Kotaku: Sushi

Capcom's Sushi Muse?

ogood — Sat, 03 May 2008 10:00:00 MDT

So my day job (Frengo Corp.) is like, not even a block from Capcom supreme ~~world~~ U.S. command in San Mateo, Calif. And equidistant to us both is the above Trader Joe's grocery, which Californians know as a go-to stop for tasty lunchtime treats for not a lot of dough. I enjoy the barbecue chicken pinwheels, even if they do pack 53 percent of my RDA of fat.

But I was in there Thursday and I noticed something.

Hmmm. Okami sushi? Okami video game? Nah ... that's just a coincidence ... right? Okami means "one who is higher." And really, if one were to burn doobage, who wouldn't eschew the Funyuns and king size Almond Joy for a yummy party tray of sushi? (And $5.99 for 14 pieces is pretty slick for the non-high too.)

So, nah, no way, Capcom did its homework and totally did not get a video game title from a grocery's in-house sushi brand.

Wait, what's this? On the label, what the hell is that, an IGN watermark over the Okami title ...?!?!?!?!?!!!!!

Oh dammit, someone's gonna get FIRED.

Forza Motorsport 2 Dated (Sorta)

Michael McWhertor — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 16:20:41 MST

Xbox 360 gearheads can look forward to a semi-vague May '07 release date for that other Microsoft Games Studios published racer, Forza Motorsport 2.

The most recent community update from Che "Sushi X #7" Chou also outlines the sequel's tracklisting. The real world locations this turn are:

Mugello Autodromo Internazionale
Suzuka Circuit
Sebring International Raceway
Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca
Tsukuba Circuit
Road Atlanta
Silverstone Circuit
Nürburgring Nordschleife
Maple Valley Raceway
Sunset Peninsula Infield
New York Circuit
Test Track

New multiplayer options for Forza 2 online are also detailed as well as hints at future downloadable content. That's new tracks and new cars, but "definitely no horse armor here, folks." Oh snap! Michael McWhertor

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Burgertime with Sushi!

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 13:22:24 MDT

In the classic Midway arcade game Burgertime, players raced around a maze, trying to avoid the bad guys and assemble hamburgers. But, who eats hamburgers anymore? I do and so do you, but we also have more developed palates which crave things like dead, raw fish.

Game site Insert Credit unearthed this neat little flash game called Sushi Samurai: "Honour Is Your Appetizer". Yeah, that title almost scared me away as well, but hell, it's on Canadian Broadcasting Corporation kid's page. Totally agree with IC's Brandon Sheffield who points out that the sushi version could totally use Burgertime's core mechanic. In the original, Brandon notes, you could would across a piece of food, causing it to fall and knock off the enemy below. Still, this version occupied a fair bit of my morning. Brian Ashcraft

More Here [CBC] via Insert Credit