Keita Takahashi, the mad genius (he's at least one of those things all the time) behind Katamari Damacy and Noby Noby Boy left Namco Bandai some time ago, apparently bored with game development. Rumor was that he had left to design playgrounds for children, which is as noble a goal as you can have, really.
A Blogger site for his newly created company has popped up. In keeping with his trend of being delightfully strange, the company is called "Uvula." The mission statement? "I want to continue fun activities and help somebody with fun people of the world along with my wife who is a composer." Awesome.
It also seems as though Takahashi isn't quite done with videogames just yet, as the "About Us" section of the site lists them as one of the primary products which will be created by Uvula. Here's hoping for more wonderous and strange creations from the pair.
Uvula [Uvula via CVG]
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5:00 AM on 10.04.2010 | 
If they had a name like ONERB it may bring more pleasant, destructoid-esque connotations.
Vulva.
Well, most of the time.
Boring.
Needs moar female genetalia.
Also, a better name for his company would have been mons pubis. Too late, I trademarked it. Take that Takahashisan, shove that down your mouth pipe!
hah! I knew I had heard the name before but I didn't remember where. My english glossary of anatomy is still a bit rusty.
At any rate, I'm happy to hear the guy is still keeping himself going and working on interesting doodads and thingamabobs.
Yep, people are infantile. Even when they find out what it is, you still get "Ha ha, dangly parts."
I'm pretty see no one said it's a vulva, merely that it sounds like vulva. Go bore some other website.
Also, I am excite. I've been burning through the Katamari games. Fucking insane, but a good kind of insane.
It's true.