http://cache.kotaku.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/kotaku.com.png http://kotaku.com/tag/jet set radio http://kotaku.com/tag/jet set radio

Video games are meant to be an escape from the real world. Yet sometimes, escape be damned, they do such a good job of depicting real locations that the player can't help but want to pack their bags and go travelling. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5747429&view=rss&microfeed=true

Console artist Ozcan — whose work we've featured before — certainly knows the way to pull at a Sega fan's heartstrings with this glorious custom Dreamcast. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5736463&view=rss&microfeed=true

Someone named "Xbox360 Leaker" dropped a screenshot of a French-language Xbox Live Marketplace that shows the Dreamcast classic Jet Set Radio available as a demo. The picture, of unknown provenance, adds weight to rumors that other Dreamcast classics are inbound. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5524050&view=rss&microfeed=true

Designer Thomas "Akutou" Pereira likes him some video game ladies. And some vector art. Combine the two and, yes, you see where this is going. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5263816&view=rss&microfeed=true

Is Sega dipping into the well of Dreamcast franchises again? That's what we heard from friendlier folks at Comic-Con last week, specifically that the publisher was planning on bringing back one of its more beloved franchises, Jet Grind Radio. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5031139&view=rss&microfeed=true

And no, not because it raises the prospect of a Wii port of Mark Ecko's Getting up. It's because, when I look at this excellent, home-made modification - crafted by German uni student Martin Lihs - that sees a can of spray paint turned into a fully-functioning Wii Remote, I think of a Wii version of Jet Set Radio (with 1:1 tagging), then I get a little giddy, then I get a little dizzy, then I need to go sit down for a bit. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5014143&view=rss&microfeed=true

My fellow Kotakuites, I'd like to take a break from the usual news and posts about random gaming weirdness and spend a little time reminiscing. I want us all to take a few minutes and appreciate our Dreamcasts. Today marks the seventh year anniversary of the North American launch of the little white devil, a beautifully compact monster that spawned some of the best games of the generation. So go to the closet, unhook that unsightly Xbox from your composite inputs, and lets have a classic Sega gaming freakout. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=199594&view=rss&microfeed=true Kotaku-fan and reader Steve Laity has launched a website dedicated to the "hottest underground and independent Japanese bands." Laity says that Japanfiles was inspired to start the site by the music from Jet Set Radio. The first band he added to the site, was in fact a key member of the game's soundtrack, Guitar Vader. The site has since grown to include 80 bands from Japan, all of which have mp3s available for sale on the site More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=123955&view=rss&microfeed=true