Celebrating its 20th anniversary, Nippon Ichi Software, makers of the the Disgaea series, will be releasing Kamisama to Unmei Kakumei no Paradokusu (The Paradox of God and the Fate Revolution) on the PS3 next week. The game was announced last year, and was originally slated to hit stores in Japan on December 20th, but was…
Well, it’s been 3 months since Japan’s own version of SOPA was passed. For those unfamiliar or cannot be bothered to research: in October, the copying of copy-protected and encoded materials, the sale of software and hardware that circumvents copy or access protection, and the intentional download of illegally uploaded materials were deemed illegal and…
This afternoon in China’s Zhengzhou, a pair of Foxconn buses were involved in a fatal crash. According to reports, at least seven were tragically killed, and twenty were injured. One bus was hit hard enough to be knocked on its side. Foxconn assembles a wide array of hardware, from the iPhone to the Wii U…
Killer Is Dead is an upcoming action game from Grasshopper Manufacture, the folks behind No More Heroes and Killer7. Yesterday, loads of details about the game hit the net (along with blurry magazine pics), and today on Famitsu.com, we finally get a good look at the game. And it looks great. 『KILLER IS DEAD（キラー イズ…
If Japan is anything to go by, the Wii U hasn’t proven to be the smash hit Nintendo hoped it would be. Granted, hardware launches are tough. The 3DS had a difficult time getting off the ground. Now, it’s doing gangbusters. In Japan, the Wii U, however, is having a hard time lately. To put…
You thought the full body tights stopped at Totoro? That’s just the tip of the iceberg. There are more nightmares to be had. Many more. This post contains imagery and a subject matter not suitable for all readers. However, it is free of GIFs. In Japanese, these outfits are called “zenshin tights” (全身タイツ), with “zenshin”…
Cobra is a classic Japanese manga about a space pirate named Cobra who has a cybernetic arm-laser connected directly to his brain. How cool is that? Pretty damn cool. Over the years, Cobra got a couple anime as well as a handful of video game adaptations. Personally, I dig the look of the sci-fi manga…
Namco is making a new Kamen Rider game called Kamen Rider: Battle Ride Wars for the PS3.
Last summer, a new art collective called “Rrrrrrrroll” started releasing GIFs. They were relatively simple GIFs: a woman spinning around. And when she’s not spinning like a record, other things are spinning around her. The result is fascinating. When Rrrrrrrroll first hit, the group of art friends started getting publicity on design and art websites.…
Killer Is Dead is the upcoming action game from the folks behind No More Heroes and Killer7. The game follows 35 year-old Mondo Zappa, a suit-wearing executioner responsible for taking out heinous criminals with a katana. A gun that can turn into a drill is embedded in Zappa’s left hand—an augmentation he has no memory…
In Japan, the stereotype is that all geeks are dudes. Walking around nerd areas like Tokyo’s Akihabara and Osaka’s Den-Den Town, the large number of guys would lead you to think that. That would be incorrect. Yes, there are female geeks in Japan. Of course there are! Some of them are idols or wanna-be idols,…
It’s flu season. Time to either protect yourself from getting sick, or, if you are already sick, prevent your illness from spreading to others. Hence, sickness masks. But not everyone who wears sickness masks are, well, sick! Sometimes their faces are cold. Sometimes the air is dry. But now, with pollution being recognized as a…
Nintendo is joining its home console and handheld divisions into one unit to streamline its hardware, reports the Nikkei. That means the two divisions, which have been separate, will not work in concert. So don’t be surprised if future Nintendo handhelds have greater interaction with the home consoles!
From Bowser and Dr. Robotnik to M. Bison and Dr. Wiley, gaming has had many iconic villains. But as well known as those villains are, some of the best villains are found in the Final Fantasy series. When you think of Final Fantasy villains, who immediately comes to mind? If you were playing games in…
Nintendo’s Satoru Iwata said there’s no new hardware for 2013. Instead, they will work at making amazing software.
Namco Bandai launched a teaser site for what looks like a motorcycle game.
After four main games and two spin-offs, you probably have a pretty good idea of what to expect from Yakuza 5: weapon-filled brawling action across Japan’s major metropolitan areas. While brutal and cinematic, the brawling aspect is only the smallest part of what you can do in Yakuza 5. Many side activities return from past…
Over 120 fake iPhone 4 and 4s handsets were confiscated in the Amur region of Russia. According to website English Russia, the country usually bulldozes pirated discs. This time, authorities decided to bulldoze the phones. A Chinese national brought the handsets into Russia, but did not have proof that they were genuine. He was fined…
Square Enix launched a teaser site. Is it a FFV remake? A FFVI remake?
Cat cosplay is a thing. We’ve proven this over and over and over. So don’t be totally surprised by this! Be amazed. At once, the above photo is both totally adorable and completely badass. Nice sculpting work, too. In case you are wondering, the grapefruit is what’s called in English a pomelo. It’s a large…
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