Super Pachinko

It has come to my attention that we might, within a few short years, find ourselves living on a planet devoid of…

Yuuri Morishita got her start as a booth companion back in 2003, appearing at events like the Tokyo Game Show. But…

How would Tim write a Super Mario novel? Who is the David Mamet of video games? Why are gamers so inarticulate? What…

The bestselling game in Japan this past week was an American-made game, with Treyarch's Call of Duty: Black Ops…

After taking a week off to give Wii role-playing game Xenoblade a moment in the sun, Super Mario Galaxy 2 returns to…

Xenoblade, the new Wii role-playing game made by the people who made Xenosaga, is Japan's top selling game,…

Nintendo's newest Mario adventure floats comfortably atop Japan's bestsellers list, with Super Mario Galaxy 2…

I've always been quite sensitive to certain types of friction. (I considered writing that sentence 10 different…

The most common email response I received to my previous column ("Japan: It's Not Funny Anymore") was a perplexed…

I've lived in Japan for a long time. When I first came here, I liked living here. Now, I don't. I haven't changed.…