You know the difference between pictures and moving pictures? It’s the moving part. We’ve already posted PS3 Slim unboxing pics. Here’s the unboxing vid. Enjoy!
Role-playing series Persona is coming to the PSP later this year with Persona 3 Portable. The game appears to differ from the PS2 version of Persona 3 as the game’s hero seems to be a heroine. Few other details are currently known, but the game will be out in Japan on November 1. New features…
It’s that time again! Time to talk about Xbox 360 failure rates — you know, the Red Ring of Death and all that jazz. In a survey of the print edition of Game Informer, nearly 5,000 readers were surveyed about the consoles. Here’s how console failure broke down: ¥ Xbox 360 has a 54.2 percent…
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Ich Bin Gamer Hello! I’m back. Busy weekend, filled with living relatives, dead relatives and drinking. I also spent an afternoon at Takashi Murakami’s studio — how’s that for awesome? While at Shin Osaka Station, I lined up to buy some takoyaki at a food stall. In line behind me,…
PS3 inventory in Japan continues to dry up. As we posted late last week, certain retailers no longer are carrying the console in stock. They’re sold out. The issue seems to be more wide spread than intially thought. Granted, it’s impossible to account for every store in the country, but, according to Japan’s Akiba Blog,…
The upcoming Tales of Vesperia movie comes courtesy of Kadokawa Pictures. Kadokawa is a large Japanese entertainment company and owns loads of famous properties. Properties like Sgt. Frog. Upcoming DLC for ToV offers players a Sgt. Frog costume, which apparently even makes their character sound like Sgt. Frog!
DeathSmiles is a Gothic Lolita-themed bullet hell shooter from developer Cave. These are DeathSmiles underpants, designed to look like panties. Spotted at the Cave Matsuri, they’re priced at ¥4,800 (US$50) and come in two sizes: medium and large. Sorry fat Japanese people! Strategically placed cone not included. ゴスロリSTG『デススマイルズ』のキャラクターの絵がプリントされたパンツ [はちま起稿]
As seen at the Montana Fair in Billings, Montana by reader Erik.
In the E3 2009 Final Fantasy XIII trailer, there is a dude with silver hair. We didn’t know his name and called him “The Dude With Silver Hair.” But he has a name, and it’s not that. The fellow’s name is Yaag Rosch. He is a lieutenant colonel and, yes, has silver hair. He’s a…
Last weekend, the Comic Market (Comiket) roared through Tokyo. Held since 1975, the bi-annual Comiket is the world’s largest DIY-self-published comic book fair. And where there are comic books, there are cosplayers. Costumes ranged from the usual suspects: Manga, anime and video games. スピードネーター : コミックマーケット76 コスプレイヤー画像 3日目 [NSFW]
Hey, it’s Friday, do you know — Wait, a sec. It’s not Friday. It’s Thursday. But this week is Obon in Japan. We’ve got to go visit graves and stuff. Still before that, let’s talk. You and me. And that guy over there. And that girl sitting next to him. Here’s how it works: We…
Risen Banned In Australia, “Sexual Activity And Drug Use” Cited Comment by: mcderek3000 Nominated by: Dlord I fully support the decision made by the Australian classification board. As an adult gamer, I have often found my life controlled by the media I watch. Watching Gandalf smoke pipeweed in the Lord of the Rings turned me…
Buying one is hardly an impossible feat; however, recently there do seem to be a higher percentage of retailers with the machine sold out. Take that sign, which says that all colors of the PS3 are sold out. At a Sofmap retailer, there are no laminated PS3 tickets you can take to the register to…
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: QuakeCon Kicks Off Tomorrow Lunch time conversation: What makes a hamburger a hamburger? Is it the burger or the hamburger buns? Meaning, if you put a hamburger patty on sandwich bread and not buns, what is it? Is it a burger? What about if you put a patty on, say,…
Wii title Monster Hunter 3 came out of the gate like gangbusters in its first week this August, selling half a million copies. So why is it already in the bargain bins? The Monster Hunter series on the PSP has been one of the real success stories — not just for the PSP, but Capcom.…
There’s also a custom box creation. French modder darthchris13 whipped up the creation and then compared it size-wise to a SEGA GameGear. The SNES Portable sports a 2.5 inch screen, and according to darthchris13, the tricky part was getting all the SNES wiring into such a small casing. Nice work. Une magnifique Nintendo SNES Portable…
Welsh-speaking people, game developers Arberth Studios needs your help. Instead of shelling out £16,500 (US$27,000) to have its game professionally translated, the studio is asking for the next best thing: Free help. The title, Rhiannon: Curse of the Four Branches, is based on medieval Welsh folk tales. “We have to try and translate this game…
Developer Bungie is including three Halo 3 multiplayer maps in a add-on disc shipping with the upcoming Halo 3: ODST. The new Heretic map revisits Halo 2‘s Midship map, allowing players to plasma grenade each other all over the interior of the Pious Inquisitor. From purple reign we move on to the Forerunner Citadel, which…
Ah, kids’s morning television. This is clip from show Gokujyou!! Mecha Mote Iinchou (Top Quality! Super Popular Committee Chair), and about one minute in there’s a plug for a Konami DS based on the anime. Girls can paint nails and do virtual make-up. The show, like most kids’ shows, is wall-to-wall adverts. Though, what makes…
Sony Computer Entertainment has announced its new line up for the budget priced PS3 the Best brand. That line-up includes: Afrika Sept. 3 ¥2,980 Uncharted Sept. 3 ¥2,980 LittleBigPlanet Sept. 3 ¥2,980 Gundam: Target In Sight Sept. 3 ¥2,980 Eternal Sonata Sept. 3 ¥3,800 Ridge Racer 7 Sept. 3 ¥2,980 All these games will be…
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