Just as the U.S. dominated the medal count at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, our boys brought home the golden Pikachu cup in all three divisions of the 2012 Pokémon World Video Game Championships in Hawaii this weekend. The trading card game? Not so much. » 8/13/12 8:30pm 8/13/12 8:30pm

Gymnasium/ballroom/armory pro wrestling is a beautiful thing. A beautifully cheesy thing. This combatant from Hawaii, "Kenryu Takadoki", has shed all pretense of trying to become noticed and promoted to a bigger circuit because, hey, they're way out in Hawaii. So why not go with a repertoire based on Street Fighter… » 8/20/11 12:00pm 8/20/11 12:00pm

Understated Aloha shirts are for classy island residents. Gaudy ones for the tourists. But Hawaiian shirts covered in anime girls? » 5/09/11 8:30am 5/09/11 8:30am

A Hawaii man is suing the makers of Lineage II, a product he says is so dangerously addictive that he played it for 20,000 hours over five years, forgetting to get dressed, bathe or call mom during that span. » 8/20/10 7:20pm 8/20/10 7:20pm

You wouldn't know it, but the world of competitive Pokemon card playing is a testosterone-fueled world dominated by men. Or boys. Whichever! » 8/20/10 9:00am 8/20/10 9:00am

Remember the Hawaiian bus driver who got in deep trouble because he was playing a PSP while driving? Turns out he was not shitcanned. A Honolulu TV station reports that the driver was just suspended (without pay) for two weeks, and has since returned to his job.The mitigating factors that saved this guy's job: he had… » 10/19/08 1:00pm 10/19/08 1:00pm

Look, I know that Hawaii is a very laid-back sort of place. Bright sunshine, sandy beaches, news reporters who wear Hawaiian shirts on broadcast television even when not covering a luau, but it can be taken too far. For instance, if you are driving a city bus filled with passengers on a busy street in Honolulu, it's… » 9/25/08 2:00pm 9/25/08 2:00pm