That Guy In Japan

Absolutely love this for you! :)

As someone who drives a kei van. I approve this message :)

This is how I feel about cheese :(

Matchy matchy! :)

A GameCube console now in a translucent green shell. The orange power LED has been exchanged for a green one. It glows with eerie awesomeness.

Another nice reshell complete. I really like how this one has come out :)

A screenshot of the start of the Famicom Exclusive Donald Land (based on the McDonaldland characters) the screenshot reads “Data East Prersents”

Ermehgerd

SHOULD. Should is such a key word here.

I see fruit from my home country!!

A Nintendo GameCube controller complete in box. The controller is silver.

A silver Nintendo GameCube controller and receiver. The are clean and in working condition having been fully restored.

A nice find and restoration at a local hardoff. Crazy good deal I couldn’t pass up.

Two recently restored spice orange GameCube controllers sit on a desk.

Seems to be the season for them.

She did pretty well for her first time playing. Needed some help from Dad with the steering. :)

My son graduated from his special education kindergarten this week. Very proud of him and how far he has come :) starting elementary next month.

A sun damaged Dreamcast controller. It looks very yellowed.

The same Dreamcast controller, with sun damage repaired. The controller is now much whiter.

Another restoration going well. :)

tupperware container above the fridge, near back, to the left. It's a round one.

A Sega Dreamcast with an aftermarket translucent blue shell. The power and open buttons are grey? Along with the controller ports.

A Sega Dreamcast with an aftermarket blue translucent shell. The unit is powered on, and you can see that the original orange power LED has been replaced with a blue LED that compliments the shell well.

New shell arrived for my Sega Dreamcast. Decided to keep the original power and open buttons, along with the original controller port cover. Makes for a more balanced unit against the translucent blue. :) really happy with how it came out!

The circuit board of Castle of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse for the Sega Megadrive. A repair has been made between two solder points on the board, using a 1K ohm resistor.

A Japanese Sega Megadrive Model 1 with a Game Genie cheat cartridge installed. A copy of Castle of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse is inserted into the Game Genie.

Played some Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse after repairing it. I, uh, needed some help to finish the game…

I’ve had a few in my lifetime, but this will be the one that stays with me I think. :) it’s a really cool system.

The title screen for Jet Grind radio on the Sega Dreamcast being displayed on a Sony Trinitron PMV - a professional video monitor. The image is crisp and clear because it is being transmitted by SVideo signal.

I’m so happy my s-video cables arrived for my Dreamcast today. The video really pops on my PVM. :)

Would definitely be keen on one of these units :) have a dead GBC waiting to make the ultimate resurrection.

For real, I had a buddy grab a signed copy at PRGE and post it to me in Japan. I devoured the whole book within a couple days.

here come old laptop
he come
bootin up slowly
he got
broken touchpad
he need
one more update
he got
no space
on this pc

one thing i can tell you
its got no warranty

Isn’t this basically how Battle Royale starts?

A sun faded emerald GameCube controller with a very sun damaged analog stick.

The same controller as before, an emerald GameCube controller now with all sun fade damage removed. The analog stick is now in perfect condition.

I love a good restoration

A picture Nigel Thornberry (from the TV show The Wild Thornberris) with text that reads “such a sexy Halloween costume! Smashing Pumpkins!”

The only reason I know Maxine’s age is cos…… *dramatic pause* we went to school together.

A hand holding an original gameboy. The green and grey screen is displaying the Whispy Woods boss fight.

There’s something about the original game boy screen that is just comforting, like the warm glow of a CRT TV or the static of analogue signals when a station closed down for the night.

The front of a package of Karaage kun fried chicken with pride rainbow pattern design

The back of a package of Karaage kun fried chicken from Lawson Japan with pride rainbow packaging and a description of pride month in Japanese.

Karaage-kun fried chicken at Lawson Japan with prided packaging!

A kid got mad when he missed the spelling of the word ‘April’ in class: "aaah!" he yelled in frustration.

Me, without missing a beat: "No, (student) it's pronounced /eɪ/ "

A screen of a gameboy color showing the credits for Pokémon Crystal. The screen reads “Text Translation: Nob Ogasawara”

Finishing one of my favorite games, “hey! That guy likes my posts sometimes..” @nobogasawara.bsky.social ;) thanks for making my childhood awesome. Crystal was the first Pokémon game I owned.

Went and bought a cheap copy of Smash Bros. Melee on GameCube today. Was shrink wrapped. Open the wrap, the familiar stench of cigarette smoke wafted out. Guess I now have a copy of Super Ash Brothers.