nintendogs!

A bit late in catching on to this but, checkout the next level in virtual pets... Nintendogs! Already a big hit in America and Japan, where 1.5 million copies have been sold, Nintendogs has become a cultural phenomenon played by adults and children alike.

Checkout vids of the cute buggers here... your kids will want one, hell, you'll want one!

mini motion watch

The new mini motion watch designed by Yves Béhar for the mini collection... the display flips and it's in LCD... the Samsonite carpack looks nifty too... did i jus say nifty? Dude, the 80's called and they said want their lingo back...

biff

If you got time to kill, checkout BIFF. BIFF was a cult comic strip that ran in the Guardian from 1985 – 2005...

Arguably the Guardian’s funniest comic strip, BIFF has managed to poke fun at academics, novelists, philosophers and just about anybody - from politicians to beardy vegetarians for nigh on 25 years. Funny schtuff...

hifana +cuz

Wicked video from japanese breakbeat unit Hifana, directed by +cruz, arguably one of the coolest creatives in wk tokyo... and an interesting +cruz interview by pingmag...be sure to checkout this link to his talk at UCLA...

Wamono!

loh tsui kweh

One of the best hokkien music videos we've seen... by the Taiwanese indie band Loh Tsui Kweh...

For more info bout the band check their website...

ps. In case you gaijins don't get the video, it's a satire on Taiwan's supposedly 'Buddhist' culture, go ask your asian friends...

kakurenbo

Anime heads... this one looks cool... I especially like the Nepali mask inspired onis... checkit...

Info from the website:
There is a street in a dark, desolated, and chaotic town. When the street lamps are lit, you will see the world that only kids can enter and play.

The kids know about "The Otokoyo", a game with different figures called Oni(Devils) and a game called "Kakurenbo". When the kids play "Kakurenbo", they disappear one-by-one into the alley between the buildings.

Hikora is a boy who joins the game to try and find his missing sister, and his friend Yaimao goes with him. They are joined by Noshiga, Tachiji, and Suku who enter the game to try and know the truth about the devilish figures of Oni. They encounter the twins Inmu and Yanku, and a girl who plays alone.

On a given signal, the game of "Kakurenbo" begins and four different figures of Oni confront the kids.

The kids wanted to know about the game, their town, and the world. As they play the game, a completely different truth is revealed.

wakusei daikaiju negadon!

Ruffly translated into... Negadon - Monster from Mars!

Kaiju fans, heads up!... Negadon is an anime film directed by Jun Awazu from his original script and rendered in staggeringly realistic, film noir computer graphic style... credited as the world's first completely computer generated monster movie, Negadon pays homage to a wide variety of 1950's and 60's Japanese monster movies such as Godzilla and Mothra... Negadon has won the Outstanding Production Award at the 20th Digital Contents Grand Prix and has been named a Jury Recommended Work at the 2005 Japan Media Arts Festival... check the website here...

warren du preez/nick thornton jones x mekanism skateboards

Who woulda thunk?... Warren du Preez/Nick Thornton Jones goin street... check the boards and tshirt here... take a look at the John Maeda board too while you're there...