There’s a Pro Soccer Player Called “Pikachu”

Whether you call it “soccer” or “football,” that doesn’t matter here. What does is that this dude is known as Pikachu. This, of course, is Pikachu, the Pocket Monster. [Photo: The Pokemon Company] And, via Globo.com, here is Pikachu, the Brazilian soccer player. [Photo: Gustavo Pêna] “Yago Pikachu” to be more exact. The Brazilian player…

Square Enix launched a new teaser site that reads “Star 20150 1.” It is supposed to update on April 14, and there’s speculation it’s for a new Star Ocean title. Don’t get your hopes up.

Newly announced Monster Hunter Stories is a cuted-up JRPG take on Monster Hunter. It’s for the 3DS and will be out in 2016 in Japan. The Western release hasn’t been announced.

In Japan, The Order: 1886 Is Penis and Nipple Free

While The Order: 1886 might not have been a very good game, it was equal opportunity with nudity. In one scene, for example, there’s an exposed breast and a penis. That is, unless you played the game in Japan. Warning: This article contains content some readers might find objectionable. Here you can watch the original…

Sega, Capcom, and Namco Bandai are teaming up again for another Project X Zone strategy RPG. Dubbed Project X Zone 2: Brave New World, you can look forward to characters from Resident Evil, Devil May Cry, Yakuza, and Mega Man (among others) mixing it up. It’s slated for fall 2015 in Japan. No word on…

I Love Games That Use Licensed Pop Music

One of my most enduring game memories is getting into a car in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and tearing down the road to Two Tribes on Wave 103. Pop is the perfect gaming accompaniment – why can’t we have more of it? Wave 103 is the greatest. It helps make Vice City into a…

This Family Really Makes Me Want To Play Farming Simulator 2015

I was idly contemplating what playing a Farming Simulator game for the first time would be like, because Farming Simulator 2015 is coming out on consoles in May. This family playing it together just made me super excited about it. I’ve written about how I’ve tried to get into Farming Simulator 15 before, when they…

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A Drake-Themed Game Doesn’t Have To Be Terrible

I’ll admit it, I’ll admit it. I downloaded Runnin Through The 6, a free iOS endless runner made by Nico Uribe, because I’m a huge Drake fan. But it is rubbish. The reason I was so into the idea of a Drake game is that Drake’s a rapper who occupies a liminal space. He’s halfway…