Sunday, May 17, 2009

Hello World, Hello Kitty

I know there is another blogger who also goes by "Ninja Gaijin" at ninjagaijin.blogspot.com, and I apologize to him in advance. I honestly didn't know the nickname was taken so long ago, but then again there's no patents on stuff like that so hopefully he won't mind.

I also named myself "Ninja Gaijin" for a few reasons.

I live in Japan.
I look Japanese.
I cannot speak Japanese very well, so it's hard to make friends.
I feel like an outsider, not just in Japan... but socially in general.
I am a big video game nerd.

Thus, I used the name since July 2008. I even have it as my Street Fighter IV data card for the arcades here in Japan as 忍者外人.

The nickname was inspired by the classic Famicom/NES game called "Ninja Gaiden". It was revolutionary back in the day, having great graphics, excellent music and challenging gameplay. Of course, I played the Ninja Gaiden series on my old NES back in the day. It's a classic that will always have a place in my gamer heart.

That's the end of this post... and no, I don't have anything to say about Hello Kitty.

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