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It seems its already been 10 years since the first maid cafe, Cure Maid, opened its doors to the public. So in commemoration of the first decade of maid cafes a group of Japanese journalists have released a book, chronicling the history of maid cafes from the very first one to the most popular one. The book also contains interviews with some of Japan’s most famous maids which hold quite a bit of superstar power.  The book is priced at 1365 yen (about $15 USD), at that price it seems like a steal. Too bad importing it would be too much of a hassle!

[JapanSugoi]

General geek holiday update. Today,as you have surely heard everywhere else, is Star Wars 30th anniversary, so you will see storm troopers and wookies everywhere all day long. However, you should also be on the lookout for fellow froods who know where their towels are; for today is Towel Day! A holiday to celebrate Douglas Adams and well, simply practice carrying your towel everywhere for good measure. Consider yourselves noticed.

Patrick Macias, who we frequently feature with his awesome TV appearances, is getting ready to write his new book. Titled Fierce Legend of American Otaku People (yeah, dont ask), its a quest to give credit where credit is due to the many Americans that through their endless geekdom transformed foreign Japanese cartoons into the gargantuan industry it is today. But beyond that Patrick is also looking to tell the story of other huge otaku who’s life’s where forever changed by anime and manga in a drastic way, he calls them “Legendary Otaku”.

Here’s where you come in, if you think you’ve got what it takes to be a legendary otaku and be featured in this book or you know of someone who has gone beyond the call of duty in the name of true otaku-spirit, Patrick wants to hear from you. He’s even agreed to give a free book to whoever reffers him to an appropriate subject. You can reach him at otackers@gmail.com and leave your info. This is shaping up to be a great historical text on western otaku and Uncle Macias wants YOU to be a part of history! This is the part where if i had photoshop available a mash-up of him on an uncle sam’s poster would appear.

[Patrick Macias]

This will definitely interest Geeky conspiracy theorist. Specially those who’ve ever read dumbledoreisnotdead.com. You see, in a recent J.K. Rowling said, at a recent charity event, that Dumbledore is most definitely dead. And the comment was actually directed at dumbledoreisnotdead.com! Heres the complete quote:

You shouldn’t expect Dumbledore to pull a Gandalf. I need to be more explicit: Dumbledore is definitely dead. I know there’s an entire site out there called DumbledoreIsNotDead.com, and I’m sorry they’re not going to like this answer.

The best is that Dumbledoreisnotdead.com already backfired with the following:

Do we really think that J.K. would give us real clues about a topic that is obviously so important to the climax of Book 7? Isn’t it possible that this is just another of those red-herrings that J.K. is so famous for, to throw us off the track? What J.K. has said in public does not change what she has written in her books. The clues on these pages fit together like pieces in a puzzle. It’s like a picture you can’t make out unless you step back a ways.

Would you expect anything less from conspiracy theorists? Hell, at least its not the Nintendo ON!

[Dumebledore Is Not Dead]

Comedy Central’s The Colbert Report had writer Steven Johnson on the show a couple of days ago. Johnson Talks about his book Everything Bad Is Good for You: How Today’s Popular Culture Is Actually Making Us Smarter.

But more importantly Johnson discusses how videogames are a positive influence on our youth us. Its really one of the best, and simple arguments ever made to defend Videogames. Violence in videogames is a moot point compared to the creativity, skills and knowledge which videogames more often spread.

Now excuse me while I go and kill some hookers in GTA just for spite.

Oh, and there’s a video!

[Steven's Blog]