http://blog.sanriotown.com/havel:hellokitty.com Stuff I think to talk about whenever it suits me Wed, 24 Sep 2008 09:38:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Just for xxxxx and giggles. I did a Google trend on Hello Kitty Online and here is what I got. Pretty interesting, it demonstrates a significant rising interest in the game according to Google in an explosive manner. It's still a beta but it's fun to see/watch. What I thought was really ... http://blog.sanriotown.com/havel:hellokitty.com/2008/09/24/analyzing-hello-kitty-online/ Gmail is having a systemwide outage affecting multiple countries, and a whole bunch of its 100 million users are screaming about it on Twitter. Around 20 million people visit Gmail each day, according to Comscore, and they’re all seeing the same message. The first outages were reported at about 2 ... http://blog.sanriotown.com/havel:hellokitty.com/2008/08/12/gmail-has-system-wide-outage/ Compare this image from Lei Fan's Dead or Alive (taken from mmosite) To this very daring cosplay! Doesn't get much more daring I'd say, but the semblance is uncanny! http://blog.sanriotown.com/havel:hellokitty.com/2008/06/09/smoking-lei-fang-doa-cosplay/ This one is really cute, Kitty-chan is reporting on her own Online Game, there's more on hellokittyonline.com but anyway, this one was on Dream Studio. http://blog.sanriotown.com/havel:hellokitty.com/2008/05/11/hello-kitty-comments-on-her-online-game/ Having had a chance to preview and play the closed beta, which is still going on, here are some of my initial thoughts, also check out Kit Katherine who posted some nice screenshots, a more indepth preview will follow. Hello Kitty Online starts off with the usual installer/updater and first time ... http://blog.sanriotown.com/havel:hellokitty.com/2008/05/02/hello-kitty-online-closed-beta-first-preview/ The forgotten JPOP starlet, what happened to her? http://blog.sanriotown.com/havel:hellokitty.com/2008/03/26/aikawa-nanase-what-happened-to-her/ Happy Bunny hunting to everyone! http://blog.sanriotown.com/havel:hellokitty.com/2008/03/21/happy-easter-everyone/ So I got this in my inbox today...so who are the lucky winners? A sample of an entry is below... Thank you for your enthusiasm for Hello Kitty Online! We’ve received hundreds of applications on Dream Studio, and are currently in the process of selecting those who will be getting the ... http://blog.sanriotown.com/havel:hellokitty.com/2008/03/10/closed-beta-application-period-is-over/ According to the web Beta sign up count up to 30,000 40,000 and ... http://blog.sanriotown.com/havel:hellokitty.com/2008/02/19/hello-kitty-online-mmo-has-over-40000-beta-testers/ Now that's really cutting it deep, Kitty eyes in the most literal sense. http://blog.sanriotown.com/havel:hellokitty.com/2008/01/04/hello-kitty-contact-lenses/