Gyromancer

Found this video of a Windows and XBox 360 game being lined up called Gyromancer. It looks like Bejeweled Twist and a Japanese RPG.

It seems that both Popcap and Square-Enix are using all the balls they've got for this.

Popcap for getting involved with a major Japanese company, and Square-Enix for doing their first XBox Arcade title that I'm aware of.

I reckon their sales will actually suffer a bit in Japan. I mean, why would they buy a console from an American company when they have two well-established local companies?

Found NHK on Sky

NHK, Japan's public broadcast service has this new English-language channel on Sky Digital (Channel 516, doesn't appear to be available on Virgin). I was just browsing through the channels and there it was. I wish I could go somewhere like Tokyo for a change. One thing you have to say about the Japanese though, they work quite hard, so it's understandable when they play just as hard.