http://heiseidemocracy.com Modern Visual Culture Digest Mon, 05 Dec 2011 19:05:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://heiseidemocracy.com/2008/08/18/editors-desk-world-of-lifecraft/ http://heiseidemocracy.com/2008/08/18/editors-desk-world-of-lifecraft/#comments Mon, 18 Aug 2008 03:32:29 +0000 Shingo http://heiseidemocracy.com/?p=8692 Comic Water is better than Purified Draenic Water, I cancelled my WoW account this morning and have begun the process of reassembling what life I had before mid-June. For a bit of introspection on two months of lost time and a look ahead at the future of this site and its operator, feel free to read on:]]> http://heiseidemocracy.com/2008/08/18/editors-desk-world-of-lifecraft/feed/ 50 http://heiseidemocracy.com/2008/07/14/back-from-ax-still-alive/ http://heiseidemocracy.com/2008/07/14/back-from-ax-still-alive/#comments Mon, 14 Jul 2008 01:04:28 +0000 Shingo http://heiseidemocracy.com/?p=8655 http://heiseidemocracy.com/2008/07/14/back-from-ax-still-alive/feed/ 36 http://heiseidemocracy.com/2008/07/01/hd-does-anime-expo/ http://heiseidemocracy.com/2008/07/01/hd-does-anime-expo/#comments Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:15:02 +0000 Shingo http://heiseidemocracy.com/?p=8654 last year, HD is once again representing at next weekend's Anime Expo! I'll be selling games at the J-List booth all four days of the event, and we're doing a panel on Saturday night (8-9 PM, room LP4) for those interested in developments on the bishoujo game scene. I'd love to chat with anyone who feels like coming by (and maybe go out for a drink afterwards if we can get a decent group together), so if you're going to be at the event please do say hi. I'll be the tall, balding guy with glasses trying to explain that "no, these aren't anime", for reference. Leaving on the plane to LA tomorrow morning, so if I'm not around for the next couple of days that's why (as opposed to not being around for the past week or so, which can be blamed on an entirely different pastime)... I may be in big, big trouble.]]> http://heiseidemocracy.com/2008/07/01/hd-does-anime-expo/feed/ 37 http://heiseidemocracy.com/2008/06/18/hd-switches-to-low-power-mode/ http://heiseidemocracy.com/2008/06/18/hd-switches-to-low-power-mode/#comments Wed, 18 Jun 2008 03:45:15 +0000 Shingo http://heiseidemocracy.com/?p=8634 http://heiseidemocracy.com/2008/06/18/hd-switches-to-low-power-mode/feed/ 18 http://heiseidemocracy.com/2008/06/06/editors-desk-adv-and-the-aba/ http://heiseidemocracy.com/2008/06/06/editors-desk-adv-and-the-aba/#comments Fri, 06 Jun 2008 13:03:57 +0000 Shingo http://heiseidemocracy.com/?p=8361 competition has been going on with the goal of providing recognition to meritorious anime blogs in a variety of categories. Setting aside the inevitable problems associated with classification of sites as "blogs" related to "anime" and then further arbitrarily dividing them based on content, for a first time effort the project seems to have gone off rather well and as of today has born fruit, with the winners being officially announced. This post is not about them.]]> http://heiseidemocracy.com/2008/06/06/editors-desk-adv-and-the-aba/feed/ 6 http://heiseidemocracy.com/2008/02/22/editors-desk-hd-site-renewal-in-progress/ http://heiseidemocracy.com/2008/02/22/editors-desk-hd-site-renewal-in-progress/#comments Fri, 22 Feb 2008 08:30:53 +0000 Shingo http://heiseidemocracy.com/2008/02/22/site-news-hd-site-update-in-progress/ our home base, but for those reading via a feed or aggregator somewhere, things are looking a little bit different around here today. We'll be rolling out further features of the new site design over the coming days, but the bare bones are now in place - they'll be tweaked as we find out just what works and just what doesn't, but I think the new four-column layout is a change for the better. I'm excited to be moving into the new place and hope you are too - if there's anything you'd like to see changed, added or removed, comments and questions are welcome! (no more)]]> http://heiseidemocracy.com/2008/02/22/editors-desk-hd-site-renewal-in-progress/feed/ 13 http://heiseidemocracy.com/2008/01/01/c73-day-3-survived-report-coming-soon-and-happy-new-year/ http://heiseidemocracy.com/2008/01/01/c73-day-3-survived-report-coming-soon-and-happy-new-year/#comments Tue, 01 Jan 2008 00:23:51 +0000 Shingo http://heiseidemocracy.com/2008/01/01/c73-day-3-survived-report-coming-soon-and-happy-new-year/ (no more)]]> http://heiseidemocracy.com/2008/01/01/c73-day-3-survived-report-coming-soon-and-happy-new-year/feed/ 21 http://heiseidemocracy.com/2007/12/29/back-from-comiket-73-day-1/ http://heiseidemocracy.com/2007/12/29/back-from-comiket-73-day-1/#comments Sat, 29 Dec 2007 14:13:34 +0000 Shingo http://heiseidemocracy.com/2007/12/29/back-from-comiket-73-day-1/ EvoSpace, and though there were a few rough edges I think things went quite well. Lessons learned will be applied for future gatherings (should they occur, and I hope they will). I wish everyone the best of luck on subsequent days of the event, and hope to see some of you on the third day if you feel like stopping by. I'll try to put up a bit more on day 1 tomorrow, but full HD coverage of Comiket this time around will likely come after things are all wrapped up. Update: and it's off to day 3, on zero hours of sleep! I wonder how long this adrenaline will last...(no more)]]> http://heiseidemocracy.com/2007/12/29/back-from-comiket-73-day-1/feed/ 8 http://heiseidemocracy.com/2007/12/28/hd-comiket-73-meetup-is-on-details-inside/ http://heiseidemocracy.com/2007/12/28/hd-comiket-73-meetup-is-on-details-inside/#comments Fri, 28 Dec 2007 13:35:50 +0000 Shingo http://heiseidemocracy.com/2007/12/25/hd-comiket-73-meetup-is-on-details-inside/ ***December 28th bump*** It's better late than never to wrangle this sort of thing, so what the heck: if you're reading this and you're going to be at the Tokyo Big Sight on Saturday, December 29th, why not stop by the coin lockers near the Big Sight entrance at 3:00 PM? The plan at this point is simply to meet up, exchange a round of introductions, and figure out what to do next (if anything); I'm not going to put in reservations anywhere as I have no clue how many people will show, and I know many of us (myself included) might not want to drop 3,000 yen on food when there's doujin to be had instead. If you'd like to meet a few fellow Comiketting gaijin though this could be a good chance, and if you're up for something afterwards I'm sure some of us will be too. Meeting spot details below:]]> http://heiseidemocracy.com/2007/12/28/hd-comiket-73-meetup-is-on-details-inside/feed/ 22 http://heiseidemocracy.com/2007/12/25/happy-holidays-2007-from-heisei-democracy/ http://heiseidemocracy.com/2007/12/25/happy-holidays-2007-from-heisei-democracy/#comments Mon, 24 Dec 2007 15:00:06 +0000 Shingo http://heiseidemocracy.com/2007/12/25/happy-holidays-2007-from-heisei-democracy/ ***This message brought to you by the Society for the Study of Modern Visual Culture, Ohno Kanako Appreciation Division***]]> http://heiseidemocracy.com/2007/12/25/happy-holidays-2007-from-heisei-democracy/feed/ 39 http://heiseidemocracy.com/2007/12/24/site-news-alternate-irc-server-update-plans-etc/ http://heiseidemocracy.com/2007/12/24/site-news-alternate-irc-server-update-plans-etc/#comments Mon, 24 Dec 2007 00:50:29 +0000 Shingo http://heiseidemocracy.com/2007/12/24/site-news-alternate-irc-server-update-plans-etc/ (no more)]]> http://heiseidemocracy.com/2007/12/24/site-news-alternate-irc-server-update-plans-etc/feed/ 0 http://heiseidemocracy.com/2007/12/10/site-news-down-to-the-wire/ http://heiseidemocracy.com/2007/12/10/site-news-down-to-the-wire/#comments Mon, 10 Dec 2007 03:23:31 +0000 Shingo http://heiseidemocracy.com/2007/12/10/site-news-down-to-the-wire/ Comiket, and while there's a light at the end of the tunnel it's still a long way off. I have roughly another 24 hours before the final deadline and it's a race to the finish at this point, one that will like not involve much sleep... regular updates will resume on Tuesday evening or (more likely) Wednesday morning. I never knew 20 pages of manga could be so long... I just hope the time investment will be worth it in the end. (no more)]]> http://heiseidemocracy.com/2007/12/10/site-news-down-to-the-wire/feed/ 30 http://heiseidemocracy.com/2007/11/22/site-news-hd-does-comic-creation-19-twice/ http://heiseidemocracy.com/2007/11/22/site-news-hd-does-comic-creation-19-twice/#comments Thu, 22 Nov 2007 07:15:11 +0000 Shingo http://heiseidemocracy.com/2007/11/22/site-news-hd-does-comic-creation-19-twice/ Comic Creation 19 is tomorrow, and HD will be there - in not one but two circles. I'll be hanging out at space A02a, circle スタジオHD (with nothing to sell, still working away at the book for Comiket). Shipon will be there as well, and he's really gone the whole nine yards: he's the one-man circle Taiyaki Instrumentality Project, and will be holding court to peddle his wares at space C09b. He'll have a couple of CDs of music that he's produced on sale, samples of which are available at his circle site - check 'em out! If you're in the area tomorrow (it's at the Plaza PiO in Oota-ku, Tokyo) and have some free time, why not stop by and say hi? A few additional details below:]]> http://heiseidemocracy.com/2007/11/22/site-news-hd-does-comic-creation-19-twice/feed/ 2 http://heiseidemocracy.com/2007/11/13/site-news-figure-release-schedule-updated/ http://heiseidemocracy.com/2007/11/13/site-news-figure-release-schedule-updated/#comments Tue, 13 Nov 2007 10:01:19 +0000 Shingo http://heiseidemocracy.com/2007/11/13/site-news-figure-release-schedule-updated/ HD figure release schedule, which for the uninitiated is a way that you can pay more for figures than you really have to and support this site in the process. If for some crazy reason you would desire to do so I highly advise checking it out! In other related pandering, Daiki Kougyou's [ERO] Sanae PVC is currently in stock at Play Asia. This is possibly the last chance to obtain her via retail channels as only 3,000 units of the figure were produced, and once they're gone it's curtains... (no more)]]> http://heiseidemocracy.com/2007/11/13/site-news-figure-release-schedule-updated/feed/ 0 http://heiseidemocracy.com/2007/11/06/event-news-comic-market-73-circle-application-results-are-in/ http://heiseidemocracy.com/2007/11/06/event-news-comic-market-73-circle-application-results-are-in/#comments Tue, 06 Nov 2007 10:27:39 +0000 Shingo http://heiseidemocracy.com/2007/11/06/event-news-comic-market-73-circle-application-results-are-in/ Comiket 73 officially began a week ago when Frontier Works announced they'd be hosting Hatsune Miku goods in their industry booth, the real pay dirt hit over the weekend with the release of doujin circle selection results for the event. For those planning on attending (or subsequently obtaining the fallout via other means), now is the time to start checking your favorite circles' websites and sketching out your preliminary map routes! We'll continue to provide regular updates as the winter convention season roars into full swing, though if things are a bit sparse around here for the next several weeks it's because I seem to have made it into the event as a circle myself... more on that as it develops. For more information on Comiket (and doujin acquisition in particular) I recommend checking out the excellent and super awesome incomplete Heisei Democracy How to Comiket guide, linked below:]]> http://heiseidemocracy.com/2007/11/06/event-news-comic-market-73-circle-application-results-are-in/feed/ 14