Oddities

In a recent episode of Pokémon, Ash, or "Satoshi" as he's called in Japan, introduced himself. The show, like most…

Everyone loves the Dragon Quest slime. Meat buns are incredibly popular, too. But a meat bun Slime? More…

Wait! Before you fire up that 3DS Ambassador copy of NES classic Metroid on your Nintendo 3DS—you know those games…

Nintendo is offering 3DS owners the chance to get the 39th President's cat, an offer made all the more macabre…

This past spring, Japanese peripheral maker Hori said it would make a specialized Miku Hatsune rhythm game…

Shoko Nakagawa, queen of Pokémon and star of an upcoming Zelda commercial, gained fame a few years back for…

Spied at PAX East and spec'd out in May, Gears of War: The Board Game may not have a release date but there is…

What are you doing this summer? This dude is having his robot friend Darwin pick up Dance Dance Revolution. Beats…

Some people have flesh and blood girlfriends. Others have pillows. And some have plastic toys. One curry restaurant…

YouTube user TehN1ppe posts ten hour clips. Ten hours! Ten hours of endless loops, like Mario climbing a vine. For…

Robin Williams and his daughter are in a commercial for The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D. They both were…

PAX. E3. Comic-Con. Gamescom. The Tokyo Game Show. What do all of those shows have in common? The smell.

Ruiko Saten is not real. She's a flower-in-her-hair schoolgirl character in anime To aru Kagaku no Railgun. Earlier…

Live in China? Own property? Virtual property? Sunshine Insurance Group Corporation might have you covered.

[Updated] Last night, the fury took over. The first time in three weeks he fired up the Xbox 360, and some little…

There must be a reason why I don't talk to random people on Xbox Live. Oh, right. This is it. [Update]: We've…

It's called Sense-Roid. It's a hug simulator.

Donned in camo fatigues and bulletproof vests, four masked men were on a villa rooftop near a government building in…

On July 22nd, at around 3am in the morning, a mysterious message appeared on Japanese bulletin board 2channel. It…

For years, gamers have developed feelings for characters that don't exist in the traditionally tangible world. They…