Our sadistic overlords at Joystiq managed to snag the super spiffy T-shirt you see above at the Tokyo Game Show yesterday. The shirt was being given to attendees of Microsoft's International Press Party. Supposedly, the Japanese text reads "Save Cortana." Of course, sex sells. We all know that, but we're not sure if it's enough to sell Halo 3 to Japan (even if Famitsu loves it). Still, it's a pretty nice shirt, and one we wouldn't mind adding to our collection. If you agree, then keep an eye on Joystiq, as they'll be giving it away one of these days. The rest of us can head over to the Bungie store, repeatedly mash F5, and hope.
1. Looking up the katakana (used generally for phonetically spelling out non-Japanese words), it reads
ko ru ta na wo su ku e
Obviously "Cortana" being the first four characters - the rest, no idea.
With katakana, you generally have to say the characters out loud, quickly, and repeatedly, 'til your brain matches up what you're saying with a familiar word.
Posted at 1:20PM on Sep 21st 2007 by ScottW