Be sure to read part one!

Techno Samurai
“Sam! Help me, Sam!” If you get that movie reference, then you win one free Internet. The Kiyomori Samurai Robot has a human-like stride, with stretchy knees, 39 joints, and a flexible hip — “so it doesn’t stagger like Tom Cruise just off a horse.” It participated in Shinto prayers for the “safety and progress of future robot industries.” Continued…



I decided to go to Wired Magazine’s NextFest on a whim. I can get in for free as a journalist, and I figured there might be a couple of gaming-related items to see.

Welcome to the L.A. Convention Center.
Welcome to the future! Funny, the future looks just like E3. And the spaceport from Starship Troopers. Continued…