“I’m just a regular, amateur cosplayer,” says Ushijima Ii Niku, or Ushijima “Good Meat”, in a swish Tokyo hole-in-the-wall eatery. By day, she has an office job, photoshopping adult-related pictures, and in her free time, she cosplays. She’s anything but ordinary. (NSFW) Her fans range from the Akiba faithful to artists like Street Fighter II…
The NGP, Sony’s new gaming portable, might seem like a great machine. But there are things that Sony isn’t quite ready to talk about. That doesn’t mean I didn’t ask after I saw the NGP in Tokyo. This evening, I had a sit down with Sony Worldwide Studios boss Shuhei Yoshida, who worked very closely…
Hey, I’m tired. But I bet you’re tireder. What you missed last night Yes, I’ve Played With Sony’s New Gaming Portable, The NGP Hands On With The NGP’s Brand-New Uncharted, And A Deviant Surprise Let’s See How Big This PSP2 Really Is The First Sexy Pics of the PSP 2 The PSP2 Is Here: Dual…
Another techy Sony product with more big promises. We’ve been here before, right? Not this time, though. If the NGP, or Sony’s Next Generation Portable, seems different, it’s because the way the portable lets gamers game. There’s something about the NGP that is simple, something that pops. Nintendo might’ve pioneered touch-based gaming, but Sony is…
Today in Tokyo, Sony unveiled it’s newest PlayStation Portable, codenamed Next Generation Portable, or NGP. And I’ve played with it. During Sony’s event, the NGP’s beautiful OLED screen was stunning. It looks even more stunning up close. The touch elements on the front screen were more than serviceable, offering a new experience for PlayStation Portable…
¥180 for a beer is super cheap in Japan! Ferraris and Lamborghinis are not. Sorry about the constant neck footage. It’s been a long day. What you missed last night What We Think We Know About The PSP2 Baby Dies While Man Plays PlayStation Nintendo And Sony Didn’t Invent 3D Gaming, You Know Review: Dead…
It’s January, typically gaming’s slow month. But Capcom, best known for Street Fighter and Resident Evil, is hard at work on two big time original games. One will make you question Capcom’s sanity. Capcom is not one to shy from sequels or resurrecting its popular games. But in the latest issue of Japanese game magazine…
Over on Yahoo! Japan’s popular “Bag Full Of Wisdom” advice site, one fellow writes in panic, asking for help. He needed a Nintendo Wii, and the one he made totally pissed off his girlfriend. According to internet person exbywhxoda, his girlfriend wants a Nintendo Wii bad. “I really don’t have any money,” he writes, wondering…
Let’s say you don’t like a game. It pisses you off. If you nerd rage, you might do something to the game. Something bad. In Japan, that typically involves scissors. One Japanese YouTube user with the handle “XboxFunBoy” unwrapped a new copy of Wii role-playing game The Last Story and then tears up the the…
Mmmm… Bread. Texting of the Bread has players clack out words to defeat seemingly endless streams of, ahem, gingerbread men. The game is from website ScrewAttack and is an iOS take on Sega’s Typing of the Dead, which was originally an arcade game based on rails shooter House of the Dead 2. Texting of the…
Nintendo is gaming’s comeback kid. Just when everybody counted them out with the GameCube, the Kyoto-based game maker fired back with the hugely successful Nintendo DS and the Wii. But there’s more to the Cinderella story than that. Specs Price: US$24.95 Platform: Hardcover What’s in the book: 256 pages, black and white pictures. The Basics…
While a 5-month old baby died from internal bleeding, 21-year-old Trent Owen Ngaruhe Hapuku apparently continued playing his PlayStation. The New Zealander faces manslaughter charges after Mikara Ranui Jarius Reti died on January 11. Hapuku was left in charge of young Mikara. The baby’s mother, Jamie Reti, supposedly left the child alone with the 21-year-old…
While to outsiders Japan appears a homogeneous nation (with only 2% of the population being registered foreigners), there are actually key regional differences in the way people behave and the language is spoken. The country’s video game developers are no exception. It’s easy to divide the country into East and West Japan — or simply…
Live from my hotel room in Tokyo! Sleepy, too. What you missed last night Rumor: The First Official Shot Of The PSP2? The Best Way To Stop Game Piracy Is With Silly Pirate Heads The Best Video Game Costume & Character Design Of 2010 The Nintendo 3DS Is The Anti-Game Boy When Street Fighters Go…
Angry Birds didn’t sweep the nation, it swept the whole damn world. The game’s popular enough to merit more than stuffed animals, a board game and an animated series. It’s popular enough for a slingshot that you can shoot things with. This Angry Birds catapult is from the folks behind the stuffed toys and was…
For decades, Japanese role-playing games ruled gaming. These days, they don’t. Now, Western role-playing games get all the attention and praise. What gives? Noting the low popularity of Japanese role-playing games outside their native country, Sakaguchi believes that role-playing games need to break the stereotype they’ve created. Sakaguchi tells Nintendo president Satoru Iwata and Xenoblade…
Game developer Zynga built an empire on social networking games like FarmVille, FrontierVille and CityVille. Notice what all those games have in common? They all have a “ville” suffix, which is why Zynga is readying legal action against Facebook game Blingville, from developers Overtime Apps, claiming that the use of “ville” infringes on its copyright.…
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