Think Pokémon is just for play? It’s not! When appropriated for the needs of science, it can also be a tool for learning Phylomon is the creation of David Ng, a biologist at the University of British Columbia, who is hoping the “collect them all” appeal of his custom card game can make learning about…
In late March, images surfaced of former Mario Kart Wii pitch girl and bikini model Aki Hoshino. She looked dangerously thin. And now, she’s back with a book about having the “ideal body”. Hoshino isn’t simply the Mario Kart Wii pitch girl. She was one of many in that ad campaign, and the campaign itself…
Thinking back to Wing Commander III’s manual the other day persuaded me to take a trip to my parent’s house over the weekend, and pick up my old copy of the game. And not just pick it up. Open it Opening it I found it to be even more awesome than I remember, so I…
Square Enix, the company best known for its Japanese role-playing games Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest games, is ready to release some of the more “extreme” games in The Land of the Rising Sun. Square Enix has been localizing Western games like Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (pictured) and is poised to release racing…
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Oh hi! This is 28 year-old voice actress Eriko Nakamura. She voices Haruka Amami, one of the main idols in Namco’s idol simulator THE iDOLM@STER franchise. The Yokohama-native was in Japan’s Kansai area recently, visiting historic Kyoto. She stopped by sites like Kiyomizu Temple and the Golden Pavilion. On her blog, photos were uploaded of…
Launching yet another line of Street Fighter clothing, label Triumvir is about to release a new range of t-shirts inspired by Capcom’s World Warriors. The shirts, following on from the line released earlier this year, depict some of the series’ characters with images based on their original concept art. Chun Li, Ryu and Cammy will…
When Metal Gear Solid 4 was released, multi-media store Tsutaya held a promotion for 15 movies that influenced MGS. For Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, it’s not about movies, but books. Publisher Hayakawa Shobu is kicking off “The Hayakawa Shobu Books That Made Hideo Kojima Fair” by fitting six of its titles that have influenced…
Hollywood has tried for years to make a good movie based on a video game, and failed. May as well try making one based on an indie game, then! Many of the current crop of indie darlings are represented here, from the gorgeous Shank to the clever Super Meat Boy, though it’s a shame there’s…
After considering the issue, the Osaka Prefectural Government has begun regulating boys love manga. As previously posted, Osaka Prefecture was “considering the regulation of women’s comic magazine and Boys Love materials”. Known as “yaoi” in the West, boys love, or BL, focuses on homosexual relationships between male protagonists. The intended readers are not gay men,…
Originally published in 2007, we’ve just updated this feature – on why there’s no such thing as the “Madden Curse” – to reflect some of the game’s more contemporary “victims”. Since 1998, when Garrison Hearst became the first person besides John Madden himself to appear on the cover of EA’s monster franchise, fifteen NFL players…
The giant life-sized Gundam statue is once again being erected and will officially open on July 24. So last week something important happened. Shinto priests blessed the area on which the Gundam statue, dubbed “Real Grade 1/1 Gundam”, will stand. Shinto blessings like this are common for groundbreaking ceremonies for buildings and factories. Heck, even…
The exodus from Modern Warfare developers Infinity Ward continues at a breakneck pace, with news today that a further eight employees have left the studio in the wake of the “Legal Warfare” showdown. In addition to the five men who left on Friday, we’ve learned that three more – level designer Keith Bell, designer Charlie…
Sir Clive Sinclair, 69 years-old, has married a former lap dancer half his age. Congrats! Sinclair’s company Sinclair Research Ltd. released the 8-bit ZX Spectrum home computer in the early 1980s, months before the Commodore 64 hit stores in the U.S. The ZX Spectrum helped to propel the UK computer industry. The ZX Spectrum’s library…
We went fifteen years between Street Fighter movies, and what do we have at the end of it? Two awful flicks, one so awful it’s great, one so awful it’s just awful. Why can’t we get one that’s just great? Great like these pics from Australian artist Kode Abdo, which show what must surely be…
Left 4 Dead’s Survivor Party Isn’t Going So Well Comment by: Mastrix Nominated by: BryanH Lets compare this to the MW2 Stimulus Package, shall we? Xbox 360: The Passing – 560 MS points ($7 USD) for: 3 maps (the campaign is in 3 parts), with all available modes. Introduction of Mutations for all existing maps,…
What is it with live-action trailers these days? Ghost Recon: Future Soldier has one, Alan Wake has one, Assassin’s Creed II had some, and now Halo: Reach, following in the footsteps of its predecessor Halo 3: ODST, has one too. It’ll debut later tomorrow night (2100 PST), and has been directed by Noam Murro, a…
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