiving a lifetime achievement honours from the University of California! (Boiled Egg via AnimeNation)

• Not as extravagant as throwing a paper plane from space, but still quite an amazing feat. Takuo Toda, a Japanese engineer has set the world record for the longest paper-airplane flight at 27.9 seconds! (Telegraph)

• Japanese researchers and manufacturers has built a robot named KOBIAN that is able to uses its face and entire body to express a wide range of emotions. (Pink Tentacle)

• Metal Gear Solid and Lego enthusiast may now enjoy both pastime at the same time with Vinyl Metal Gear Solid figurines that comes at a hefty $243… (Hellforge)

• Students in rural Japan are to be trained as marksmen/women to hunt wild deers, boars and monkeys to try and reduce road accidents and other issues caused by wild animals. (Times Online)

• Trailer for new movie called ‘Gamer‘ shows potential.

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