Comments on: Touring a Japanese Bookstore http://jpbutton.bluegartr.com/?p=2282 Sun, 22 Aug 2010 15:08:51 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: sandra742 http://jpbutton.bluegartr.com/?p=2282&cpage=1#comment-4128 sandra742 Wed, 09 Sep 2009 13:51:13 +0000 http://www.jpbutton.com/?p=2282#comment-4128 Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post... nice! I love your blog. :) Cheers! Sandra. R. Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post… nice! I love your blog. :) Cheers! Sandra. R.

]]> By: Lionix http://jpbutton.bluegartr.com/?p=2282&cpage=1#comment-2689 Lionix Tue, 03 Mar 2009 18:51:23 +0000 http://www.jpbutton.com/?p=2282#comment-2689 [Zork IV: The Japanese Bookstore Adventure] Fun read, learned quite a few things. Isn't it kind of bummer that if you just "heard" the title of a Manga somewhere and you wanna check it out, just the name won't be much help to find it? Kinda sounds like I need more information than I would remember to find a manga... Like the picture and text "popup" feature. Monster dropped no loot? Darned random encounters... [Zork IV: The Japanese Bookstore Adventure]

Fun read, learned quite a few things. Isn’t it kind of bummer that if you just “heard” the title of a Manga somewhere and you wanna check it out, just the name won’t be much help to find it? Kinda sounds like I need more information than I would remember to find a manga…
Like the picture and text “popup” feature.

Monster dropped no loot? Darned random encounters…

]]> By: Chipya http://jpbutton.bluegartr.com/?p=2282&cpage=1#comment-2684 Chipya Tue, 03 Mar 2009 12:27:05 +0000 http://www.jpbutton.com/?p=2282#comment-2684 Ah yah, good point. The store actually looks really similar to the one I used to go to in Katata when I was interning there. The building looks identical(through fuzzy 4 year old memory) other than the store name. Guess that one didn't really have much game related stuff as well. Ah yah, good point. The store actually looks really similar to the one I used to go to in Katata when I was interning there. The building looks identical(through fuzzy 4 year old memory) other than the store name. Guess that one didn’t really have much game related stuff as well.

]]> By: Corinth http://jpbutton.bluegartr.com/?p=2282&cpage=1#comment-2680 Corinth Tue, 03 Mar 2009 09:07:44 +0000 http://www.jpbutton.com/?p=2282#comment-2680 More toys for the site!! Yay!! This was a really cute write-up about bookstores. As for FFXI manga, in my area, only some of the bookstores carry them. I find it quicker to order them from Amazon because it's so hit or miss. :( More toys for the site!! Yay!!
This was a really cute write-up about bookstores. As for FFXI manga, in my area, only some of the bookstores carry them. I find it quicker to order them from Amazon because it’s so hit or miss. :(

]]> By: Urthdigger http://jpbutton.bluegartr.com/?p=2282&cpage=1#comment-2679 Urthdigger Tue, 03 Mar 2009 07:55:14 +0000 http://www.jpbutton.com/?p=2282#comment-2679 >>post comment I loved the text-based adventure style commands, this was really funny :D >>post comment

I loved the text-based adventure style commands, this was really funny :D

]]> By: linliel http://jpbutton.bluegartr.com/?p=2282&cpage=1#comment-2677 linliel Tue, 03 Mar 2009 01:06:10 +0000 http://www.jpbutton.com/?p=2282#comment-2677 You didn't go into the curtained section! ;O You didn’t go into the curtained section! ;O

]]> By: Vahlshdeh http://jpbutton.bluegartr.com/?p=2282&cpage=1#comment-2676 Vahlshdeh Tue, 03 Mar 2009 01:00:26 +0000 http://www.jpbutton.com/?p=2282#comment-2676 Elmer, I did not know that the snapshot viewer was a new feature. I kind of assumed my script blockers broke it. It wont work for me. When I click on them, I get a black transparent overlay with a blank white box in the middle. It stays until I click, then it closes the screen, returning me to your article. Probably my script blockers but I wanted you to know I appreciate the pic viewer idea. -Vahl Elmer, I did not know that the snapshot viewer was a new feature. I kind of assumed my script blockers broke it. It wont work for me. When I click on them, I get a black transparent overlay with a blank white box in the middle. It stays until I click, then it closes the screen, returning me to your article. Probably my script blockers but I wanted you to know I appreciate the pic viewer idea.
-Vahl

]]> By: Elmer the Pointy http://jpbutton.bluegartr.com/?p=2282&cpage=1#comment-2675 Elmer the Pointy Tue, 03 Mar 2009 00:22:41 +0000 http://www.jpbutton.com/?p=2282#comment-2675 Addressing some of the comments... This store is actually comparatively small, so no Bros. EX browsing. :( There were no FFXI guides either, but that is also because none had been released in a long while. They have the latest set now. The pictures were taken a while back, so no, I didn't have all the ideas at the time that I used yesterday. However, it was a good chance to test out the tooltip plugin and picture viewer plugin. The "monster" pic was an accident at the time :D The trays are pretty useful, and help avoid dropping coins or placing money on the counter and looking rude. However, there are many places (especially cafes and fast food) where you just hand the money over. Another nice thing is a lot of places have a tiny little shelf that juts out from below the counter-top where one can rest their bag as they shuffle through it for their wallet. Addressing some of the comments…
This store is actually comparatively small, so no Bros. EX browsing. :( There were no FFXI guides either, but that is also because none had been released in a long while. They have the latest set now.

The pictures were taken a while back, so no, I didn’t have all the ideas at the time that I used yesterday. However, it was a good chance to test out the tooltip plugin and picture viewer plugin. The “monster” pic was an accident at the time :D

The trays are pretty useful, and help avoid dropping coins or placing money on the counter and looking rude. However, there are many places (especially cafes and fast food) where you just hand the money over. Another nice thing is a lot of places have a tiny little shelf that juts out from below the counter-top where one can rest their bag as they shuffle through it for their wallet.

]]> By: Vahlshdeh http://jpbutton.bluegartr.com/?p=2282&cpage=1#comment-2674 Vahlshdeh Tue, 03 Mar 2009 00:04:15 +0000 http://www.jpbutton.com/?p=2282#comment-2674 *Jealousy* I want to go to that store so bad and all of the others there. Of course I would be looking for the adult female audience sub section of "naughty" stuff. [nosebleed]. Then it would be a fight to the game strategy books. I really like the format of your post and it brings back fond old old memories of rp! Very well done and creative. The money tray is so interesting and a useful idea that I wish we had here because I hate trying to hold onto money while fumbling for coupons and stuff in the store. The poise and expressions of the cashiers are so adorable and friendly-looking that I thought they were movie-sized, cardboard mock ups when I saw the pic of them standing out on either side of the entrance. I also appreciate the mouse over text translations since I am not yet proficient in Japanese. -Thank you for a wonderful post! -Vahl *Jealousy*
I want to go to that store so bad and all of the others there. Of course I would be looking for the adult female audience sub section of “naughty” stuff. [nosebleed]. Then it would be a fight to the game strategy books. I really like the format of your post and it brings back fond old old memories of rp! Very well done and creative. The money tray is so interesting and a useful idea that I wish we had here because I hate trying to hold onto money while fumbling for coupons and stuff in the store. The poise and expressions of the cashiers are so adorable and friendly-looking that I thought they were movie-sized, cardboard mock ups when I saw the pic of them standing out on either side of the entrance. I also appreciate the mouse over text translations since I am not yet proficient in Japanese.
-Thank you for a wonderful post!
-Vahl

]]> By: Yellow Mage http://jpbutton.bluegartr.com/?p=2282&cpage=1#comment-2673 Yellow Mage Mon, 02 Mar 2009 23:42:48 +0000 http://www.jpbutton.com/?p=2282#comment-2673 Admit it, Elmer: you only did this to show off your apparently new "scroll over kana to see what they mean" technology, didn't you? =P Pretty nice tour, nonetheless. The format of a text-adventure game made it all the more enjoyable, especially the "A monster blocks your path!" part! XD Was that picture taken on accident (she got in the way at the wrong time), or did you plan that all out months ago? Admit it, Elmer: you only did this to show off your apparently new “scroll over kana to see what they mean” technology, didn’t you? =P

Pretty nice tour, nonetheless. The format of a text-adventure game made it all the more enjoyable, especially the “A monster blocks your path!” part! XD Was that picture taken on accident (she got in the way at the wrong time), or did you plan that all out months ago?

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