Gadgets and Video Games

Jouji “George” Kamitani is the person most responsible for Vanillaware’s signature look. Not only is he the company’s president and director of its games, he’s also in charge of the art. We were able to pull him away briefly from his busy day of signing Muramasa posters at Ignition’s E3 booth to speak about action games on the Wii, selling a very Japanese game in America, and why we won’t see the quirky DS title Kumatanchi in North America anytime soon. As a bonus, we were treated to an enthusiastic live demonstration of Kamitani’s dream Wii minigame.

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Interview: Vanillaware’s Jouji Kamitani on Muramasa

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Green Day will have something Rock Band -related out this year, according to statements made by lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong during a KROQ appearance . An audience member asked the band if they were planning on putting songs out for the game, and Armstrong revealed that something was in the works. “Yeah, we’re doing a whole Green Day Rock Band , uh …” Armstrong responded, unable to finish his sentence due to a swell of applause.

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Green Day coming to Rock Band in some capacity

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