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It's one of time travel’s quintessential conundrums: do you go back into your own life if the technology allows?…

The only people who ever lose a console war are people who make games. The people who actually play games usually…

I've been writing for Kotaku, off and on, since 2007. I've been reading it longer than that. One of the accounts I…

If you've been on the internet in the past five years, you've seen a trio of Japanese ladies doing aerobics, while…

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Game designers and enthusiasts have, for many years, faced the challenges of preserving history in a digital…

During the 1980s, the stereotype for Japanese women was that they wanted three things in a marriage partner: high…

In the past, the mainstream media's M.O. has been: If there's a shooting, blame video games; if kids are having…

Music wasn't what brought singer Emi Evans to Japan. But it's what made her stay—and what is making her famous.…

Youth is at a premium in Japan. Video game characters are often in their teens (or younger). And in candy-coated…