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You Can Drive A Cab, Shoot A Deer, Dance On Stage, And Hit A Ball In Yakuza 5

In the Yakuza series, the protagonists do many things: Lead mobs, beat each other up, meet porn stars in clubs… Now, in Yakuza 5, it looks like we’ll be offered another perspective on the multiple protagonists where they’ll partake in other activities while they don’t pursue suspects, solve mysteries, or uncover conspiracies. Yakuza 5 will…

By Toshi Nakamura Published July 12, 2012

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Motion Controlled Angry Birds Are Flinging onto Samsung TVs

Samsung will be home to a motion-controlled version of Angry Birds. This July, the Angry Bird app will catapult itself onto Samsung’s Smart TV, complete with motion and voice controls. As depicted in the above photo, players can pull back their hands to get the feeling of launching one of those birds. Put a plush…

By Brian Ashcraft Published July 12, 2012

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Hideo Kojima Never Expected Metal Gear Solid To Do Well In The West

The Metal Gear series is 25 years old this year. From its modest beginnings on the MSX2 console (the what?), to its big break on the Playstation with Metal Gear Solid and now with the highly anticipated Metal Gear Rising Revengeance, Metal Gear has come a long way to become a globally popular series. But…

By Toshi Nakamura Published July 12, 2012

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The Greatest “He Looks So Damn Guilty” Interview Ever

This news clip is in Japanese, but the guilty look on this man’s face is universal. On the early morning of July 9, a 16 year-old was slashed in the face. When TV Asahi arrived on the scene that same day to cover the incident, reporters happened to find a man out on evening bike…

By Brian Ashcraft Published July 12, 2012

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Japanese Poll: Most Gamers Plan To Buy A 3DS XL, Even Though Most Already Own A 3DS

The Nintendo 3DS upgrade, the 3DS XL (“3DS LL” in Japan) will be hitting stores in Japan later this month and in the US in August. Looking at what will hopefully be a bigger launch than the launch for the original 3DS (Granted, they had to deal with a weak launch lineup and a major…

By Toshi Nakamura Published July 12, 2012

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Phantasy Star Online 2 Hacked as an Alleged Prank

Free-to-play online game Phantasy Star Online 2 was hacked, and non-playable characters were moved about as, it seems, some sort of prank. In the game’s Ship02 location, non-playable characters were moved out of players reach, making it impossible to interact with important NPCs. As you can see in the screenshots, the non-playable characters were placed…

By Brian Ashcraft Published July 12, 2012

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The Porn Star Had a Perfect Name, But She Still Didn’t Win

Sega’s Yakuza gangster games and porn stars are no strangers. A few years back, adult film star Rio made it to the final selection process to see which hopefuls would appear in the game. Then, there was the Yakuza hostess who starred in an adult movie after appearing in Yakuza 4… This go round another…

By Brian Ashcraft Published July 12, 2012

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Your Anime Eyes Are Freaking Out Japan. Stop It.

Back in 2009, Lady Gaga’s eyes got huge in her “Bad Romance” video. That, along with a Hello Kitty photo shoot, helped spawn a series of YouTube videos on anime eyes make-up tips. Not sure where Japan was during all this, but it clearly was not paying attention. This week, a Japanese site posted some…

By Brian Ashcraft Published July 12, 2012

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This Sega Arcade Is Ridiculously Over the Top

Sega’s Tokyo Joypolis is not Sega’s best arcade. That does not matter. What it is, however, is Sega’s biggest spectacle. It’s less a game center and more a video game inspired theme park. Still, for a hyperbolic arcade experience, few can compete. And as of this week, Tokyo Joypolis has a new coat of paint.…

By Brian Ashcraft Published July 12, 2012

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By Brian Ashcraft Published July 12, 2012

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I’m in Love With the Sexiest Woman at San Diego Comic-Con

So Sideshow Collectibles’ half-scale Catwoman statue isn’t technically alive. I’ve dated worse. She’s not available for preorder. She’ll likely cost you or me an arm and a leg once she is up for sale, but when you’re dealing with Batman’s finicky female counterpart, a certain amount of financial loss is to be expected. You pay…

By Mike Fahey Published July 12, 2012

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Video Games Remind Us That Cigarettes Will Kill You

Ukrainian designer German Ljutaev has come up with this design that uses traditional video game imagery like life hearts and drops them on a cigarette. The further down the cigarette you smoke, the more hearts you burn though until you hit the inevitable “CONTINUE?” screen. It’s cute, but yet, urgh, so morbid at the same…