Bad Communication

We wish Andrew a happy birthday and bring you some of the more interesting news stories from this past week.  We’ve got a story about NTT Docomo’s new real time translation service, more radioactive radium found in Tokyo, our wishes for a speedy recovery for the Emperor, yet another Chinese fishing boat captain arrested and a long chat about the future of gaming.  We had a great time and hope you do too!

We wish Andrew a happy birthday and bring you some of the more interesting news stories from this past week.  We’ve got a story about NTT Docomo’s new real time translation service, more radioactive radium found in Tokyo, our wishes for a speedy recovery for the Emperor, yet another Chinese fishing boat captain arrested and a long chat about the future of gaming.  We had a great time and hope you do too!

• Top of the Show
• HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANDREW!
• 2.5 Oyaji
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2D5pl-Bzlo
• The Labyrinth (a Japanese study resource)
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1FyLa7P_98&feature=channel_video_title
• This is our labyrinth project, a series of interactive video threads for learning Japanese. Gengonotabi on Youtube began this project and is expanding it collabing with other youtubers who also can do Japanese. For each video you listen to 1 spoken Japanese phrase, and you decide if you understand it or don’t and if you don’t you proceed to learn the phrase listening to the phrase repeatedly and seeing the definition.
• NTT Docomo’s Real Time Translation Service [Japan Probe]
• http://www.japanprobe.com/2011/11/04/ntt-docomos-real-time-translation-service/
• More Radioactive Radium Found in Tokyo [Japan Probe]
• http://www.japanprobe.com/2011/11/03/more-radioactive-radium-found-in-tokyo-not-from-fukushima/
• Emperor has Bronchitis [Japan Times]
• http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20111107a4.html
• Chinese Boat Captain Arrested [Yahoo]
• http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111107/ap_on_re_as/as_japan_china_boat
• Nintendo in Tough Times [Brisbane Times]
• http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/digital-life/games/nintendo-in-crisis-death-by-iphone-20111107-1n2nn.html
• Track Pick: “Fly Over” by Taka
• http://wacca.fm/m/7940

With guest host Alex Kobayashi on the show, we spend the first half talking about the inevitable zombie apocalypse and how we think we’d fare in the fine country of Japan when it goes down.  We also get to some news out of the Tokyo Game Show and get a first hand account from Alexa of some of the products that we’ll see on the market in the near future.  Thanks to everyone who came out to watch the live show.  It was that much better because you guys could be there!

With guest host Alex Kobayashi on the show, we spend the first half talking about the inevitable zombie apocalypse and how we think we’d fare in the fine country of Japan when it goes down.  We also get to some news out of the Tokyo Game Show and get a first hand account from Alexa of some of the products that we’ll see on the market in the near future.  Thanks to everyone who came out to watch the live show.  It was that much better because you guys could be there!

• Alex Kobayashi
• http://youtube.com/subtokyo
• http://subtokyo.blogspot.com/
• Zombie Apocalypse
• http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=11271
• Sony PSV Hits Japan December 17th, 3G Service from Docomo [Engadget]
• http://www.engadget.com/2011/09/14/sony-playstation-vita-debuts-in-japan-on-december-17th-partneri/
• http://dt.business.nifty.com/articles/6539.html
• http://thisismynext.com/2011/09/16/playstation-vita-external-battery-peripheral-confirmed-sony/
• http://kotaku.com/5841288/ps-vita-draws-crowds-at-the-tokyo-game-show
• Nintendo’s Ugly 3DS Circle Pad Add-on Priced and Dated [Kotaku]
• http://kotaku.com/5839599/nintendos-ugly-3ds-circle-pad-add+on-priced-and-dated
• Show Notes
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