Why is is that American burger joints in Japan have THE coolest things? Burger King in Japan is known for their awesome promos, such ash when Windows 7 launched and the “Meat Monster” sandwich. Now, they are doing a bacon promo (’cause everything goes better and burps better with bacon) — get 15 strips of
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Want to See Famous Historical Males as Anime (Game) Babes? (Eiyuu Senki)
November 4th, 2011 
AstroNerdBoy The other day, it came to my attention that there’s this new (at least, I think it is new) game coming to Japan called The World Conquest (Eiyuu Senki). UPDATE: The website wasn’t fully online when I linked to it, but this is not only whatever kind of game it is, but it is also
A Japanese Music Video to Give You Seizures ^_^
June 3rd, 2011 AstroNerdBoy A Japanese Music Video to Give You Seizures ^_^ I talked about this song a bit in 2007, but since the blog is so much larger these days, I thought I’d share the love again, especially since I’m behind and needed a quick entry. ^_^;;; The song is Strawberry Chips ~Tanaka Chigai Mix~ by HALCALI,
Burger King Japan Has “Meat Monster” Sandwich!
April 14th, 2011 AstroNerdBoy Burger King Japan Has “Meat Monster” Sandwich! Leave it to the Japanese to have something awesomely cool like the Meat Monster (remember the Windows 7 Burger?). Basically, this is a Double Whopper with Cheese combined with a Grilled Chicken Sandwich and topped with bacon and other goodies. I’m told that in Japan, you can get
Japanese Game Arcade in the Late 70’s
July 24th, 2010 AstroNerdBoy Japanese Game Arcade in the Late 70’s Taito recently released this photo of a game arcade from the late 1970’s in Japan, just when the game Space Invaders was becoming quite popular. Ge-mu (game) NASA is the name of the place and I wish that Taito had released some photos of the inside of the
Remembering Space Invaders, Japanese Style
April 7th, 2010 AstroNerdBoy Remembering Space Invaders, Japanese Style On April 1, 2008, TAITO and Yahoo! Japan did a nifty little thing to celebrate the 30th aniversary of the game Space Invaders. TAITO sent out a message to me and some folks a few days ago touting the archived version of the Space Invaders take over of Yahoo! Japan’s
The Microsoft-Burger King Windows 7 Promo
January 26th, 2010 AstroNerdBoy The Microsoft-Burger King Windows 7 Promo This is old, but in Japan, Microsoft and Burger King did a promotional for Windows 7. *LOL* All I got to say is, “Where’s the cheese?” ^_^; Each patty is a quarter-pound (~113 grams) so you do the math. Here’s a video of someone eating this sucker. Ouch. I
Japanese Rice Fields Made Into Art — Whoa!
December 24th, 2009 AstroNerdBoy Japanese Rice Fields Made Into Art — Whoa! Who knew that one could make art out of rice fields in Japan? Obviously not I but a little while ago, Major Scott sent me some pictures of this. Apparently, this stuff has been around a few years but it was so cool, I thought I’d share
