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Japanese Man to Marry Nene Anegasaki – Who Happens to be an Anime Game Character

by Jay Garrett on November 26, 2009

nene-anegasakiAh…….. that feeling of finding your perfect partner.

You see them and suddenly you drift off into a different reality.

If you spend most of your time on the interweb you may even get romantically involved with someone’s avatar before you actually get to see each other for real….

….or perhaps you fall in love with a virtual girlfriend.

I mean – *really* in love to the point of marriage!

Konami’s Love Plus has apparently made a Japanese man, SAL900 (not his real name by-the-way), fall so deeply in love with his virtual girlfriend that he is planning to legally marry her.

The man flew to Guam to marry the girlfriend, Nene Anegasaki.

I wonder if a virtual wife is still entitled to half the house, car, and music collection?

Here’s a video of the event:

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Clockman – Wake up and be Freaked Out

by Jay Garrett on November 16, 2009

clockmanPersonally I’d prefer not to start the day being freaked out.

But – if you’re different, why not wake up to Clockman?

Clockman is a new model from Japanese toy-maker Takara Tomy.

This clock thing can speak, its eyes and mouth can move and more oddly has a “blood type”!

There are four different versions of the clock, and each of them works differently.

The Clockman with blood type A, for example, is the polite type. He wakes you up by saying “It’s time to wake up. Please wake up.”, while the one with blood type 0 will try to get you going in snooze mode by shouting “Fight! Make an effort! Stand up! Fight!” (in Japanese).

The 80×83×80mm oddity that is Clockmane can speak 300 pre-installed sentences. Errrr….. nice.

The Clockman will hit Japanese stores November 19.

It’s available for pre-order at the Japan Trend Shop for everyone living outside Japan (price: $57).

Why not give the gift of nightmares this Christmas? :p

Watch the video (in English) below to see the Clockman in action.

~Shudder~

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Get Hobo Chic and Help the Homeless – Cardboard Looking Home Duvet Set

October 28, 2009 Click to read more →
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This is a cool idea.
Make your bed resemble a series of cardboard boxes (even the flatsheet looks like a pavement) with the added bonus of actually doing a bit of good so that you can sleep a little easier.
This high quality duvet cover features a photographic print of a cardboard box. This produces an extremely [...]

B&F Qlocktwo Price Drop – NEWSFLASH!

August 21, 2009 Click to read more →
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Well, I only posted about this funky timepiece yesterday and now the price has been dropped quite considerably.
I’ve also noticed that you can buy different front panels for the Qlocktwo so if you redecorate or just fancy a change you can purchase a Qolor for €95.00 EUR.
Here’s the news item that appeared on the Biegert [...]