08.07.08
MSG4 Snake as a girl?
One of the perks of the summer for the Japanese is ‘horror stories’. The shivering that occurs from such stories are supposed to be a cure of sorts for the unbearable heat outside (80% or so of humidity plus the temperatures of around 35C). Hence one sees a lot of horror related games being released during this time. One so-called game titled 「手紙」 (”Tegami”: Letter) and its origins have resurfaced and are making the rounds again this summer. Scroll right to the bottom of this page and you can see the alleged screenshots (apparently Niko Niko Douga has parts of the game on display). This game is on the Super Famicom platform (coming under the genre of ’sound novels’) and seem to have a string of negativeness attached to it – the guy who made it committed suicide, and anyone who has ever played it disappaears or dies. A bit like The Ring really. I’d imagine it’s the game version of an urban legend, where no matter how much digging you do, you’re not going to be able to find what the origin of it all was.
Personally I don’t do make-ups – they’re bad for the skin, they’re incredibly oily at times and your whole face feels heavy from having some on (the bad side-effect of this is, that at 28, apparently I don’t look 18). But for a lot of the female population on this planet, make-up is something that is essential to everyday life apparently. Shiseido, the famous Japanese brand (that does fantastic moisturisers by the way) and Sega have teamed up on this occasion to produce an instructive software for the DS titled 「資生堂ビューティーソリューション開発センター監修 プロジェクト ビューティー」 (”Shiseido Beauty Solution Development Centre directing Project Beauty”). With the software costing £29 comes a DS ’scanner’ that remembers the contours of your face. The whole point of this is that it can instruct you in the best way to apply make-up to each individual. A pretty good idea, I think, especially for teenagers – teach them while they’re young!
FF soundtrack fans, note that Uematsu has released a new album on the 6th (”FF Remix”) for £12. The songs in this compilation are listed here. Apparently also available on iTunes Store, although for those without a Japanese account may have to go through the rather arduous process to find them.
Metal Gear Solid 4 related news now:
1) Konami has announced 3 passwords (for once you’ve cleared the game) to get hold of certain items, as seen here.
2) Figumate and Konami have teamed up to produce these rather cutesy dolls (all not exceeding 7cm, out 11th Dec from Konami Style) of the characters from the game. Snake is the second one from left, unbelievably. Figumate is a company that excels at making things cute, but poor Snake!