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Hell, it has famously been said, is other people. Play enough games online and you'll come to understand where…

There's a new Japanese meme in town. It's a four-legged critter that's hardly innocuous. Some might even call it…

Papo & Yo is an exorcism.

The world of video games is full of mighty people—people whose mere whims control what video games we play, what we…

Face it: the minute Capcom releases a new Monster Hunter game on the PS Vita, Sony will sell a bajillion PS Vita…

This week's Nintendo downloadables include the 3DS release of the Game Boy's Kid Icarus and Tumble Pop, a new puzzle…

A recent issue of the Japanese edition of Newsweek poses this question: Is Cool Japan going cold? The cover reads…

Have you ever played a real-time strategy game and wondered what life was like for the pawns you send out to battle?…

What if one day you went to sleep and when you woke up your teenaged neighbor was The President and you the vice…

Satire is a tricky thing—if your goal is to mock something by embracing it, how far can you go until the mockery…