A tribute to the Micronauts. [via]

Street gaming: PSP-style. [via]
Scene I’d like to see: the gamers run over while being completely engrossed in Wipeout Pure.

Malware as game design inspiration.
“Infected will certainly be ‘socially communicable’ in that victorious players can wirelessly invade their opponents’ PSP systems and spread their unique virus literally around the world … This type of compelling game play is further enhanced by allowing players to check their ranking against other players, as well as see just how far their virus has spread.” For a follow-up game, the developers ought to create a PSP game in which the object is to overwhelm their fellow gamers with messages about Nigerian business propositions and penis-enhancement products.

Takara’s majority shareholder, Konami, sells off shares.
Konami cited Takara’s poor performance as being a millstone round its neck. But when you get to down to it Konami didn’t need Takara to produce toys for its IPs and Takara didn’t need Konami’s boardroom-level pressure and second-guessing. Anyway, Konami’s stake in Takara was bought by mobile phone content distributor Index Corp. so there shouldn’t be any problems capital-wise for the toyco. But what does this mean for Takara in terms of future direction? Will Takara maintain its focus on its core toy business or will the Index Corp. tie-up mean Takara is going to diversify to become a total life entertainment business the way the previous CEO intended?

Fan-made Disk Animal-inspired mobile armour. [via]

Six-string oni.
Todoroki ought to be making his appearance on the show soon. I can’t wait to see how the creative team pull off his guitar-powered final attack.

Microman Road Force vehicles.

Mugenbuilder fan modes.
Mugenpolice, Mugenfire and Mugenbuilder combos (1, 2, 3) are over a foot tall.

Spyware is no solution for bad marital relations.
Suspicious spouses used to rely on private eyes; keyloggers are the modern equivalent.

Justice League Unlimited 204 and 205 torrents.
The Suicide Squad episode was terrific.

Promoting better ties by co-producing … soap operas.

Batman Begins Microman. [via]
The Knight version looks fantastic.

PSP gutted. [via]

Sh15uya Face 02 fansub released.
It’s heavy on mystery, atmosphere, style and street culture but disappointingly low on substance. The director, Tazaki Ryuta, also worked on Kamen Rider 555 so this probably shouldn’t come as a surprise.

So I married an otaku. [via]
“He never failed to get up at 7:30 on Sunday mornings to watch a cult ’70s anime rerun on TV and seriously considered dressing up as Kamen Raidaa (The Masked Rider) for his wedding until his mother wept and begged him not to.”

Female comic characters don’t fare well. [via]
It’s difficult to see this as anything other than a damning indictment of a male-dominated industry.

Indy.TV: streaming independent music. [via]
A collaborative filter streams music according to your preferences. There’s a suggestion that it may contain spyware but the FAQ claims this is a false positive.