The Creator of the Famous 'Konami Code' Has Died

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Kazuhisa Hashimoto, creator of the famous ‘Konami Code,’ has died
Up. Up. Down. Down. Left. Right. Left. Right. B. A. Start. It’s the most famous sequence of button pushes in video game history, and its creator, Kazuhisa Hashimoto, has died. He was reportedly 61.

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Elderly Man Robbed Of Recycling In SF's Bayview-Hunters Point Identified
Police in San Francisco announced that investigators have identified the man who was threatened and attacked over the weekend as he was robbed of recycling he had collected in Bayview-Hunters Point.

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Bellevue College apologizes after administrator alters mural depicting Japanese American internment
Bellevue College has apologized after one of its vice presidents altered a mural of two Japanese American children in a World War II incarceration camp by whiting out a reference to anti-Japanese agitation by local businessmen in the accompanying artist description. Created by Seattle artist Erin Shigaki, the art installation "Never Again Is Now" includes an 11-foot-tall mural of two children photographed at a California incarceration camp. Last week, professors were notified that someone had removed one sentence in a paragraph about Japanese immigrants and their connection to Bellevue.

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Olivia Liang Cast as Lead of CW's 'Kung Fu' Reboot
Olivia Liang will star as the lead in the pilot of CW's reimagining of the 1970s TV show Kung Fu. In the new series, written by Christina M. Kim, a quarter-life crisis causes a young Chinese-American woman, Nicky Chen, to drop out of college and go on a life-changing journey to an isolated monastery in China. But when she returns to find her hometown overrun with crime and corruption, she uses her martial arts skills and Shaolin values to protect her community and bring criminals to justice -- all while searching for the assassin who killed her Shaolin mentor and is now targeting her.

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I Will Make You Mine
Ahead of its world premiere next month at SXSW, here is the trailer for I Will Make You Mine, the directorial debut from our friend Lynn Chen. The film follows three characters: Rachel (Chen), who lives in luxury with her cheating husband; Professor Erika (Ayako Fujitani), who is trying her best to juggle her career and raising her daughter Sachiko (Ayami Riley Tomine); and struggling musician Yea-Ming Chen (who plays a version of herself). They all may have different lives, but they share one common bond: a flawed romantic history with singer-songwriter Goh Nakamura(who also plays a version of himself). As seen in the trailer above, when Goh comes back into their lives, the past comes back and makes things a tad bit complicated. The film will be released on May 26 from Gravitas Ventures.

Fund This: 'I Will Make You Mine'

Lynn Chen makes her directorial debut with the sequel to 'Surrogate Valentine' and 'Daylight Savings.'



Here's a film project that could use your crowdfunded generosity.

I was pretty excited to hear about I Will Make You Mine. Not only is it the final installment of a trilogy -- the sequel to the fan favorite indie features Surrogate Valentine and Daylight Savings -- it marks the directorial debut of my good friend Lynn Chen, who also wrote, produces and stars in the film.

2011's Surrogate Valentine and 2012's Daylight Savings, written and directed by Dave Boyle, followed the life, love and friendships of indie musician Goh Nakamura, who played a version of himself. Six years later, I Will Make You Mine shares the perspective of three women who are romantically linked to Goh, as they maneuver in to their 40s and face major life changes.

"I never set out to become a writer, director, or producer," Lynn says. "But somehow this film, about growing older and re-examining our past relationships, called out to me. And I could not have told this particular story at any other time in my life."

Exclusive! Tribute Poster Premiere for 'Man From Reno'

Dave Boyle's neo-noir mystery opens in New York and Los Angeles on March 27



A Japanese crime novelist and a small town sheriff are lured into the same strange murder mystery in director Dave Boyle's engrossing, cross-cultural neo-noir Man From Reno, starring Ayako Fujitani, Pepe Serna and Kazuki Kitamura. The critically acclaimed film opens in New York and Los Angeles on Friday, March 27.

The film is a bit of a departure from Dave's previous work, which include the wacky comedy White On Rice and the black-and-white musical road comedies Surrogate Valentine and Daylight Savings. Here, he jumps genres, taking a completely different turn into moody Hitchcockian suspense, while stay true to his idiosyncratic voice.

It's a damn great movie. In celebration of the upcoming theatrical release, we're proud to present the exclusive premiere of this tribute poster for Man From Reno, designed by Brian Kobashikawa. Check it out:

Fund This: Man From Reno, an indie mystery by Dave Boyle

Man From Reno is the latest indie feature film project from Dave Boyle, the writer/director behind Surrogate Valentine, Daylight Savings and White On Rice. But this one's a very different kind of film...

Starring Ayako Fujitani and Pepe Serna, Man From Reno is a bilingual mystery about a Japanese author and small town sheriff who team up to investigate a murder in San Francisco. The film is currently in post-production, but here's some cool moody footage: