Brian Ashcraft

How Did This Baby Stop Crying? Anime Music, Duh.

This adorable infant knows what he likes: anime. In the above video, originally uploaded to Nico Nico Douga, the darling baby only stops crying when he hears the opening theme song for Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure, of course, is an incredibly popular manga and anime that is getting a new fighting game Anime:…

The Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem collaboration is a “new” RPG title “jointly” developed by Atlus and Nintendo.

This Is the Latest Game from Xenoblade‘s Creators

Monolith Soft showed off its latest game today in a short trailer. The game footage showed a protagonist running across a field, slaying monsters, and flying around in a jet pack. The trailer also showed what looked like a motorcycle. A very cool motorcycle. And it seems like there will be lots of monsters, giving…

According to Nintendo, it won’t be until E3 that we get new Smash Bros. info.

In Japan, Mother 2 is coming to the Wii U’s Virtual Console this March.

North Korea’s Propaganda Computer Games Are Violent, Crude and Cartoonish

While North Korea has the propaganda of military parades down pat, it needs to work on how it uses computer games to indoctrinate. Actually, it just needs to work on computer games. And once it has that down, the country can focus on brain washing. Uriminzokkiri is a web portal that pushes North Korean propaganda…

How One Store Explains the Xbox 360’s Lack of Popularity in Japan

This sign was apparently spotted in Japanese retail chain Momotaro, and it does an interesting job of explaining why the store doesn’t have many Xbox 360 games. The poster reads, “Teacher! Why are there so few new Xbox items at Momotaro? Is Xbox not popular?” Below that in green, it reads, “That’s not the case!…

As Far as Dollhouses Go, This Is Pretty Darn Amazing

This is not a real Japanese house. It looks like one. It is, well, a dollhouse—a dollhouse that looks like it’s straight out of the Japanese manga and anime YuruYuri. But it’s not. Someone made this. That’s a small, 100mm figurine of middle schooler Akari, a character from YuruYuri. In the manga and anime, she…

How a Foxconn uniform and an iPad ended up in a Chinese art museum.

This Is The Anime Nerd Equivalent of Seeing Jesus in Toast

You know when people see Jesus in potato chips? Or in toast? This is kind of like that, but less delicious and not religious. That is, unless you think watching anime is some sort of holy experience. A recent thread on 2ch, Japan’s largest bulletin board, was pouring over this image by Johannes Schedler at…

Report: NeoGeo X’s Production Is Coming to an End [Update]

Released this past December, the NeoGeo X apparently won’t be produced anymore. According to Japanese site Gamer, production for the system is ending as of this month. Even though the machine carried the SNK and NeoGeo brands, the console was not designed and manufactured by SNK. Instead, it was the work of tech company Tommo.…

Anime Females Vs. Real Women: Which Do Japanese Geeks Like Better?

The eternal question of whether or not otaku (geeks) like anime ladies over real ladies has apparently been answered. Or something! Over a four day period last fall, a Japanese tech firm used a free Senki Zessho Symphogear iOS app to poll male anime fans, asking them what kind of females they liked: 2D, 2.5D,…

American McGee Retracts His “Tricked” Remarks in an Apology of Sorts

While in a Reddit AMA, game designer American McGee said that EA wanted to “trick” gamers into thinking Alice: Madness Returns was as dark as its marketing and called this tactic part of a “race to the bottom.” Today, Shanghai-based McGee offered a correction or an apology of sorts. “Allow me to expand on my…

Juri Will Kick You in the Face. And You Will Like It.

As far as Street Fighter characters go, Juri Han is unique. She’s the first Korean Street Fighter character and the sole Taekwondo fighter. She’s also tough, evil, and very cool looking. And that’s exactly why Juri, who debuted in Street Fighter IV, has quickly become a fan favorite. It’s easy to see why cosplayers would…

Prince Harry “Thrashed” Fellow Troops at FIFA While in Afghanistan

Prince Harry isn’t first in line for the U.K. throne. But he could be one of royalty’s biggest gamers. In an interview from The Daily Mail (via MCV), Prince Harry talked about his experience serving in Afghanistan. He also discussed his preference for gaming, playing sports, or flying helicopters. “You can ask the guys: I…

Put Your Own Face on Chocolate and Terrify Loved Ones

Soon, it will be Valentine’s Day. What better way to say “I love you” than by scaring the crap out of your darling? Do-it-yourself style restaurant FabCafe in Shibuya is holding a special event that will allow you to scan your face and print out a mold. Then, a silicon version of the mold will…

This Man Is a Farting Noise Genius

In Japanese, making farting noises with one’s hands is called “te onara” (手おなら). And as universally funny as farting noises are (c’mon, they are funny), rocking out to “Canon Rock” with farting noises isn’t just humorous, it’s friggin’ awesome. Nico Nico Douga user Abeshi originally uploaded this clip. Talent like this is rare. We must…

The new version of Iron Chef has been canned due to poor ratings, reports Nikkan Gendai. Oh, also because it sucks

The Physics of… Face Slapping

Nico Nico Douga user MuniMuni modeled Buddhist goddess Thousand-armed Kannon in a physics engine to see what would happen if the deity slapped someone in the face. Initially, MuniMuni created the goddess with all one thousand arms, but that turned each cluster of limbs into giant blobs. Instead, MuniMuni decided that 42 arms seemed a…

A Father Took Seven Years to Draw This Maze. It Might Be Impossible to Clear.

When not racking up scores on Konami music game Jubeat, Kya7y is on Twitter. And something she recently shared there, for lack of a better word, is amazing. Thirty years ago, she tweeted, her dad spent seven years and several months drawing this maze on a sheet of A1 paper that measures approximately 35 by…