Via sister site Kotaku Japan (um, thanks?) comes this video of “Sekuhara Interface”, which is fancy software that allows you to pleasure daikon “Sekuhara” is Japanese for “sexual harassment”. And no, the daikon are not actually making noises. Created by a young artist named Etsuko Ichihara, this multimedia project debuted a few years back. The…
This is an intervention. While most of the gaming world has thankfully moved on from stupid countdown clocks designed to drum up silly publicity for forgettable games, Square Enix still clings to them. It’s time for Square Enix to stop. Enough! Now, you are overreacting, Brian Ashcraft, you say. Perhaps. But, countdown clocks are so…
On March 11, 2011, everything changed. Japan was hit hard with a massive earthquake and ensuing tsunami. Lives were destroyed. Lives were lost. The country is still rebuilding, and the aftershocks are still being felt by those impacted most. As time marches on, some think about that day less and less. Google, however, is doing…
This shouldn’t come as a surprise. Folks at Sony own Nintendo game machines. They own the Xbox 360, too. And the same is true of those companies, too. So, it’s no shocker that Shuhei Yoshida, the president of Sony Computer Entertainment’s Worldwide Studies, just got a Wii U. It’s also no shocker that he loves…
Hako! Open Me, AR puzzle game for the Vita, will be out on Dec. 20 in Japan as a download.
This fall, tensions between China and Japan got serious. A dispute over islands stirred up nationalistic demonstrations in China. Protestors didn’t just take to the streets to voice their anti-Japanese sentiment. Some of them took to their hard drives. According to Japanese daily Nikkan Spa!, during those protests, websites that shared pirated clips and videos…
Japanese game maker Sega has screwed up too many times to count. But there’s one thing Sega got so right. But only after it got everything so wrong. At the 2011 Tokyo Game Show, Sega showed a new Hatsune Miku game for the 3DS. It featured a slightly unsettling Miku. Hatsune Miku is a virtual…
In Japan, NicoNico is coming to the Wii U as a free app
Pow! Smack! Brass knuckles can mess people up. Japanese designers Shuji Tomishima and Takushi Okina are going more for fashion than violence with these “sound effect” rings. The rings have sound effects that one would typically find in Japanese manga. For example, above there is a ring that reads “do” (ド), but could be used…
Aero-Cross, the HD download version of Metro-Cross, has been cancelled due to “various circumstances”.
Sony brands the PS Vita as more than simply a game portable. Maybe it should call the machine a “crime fighter”, too? This week’s episode of Gekiroku: Keisatsu Micchaku 24ji!! (think Cops, but in Japan) followed the cyber police division in Fukuoka Prefecture. In one scene, the cyber cops were tracking down a criminal for…
Ack! With this new horrifying glitch, Phantasy Star Online 2 has discovered a new level of hell. Character skins can accidentally change… for the worse. The much, much worse. *shudder* Players discovered this bug (and others) after a recent update, and it causes the skin of non-playable characters to, under certain conditions, turn a truly…
Inception features dreams that are in dreams. Nintendo’s newest Wario title, Game & Wario, is kind of like that, too. Game & Wario is a collection of 16 mini games, but not a Wario Ware micro game collection that features an onslaught of bit-sized games that last seconds. Fans of the series are well aware…
This month, Japanese snack maker Koikeya is releasing potato chips that have been designed with couples in mind. The chips are heart shaped and come in two flavors: Lemon Pepper and Sugar Butter. How romantic. The Lemon Pepper chips have a “top hat” on them, so the presumption is that they are aimed at either…
Nintendo’s Panorama View app will be out next spring in Japan. According to Nintendo, the app is free.
Tonight, Nintendo showed off how Google Street View will work on the Wii U. It seems like it will work pretty well, with the GamePad able to display Street View as well as maps. Between next January and March in Japan, Nintendo is offering Google Street View as a free download on the eShop. After…
Pikmin is coming to the Wii U, and from the footage Nintendo showed today, the game is coming along very well. The HD graphics are expected to bring Pikmin to life like never before. Please be aware that while the game is HD, these internet screengrabs are not! Nintendo Direct 2012.12.5 [Ustream]
Nintendo unveiled its latest party game, Game & Wario. Like other Game & Wario games, it only needs one controller. Five players can play, but four of them don’t need controllers. At all. Just good eyes. The mini-game is called “Fruits”. In it, the player with the GamePad is a thief, and picks up the…
Coming in early 2013, Game & Wario is the latest entry in Nintendo’s series of Wario party games. Outfitted with 16 games, Game & Wario can support up to five players and needs only one GamePad. Nintendo Direct 2012.12.5 [Ustream]
For years, anime fans have been complaining about crap dubs. It’s either the result of amateurs or celebrities who simply don’t fit the role. Now it’s Japan’s turn to nerd rage. “It’s just as everyone says, the dubbing is horrid,” wrote one individual on Amazon Japan. The Avengers didn’t exactly have a smooth rollout in…
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