They say that every six minutes, somewhere around the world, a new videogame teaser site is born. Here's Sony with the latest, promoting a new mystery game with a very weird page indeed. It's mostly black, aside from white Japanese symbols in the center and an odd pixel face in the bottom right corner.
The more you click on the face, the more its little mouth opens. Once it's reached full capacity, the site will scream at you in a shrill, somewhat alarming manner. You'll then be taken to this Japanese site for reasons unknown. It's been noted by some that "3D" is in the URL, which is being taken as a possible hint that Sony's got a three-dimensional game announcement coming.
The "3" and "D" are also part of the page's screaming face.
Whatever this all means, we shall certainly find out in due course, possibly at the Tokyo Game Show. In the meantime, please feel free to play detective and see if you can find out anything else. It's a slow day, you've got nothing else to do.
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4:20 PM on 09.10.2009
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1 = Japanese Wikipedia page for "yuusha" (meaning "hero"); Holy Invasion is called Yuusha no Kuse ni Namaiki Da in Japanese.
2 = Firm that manufactures pickaxes.
3 = Weblio page on "Mao"; don't know the game's translation, but "Dark Lord" sort of thing.
4 = Moss picture dictionary.
5 = Page about mutation.
6 = Bryological Society of Japan.
7 = Etymology of "namaiki" (which means "cheeky"); part of the game's Japanese title.
8 = Explanation of Sumaki Kamaboko (a type of food); "sumaki" relates to rolling someone up in something, and apparently that's what the heroes do in the game.
9 = A food chain simulation.
10 = "The world of wild mushrooms".
11 = "The life of slime moulds".
12 = A guide to a place called Tsuruhashi (a pun on the "tsuruhuashi" that means "pickaxe", I suppose).
13 = A bar called "Lilith".
14 = An Italian restaurant called La Gajigaji; I think "gajigaji" must be the Japanese onomatopoeia for digging/chiselling.
15 = Wikipedia entry for "pickaxe".
16 = Wikipedia entry for "dungeon".
17 = Wikipedia entry for "Lilith".
18 = Wikipedia entry for "dragon".
19 = Wikipedia entry for "moat" (which is written with the character for "dig" in Japanese)
Well, it kept me entertained for ten minutes. ;)
Incidentally, Jim didn't click often enough to reveal all of the characters in the image above. It's a date, September 17th, plus the characters for "reveal".
Also, I checked "gajigaji" again. When you run a google image search for gajigaji in hiragana, it brings up lots of cute pictures of animals gnawing/chewing on things. Not sure how that would relate to the game, though.
Fuck yes Vib Ribbon and its spin-offs.
its just just not right.
takes money to run.
leaving no money for fun.
It means September 17th, something will be opened.