Video: How I Survived a Japanese Gameshow
05 Jul
Posted by Stephen as Cool Videos, Games, Humour, Miscellaneous
So today I’m just making final preparations for a BBQ with my family and friends. In the meantime, I was recently introduced by this strange new show on ABC called “How I Survived a Japanese Gameshow”. The premise is that 10 American contestants are flown to Japan to compete in the “ultimate” Japanese reality game show. What’s really interesting about the show is that Japanese gameshows are known to be unique and over-the-top competitions. A lot of the events are usually strange and wacky but definitely creative (I’m surprised that North America doesn’t follow suit with these hiliarious gameshows. Anyhow, in the end, one contestant will take home $250,000 cash.
The show started airing on June 24th (every Tuesday night) and I got the chance to watch a couple of events from the first 2 episodes and I say it’s pretty funny stuff. Take a look at the preview clip below:
When I watch this I’m definitely reminded of the “Most Extreme Elimination Challenge” or “MXC” on Spike TV. I’m sure these shows must be popular in Japan since they seem to be commonplace…perhaps American networks are taking notice and hoping the popularity will carryover across the ocean? I guess only time will tell.
-Stephen
So today I have the day off since it’s Independence Day in the U.S. and I work for an American company. Anyhow, as I was surfing on the net, I saw these really neat looking Nintendo DS styluses in the form of Lightsabers! Apparently they are official Nintendo licensed products in conjunction with Star Wars. They either come in a three-pack of plastic styluses or a two pack where the styluses light up!
These definitely would be cool gift for those Star Wars fanatics. Now if only there was a decent Star Wars game on the Nintendo DS and then we’re all set!
-Stephen
I don’t know about you, but I think the new James Bond movies starring Daniel Craig are actually pretty good and has gotten me interested in watching them. The newest Bond film (which would be the 22nd title in the Bond series) entitled, Quantam of Solace, looks like it happens directly after events of the last movie, Casino Royal. For those of you who haven’t watched the last film, I won’t spoil it for you, but basically the “new” Bond looks to be out for revenge and is going against his superiors (namely his boss “M”). Anyhow, here is a short teaser clip of the movie:
I think sudden “resets” of established franchises like James Bond and Batman, the characters seemed to be edgier, darker and more believable as the flawed anti-hero (as opposed to boyscouts like Superman). Anyhow, until November 7th, I guess I’ll have to watch the previous 21 Bond films to tide me over…lol.
-Stephen
Since I was young, I was pretty skeptical about a lot of Chinese superstitions and phenomenons because they either didn’t work or didn’t make much sense. I found that many of these mystical powers/abilities played on people’s beliefs and fears and thus deceiving them into thinking it’s miraculous. However, I’ve seen some phenomenon that neither I or even science can explain. One example is the ability of “Chi Gong”, or rather the ability to harness one inner energy (chi) to do many extraordinary feats. Check out this video:
I’ve also seen other miraculous feats of strength, speed and agility when it comes to utilizing chi and meditating. Perhaps it’s not too farfetched that ancient Chinese people could supposedly fly through the air and shoot fireballs….or maybe not…lol.
-Stephen
First off, for all those Canadians out there, Happy Canada Day! Hopefully the weather is nice today so I can go play some softball and maybe watch some fireworks. Also, it was recently announced by Harmonix that Rockband 2 will be coming for the XBox 360 in September and on the PS3 later on in the year. Apparently, the game will allow cross downloading of downloadable content (DLC), which means that the songs you’ve purchased on Rockband 1 can be played on Rockband 2 and the starting music list may reach 300 titles. As far is Harmonix is concerned, they don’t see any difference between downloadable content. The songs will feature master recordings on disc (better sound quality) and an overall improvement in online play.
Also, Rockband 2 will boast new instruments which are supposedly more quieter, more realistic and more reliable than the original set. But for those of us with the original instruments, they will still work for the new game. I think this feature alone will make fans want to stick with Rockband rather than switch over to other games like Konami’s Band Revolution or Activision’s Guitar Hero IV. I’m sure many gamers have already spent well over $200+ on plastic instruments, I’m sure they don’t wish to shell out even more so.
-Stephen
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