Every PS1 Game – Dino Crisis
Back in the 1990’s, two seemingly unrelated things gained mainstream popularity: dinosaurs and survival horror games. What would happen if you combined Jurassic Park, Steven Spielberg’s blockbuster movie from 1993, and Resident Evil, Capcom’s smash hit game from 1996? You’d get something like Dino Crisis, released in 1999.
Shinji Mikami of Capcom was the director of Resident Evil (1996) and producer of Resident Evil 2 (1998) and 3 (1999). In between RE2 and RE3, Mikami-san directed and produced this game, Dino Crisis. While the Resident Evil series announces its title when pushing Start, sadly Dino Crisis does not. A sign of a less campy direction for this series, perhaps?
(more…)Yearly Treat: Cars and Coffee at Ford Greenfield Labs 2026
Every weekend there are “cars and coffee” meetups held all over the world. Getting together on a Saturday or Sunday morning with your friends to sip coffee and talk cars has become a staple of modern car communities, with many clubs organizing monthly meets. In major population centers, chances are you can find a car meet every single weekend. But what about a meet that only happens once a year?
Nestled near the foothills of Palo Alto, California, is Ford’s Greenfield Labs. Silicon Valley is a hotbed for automotive research centers like these: Ford, Nissan, Tesla, Toyota, and VW all have engineering centers in the area, just to name a few. Every once in a while, Ford opens their doors and invites the public to show off their cars and check out Greenfield Labs.
(more…)Fuji Motorsports Museum ~ 富士モータースポーツミュージアム (April 2026)
When you walk through the front door of the Fuji Speedway Hotel, you’re standing at the entrance to the Fuji Motorsports Museum.
To get to the front desk of the hotel, you ride that escalator up to the 3rd floor, enjoying a great preview of the museum in the process. We’ll turn left here and enter the museum on the first floor.
(more…)I Went to Japan Twice (Part 2 – 2026) – Tuesday/Wednesday
This post is part of a continuing series. If you haven’t read the Sunday/Monday post, I suggest starting there before reading this one.
Our plan for Tuesday was a day trip down to Kamakura, a coastal town in Kanagawa Prefecture that’s roughly an hour south of Tokyo by train. My friend Art describes this as the “Santa Cruz of Japan” because of its laid-back beach vibes. Santa Cruz is a town in California where I’ve spent a lot of time. Nestled in a hilly forest next to the ocean, it has chill neighborhoods, surfer beaches, and extremely popular tourist areas. I love Santa Cruz, so I was very interested to explore Kamakura.
As soon as we got off the train I was impressed. This is a lovely little town with greenery everywhere.
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