This Bootleg Game Changed Street Fighter History

Walking up and down the floors of the massive multi-level arcades in Akihabara can trigger some unexpected nostalgic responses, but I certainly wasn’t expecting this one. “Whoa, look at that title screen!” I said to Brian Ashcraft as we walked past. “It’s Rainbow Edition!” “It’s what?” “Here, I’m gonna play this, but get ready to…

Many Big Games Now Have Two Release Dates, And The Earlier One Will Cost You

What’s an extra day of playing a hot new game early worth to you? What’s the worth of two days? It’s become more and more common for video game publishers to charge players for the chance to play games early. Or maybe they’re just sticking everyone else who pays a meager $60 with a later…

The End Of The Tsukiji Fish Market 

Last Friday, the Tsukiji Market held its final auction. The 83-year-old exchange and major Tokyo tourist attraction is moving to a new waterfront location in Toyosu. Soon, the Tsukiji Market will be gone. Nobody seemed to tell the throng of tourists flooding out of Tsukiji Station earlier this morning. With the auctions over, I wondered…

Stormy Daniels Says Donald Trump Has “A Dick Like The Mushroom Character From Mario Kart“

Stormy Daniels, the adult performer at the centre of one of President Donald Trump’s larger personal scandals, has a new book out next month, and somehow there is room for an excellent Nintendo/dick reference in it. An early copy of the book—called Full Disclosure—has been obtained by The Guardian, and amidst all the other details…

This very rare, very early Japanese game history book published in 1988 is currently for sale in Akihabara for about $200. Check out that young Miyamoto mugshot!

The NFL just kicked off for 2018 and the new NBA season is right around the corner, but it’s streaming giant Ninja who is on the cover of next month’s ESPN The Magazine Well, Ninja and some giant floating PlayStation buttons.

Ah, yes, the complete series.

Dad Gets Toddler To Climb Inside Prize Machine, Steal Nintendo Consoles

A man is wanted by police after being filmed sending his daughter inside a BarBerCut Lite cabinet, where she was able to get her tiny hands on some prizes and retrieve them before the pair (and another child, believed to be the man’s son) left the scene. The Union Leader reports that security at the…

A Murder Mystery Where The Suspects Are Different Video Game Genres

Daniel Mullins, the creator of beloved indie horror mindfuck Pony Island, is back with more genre-bending antics. His new murder mystery game, The Hex, has a central conceit with which I became immediately enamored: all the suspects are stand-ins for different video game genres. The game takes place at a creaky old inn, which TV…

What We Liked (And Didn’t Like) About The Dragon Prince

Netflix released The Dragon Prince this weekend, a new fantasy story by the writers of Avatar: The Last Airbender. Senior Reporter Cecilia D’Anastasio and Staff Writer Heather Alexandra sat down to talk about what they liked and whether or not it can live up to Airbender’s pedigree. Cecilia D’Anastasio: Heather, hello! Today, we’re talking about…

GTA V, Five Years Later

Today marks the five year anniversary of the original release of Grand Theft Auto V. It had the biggest launch in entertainment history. GTA V has gone to become one of the most successful games of all time, and its multiplayer mode, GTA Online, has a huge fan base and continues to be updated. After…

A Dedicated Fan Is Making A Game About The Overwatch League

As sports video games have shown us, sports are just games with off-the-court metagame layers attached. Also pageantry and juicy, juicy drama. Overwatch League follows this formula, making it ripe for a game in the most thrilling sports-adjacent genre of all: dating simulator. Wait, I mean management. OWL 2K18 is a work-in-progress fan game by…

Dragon Ball FighterZ Champion Pulls Off A Rare Perfect Match

When two of Japan’s strongest Dragon Ball FighterZ players met in the finals bracket of the annual SoCal Regionals fighting game tournament last weekend, fans expected a close match. Instead, the eventual winner shocked audiences by scoring a rare perfect victory in the hectic anime game. Ryota “Kazunoko” Inoue and Ryo “Dogura” Nozaki have faced…

The Nintendo Switch’s Online Service Has Some Weird Details

Nintendo Switch Online launches tomorrow on September 18, and in the past few days, we’ve learned a bit about the new features coming as part of the service and how they will affect the games involved. Switch Online is Nintendo’s version of Xbox Live and PlayStation Plus, and like both of those services, it costs…

What We Liked (And Loved) About BoJack Horseman‘s Fifth Season

Season 5 of BoJack Horseman premiered this weekend on Netflix. It’s full of the usual dark humor and animals doing drugs we’ve come to expect from the show, as well as new developments, twists, and a lot of really excellent experimental episodes. Riley: Hello Gita! This weekend we watched Season 5 of BoJack Horseman. I…