Giant Robot Store and GR2 News
Photos from a Chinese gangsters phone. Real or fake, it’s still neat.
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The partnership is complete… in China. This looks like what a GR store should look like… in China. (Cult of Android – Apple)
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Not the video game, but a Japanese comedian. This is a touching animation that’s hot online. Great work and interesting idea that sums up a life. For some reason, aside from the characters looking Asian, it does capture some of the Japanese man. The grouchiness, the fulfillment not realized and more. It’s touching and sad. The thing to capture is that, we find out about the important things way too late. [youtube]Bf9K6SXDkXU[/youtube]
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Coca Cola ads in Chinese to run at Madison Square Garden. Yes another Linsanity lifestyle adjustment. Awesome and odd too. Mandarin for sure, and will it sell more soda, or does Coke really need to? Does Lin get a cut of the increased soda sales? (Philly.com – MSG)
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The retraction story ends up better than the original. Yes, after listening to the beat down of “artist” Mike Daisey who fabricated much of his tale of the Apple factory in China, post the wave of suicides, etc, it was refreshing to hear Ira Glass in all of his whininess go after the truth and actually say things in his infuriating voice like, “I don’t believe you.” I’m saying this is a hit. It’s a great piece that pegs a guy down who won’t exactly fess up to his own BS. It’s totally wrong, it’s filled with lies, and if it were a court of law, Ira Glass would be the judge hammering down on a guilty “artist”. Yes, the story is guilty. What remains is a show that’s making every effort to atone for putting out this fallacy of a story and having so many people believe in it and make judgements of a company by using it. Yes, stuff happens in China as much as it happens here. Who washes dishes or busses tables in restaurants? Are they treated well? Who knows maybe some of what was presented in the first place was partially real. But sometimes a beat down is fun to watch or in this case, listen to. Sad, but true. (This American Life – Retraction)
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