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Marathon man: Japan's reality-TV gamer just keeps playing and playing and playing...

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Shinya Arino stars in the reality show Game Center CX where viewers can watch Arino try to beat video games. Arino is presented as a regular office worker who gets promoted or demoted based on his performance in the game.

Author: Ashcraft, Brian
Publisher: Conde Nast Publications, Inc.
Publication Name: Wired
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 1059-1028
Year: 2007
Game, Toy, and Children's Vehicle Manufacturing, Goods & services distribution, Games, toys, and children's vehicles, Channels of Distribution, Electronic Games, Video games, Distribution, Actors, Actresses, Media coverage, Company distribution practices, Reality television programs, Arino, Shinya

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The man who shot sin city

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A biography of Robert Rodriguez, American director of the comic movie based on the novel Sin City is presented. Other works of Robert Rodriguez include El Mariachi, and Spy Kids.

Author: Ashcraft, Brian
Publisher: Conde Nast Publications, Inc.
Publication Name: Wired
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 1059-1028
Year: 2005
United States, Biography, Personality profile, Rodriguez, Robert (American movie producer), Sin City (Novel), El Mariachi (Motion picture), Spy Kids (Motion picture)

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Vote for Horiemon

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Takafumi Horie, who ran for a seat in the Japanese parliament and lost, confidently declares that he will run again.

Author: Ashcraft, Brian
Publisher: Conde Nast Publications, Inc.
Publication Name: Wired
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 1059-1028
Year: 2005
Political activity, Elections, Parliamentary government, Horie Takafumi

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