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Last minute reminder, we will run out of dinner tickets this year………………if you need some, please notify John at firstname.lastname@example.com and send $45 each to HURT, 46-180 Lilipuna Rd, Kaneohe, Hawaii 96744 (we have about 20 left).
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Bib Numbers & Race Coverage:
The bib numbers have been assigned and posted at Ultrasignup, go to the site to find your bib number.
Race coverage will be provided at Ultralive, let your friends and family know so the can follow your progress throughout the event. Please check out the link and play around with it as much work has been done on the site by Ted Knudsen. If you have uploaded an image at Ultrasignup your friends at home will be able to see what you looked like prior to stepping out on the course. If you haven't uploaded an image, please do so if you like.
Course Marking:
Thank you all who have volunteered to help mark the course. We should have a sufficient amount of trail markers if those who have committed show up. I will e mail the trail marking team separately.
Pre Race Meeting:
Please be prompt as we want to start on time. Do not bring your drop bags to the pre race brief.
You will pick up your race bag and bib prior to the brief. Your runner bib and safety pins will be in the bag. Don't forget it on race morning as we won't have another number for you.
You might want to bring a lawn chair to the pre race meeting as seating is limited.
Race Morning:
You will not be allowed to drive up to the Nature Center on race morning. We need to keep the roadway clear to get essential volunteers and supplies in and out of the Nature Center. Please park down at the lower lot and walk up with your bags.
You must check in on race morning. We need to know who is out on the course. A table will be set up at the Nature Center with a volunteer checking in each of you.
Drop bags will be collected at the Nature Center. Specifically we will have two trucks that will ferry them out to Paradise Park and Nuuanu. Recall the drop bag restrictions and have them all marked with location, runner name, and runner bib number. We will not accept unmarked bags. It is your responsibility to place your bag in the correct truck.
During The Run:
The rules and trail etiquette is described in the Book of Hurt. Read the book before running the event, and if you have a pacer / crew make sure they do the same.
Go out and run and have some fun.
Post Race:
Please gather and remove all your drop bags. We will not be responsible for them after the event concludes.
Night comes early and we need to clean up after the event, we ask your cooperation late in the afternoon as we work to return the premises to the way we found them.
Monday Evening Banquet:
We have posted directions to the banquet on the Blog. The event is nearly sold out. The few tickets that remain will be sold on a first come first served basis at the trail brief.
Good luck and good running.
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We are in dire need of some folks who would be willing to help mark trail on Friday morning. The plan is to have 5 separate teams to do the marking so that we can keep the marking segments short for each group. Please let me know ASAP by e mailing me at email@example.com if you are interested in helping out. We are looking at starting at 0730 and hope to be done by 1000.
Thank you for your help.
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Aloha Runners,
By now you are far along in your training for next month, we hope some of it has been done with wet feet. We have had an extremely wet winter and one can only guess what race day might be like. Just a few quick reminders and announcements.
The wait list will be maintained up until 1/1/12, after that point the wait list will be shut down and no other runners added to the event. The refund policy stands as stated in the race book. If you are currently not on the ordered wait list you have no opportunity to get into the race. The current wait list is posted below on the Blog.
We have just a handful of banquet tickets left, if you did not purchase one at registration or from John afterwards and would like to do so contact john at email@example.com. For those who have previously purchased tickets but can no longer attend, you can get a full refund if requested prior to 1/1/12 by contacting John.
Bib numbers will be assigned on or about 1/5/12. Check either Ultrasignup.com or this Blog for the list. You are encourage to view the Ultrasignup list for the update entrant list.
We will have live tracking of the event and we will post the link in a later communication.
The race brief will be held at 2 pm, at the Nature Center on 1/13/12. Please be prompt, as it will be a very short meeting. Do not bring your drop bags to the brief.
Print out and read the race booklet. There have been many changes this year.
For the racers out there we will be once again offering a $500.00 cash prize for either a Men's (20:10), or Women's (24:05) course record.
For those of you who complete the HURT 100 we will have plaques available for purchase at the finish line, engraved while you wait by Joel Jenkins our Medical Coordinator. The cost of the plaque will be @ $25-30, payable in cash only.
If you would like to participate in the trail marking on 1/13/12 please contact me at email@example.com. We will have several teams out marking the course so the legs will be @ 4-6 miles at most.
Best of luck to you all in the final weeks of training.
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Wait Listed Runners,
There has been little movement on the waitlist. I have posted the updated wait list here as of 12/10/11.
If a runner drops from the event an e mail registration link will be sent directly to your e mail on file if you are next in line for a slot. Please allow your e mail spam protection / junk mail to accept e mail from Ultrasignup. Otherwise you could be bypassed after the three day period passes.
If you are currently on the wait list and would like to be removed please e mail me at firstname.lastname@example.com
Thank you,
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Runners, HURT ohana, Putting on an event like the HURT 100 requires significant commitments from many of us, and we are grateful for the support we receive from the HURT ohana. Most recently, Jan McGriff and Julie Takishima have graciously agreed to be the Aid Station Captains at Paradise Park, and many of you have already volunteered to help at all three aid stations. A major organizational challenge still lies ahead though, and we need your help. At the last HURT 100 we successfully field-tested the concept of a safety and sweeper team. In its 2012 incarnation the mission of the HURT Patrol remains unchanged, namely to 1) assist in case of an emergency, 2) maintain course markings, 3) monitor the race. Trail safety has become a pressing concern for the HURT 100 and similar events. Pacers provide some element of safety on the course but only for individual runners fortunate enough to find one. The HURT 100 needs a dedicated team committed to the support of the race and all its participants. Members of this team will have to commit to at least 14 hours of service, must be familiar with the course, and need to be physically and mentally strong enough to be on standby or out on the course for a significant portion of the event, regardless of conditions. We therefore - call for volunteers for the HURT Patrol - request that Aid Station Captains release volunteers who could be candidates for safety patrol service from prior commitments made to support HURT 100 aid stations - appeal to all runners of the HURT 100 to forgo pacers and instead encourage their pacers to serve all runners by joining the patrol The safety patrol provides vital race support, and its members' kokua will be recognized as a significant community service contribution by the HURT 100 Race Directors.
If the HURT Patrol is not for you and you would still like to volunteer, we have posted the contacts for those areas where volunteers are still needed. The listing is on the right hand side of this page.
Aloha, Jeff
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Runners, The past few days have seen a lively debate on the HURT blog about the outcome of the lottery for the 2012 HURT 100. It seems to me that much of it is caused by misinformation and misunderstandings regarding the lottery procedure. We will update the respective section for The Book of HURT - 2013. For now, let me briefly explain the process for all applicants and participants in the 2012 race: A total of 125 runners were admitted. Among these are up to nine runners with guaranteed entries, namely: • The first three finishers of each gender of the prior year's HURT 100 (assuming they have completed an application, submitted payment, and met the deadlines applicable to all runners). • Up to three entrants (regardless of gender) with no 100-mile race finishes. • Up to three entrants (regardless of gender) with no prior HURT 100 starts. The remaining entrants were chosen via a weighted lottery. Kukui nuts (i.e., points) were awarded to each entrant based upon: • Responses to questions posed on the electronic application form. • Top-three finishes in prior HURT 100 events. • HURT community service. The latter (HURT community service) is a way for locals to get ahead of competition from the mainland, and for the HURT race directors to reward runners who graciously offer time and resources to make events like the HURT 100 happen. All of us are volunteers with busy lives outside of trail running. The kukui nuts awarded to those who help us prepare and stage these events are our way to show appreciation of the support we receive from the HURT ohana. In addition, negative kukui nuts were assigned to applicants who exhibited unsportsmanlike conduct at prior HURT 100 events, the worst offense being failure of an admitted runner to show up on race day without notifying the race directors. Note that kukui nuts only affect (and usually increase) the odds of being selected because they act as weights in the lottery; they do not guarantee entry and do not allow applicants to bypass the random drawing. After 125 entrants were selected as described, the random drawing from the pool of weighted applications was continued in order to add fifty wait-listed runners, ranked by the order in which their names were drawn. Based on our experience from prior years, wait listed candidates have a very good chance of being invited to join the race - even those near the end of the list. I hope this makes the process clearer. We will continue to look into ways to improve the selection procedure and make changes where necessary. Aloha, Jeff
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Confirmed Entrants:
Congratulations to the 2012 HURT 100 Entrants we hope that you are excited about being selected for the event. We had over 230 applicant for the 125 slots, and the kukui nut lottery went without a hitch (despite some dissapointments). As time goes on the entrant list will be updated, however, for those who want to see who they will be running against we advise you to go to Ultrasignup and check out the performances of your competitors in past races.
If you are in the event and failed to order dinner tickets, you can still do so be contacting John at firstname.lastname@example.com, the earlier the better as we had a sizeable pre order already. There will be no refunds on dinner tickets after 12/31/2011.
The main race information source will be found at HURT and via direct e mail, so please make sure we have an updated e mail at all times. It is imperative that you also read the Book of HURT 2012.
Wait-Listed Runners:
Thank you for your patience with the Waitlist, we needed to assure all selected entrant's credit cards were processed properly.
As can be seen when viewing the wait list, the wait list lottery was discontinued after 50 runners were selected.The wait list is an ordered wait list, meaning runners will be selected in the order they appear on the waitlist.
For those on the wait list, you will be sent a registration link when a slot opens up. The e mail will be sent to the e mail address utilized when you originally regsitered. Please review the Wait List Procedure.
The registration will be done in exactly the same manner as when your registered for the event as a lottery hopeful. You will also have the option at checkout to purchase dinner tickets, once again it is highly advised to do so since there will be very limited number for sale at the pre race brief. There will be no refunds on dinner tickets after 12/31/2011.
The wait list will be updated periodically at HURT. If for whatever reason you would like your name removed from the wait list please send an e mail to Jeff at email@example.com.
All Runners:
Please note that all future updates will only be posted to the hurt100trailrace blog, and not to the hurthawaii blog.
The post race dinner will be on January 16, for those making travel plans you might want to consider leaving Hawaii on January 17.
The race directors and volunteers are eagerly awaiting your arrival in January. We are confident that we will be able to deliver a top notch experience (but the running is up to you) for you all. We will do our part, now you do yours. Get out there and run.
Warmest Aloha,
Jeff Huff
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Congratulations to the 125 of you who have been selected for the 2012 HURT 100. As you might already know your position in the race is highly coveted and we are hopeful that you all train up to the level needed to complete the 100 miles, otherwise it goes down as another DNF.
For those of you not selected , a kukui nut weighted lottery will be performed and an ordered entry of the next 50 runners will be determined. This lottery will be done within the next 24 hours and the wait list posted on this site by 8/15/11.
We will limit the wait list to 50 based upon last years drop rate / wait list runner accepted rate. For what its worth we had >30 lottery entrants drop from the race prior to the 11/15/10 deadline. We offered all those slots and worked through runner #52 on the wait list. Even then we only had 119 starters to the event.
Bottom line, if your in and want out let me know. If you are out and are wait listed train like there is no tomorrow. Who knows you may get a call on 1/2/12 asking if you want a slot.
If you want to know if you made it in go to ultrasignup.com. I'm too tired to post the list now (and too disappointed)
Thanks to all who attended today's party, you will all get another kukui nut next year.
Please remember that to make this event happen we need tons of volunteers, if you weren't selected we would love to have you at an aid station or on the HURT Patrol.
Good night all.
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Aloha Friends,
Recall tomorrow at 2 p.m., we will be having the 2nd annual HURT Lottery Selection show at the Huff house (1639 Ala Makani Place / Moanalua Valley). The doors will lock at 1:59 p.m. Please arrive early at 1 p.m., so we can partake of some ono grinds. Chef Inouye will be grilling burgers / dogs on the grill. I will have beer,soda,water, and juice on ice. All entrants are welcome as are past participants of the HURT 100 and significant others. Entry fee is just a simple dish to share with others (potluck style).
At precisely 2 p.m. the lottery will begin and continue until we fill the 125 slots. For those of you who will be in attendance bring a good attitude as the format will be similar in style to the post race banquet. For those of you who can't make it you can follow the selection process at http://mobile.ultrasignup.com/lottery/hurt
Attendance will be taken.
Good luck to all.
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PLANO — The Rider and Wichita Falls High School teams took a major step up in competition on Saturday with matches against Plano West and Allen.
And the Class 5A teams taught them both a few lessons as the WFISD pair went 0-4.
Rider fell 15-4 to Plano West and 16-3 to Allen. WFHS lost 17-2 to both teams.
"In the morning match (West) the scored didn't indicate it, but I was pretty pleased," Rider coach Ryan Gillen said. "We lost three matches in super tiebreakers and it could have just as easily been 12-7.
"It does to show we haven't played enough matches and some of that's on me. But I was happy with how we fought."
Gillen said both the No. 1 and No. 2 boys doubles matches could have gone either way and tightened up the 6-1 score after doubles. He wasn't as pleased with the loss to Allen.
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Rider (2-2) plays at Lake Dallas on Tuesday, while WFHS (4-2) goes to Denton.
A major bright spot for the Coyotes on Saturday was Adam Dockery, who accounted for three of the four victories on the day playing No. 1 singles and No. 1 doubles with Andrew Long.
"Adam really stepped up for us and we appreciate his leadership," WFHS coach Lee Gregg said. "Adam and Andrew played a really solid doubles match and beat a good team from Allen. They showed they can play at a high level."
Against Plano West the Coyotes saw sophomore Denney Norrie take the challenge and earn a win at No. 5 singles.
"Denney played the best match I've seen him play," Gregg said. "He really grew up today.
"It was a tough day for us, but I know we learned a lot from the losses. We need to get better and improve as the district season gets going. We just got to keep working hard and getting better."
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Of Course Disney Should Use Surge Pricing at Its Theme Parks
Disney is reportedly considering implementing surge pricing at its theme parks, which makes total sense. Demand is stronger on some days relative to others – hotels and airlines change prices based on demand, why shouldn't Mickey. While it makes sense to raise prices during peak periods, I think the bigger play is actually focusing on the growth generated by offering low prices on select "slow period" days.
Please check out my latest piece for the Harvard Business Review which discusses surge pricing. While peak/off-peak pricing is typically used to change demand in fixed capacity industries – I extend the applicability of surge pricing to instances when capacity is not fixed as well as when supply varies.
As always, thank you for reading my blog!
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The Apple Watchs Big Pricing Problem
Preorders for the Apple Watch kickoff today and expect the wild hype that Apple is expert on - ever notice how there's always a shortage of Apple's latest product? A few interesting facets of the Watch's pricing standout: (1) Apple is releasing a variety of styles – and while the styles are different, the inherent technology is the same (typically Apple releases a few models that differ by technology) and (2) The price range of the Apple Watch ranges from $349 to $17,000. No, $17,000 is not a typo!
Apple is hoping that the Watch will be its next big hit – its pricing strategy isn't doing it any favors. Please check out my latest piece for the Harvard Business Review which discusses why I think Apple blew it on its pricing strategy and what it should have done instead.
I discussed this piece on Bloomberg West this afternoon, here's the clip.
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Price-Sensitive Customers Will Tolerate Uncertainty
I enjoy improving margins through higher pricing as much as (perhaps even more) than everyone. However, what I'm learning is that the real creativity of better pricing involves designing pricing strategies to grow your business by activating dormant customers. So contrary to popular thought, activating dormant customers through targeted lower prices is a key strategy that all companies need to focus on.
Please check out my latest article for the Harvard Business Review which discusses how to use uncertainty to separate those who truly deserve a discount from posers who claim they need one. Just as importantly, this article reveals my s-e-c-r-e-t to saving a fortune on hotels – something that we all can appreciate too!
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Cowbell Kingdom Podcast Ep 153: Previewing Las Vegas Summer League
Cowbell Kingdom crew breaks down the latest Sacramento Kings news.
Reports: NBA free agent Isaiah Thomas visits Phoenix Suns
Thomas makes a trip to the valley of the sun.
Sacramento Kings position battles at Vegas Summer League
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Jack Bull - Mystery Eyes
AboutBrighton artist Jack Bull creates mixed media paintings. This is his first solo exhibition showcasing a selection of new and unseen pieces from over the last four years. Jack's colourful paintings are imaginative expressions of his observations from life, inspired by the similarities, differences, perceptions, judgements and mysterious elements of humankind within our society. His work has been shown locally in venues such as Brighton Museum & Art Gallery and Pallant House Gallery among others. There will also be a series of affordable limited edition prints to coincide with the exhibition.
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Kojima Productions
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|Private (subsidiary of Konami)
|Tokyo Midtown Roppongi, Tokyo, Japan
|Key people
|Hideo Kojima
|Game development
|Video games
|200+ (2008)
Kojima Productions is a video game development studio headed by Hideo Kojima. Located in Roppongi Hills in Roppongi, Tokyo, Japan, the studio had just under 100 employees when it was first formed in 2005. During the development of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, the studio employed more than 200 people. The company's logo is the FOX unit badge from Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater. It also briefly underwent the alias of Moby Dick Studio as part of a publicity stunt for The Phantom Pain, to test the reception of the Fox Engine.
History Edit
The developer was formed on April 1, 2005, after Konami merged several of its subsidiaries, including Kojima's team at Konami Computer Entertainment Japan (KCEJ).
The company was intended to relieve Kojima of the business management and administrative responsibilities he had previously as KCEJ's vice president. As the head of Kojima Productions, Kojima is able to focus solely on creating games.
While the company has largely focuses on games in the Metal Gear series, it has also developed games not in that series, such as Lunar Knights.
Current projects Edit
Transfarring Edit
A gameplay that allows the player to transfer the game between some PlayStation consoles.
Fox Engine Edit
A game engine being developed by Kojima Productions for use in future titles.
"Next" Metal Gear Solid Edit
The next canon installment of Metal Gear series. Kojima confirmed this to be Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes/Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain.
Project Ogre Edit
In November 2011, Kojima alluded to be working on "Project Ogre." Kojima announced his new game by tweeting a screenshot of an in-development Metal Gear in late 2011. He later told CNN that his new game will be running on Fox Engine and would support Transfarring, be multiplatform and be designed with a global audience in mind.[1] Kojima went on to describe the game as set in an open world in which the players would find content even after 100 hours, although there is no proof that he was talking about Ground Zeroes.[2]
In January 2012, Kojima dropped more hints about the project, stating: "It's a very subdued experience – it's a little bit different to what I've done up until now. On the surface it will look similar, but once you get into it, it will be a different experience – and I'm hoping people look forward to that. But Project Ogre is going to take a lot of time, so I want to produce some other things on the side, like I'm doing with Metal Gear Rising. So while I'm working on Project Ogre there might be a couple of other projects going on at the same time."[3]
On February 23, 2012, Kojima stated on his Twitter account that his Project Ogre dealt with ogres.[4][5] Kojima, the same day, later clarified on another Twitter post that Project Ogre dealt with the use of ogres, and did not mean it was an ogre or that it was created from the soul of an ogre.[6]
On September 3, 2012, Kojima claimed that Ground Zeroes had nothing to do with Project Ogre and that the questions corncerning Project Ogre were getting annoying. However, he later admitted on June 28, 2013 that it was indeed related to Ground Zeroes, or rather Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain.
The Phantom PainEdit
Kojima Productions was rumored to have been involved in the creation of The Phantom Pain due to its usage of similar characters to that of the Metal Gear franchise, and was also rumored to actually be a promotion for the next Metal Gear game. The rumors ended up increasing in validity during an interview with Joakim Mogren, the supposed creator of the game, revealed new images that contained some watermarks that indicated that it was going to be run on the Kojima Productions-developed Fox Engine. These rumors were later confirmed at GDC 2013, and also unveiled that it and Moby Dick Studio were one and the same.
Project Star TrekEdit
In March 20, 2013, Kojima first alluded to working on Project Star Trek on Twitter. It is currently unknown what it entails, although Kojima mentioned that the new LA office for Kojima Productions was completed and that artists and geniuses are coming over.[7]
On March 19, 2015, it was reported that due to a fallout between Kojima Productions and Konami, Kojima would most likely leave Konami after The Phantom Pain is released. It was also reported that Kojima Productions was affected by the fallout as well.[8] A day later, Konami and Kojima released a joint statement confirming that development for the game will not be negatively affected by the restructuring within the company.[9] Konami also stated that they will continue to develop more Metal Gear games after The Phanton Pain is released.[9] In addition, Kojima Station ended up being cancelled.[10] Silent Hills also ended up being cancelled in large part due to the fallout,[11] and although the Metal Gear staff won several Famitsu awards on April 22, no one was present to receive it.[12]
Games Edit
Though Kojima has developed games at Konami since 1987, the Kojima Productions studio was not formed until 2005. However, Konami retroactively refers to Kojima's earlier productions as belonging to Kojima Productions. All Kojima Productions games were published by Konami. Games developed by Kojima Productions are in bold.
Metal GearEdit
- Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (X360, PS3, PS4, Xbox One, PC, 2015)
- Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes (X360, PS3, PS4, Xbox One, PC, 2014)
- Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance (X360, PS3, PC, 2013)
- Metal Gear Solid: Social Ops (Mobile, 2012)
- Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater 3D (3DS, 2012)
- Metal Gear Arcade (Arcade, 2010)
- Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker (PSP, 2010)
- Metal Gear Solid Touch (iPod Touch, iPhone, 2009)
- Metal Gear Online (PS3, 2008)
- Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (PS3, 2008)
- Metal Gear Solid 2: Bande Dessinée (DVD, 2008)
- Metal Gear Solid Mobile (Mobile/Nokia, 2008)
- Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops Plus (PSP, 2007)
- Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops (PSP, 2006)
- Metal Gear Solid: Digital Graphic Novel (PSP, 2006)
- Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence (PS2, 2005)
- Metal Gear Acid 2 (PSP, 2005)
- Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (PS2, 2004)
- Metal Gear Acid (PSP, 2004)
- Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes (GCN, 2004)
- Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance (XB, PS2, PC, 2002)
- The Document of Metal Gear Solid 2 (PS2, 2002)
- Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (PS2, 2001)
- Metal Gear: Ghost Babel (GBC, 2000)
- Metal Gear Solid: VR Missions (PS1, 1999)
- Metal Gear Solid: Integral (PS1, PC, 1999)
- Metal Gear Solid (PS1, 1998)
- Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake (MSX2, 1990)
- Metal Gear (MSX2, 1987)
Other Edit
- Silent Hills (cancelled)
- Castlevania: Lords of Shadow (X360, PS3, 2010)
- Gaitame Baibai Trainer: Kabutore FX (DS, 2009)
- Lunar Knights (DS, 2007)
- Kabushiki Baibai Trainer Kabutore (DS, 2007)
- Shin Bokura no Taiyō Gyakushū no Sabata (GBA, 2005)
- Boktai 2: Solar Boy Django (GBA, 2004)
- Boktai: The Sun Is in Your Hand (GBA, 2003)
- Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner (PS2, 2003)
- Zone of the Enders (PS2, 2001)
- Policenauts (PC-98, 3DO, PSX, Sega Saturn, 1994-1996)
- Snatcher (PC-8801, MSX2, PCE, Sega CD/Mega CD, PSX, Sega Saturn, 1988-1996)
See alsoEdit
External linksEdit
Notes and referencesEdit
- ^ http://www.1up.com/news/kojima-game-open-world
- ^ http://articles.cnn.com/2011-12-20/tech/tech_gaming-gadgets_project-ogre_1_metal-gear-hideo-kojima-kojima-productions?_s=PM:TECH
- ^ http://gamerant.com/hideo-kojima-solid-snake-project-ogre-metal-gear-rising-ts-123571/
- ^ http://kotaku.com/5887958/metal-gear-creators-next-game-has-an-ogre
- ^ https://twitter.com/#!/Kojima_Hideo/status/172836368039415808
- ^ https://twitter.com/#!/hideo_kojima_en/status/172875427357003776
- ^ http://www.twitlonger.com/show/lc33m6
- ^ Kojima Expected to Leave Konami After MGS5, Inside Source Confirms - GameSpot
- ^ a b Notification Regarding "METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN"
- ^ http://www.dualshockers.com/2015/03/25/konami-suspends-kojima-station-broadcast-fans-asked-to-support-metal-gear-solid-vs-developers/
- ^ Silent Hills Has Been Officially Cancelled - IGN
- ^ http://www.metalgearinformer.com/?p=19164


text: Theses - Brain and Cognitive Sciences http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/7778 2015-07-07T17:38:52Z Interneuron networks and cortical dynamics : emulated whisking drives SOM interneurons in the ketamine anesthetized mouse SI neocortex http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/95858 Interneuron networks and cortical dynamics : emulated whisking drives SOM interneurons in the ketamine anesthetized mouse SI neocortex Skowronski-Lutz, Ethan M. (Ethan Mikael) In the core of this thesis I test and confirm the hypothesis that separate classes of interneurons respond differentially to sensory stimulation independent of volitional or other top-down control on the part of the animal. I also test and confirm the hypothesis that, based only on bottom-up sensory stimulation the activity of two major classes of interneurons (adapting Parvalbumin positive and facilitating Somatostatin positive interneurons) predominates during different phases of what corresponds to natural sensing cycles in a behaving rodent. These questions are addressed using an in vivo mouse model with intrinsically fluorescent, but differentiable, interneuron populations combined with 2-photon imaging, Ca²+-sensitive dyes. Anesthesia and electrical control of facial muscles allowed for naturalistic stimulation without the confounds presented by volitional whisking and unknown top-down or behavioral states. Additional chapters in this thesis focus on ancillary work related to computational modeling of neural systems and systems' level perspectives on maturation and disease. Thesis: Ph. D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, 2014.; Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.; Includes bibliographical references. 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Causal evidence for the behavioral impact of oscillations in neocortex and hippocampus http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/95857 Causal evidence for the behavioral impact of oscillations in neocortex and hippocampus Siegle, Joshua H. (Joshua Hangman) Neuroscientists hold widely divergent opinions on the behavioral relevance of oscillatory brain states. Some consider them to be a side effect of anatomical connectivity, with little or no role in guiding action. Others view them as a fundamental feature of the network states that underlie perception and cognition. In this thesis, I take a systematic approach to studying two of the most prominent types of oscillations,'gamma rhythms in the neocortex (30-80 Hz) and theta rhythms in the hippocampus (4-12 Hz). In both cases, I use light-gated ion channels to manipulate spike activity on a cycle-by-cycle basis in awake, behaving mice. By rhythmically stimulating fast-spiking interneurons in somatosensory cortex, I can emulate the activity patterns that define gamma oscillations under natural conditions. Emulating gamma enhances the detection of threshold-level vibrissae deflections, analogous to the behavioral effects of shifting attention. By triggering stimulation of fast-spiking interneurons in the hippocampus on peaks and troughs of endogenous rhythms, I can reduce spike activity at specific phases of theta. In the context of a spatial navigation task, I find that the ability of inhibition to enhance decision-making accuracy depends on both the theta phase and the task segment in which it occurs. Both of these experiments provide novel causal evidence for the behavioral impact of oscillations, which offers a much more compelling argument for their utility than traditional correlative measures. Finally, I present a new platform for extracellular electrophysiology. This platform, called Open Ephys, makes the closed-loop experiments that are ideal for studying oscillations accessible to a wider audience. Thesis: Ph. D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, 2014.; Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.; Includes bibliographical references. 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Towards more human-like concept learning in machines : compositionality, causality, and learning-to-learn http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/95856 Towards more human-like concept learning in machines : compositionality, causality, and learning-to-learn Lake, Brenden M People can learn a new concept almost perfectly from just a single example, yet machine learning algorithms typically require hundreds or thousands of examples to perform similarly. People can also use their learned concepts in richer ways than conventional machine learning systems - for action, imagination, and explanation suggesting that concepts are far more than a set of features, exemplars, or rules, the most popular forms of representation in machine learning and traditional models of concept learning. For those interested in better understanding this human ability, or in closing the gap between humans and machines, the key computational questions are the same: How do people learn new concepts from just one or a few examples? And how do people learn such abstract, rich, and flexible representations? An even greater puzzle arises by putting these two questions together: How do people learn such rich concepts from just one or a few examples? This thesis investigates concept learning as a form of Bayesian program induction, where learning involves selecting a structured procedure that best generates the examples from a category. I introduce a computational framework that utilizes the principles of compositionality, causality, and learning-to-learn to learn good programs from just one or a handful of examples of a new concept. New conceptual representations can be learned compositionally from pieces of related concepts, where the pieces reflect real part structure in the underlying causal process that generates category examples. This approach is evaluated on a number of natural concept learning tasks where humans and machines can be compared side-by-side. Chapter 2 introduces a large-scale data set of novel, simple visual concepts for studying concept learning from sparse data. People were asked to produce new examples of over 1600 novel categories, revealing consistent structure in the generative programs that people used. Initial experiments also show that this structure is useful for one-shot classification. Chapter 3 introduces the computational framework called Hierarchical Bayesian Program Learning, and Chapters 4 and 5 compare humans and machines on six tasks that cover a range of natural conceptual abilities. On a challenging one-shot classification task, the computational model achieves human-level performance while also outperforming several recent deep learning models. Visual "Turing test" experiments were used to compare humans and machines on more creative conceptual abilities, including generating new category examples, predicting latent causal structure, generating new concepts from related concepts, and freely generating new concepts. In each case, fewer than twenty-five percent of judges could reliably distinguish the human behavior from the machine behavior, showing that the model can generalize in ways similar to human performance. A range of comparisons with lesioned models and alternative modeling frameworks reveal that three key ingredients - compositionality, causality, and learning-to-learn - contribute to performance in each of the six tasks. This conclusion is further supported by the results of Chapter 6, where a computational model using only two of these three principles was evaluated on the one-shot learning of new spoken words. Learning programs with these ingredients is a promising route towards more humanlike concept learning in machines. Thesis: Ph. D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, 2014.; Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.; Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-220). 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Linking dopaminergic physiology to working memory related neural circuitry http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/95848 Linking dopaminergic physiology to working memory related neural circuitry Bolton, Andrew D. (Andrew Donald) Working memory is the ability to hold information "online" over a delay in order to perform a task. This kind of memory is thought to be encoded in the brain by persistent neural activity that outlasts the presentation of a stimulus. Interestingly, patients with schizophrenia, a heritable neurological disorder, perform poorly in working memory tasks that require the retention of a target in space, indicating that persistent neural activity related to spatial locations may be impaired in the disease. At the biophysical level, NMDA receptors and dopamine receptors have been continually implicated in supporting persistent activity during spatial working memory. Perhaps relatedly, drugs that target the dopamine system are regularly used in the treatment of schizophrenia, and drugs that target NMDARs induce schizophrenia-like symptoms in healthy individuals. In this thesis, I seek to further examine the possible connection between NMDA receptors, the dopamine system, and schizophrenia-related working memory deficits. We find that homocysteine, a dopamine breakdown product that is upregulated in the blood of schizophrenia patients, strongly impacts NMDAR currents by reducing channel desensitization and altering peak amplitude. Additionally, we find that the dopamine system itself, which is traditionally studied in areas like striatum and prefrontal cortex, is organized in a behaviorally relevant pattern in the superior colliculus (SC), a brain region that shows persistent activity during spatial working memory tasks. The electrophysiological affects of dopamine on the SC suggest that dopamine dysregulation could have previously unexplored effects on spatial attention, sensorimotor integration, and working memory. Thesis: Ph. D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, 2014.; Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. Vita.; Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-143). 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z