Playtime for Japanese adults.
“While the toy market as a whole is stagnant at best, the segment aimed at the more mature is growing at 10% to 20% annually and already worth $430 million a year.”

Hope springs eternal.

Richmal Crompton’s More William.
Some of the writing is timeless (“William was frankly bored. School always bored him. He disliked facts, and he disliked being tied down to detail, and he disliked answering questions. As a politician a great future would have lain before him …”) while some of it is not (“‘Oh, ‘ell!” he ejaculated, with a slightly self-conscious air …”) but it’s still hilarious.

Editor’s notes for “Sweet Child O’ Mine.”
“… frankly, if it should ever hit the street in its current form, the song would be a colossal failure.”

A Busou Shinki fairy tale.
A Red Riding Hood parody by hiroking7800 using screenshots taken with Konami’s Diorama Studio. This could be taken to the next level by exporting the screenshots into a program like Planetwide Media’s Comic Book Creator.

Guild Wars Nightfall concept art. [via]
See also: ArenaNet artists’ sketch blog.

Mind Your Language.
YouTube has several videos including parts 1 and 2 of episode 10, and the opening and closing credits.