Archive for the 'Video Games' Category

DS Game for Learning Kanji: 200万人の漢検

Today’s Nintendo DS kanji learning game review is for:
200万人の漢検
200 Man nin no Kanken
Kanji Test Practice for 2,000,000 People

About the Kanken
The Kanken (漢検) is a test designed for native Japanese speakers, but every year more and more Japanese learners give the test a go. There are ten levels (1 and 2 both have a pre-level [...]

Nintendo DS to Learn Japanese

About a year ago I bought a Nintendo DS and a few kanji training ‘games’ from Japan. I was immediately impressed and decided to add several to our store’s line up. In the next few posts (sequential unless something else tickles my fancy), I would like to do a few spotlight reviews for [...]

Eternal Sonata for Xbox 360

No, this isn’t a game based on Yon-sama’s 冬のソナタ Winter Sonata.
Good news. This game for the Xbox 360 lets you switch between JAPANESE AND ENGLISH dubs. That is, you can play this game either in Japanese or English.
It is a RPG with an interesting twist. The story is a dream of [...]

Xbox Red Circle of Death

My Xbox has been acting funny recently. After calling and not being able to resolve the issue, Microsoft sent me a box to send it in. The Microsoft tech asked if I had a red circle in the place of the normal green. I told him, I knew about the Red Circle [...]

Some People have too much Time on their Hands

Monty Python’s ‘How not to be seen’ skit has never looked better. Mr. Halo shows us how not to be seen:

Excite Truck

Having nothing at all to do with Japanese but wanting to type something here, I turn to a video game we’ve been playing. Maybe I will make a category for Video Games. Done. Ah, the joys of tabbed browsing…
About two months ago a friend called and said, “Clay, Wal-Mart has three Wiis. [...]