Tokyo Genki Blog » fun http://www.tokyo-genki.com So much not about Tokyo Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:48:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 There is only one real South Park http://www.tokyo-genki.com/2010-04-22/there-is-only-one-real-south-park/ http://www.tokyo-genki.com/2010-04-22/there-is-only-one-real-south-park/#comments Thu, 22 Apr 2010 07:46:14 +0000 Yves http://www.tokyo-genki.com/?p=543

“There is only one real South Park”

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Remember Merton doing some piano improv on Chatroulette, which sounded like Ben Folds, but wasn’t? Well this time it’s Ben Folds pulling a Merton. In front of a live crowd. Yummy.

]]> http://www.tokyo-genki.com/2010-03-22/ben-folds-improvisations-on-chatroulette-but-not-merton-this-time/feed/ 0 The oldest trick in the world – Don’t try this at home with your dishes. http://www.tokyo-genki.com/2010-03-11/the-oldest-trick-in-the-world-dont-try-this-at-home-with-your-dishes/ http://www.tokyo-genki.com/2010-03-11/the-oldest-trick-in-the-world-dont-try-this-at-home-with-your-dishes/#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:13:47 +0000 Yves http://www.tokyo-genki.com/?p=516

From zero to 100km/h (62 mph) in just 2.9 seconds sounds very nice. XXXL-experiment obviously viral video for the BMW S1000 RR.

]]> http://www.tokyo-genki.com/2010-03-11/the-oldest-trick-in-the-world-dont-try-this-at-home-with-your-dishes/feed/ 0 Mimeo: the video game that changes resolution as you make progress http://www.tokyo-genki.com/2010-03-05/mimeo-the-video-game-that-changes-resolution-as-you-make-progress/ http://www.tokyo-genki.com/2010-03-05/mimeo-the-video-game-that-changes-resolution-as-you-make-progress/#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:58:05 +0000 Yves http://www.tokyo-genki.com/?p=512 Mimeo and the Kleptopus King

Via @vbroido, Mimeo and the Kleptopus King is a videogame for iPhone and iPod Touch developped by Shaun Inman, which pays homage to older systems and evolves from 2 bits to 4 bits, then from 4 to 8 bits, to 16 bits etc., as Mimeo gains his resolution back from the evil King.

Perhaps the very first level could look even more minimalistic, with fewer, bigger pixels, à la Space Invaders? Anyway, it’s cute, it’s clever, and it’s pretty.

I want to address my love of pixels. The aesthetics of Mimeo (and Horror Vacui before it) are not born solely from nostalgia. Good pixel art strikes the perfect balance between appreciable craftsmanship and the gestalt. A single pixel out of place, one too few or too many, ruins the illusion. There’s an unmuddied, economy of expression, the thankless result of the limitations of cartridge-based consoles.

A little demo video from the author below:

]]> http://www.tokyo-genki.com/2010-03-05/mimeo-the-video-game-that-changes-resolution-as-you-make-progress/feed/ 0 Great photos of flies by Magnus Muhr http://www.tokyo-genki.com/2010-01-13/great-photos-of-flies-by-magnus-muhr/ http://www.tokyo-genki.com/2010-01-13/great-photos-of-flies-by-magnus-muhr/#comments Wed, 13 Jan 2010 13:45:18 +0000 Yves http://www.tokyo-genki.com/?p=467 magnus_muhr1

Magnus Muhr is 39 and lives in the small town of Karlskoga, Sweden. In his free time, he’s a photographer. And he has a great sense of humor.

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Browse more:

http://muhrgalleri.area81.se/#11

Visit his gallery: http://muhr.area81.se

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1000 years in the future, the legacy of John, Paul, Greg, and Scottie remains.

More at http://www.scottgairdner.com

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And for those with short memory, watch it side by side with the original:

Hope to more with such good quality.

]]> http://www.tokyo-genki.com/2009-06-04/han-solo-pi/feed/ 0 Louis CK is talking about us (but really himself) http://www.tokyo-genki.com/2009-05-06/louis-ck-is-talking-about-us-but-really-himself/ http://www.tokyo-genki.com/2009-05-06/louis-ck-is-talking-about-us-but-really-himself/#comments Wed, 06 May 2009 01:27:17 +0000 Yves http://www.tokyo-genki.com/?p=290 There was this brilliant bit Louis CK did on the Conan Show, about how everything is amazing and nobody is happy.

And then Time interviewed him about it and he explained that he didn’t mean to say “we’re a shit generation”, but really that “we’re a shitty generation”… And also that the guys who complain to him, they’re actually himself being an ass.

It’s really great that this guy is getting more and more success. I still don’t understand how Lucky Louie could get canceled.

(And I love that beautiful Kate Winslet Time cover in the background.)

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