kotaku.com - 12/1/2008
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Gaming...banks? Saving money is a game, so hey, why not. There's an article I wrote in the latest issue of Wired about Japanese piggy banks that incorporate gaming elements.
The Jinsei Bank ("Life"...
technabob.com - 11/29/2008
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technabob.com —
Remember when it cost just a quarter to
play your favorite arcade games? What would you say...
if I told you that you could play two Atari arcade classics for just one red cent a game. While these pint-size versions of Breakout and Tetris ...
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tetris and breakout piggy banks help you pinch pennies
dvice.com - 12/8/2008
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dvice.com —
The folks at Strapya World have figured out
a way for financially strapped geeks to save money...
and simultaneously serve their tech lust with the introduction of the Tetris and Atari Breakout Arcade Gaming Piggy Banks . The mini-arcade machines ...
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Hoard real cash while gaming with the Tetris and Atari ...
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game banks make saving fun
technabob —
... If only real life were so simple.
If the idea of a virtual pet makes you want to bury your money in the backyard instead, you could try Bankquest, a simple RPG, or Ikemen Bank, a heart-shaped bank with a dating sim.
Of course, in order to actually use these banks, you’ll probably need to convert all your money to yen. At least that will make you less likely to spend it… unless you happen to be in Japan.
[Wired via Kotaku] ...
An Annotated Pictorial of Japanese Videogame Banks [Gaming]
Gizmodo —
... The article, by Brian Ashcraft of Kotaku fame, gives us a walkthrough of three differently themed game banks, with styles that range from RPG (you put in money to level up) to dating sim (as a modern female, you feed your dates coins to hear sweat nothings). ...
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