Anime director Hayao Miyazaki visited the Ghibli Museum in west Tokyo, much to the delight of the staff. He sat in front of the cafe and sketched the sign, adorning it with little characters.
Miyazaki visits the Ghibli Museum in Tokyo and draws some cute characters
Call of Cthulhu is bigger than D&D in Japan
Here's an amazing fact. More Japanese-language copies of Chaosium's classic horror RPG, Call of Cthulhu, are sold than all other languages combined. CoC is far more likely to be the gateway RPG for new gamers in Japan than Dungeons & Dragons. Call of Cthulhu was first translated into Japanese by publisher Hobby Japan, which localised… READ THE REST
Scooter rider evades police in Japan
These police officers were very polite to a scooter driver who committed an infraction that caught their attention. "Driver, please stop on the left side of the road," they announced through the patrol car loudspeaker. "Thank you very much." The driver pretended to do as instructed but had a trick up their sleeve. READ THE REST
A popular service in Japan lets you rent-a-person to just sort of be there with you, and do nothing else
From the Japanese daily newspaper The Mainichi: Shoji Morimoto has been advertising himself as a person who can "eat and drink, and give simple feedback, but do nothing more," since June 2018, and has received over 3,000 requests. He has about 270,000 followers on Twitter. Initially he had offered his "rent-a-person who does nothing" services… READ THE REST
These five password managers will not only protect you online, they're also on sale
If there's one thing chief executives from George Washington and Thomas Jefferson down to Richard Nixon, Barack Obama, and Donald Trump could agree on, it's that the need for top-notch security and protection can't be underestimated. That's a very silly way of letting you know that this Presidents' Day, you can tighten up on your… READ THE REST
These 15 Lightning cables are a big step up from that generic Apple cord
Have you ever shattered a piece of licorice? No, really…candy can shatter. If a Red Vine has become old and stale, it will literally explode into a thousand tiny red shards if you smack it against a hard surface. And that's practically all it takes to make a standard-issue Apple Lightning cable explode as well.… READ THE REST
This massive 17-course collection can help you master Unity, the world's most popular game engine
If you want to learn how to create video games, either for mobile or on a PC, the perfect place to start learning is through Unity game development. And, you definitely won't be the first to take that route. In fact, over half of all mobile games running today originally started from development in Unity,… READ THE REST