Pac Man ate all my monies.

If you're like me and you don't have a gambling addiction, but the prospect of gaining money while purchasing nick-nacks bearing the visage of familiar characters, games and other niceties turns you right on, this post is for you.

Well, that and if you live in New Jersey.

The New Jersey State Lotto has introduced Pac Man scratch offs (apparently this has happened in Texas, too, as there's Kotaku article on it) celebrating the 30th anniversary of the lovable yellow pie-minus-a-slice.

I didn't win anything and the game is not as interesting as many other match-up games (but then is the preset "you win only if you get one of these two" game ever really that great?), but it was $2 and I could have had a return on my money or greater! Also, I found it while buying a slurpee at a 7-11, so I don't know what else you really want from me.

Don't buy it if you have a gambling problem because gambling more doesn't help resolve such issues!

Oh! Hi? Oh, gozaimasu!

Ever wanted to show off your love for anime, video games and Japan, period? But when you go outside, some gross neckbeard is wearing that same super-trendy shirt you got off some site that reuses Lolcats jokes and pairings from some erotic yaoi hentai doujinshi your girlfriend's friend downloaded and tried to share with you? You know, the one who smells like meat and ends your name with "-san" when she talks to you? Well, if you live in New York (and probably other places, I don't know or really care), you can worry a whole lot less, now it's fashionable to love really nerdy things and not have your trendy threads be open to everyone with access to a modem and a tripcode on 4chan!

Uniqlo, a Japanese clothing store with global stores, especially one in my local NYC area, has recently unleashed a new line of print t-shirts, now with more anime and video game references than you can shake a stick at! Do you really hate the fake "Objection!" shirts that purveyors at Anime Conventions sell for a premium in the dealers room? Now Capcom has licensed official ones through the Japanese clothing chain. Like Pac-man ghosts, Megaman and Dig-Dug? They got shirts for that! Detective Conan? Gundam? You're covered. Inu Yasha and Full Metal Alchemist? Drink bleach, you're unclean and should check your local Hot Topic for your nerd culture.

Oh, and here's the news angle: from now until my birthday (MAY 12, DOH HOHOHOHOHO), there's a sale going on at Uniqlo - normally $15.50 each, you get 2 shirts for $29.50, 3 for $39.50 and 4 for $49.50. Their stock is huge and goes well beyond just random nerd stuff, you also have a lot of pretentious hipster garbage from international artists as well!

My only regret is that I couldn't find any Parappa the Rapper swag while I was there, as he's featured on the bag and I'd heard rumors of him being on clothing from the new line. Also no word from personal favorite Metal Gear like at the Japanese Uniqlo stores last summer.

Uniqlo is located at 546 Broadway, NYC near the Prince St. station on the yellow line.

To conclude: me wearing hipster trash and looking like a major bell-end. You're welcome.