May 25, 2009Home :: Weekly Briefs
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)
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The former South Korean President has committed suicide that has been assumed to be caused by his corruption charges. (Washington Post)
- 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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