Brian Ashcraft

Legendary Japanese Arcade Anata no Warehouse Is Closing

Located in Kawasaki, the arcade Anata no Warehouse (“Your Warehouse”) was designed to look like Hong Kong’s Kowloon Walled City. The multistory arcade is one of the most unusual in Japan. Make that, was The following notice was posted outside the arcade. It reads that Anata no Warehouse is closing down on November 17. According…

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Track: Kiss Them For Me | Artist: Siouxsie And The Banshees | Album: Superstition

After Distasteful Comment, Bushiroad Exec Apologizes [Updated]

Out of nowhere, it was revealed that the character Lisa in the Bang Dream media franchise has a younger brother. Fans who have been playing the app since 2017 are now learning this in the most recent event. Some are not happy. Bushiroad exec Takaaki Kidani addressed the controversy but made things worse. In the…

If you wanted to play a new Silent Hill video game, well, tough! But if you were excited for a slot machine, then good news. Konami has announced a new Silent Hill slot machine game at the Global Gaming Expo in Las Vegas.

Hearthstone Pro Blitzchung Says He’ll Be More Careful About Expressing His Opinions On Hong Kong

Late last week, Kotaku reported that Blizzard had reconsidered its decision to withhold Ng “Blitzchung” Wai-chung’s prize money and ban him for a year after he showed support for the Hong Kong protesters. Blizzard is allowing the Hearthstone pro to keep his prize money and has reduced his ban to six months. In a post-match…

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Track: I Wish I Was Stephen Malkmus | Artist: Beabadoobee | Album: I Wish I Was Stephen Malkmus

The Gundam Soccer Parody We Need

YouTuber Hiiro has been creating computer animations of soccer-playing mobile suits. Haro is the ball, while Ultraman and Kamen Rider are the refs. The ensuing parody is delightful. This isn’t a first. In 1992, Banpresto released a soccer game for the Super Famicom called Battle Soccer: Field no Hasha in which Gundam mecha, Kamen Rider,…

Weathering with You, the follow-up to the acclaimed Your Name, has a US release date. The movie will open on January 17. In case you missed it, check out Kotaku’s review.

Riot Says It Hasn’t Banned Casters From Saying ‘Hong Kong Attitude’

With all the protests going on in Hong Kong, League of Legends casters appear to be avoiding saying the team name “Hong Kong Attitude” and seem to even be catching themselves when they do. Riot Games, however, says that it has not banned casters from saying “Hong Kong.” Chinese conglomerate Tencent owns Riot and has…

Fish. Kyoto, Japan. By Brian Ashcraft | Twitter JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line!

Track: Koufukuron (A View of Happiness) | Artist: Sheena Ringo | Album: Muzai Moratorium -Innocence Moratorium-

In Japan, Man Arrested For Modding And Reselling PS3

Forty-four-year-old Tadaaki Abe has been arrested in Kagawa, Japan, for modding a PlayStation 3 and then selling it. According to NHK, Abe is accused of jailbreaking PS3s so game discs could be copied and then played without re-inserting them. He was arrested for selling a modded PS3 for 15,555 yen ($145) to a Tokyo man…

Pretty Green Forest Kyoto, Japan. By Bill. JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line!

The Inevitable Cosplay Of Overwatch‘s Mei Supporting Hong Kong [Update]

Yesterday, when Kotaku reported that Overwatch’s Mei had been turned into a symbol of the Hong Kong resistance, one commenter wondered if there would be cosplay of this at next month’s BlizzCon. Probably! But we don’t have to wait that long. Redditor Zephronica uploaded these photos to r/HongKong of what has to be the first…

Track: I Love You | Artist: Drop’s | Album: Tiny Ground 

Hideo Kojima Talks About The Challenges He Experienced After Leaving Konami

Back in December 2015, Hideo Kojima announced that he was setting up his own studio, Kojima Productions. He had struck a deal with Sony. It all seemed so easy, but was it? No. But it didn’t hurt that he was Hideo Kojima. Toward the end of a Famitsu interview, Kojima talked about the difficulties he…

Overwatch‘s Mei Is Becoming A Symbol Of The Hong Kong Resistance

After Chung “Blitzchung” Ng Wai called for the liberation of Hong Kong, Blizzard suspended the Hearthstone player and withheld his prize money. The decision has been widely criticized. Fans have now started posting images of Overwatch hero Mei supporting the Hong Kong protests as a show of solidarity. In Overwatch, Mei hails from Xi’an, China.…

Imabari Castle. Imabari, Japan. By JC Fang. JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line!