My Japanese travel is over. As I have mentioned before, I did not manage to go to Tokyo Game Show this year, but reading various coverages over the internet I get the impression I shouldn't be too worried about that.
Surprisingly, there are not many game-related information that I am bringing from Japan this time. I had very aggressive visiting schedule and a lot of meetings with old friends, and hence not much time for slipping into game shops and parlors. The highlights of my trip include chilling in New York Bar at the top of Shinjuku Park Tower, the bar in which "Lost in Translation" movie was filmed, as well as visiting Gunkanjima, the so-called Battleship Island:
You can read more about this spectacular place on Wikipedia and Cabinet magazine, as well as on Shibuya 246. Interesting observations and photos can also be found here, here, here and here. But why do I even bring it up here? Is it a blog on games or on my personal travels? Well, first of all, this is related to Japan (notice the blog subtitle) and secondly...
When I was visiting the island, I was thinking that it would make a great Unreal Tournament map, had I some better modding skills. I also asked myself how is this even possible that it has not yet been used in a game, but it turns out it was! Gunkanjima has starred in a game, namely famous killer7 and you can see it in this Youtube video.
...so now you see, I just had to bring it here.
Surprisingly, there are not many game-related information that I am bringing from Japan this time. I had very aggressive visiting schedule and a lot of meetings with old friends, and hence not much time for slipping into game shops and parlors. The highlights of my trip include chilling in New York Bar at the top of Shinjuku Park Tower, the bar in which "Lost in Translation" movie was filmed, as well as visiting Gunkanjima, the so-called Battleship Island:
You can read more about this spectacular place on Wikipedia and Cabinet magazine, as well as on Shibuya 246. Interesting observations and photos can also be found here, here, here and here. But why do I even bring it up here? Is it a blog on games or on my personal travels? Well, first of all, this is related to Japan (notice the blog subtitle) and secondly...
When I was visiting the island, I was thinking that it would make a great Unreal Tournament map, had I some better modding skills. I also asked myself how is this even possible that it has not yet been used in a game, but it turns out it was! Gunkanjima has starred in a game, namely famous killer7 and you can see it in this Youtube video.
...so now you see, I just had to bring it here.
