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Gaming in Japan

Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009

I just had an article go up on Playdevil. There are a few lines that looking back I would edit (the one about Japan being a gaming Mecca is a little ham-fisted in retrospect) but I can’t get at it to make any changes, which in a way is quite liberating!

Here is a short excerpt…

Den Den Town, my geek filled second home.

Den Den Town, my geek filled second home.

“In the shrinking world of the Internet we now feel that if we have an interest in another countries culture we understand their habits, predilections and biases. We’ll I am here to tell you that perhaps your preconceptions about Japan and its gaming culture are wrong.

Okay, maybe not wrong, but misguided…”

Read more here…

Have a look and leave a comment!

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