Travis Bickle the action figure.
A 1/6 scale figure going for 39,900 yen.
PSP’s Untold Legends: The Warrior’s Code
From accounts I’ve read, the first game’s legends were untold because they were repetitive and generic but the sequel looks interesting.
Clocky.
Wake up to play hide and seek with your clock the first thing each morning. Winner of an Ig Nobel award.
MMOGing in Japan.
“Everyone, once assembled, bowed with their avatar, greeted one another and stated ‘yoroshiku onegaishimasu’ … Then we’d head out, level for several hours, the leader would thank us for our time, we’d disband, and head home for the night.” In contrast, a Guild Wars pick-up group might be considered remarkably polite if no one described a fellow party member as a retard.