You’ve gotta give it to Japanese erotic game developers. They sure are inventive! PC title Hypnotism Class lets players hypnotize schoolgirls. What does this do? It causes them to stand on their heads, it seems. The girls, however, continue to converse — however, a different (and novel?) view is provided for viewing pleasure. It’s even…
There are many uses for paper, but right now, we cannot think of a better use than these Wing Commander paper models. Awesomely named website Paper Commander (YES!) has relatively simple models from the WC franchise available for download. You too can make these. Isn’t that delightful? Of course it is. Silly. Welcome!!! [Paper Commander…
Earlier this month saw a new ending for the Pokémon anime. A new ending means, you guessed it, a new theme. The tune, “Get Fired Up Notch-Eared Pichu”, is sung by geek princess Shoko Nakagawa, who also voices Giza Mimi Pichu (“Notch-Eared Pichu”). It’s a catchy and cute song. You know, for whatever the hell…
Street Fighter IV for the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3 is getting a free Championship Mode. As we previously posted, it brings new features. But wait! There’s more. Here’s how the tournaments work in the Championship Mode: Tourneys are divvied up into five different levels, making it possible for players of various skill levels…
With the gajillion titles of Brain Age and its sequel Nintendo has sold, you’d think pretty much everyone has played the game. You’re wrong. “Some people might think that, given the huge sales of the Brain Training series, there can’t possibly be anyone out there who hasn’t played it, but that’s not true at all”,…
On April 24 (in Japan), Street Fighter IV will get the totally free “Championship Mode” update, bringing unique features to both the PS3 and the Xbox 360. Replays, it seems, will be viewable cross-platform as well as “replay rankings”. However, the PS3 is getting an exclusive voting system that allows players to vote for parts…
Not surprising as conservative columnist and author George Will often makes snide remarks — and often about things he knows nothing about. In an option piece about why wearing blue jeans is bad and why we should dress like Fred Astaire (yeah, we know), the Pulitzer Prize winning and the very-much-out-of-touch Will’s pie hole offered…
Japanese cars tend to be on the small side for good reason. In heavily populated urban areas, many streets are narrow, making it difficult to drive enormous American cars through them. Nonetheless! There is a set of folks in Japan who are big fans of huge American automobiles. Those with money, shell out big time…
Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete went on sale in Japan today — complete with bundled Final Fantasy XIII demo. Now that the demo is out, we’re curious how big it is. Japanese game site Pocket News’s has broken down the sizes for various files on the Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete disc as…
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Aplusk Yeah, the CNN/Austin Kutcher thing is nuts. When I lived in America, I remember seeing him on TV a few times, but I don’t know much about him other than he’s famous. Hard to believe he gave CNN a run for its Twitter money! Got my phone set up…
And not just a Pokémon x-ray machine, but a mobile Pokémon x-ray machine. In Japan, Pokémon is branded for products that range from instant noodles to sickness masks. This Pokémon x-ray machine from Shimadzu Corporation is directed not just at kids in the hospital, but kids in the hospital that are bed-ridden and unable to…
Well, he didn’t go there to hang out, eat freeze dried ice cream and float his rat tail. Garriott, son of astronaut Owen Garriott and designer of the Ultima franchise, went to space to work. “I took saliva, urine and blood samples, kept logs of my sleep and used special instruments to measure my inner…
George Broussard, co-founder of Duke Nukem Forever 3D Realms, emerges to twitter something about hitting a milestone: Closing out a milestone this week. 71 more tasks to do and we started with probably 800-900. Been a good push. Next one starts Monday. And ends in 2025. Duke Nukem Forever was first announced back in 1998…
Remember Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!! for the Nintendo Entertainment System? Sure you do. So does Late Night host Jimmy Fallon. The upcoming Wii version is not Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!!, it’s different. Sure it’s got traditional button pushing, but it also has Wii motion controls. When G4 presenter Morgan Webb appeared on the show (along with Ice-T…
Square Enix has released a new trailer for PSP role-playing game Final Fantasy Agito XIII. The game, currently not dated and way, way off, is set in a magic school against the backdrop of an invading military nation. Twelve students band together to defend their homeland. Originally planned for mobile phones, Square Enix moved the…
Originally released on the PlayStation 2 in 2002, mecha video game Armored Core 3 is getting a PSP port. As with most PSP ports, it will feature ad-hoc wireless play as well as customization options. Paint your mecha pink! You know you want to. Thanks cacophanus for the tip!
One word: Daigo. Yes, that Daigo. He’s such a great Street Fighter player that another player has created a Daigo fan site. As Capcom’s Seth Killian points out, “It’s not just a fan site, it’s a really good fan site, even if you can’t read a word of Japanese.” The “collate data site” is packed…
To mark the Koei Tecmo merger, staff from both Koei and Tecmo had a shindig at the Tokyo Imperial Hotel. There was eating, drinking and corporate naming. There was grandstanding as well with execs saying things like “Let’s aim for being the number one company!” with the thousand Koei Tecmo workers in attendance applauding. Koei…
According to the May issue of game mag Game Informer, rumor has it that The Beatles: Rock Band will support vocal harmonizing. Makes sense! The Beatles music features vocal harmonizing. The publications gossip section rumormongers that the game even makes it possible for multiple singers to belt out Beatles tunes, each with different mics. If…
At last year’s Tokyo Game Show, Square Enix screened an in-game Final Fantasy Versus XIII cut scene in its Closed Mega Theater. Now, everyone can see that footage. Final Fantasy Versus XIII, not to be confused with Final Fantasy XIII, was first shown at E3 2006. The game features different characters, a different look and…
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