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Die Antwoord is blowing up. First Boing Boing, then Vice Magazine, now The New Yorker?!

If you don’t know about Die Antwoord, your inner zef is in need of some serious refreshing. Waddy Jones (a.k.a Ninja) and Yo-landi Vi$$er (the pixie crack-baby with the space mullet pictured below) can take care of that in a heart beat-boy.

Oh, and they just landed in LA. Enter the Ninja!

Mike sent me an IM, “You want to go see the new Tron in 3D IMAX on Saturday?” I’m like, “Hell yeah!”

Driving down, we had a suspicion it was just a trailer from all the chatter across the web leading up to the event. Rumors were even flying it was attached to an early screening of the new Alice in Wonderland. That made the most sense, with Tron still being 10 months out, and Alice being just a week. Besides, Disney owns both…

It turned out it was only the new trailer, shown twice. (For some proper journalism on the event, check out Mike’s recount on Kotaku.)

The screening was at THE BRIDGE: Cinema de Lux in The Promenade at Howard Hughes Center — my old stomping grounds in Culver City, CA. Culver City also happens to be the place where the original Flynn’s Arcade stood. Now its a swank restaurant called Akasha.

Both Tron directors were on hand — the original, Steven Lisberger, and the new, Joseph Kosinski. This gave me some hope that the movie may turn out all right. That, and the trailer was pretty stunning. It is going to be a must see in 3D IMAX.

From what I gathered during the 20 minute Q & A session (while the film rewound), Daft Punk was heavily involved and will be in the movie, Disney will be recreating Flynn’s Arcade, and expect a game. Sometimes avoiding questions can say more than any press release.

We worked with the amazing artist, Jason Chan, to create this design for our friends at Kotaku.

Diving into the deep end of moe anthropomorphism, Kotaku-tan is comprised solely of references familiar to longtime Kotaku readers.

We’re really happy with the way she turned out, thanks in part to a ridiculous 13-screen printing process we used for the shirts. Kotaku-tan is available now in black, asphalt, and natural organic.

The new Meat Bun web site is finally loaded! We blame the mandatory install to the hard drive for the delay. Now, what to call it… how about Meat Bun 2: Rise of the Nikuman, or Meat Bun 20XX, or American McGee’s Meat Bun II?

While we’re coming up with some asinine title following the universally accepted game sequel naming convention, please feel free to look around and tell us what you think!

In the coming weeks and months, we’ll be launching some new designs, special projects and collaborations, with the debut of our Spring/Summer 2010 line arriving, well, this Spring! The best way to stay on top of all the hot Meat Bun action is by reading our newsletter or by following us on Twitter and Facebook where we’ll drop up-to-the-minute news, announcements and special promotions. Sure beats hitting F5 non-stop!

In the meantime, head over to the store, maybe grab yourself a Meat Bun grab bag, the best deal you’ll get on some of our older stuff, samples and maybe something you’ve never seen before!

Soaked from the rain, and ears still ringing — awesome night! Got to see Nosaj Thing for the first time. Wow. Last time I heard sounds like that, Mike and I were at Womb in Shibuya.

Nosaj followed a great set by Jogger (who have an equally great shirt designed by kozyndan), and the evening was capped off by the always impressive Daedelus (who still has my copy of the Oblivion strategy guide).

kozyndan also illustrated the Magical Properties Tour poster. Way too cool.

Checked out Pee-wee’s Playhouse live at Club Nokia. That set alone was worth the price of admission. It was like walking into an episode of the late Saturday morning show, only updated slightly. A new character based off a ShamWow made an appearance, but suffered a horrible fate in an accident involving a deep fryer. It was almost as horrific as what happened to Vince, the ShamWow/SlapChop guy, in Germany.

As a special treat, a select few got to meet and greet with Paul Rubens after the show for a little Q&A. He let it out that the purpose of this live stage show is to gain traction for his new movie in development. Mr. Rubens then went on to explain the entire plot! Heavy stuff involving mermaids and zombies, and villain Chris Rock kidnapping the King of Cartoons. You heard it here first!