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The Five Anime of Spring 2013 You Should Be Watching

We are now about halfway through the Spring anime season of 2013, and for weeks now I have been bombarded with the question, “What anime should I be watching this season?” Well, with a good chunk of episodes under my belt from many of the different series, I feel it’s now safe to answer that…

A Rare Look Inside China’s Porn Censors

Last month, Kotaku posted a job listing for a porn censor in China. Maybe you applied! Maybe you didn’t. But if you were curious what kind of people censor porn in China, here’s your chance to have a peek. In an interview with China’s Hunan Television (via SCMP), 70 year-old Liu Xiaozhen talked about his…

Let’s See Your Desktops, Internet People!

Recently on 2ch, Japan’s largest bulletin board, a thread popped up. And in this particular thread, people showed off their desktop setups. They showed theirs, so let’s see yours. Below, you can check out the 2ch desktops. Most are…not too fancy! In fact, they might look rather pedestrian. That’s not a bad thing—if anything, it’s…

Tomodachi Life is Pretty Much My Childhood Made Digital

For the past three weeks, Tomodachi Collection: New Life has been the best-selling game in Japan—and in its first week, the best-selling game in the world. When I picked it up, I knew next to nothing about it. I had heard that it was a sequel to the Japan-only DS title Tomodachi Collection and played…

This $500 Game Bundle Comes with a Replica Rifle

And not just any replica rifle, a replica matchlock one! To mark the 30th anniversary of strategy game Nobunaga’s Ambition, Koei Tecmo is releasing a very unusual, limited edition bundle, 4Gamer reports. Here’s what it contains: Windows versions of all thirteen Nobunaga’s Ambition games (some have revamped content), a twelve disc soundtrack set, an art…

Nippon Ichi Software, which is based in Gifu, Japan, just inked a contract to be the official sponsor of Japanese soccer team F.C. Gifu. Hope this means all the players must wear Prinny hats! Here’s more on the long, strange history of video games sponsoring soccer teams. To contact the author of this post, write…

Internet Shocked by Korea’s School Lunch Chaos

According to online reports, this is apparently a high school lunchroom in Seoul. A disaster of a lunchroom, that is. The images were originally uploaded in South Korea with the title “The Worst High School” and have become a hot topic online, reports Rakuten Infoseek. The photos went viral in South Korea, racking up over…

The Quest to Find More Miis

I’ve never really cared too much about Miis. I never even made one for my Wii or 3DS—hell, I’ve never even opened Street Pass. The only reason I made a Mii for my Wii U was because it was part of making an online account. But then I picked up Tomodachi Collection: New Life for…

Iron Man 3 To Get China Centric “Prologue”

Despite the luke-warm responses to Iron Man 3‘s special China cut, the movie’s co-production company is looking to make the Chinese portions (most of which are cut from international release) into a short prologue film. Two weeks ago we talked about the additional 4 minutes of footage found in the Chinese version of Iron Man…

In Game Pop-up Scams Chinese Gamer

Pop-up ads are annoying; in-game ads are no better, but when in-game ads are pop-up ads, they can create a lot of mischief. Last week a Chinese gamer in Sichuan province was scammed by a pop-up ad within a popular online racing game. The victim, surnamed Li, works in the garment industry in a small…

In Japan, Square Enix just announced Final Fantasy XIII-2 Digital Contents Selection for the Xbox 360 and the PS3. According to Square Enix, the version is FFXIII-2 plus a selection of the game’s post release DLC items. Packed in an original box, this version goes on sale July 18 in Japan. To contact the author…

The Most Delightfully Narcissistic Man on Facebook

Some narcissists are bad. Not all of them, though! Some narcissists are amazing. Take Ahmed Angel, for example. Recently in the West, Angel’s images have started to appear on forums and on websites. This weekend, Japan discovered him. There are those who are being mean to Angel—which isn’t cool! How can you be mean to…

Chinese Man Jailed For Running For-Profit Private Server

Running a private server can be hard and it can cost a lot of money. In China, one man made a lot of money running a private server and now he’s headed to jail. People’s Dailyreports that the Banan district Court of Chongqing, Sichuan province sentenced a young man to three years in prison, four…

Rumor: Nintendo Ending Gay Marriage Bug in Popular Game [Update]

In Nintendo’s wildly popular sim Tomodachi Collection: New Life for the 3DS, there is a bug that apparently enables male Miis the ability to marry other male Miis. Apparently, make that, enabled. Today, Nintendo released a statement about a Tomodachi Collection: New Life patch. In the statement, Nintendo writes that those experiencing the following things…

Japan’s Latest Meme: Photos of Human-Eating Giants

One of this year’s most talked about new anime series is Attack on Titan. It’s not only talked about, though. The show is apparently inspiring a new photo meme in Japan. Originally a manga, Attack on Titan tells the story of a wall city that’s being attacked by human-eating giants. The anime’s opening is utterly…

Ugly PS3 and Xbox 360 Game Delayed Again. For the 8th Time.

Daisenryaku Perfect: Ruler of the Battlefield, a console game made by a real Japanese game studio, has been officially delayed for the eighth time. Sigh. The game was supposed to be out this summer. And yet again, it’s been delayed “to further improve quality”. The game’s new release date is now…TBA. (Ha, good luck with…

The New Senran Kagura Game is Full of Fan Service (And Fun to Play)

When I picked up Senran Kagura Shinovi Versus: The Girls’ Proof for my Vita, I was filled with existential dread. I knew very little about the game itself going in, but after watching the anime based on this game series in preparation for my playthrough, I was more than a little worried. For the most…

Old Japanese Man Creates Amazing Art Using Excel (Wait, Excel?)

Microsoft Excel isn’t only for spreadsheets. It can also be used to create art. Don’t believe me? Just ask 73 year-old Tatsuo Horiuchi. He’ll tell ya. But why Excel? “Other specialized graphic software is expensive, and Excel came pre-installed in PCs,” Horiuchi told Japanese website PC Online, adding that he found the program easy to…

The xxxHolic Live-Action Drama is Just Plain Beautiful

Each year, Japan produces dozens of live-action drama series. While some are original, many are instead adaptations of popular manga—and even, occasionally, games. Such is the case with the first CLAMP live-action adaptation: xxxHolic Good – Beautiful Costumes and Visuals If there is one thing CLAMP is known for, it’s beautiful visuals in its manga.…

Will Final Fantasy X-2 HD Have Its “Last Mission”? That’s Undecided.

The HD revamp of Final Fantasy X-2 looks quite nice in high-definition. However, looks aren’t everything! It’s what’s inside that counts. And what’s inside Final Fantasy X-2 HD? According to Famitsu (via Yahoo! News), it’s currently “undecided” whether or not “Last Mission”, which featured in the game’s international version, will appear in the HD remaster.…