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  • Zokei Quest

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    Talk about a cool way to get potential students interested in your university: Zokei Quest, a faux 16-bit tour of the Zokei University campus in Tokyo, done in the style of an RPG. Via Offworld.

  • Arcade Mania in French!

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    Those copies of Arcade Mania in the photo above are indeed en français, and it’s truly exciting to see that the French edition of the book is now back from the printers. The book — with a slightly changed title of Japan Arcade Mania — is published in France by Pix’N Love Editions, and although…

  • The Death of Mario

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    I definitely need to catch this: “The Death of Mario,” an exhibition from artist Koshi Kawachi that tries to capture aspects from the Mario series. It runs at the Lower Akihabara gallery until June 26. Via Offworld.

  • Freshness Burger Jumps for Mario

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    Spotted at the Freshness Burger near the KDa office in Ebisu.

  • Noiz2sa

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    I’ve been meaning to mention it for a while, but a second Kenta Cho shooter is now available for iPhone in the form of Noiz2sa. To be honest, I don’t like it as much as rRootage, but it’s still good fun. For those of you who don’t know, Kenta Cho is an acclaimed independent developer…

  • Muscle March

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    The game every Wii owner has been waiting for: Muscle March, out May 26 as a WiiWare title. Via Offworld.

  • My Famicase Exhibition

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    The very cool retro game shop Meteor in Kichijoji is again hosting an exhibition of dreamed-up cases for Nintendo’s original Famicom (NES) console, “My Famicase Exhibition.” It runs until May 31, but all cases have also been posted on the event’s site.

  • Trailer for PixelJunk 1-4

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    I am officially excited: Kyoto-based Q Games has just released the first trailer for its still unnamed next release in its terrific PixelJunk collection of downloadable games for the PlayStation 3.

  • Get Dirk Drunk

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    My friend Mark has just released another iPhone app — I posted about his Prescription for Sleep a while back — this time an absolutely silly game called Get Dirk Drunk. I think the trailer will pretty much explain everything you need to know.

  • Second Life and the Future of the Music Industry

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    Next week catch an exhibition organized by JJ Aucouturier and the cybermedia class at Temple University entitled “Second Life and the Future of the Music Industry,” at the Design Festa Gallery in Harajuku (April 10-12). Aucouturier explains: The music industry is in crisis — you’ve heard the news. But in the virtual world of Second…