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Man Arrested For Reselling 200 Consoles That Were Set For Delivery!
With games consoles in such short supply at the moment, it’s not surprising to see that they have quite a significant value above their supposed MSRP. With Christmas approaching fast, however, many consumers are absolutely desperate to find a PS5, Xbox Series X/S, a Nintendo Switch. Hell, anything! – It…
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Sega Releases Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Trailers
Tokyo 2020 Olympics I must admit that I have always found video games based on the Olympic Games to be guilty pleasures of mine. Admittedly, I perhaps preferred the straight-up old days of button mashing leading to gold medals, but even then with an Olympics due next year and Sega…
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Nintendo Successfully Sues Japanese ‘Mario Kart’ Themed Tour
Nintendo Successfully Sues Japanese ‘Mario Kart’ Themed Tour Japan is a pretty amazing country. As a tourist, their major cities are well geared towards showing you the sights and attractions. It seems, however, that one such firm might have taken it a little too far. So far, in fact, that…
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Worlds Biggest Nuclear Power Plant Given The OK To Switch On
World Biggest Nuclear Power Plant Generating power for the future is definitely a serious matter. It, therefore, might surprise you that the world biggest power plant has, since it’s completion nearly 7 years ago, still not been turned on. The plant, however, located in Kashiwazaki-kaniwa in Japan has finally been given the…
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Tokyo Event Reveals Nintendo Switch Details
The Nintendo Switch has finally been unveiled. After an official presentation event by the Japanese company, we now know almost everything about the new home/portable hybrid console, including its release date, price, some more hardware specs, and forthcoming games. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyFCm0_UKjI Release date and price The Nintendo Switch is hitting stores…
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Kojima Reveals Death Stranding Details
Following his exodus from Konami, gaming auteur Hideo Kojima unveiled his new project at E3 2016 earlier this year – the mysterious Death Stranding, starring former Silent Hills collaborator Norman Reedus – with a rather abstract teaser, which withheld any information pertaining to what the game is or what it…
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Sky Mile Tower Aims To Reinvent The Skyscraper
The evolution of the humble skyscraper has been nothing short of amazing over the last half a century, from the US and its range of towering buildings that have included the “Trump international Tower” which stands at an eye- watering 423 metres tall (1,389ft) to the current king which is…
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Tokyo Police to Launch Anti-Drone Drone Squad
Many countries are beginning to come up with their own answer to drones being used dangerously or criminally. Now Japan has moved to restrict the usage of personal drones too, following an episode where a drone carrying a small amount of radioactive materials managed to land on the office of…
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See Famous Paintings as Raw Data
Now we all know how much effort can go into a painting by a person, but exactly how much goes into a painting by a computer? Japanese artist Yousuke Ozawa set out to demonstrate that by creating a series of artwork that showcases some of history’s most famous pieces in raw data. Yes,…
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First Robot Olympics To be Hosted by Tokyo in 2020
Japan has high hopes of bringing a new type of Olympics in 2020, alongside the actual summer games. Shimzo Abe, Japan’s Prime Minister, said that he hopes to bring the world’s first Robot Olympics, having discussed the creation of ‘robotic revolution’. He apparently wants to gather all robots around the…
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Android News Casters Hitting the Scene in Japan
Japan recently facilitated the ‘Andriod: What is Human?’ exhibition which brought to the table some exciting new advancements in lifelike technology. In the future, it is quite possible we’ll be read the news by Android robots closely resembling those pictured above. Not only do these ‘robots’ provide a pretty face, they…
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Levitating Objects With The Help Of Sound Waves
Researchers in Tokyo have put a new twist on the use of sound to suspend objects in air. They’ve used ultrasonic standing waves to trap pieces of wood, metal, and water – and even move them around. They have used sound to levitate objects in previous experiments, dating back decades.…
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Microsoft Returning To Tokyo Game Show For 2013
Microsoft are set to make a return to Tokyo in a big way, after skipping out on events for 2012 in Japanese games market they’re set to take their new toys to battle it out with Sony on yet another battle ground. Microsoft has historically had no luck in Japanese…
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Sony-backed ISP launches fastest internet connection for a home user with 2Gbps speed
So-net Entertainment, Japanese internet service provider backed by Sony, has launched their ‘Nuro’ fiber-based 2Gbps Internet surface, most likely the fastest internet connection in the world for home use. The company uses a service called Gigabit-capable Optics network (GPON) which allows 2.488 Gbps downstream. The connection started on Monday, and…
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