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Japan's New Literary Genre: Cell Phone Novels

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2008-01-20 01:05:02 by Mariella Moon in Mobilewhack
...genre (comic book) since their plots are of the same nature. Tapping away in one's cell phone though means each update for the novel would be short and primarily consisting of dialogues. Cell phone novels are usually written in first person POV to give readers the illusion of reading a diary. Relevant Posts: Sony to release Walkman NW-A808 in...
 
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Manga Sub-Sub-Genre Ahoy!: Headphone Musume

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2008-01-29 14:01:33 by Joel Johnson in Boing Boing Gadgets
These adorable musume pin-ups show Japanese waifs wearing top-shelf headphones from around the world. I don't know why and I don't care. I like it a lot. Then again, I'm a sucker for a girl with huge headphones Yes, I could have punned "cans." I'm keeping it classy for you . (I really do think girls with headphones on are super-cute, though...
 
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Guitar Rising perfects the "Guitar Hero with real guitars" genre

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2008-02-07 17:16:00 by Nilay Patel in Engadget
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Top Albums of 2007

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2008-02-08 08:55:38 by Editor in Audio Junkies
...genres I consider to be alt rock were coming up stale and generic, with the notable exception of the rise of prog rock/metal, math rock/metal, and other more experimental genres. In the hopes of covering all the bases, Ive included a top 10 as well as a Best of for a couple genres, although I did group some disciplines together to avoid the...
 
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Japanese Film Noir and Parque Via at San Sebastian 2008

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2008-10-06 16:24:01 by HASH0x8b7df18 in Cool Hunting
...genre born out of imported American detective films, Japanese film noir is essentially American film noir digested by the Japanese post-war psyche. It even has its own nationalistic spin. The retrospective was thorough, beginning with the first post-war Japanese detective movies, tracing the genre through the Yakuza films of the 1960s. Even...
 
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NPRmusic.org

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2008-01-27 10:01:00 by bookofjoe in bookofjoe
...genres and geographic boundaries," said Maria Thomas, NPR's senior vice president for digital media NPR Music includes programming from the network's own shows as well as from 12 of its member stations, including top music producers such as jazz WBGO in Newark, N.J., acoustic rock WFUV in New York, classical WGUC in Cincinnati and Austin's...
 
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Command and Conquer: First Person Shooter

2007-12-12 16:33:17 by Dave in Forever Geek
 
...genre. The new game, currently entitled Tiberium first person shooter game is said to be like Ghost Recon, and will allow you to control more than one unit of infantry and other such units Traditionally, Command and Conquer hasnt done well outside real time strategy games, and so I will be interested to see if they are able to do well with...
 
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Del Toro produces The Orphanage

2008-01-04 17:56:55 by Mel in Forever Geek
 
...genre. his Chronos is still considered as one of the best horror movies ever made. In 2001, Del Toro made a ghost film a Spanish civil war ghost story called The Devils Backbone. That movie earned a lot of critical praise and really established him as the master of genre films I am quite excited about The Orphanage. Del Toros name in the...
 
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2007 Rondo Awards: Monster Movies & More

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2008-01-22 13:12:16 by bohus in Retro Thing
...genre today. You'll find entires for best DVD restoration, best classic fan mag, best model or collectible, a and more. You can be part of deciding the outcome as the Rondo Awards are bestowed by fans. Just check out rondoaward.com to get your entries in Besides some of the classic film restorations, the other category I'm interested in is...
 
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GTA IV review with some.....

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2008-02-09 09:26:00 by ROHIT in USE IT PLAY IT TEST IT
...genre Grand Theft auto has been one of the most controversial,But ionic and genre-defining games of gaming history.There have been games and then there have been outstanding games,but Rockstar has always given special treatment to GTA The latest version promises a lot of changes with the first trailer just saying "Things will be...
 
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