Tokyo Snap

If you are planning to visit the Tokyo Game Show next year, be aware that different folks often cosplay on each…

I'm in California this week for the purpose of checking out a bunch of video games that will be shown at E3 next…

If you live in Japan, you've seen Dante Carver on television. The American-born actor plays "Onii-chan" or "brother"…

In gaming vernacular the consequences of one's actions are usually marked in body count, or regime changes, or city…

The press room on the last day of the Tokyo Game Show was dead. I spent the afternoon in there, finishing up some…

Saturday was hell. The Tokyo Game Show convention halls overflowed with 86,000 people. Not everyone was there to…

Wait a second. That crazy insane rumor that the struggling Nintendo 3DS would be getting a second analog slider…

Pure plastic love. It lives on desks. Its lives on shelves. But in Japan, it lives everywhere. Figures are more than…

For years, armchair photographers have made do with crappy convention center backdrops while taking cosplay photos.…

Twenty years ago today, Sega released the first Sonic the Hedgehog videogame. It was a joyous occasion—and it was…