Brian Ashcraft

Track: White Room | Artist: Cream | Album: Wheels of Fire 

Wrestler’s Special Move Is The Nintendo Switch

Leroy Green sure is busy. Not only does he wrestle, but he also plays his Nintendo Switch during the match. Sometimes it seems like the punches and dropkicks are getting in the way of his gaming. Footage of a recent House of Glory match has gone viral, appearing on websites all over the world—something that…

Puma Is Making One Piece Sneakers

This isn’t the first pair of One Piece shoes from Puma. The first collab was based on the Straw Hat Pirates ship the Thousand Sunny. The latest one, pictured, is treasure hunt themed. The Thousand Sunny-themed Cell Endura do look like the ship, I guess. The latest shoes are very shiny! And there are jingly chains…

A Nice Day. Kyoto Prefecture, 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: A Dream Is All I Need To Get By | Artist: Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds | Album: This Is the Place EP

How The Japanese Government Might Kill Arcades

On October 1, 2019, consumption tax in Japan increased from 8 percent to 10. According to Jiji, the tax will not apply to food and drinks served in restaurants. It will be applied to arcade games. For decades, arcades have been built around a single coin experience, either the 50 yen ($.44) coin or the…

An update to the Kyoto Animation tragedy: Another person has been confirmed dead, bringing the total to 36. The victim, a woman in her 20s, was able to escape from the building’s entrance but suffered extensive burns all over her body. She died in a hospital ICU on October 4 due to septic shock.

In Post-Game Interview, Hearthstone Player Calls For The Liberation Of Hong Kong

During the Hearthstone Grandmasters, Hong Kong player Ng “Blitzchung” Wai-chung appeared on an official Taiwanese Hearthstone stream in a gas mask and called for the liberation of his city. The gas mask was similar to that which the protesters in Hong Kong have been wearing. As our colleagues at Gizmodo report, anti-mask measurements have been…

Late Night Snack. Tokyo, Japan. By Benoit Perreault | Official Site 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: Wake Up | Artist: Arcade Fire | Album: Funeral 

Your Fall 2019 Anime Guide [Updated]

The weather is getting cool. The leaves are changing colors. It’s fall. The scenery outside is wonderful to watch, but you know what? So is anime. Below are this season’s shows. Which are you going to check out? Which are you going to skip? Let us know in the comments below. Updated: 10/10/19, 6:00 a.m.…

A New Way Home. Tokyo, Japan. By Alex Knight | Twitter | Patreon  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!

Do Not Underestimate The Power Of The PlayStation Lunch Box

In Japan, there is an official PlayStation 1 lunch box. It’s a crane game prize and comes in packaging that looks like the cardboard box for the first PlayStation. How cool is it? Very cool! While you might think here’s a difference in nuance between “lunch box” and “bento box,” the packaging reads ランチボックス (ranchi…

Osaka Castle. Osaka, Japan. By Charlie Keohane | 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!

Mario & Luigi RPG Developer AlphaDream Has Gone Bankrupt

Founded in 2000, AlphaDream was originally known as Alpha Star and was staffed with people who had formerly been at Square, including former Square President Tetsuo Mizuno. The studio is best known for the Mario & Luigi RPG series. It was announced today that AlphaDream has gone bankrupt. According to Yahoo! Japan, revenue was sluggish…

Law and Order. Degraves Street Melbourne, Australia. By Shawn Danker | Official Site 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: Gesshoku Horizon | Artist: Alexandros | Album: Gesshoku Horizon (single)

Hayao Miyazaki Turned Down Hollywood But Allowed Kabuki Version of Nausicaä

Don’t expect a Hollywood version of Nausicaä. As NHK reports, Hayao Miyazaki has turned down that offer. But you can look forward to a kabuki adaptation this December. Announced last year, the kabuki version will star Onoe Kikunosuke as Nausicaä and Nakamura Shichinosuke as Princess Kushana. Keiko Niwa, who has written several Ghibli films, is…

Artificial Intelligence Is Creating New Art From The Work Of A Deceased Manga Great [Update]

One of Japan’s greatest, if not the greatest, manga creators is having his work tapped into with the power of AI. Osamu Tezuka died in 1989, but next year, artificial intelligence will create new art based on Tezuka’s work. Update Oct. 1 – 3:10 am: The name of the company has been updated. Tezuka is…

Japan Marks The End Of Pagers With A Funeral

Remember pagers? Maybe not! If you were around in the 1990s, you might’ve carried a pager in case someone wanted to get in touch. Mainichi reports that today in Japan, service for pagers finally ended after first being introduced 50 years ago. Tokyo Telemessage Inc., the country’s last pager service, began shutting down radio signals…