The RoggBlog

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You see that jerkily-animated doodle of a green chicken up there? God only knows how much he cost. He was designed by a guy who used to work at au, and who presumably dashed the whole thing off perched atop the lavatory before shuffling over to his Mac, trous about ankles, to invoice the client for some unholy sum.

To make matters worse, though, Marketing presumably had a meeting powered by muffins, joss-sticks and whalesong to come up with a name.

His name is John-Pierre Cock Cocco.

It’s from the site’s TLD. See? jp… Jean-Pierre.

I can’t feel my legs.

In a moment of frenzied introspection - well, I say moment, but it’s been going on for the last month or so - I sat down and tried to work out what I’m doing and where I’m going. (more…)

This from Famitsu: Paperman, Cykan’s new first paper-person shooter, went into open beta on Wednesday. I can’t wait to get my hands on this one, I’m enjoying the concious rejection of higher-realism environments that put your PC through the electronic equivalent of a massive coronary. (more…)

Ha. Was flicking through Memoirs of a Gaijin when I found a reference to a comment I left on YongFook a while ago about an idea for a game. (more…)

Large — and by implication conservative — Japanese companies can exhibit a resistance to change that makes some of the major religions look flighty by comparison. That young Turk Toshi may have a good plan, but without rolling up his sleeves and putting in a bit of nemawashi (根回し), it’s doomed. (more…)