Western Death

The 3D breasts were inevitable. After Nintendo revealed its glasses-free 3D portable, the Nintendo 3DS, it was…

Someone once told me, "Half-Japanese kids grow up to either be TV celebrities or porn stars." Flip on television,…

There are few more storied franchises in adventure gaming than Sierra's Police Quest series, which in the late 80's…

Iron Chef, a Japanese cooking show that began in 1992, has quite the cult following in certain Western countries…

So Many People | OSAKA, JAPAN: As northeastern Japan rebuilds and deals with a nuclear crisis, life in Western Japan…

One of Japan's most famous directors, Takashi Miike recently revealed that he's working on a film version of a…

Lucifer is charming in what is probably his biggest video game appearance of the year. He's a pal. He's smooth. He…

It all started with a middle finger. It was directed firmly at England, and for the next 200-plus years, America's…

It's a country with 120 million people, with a deep and long history, with a complex and beautiful language. Yet,…

Nintendo has Mario. Microsoft has Master Chief. And Sega, well, for a long time Sega has had Sonic the Hedgehog as…