Francesca Dani: Ten Years of Cosplay

She first dressed up as Sailor Moon in October 1998, and she’s portrayed many anime and game characters since. This month marks Italian cosplayer Francesca Dani’s tenth year in the business.

Yes, dressing up as cartoon characters is a business. Amazing what the Web makes possible.

Alodia Most Followed Filipina Plurker

I’m a Twitter kind of guy, but I’ve got to hand it to Filipina gamer Alodia Gosiengfiao: she can really pull her fans into things. Joey Alarilla notes that she’s number one in the Philippines when it comes to Plurk fans, with 527 and counting.

Social media startups targeting the growing Filipino geek market would do well to court this girl.