how cute

friscom99

The hair looks like link from the latest zelda game. Way to coyly chat with 16 year olds.

danjlove

I eagerly await each month's issue of Wired hoping that Brian's name is under the Japanese Schoolgirl Watch column. It's just not the same with another author :)

Antilochus

Spooky.

VAMP

@Erwin: Wow, that's an embarrassing grammatical error.

Erwin

I bet Bashcraft was doing a survey on what schoolgirls thought about that schoolboy rubbing DS game.

Yeah, that would be embarassing. Specially after he went on a whim and start telling the girls the "special secret moves that unlocked HotCoffee content" on the game. :X

Bokusatsu_Tenshi

@--Core--: You do understand that these GIRLS are VERY underage right? They are far from being women.

thecharlie

So is this the get green with envy wishing your name was Brian Ashcraft thread?

muu

Thanks for the warning on Yuki Nakano's site. TITS for all in the office!!!

CalcioFool

bow chika wow wow

ashjaw

@article

So last Friday was hell? (That must be sarcasm)

Especially those cute asian ladies there... that must of been the icing on that cake from hell...

...Wait I got it. Now I know why you say last Friday was hell. Your married, and you had to interview all those hot looking asian women.

--Core--

Wow! You guys hiring?

cybereality

Wanna switch jobs? You can learn a band's set list in 10 days and go on tour, and I can talk to random school girls all day, haha.

ThisCharmingMan

Bash reminds me of Ewan MacGregor. I'm sure he hates that comparison, but there it is. And if you look like Ewan MacGregor, your world is full of school girls. What was that "something else", I wonder?

dunetiger : apples are red

@nxp3: yeah who's that unshaved pervert on the left j/k dude. The cute one's giving you a /look/. I wish I was you... my kingdom for a cute Asian girl.

GrimaceXL

HAHA!

Yes, I'm so embarrassed, let me show you with this picture of me smiling with three Japanese girls.

RattyAssMullet

Hey Cutie! you need a shave

trailingedge

You sir could probably pass as Ewan McGregor to people who didn't know who you were but yeah I can imagine being married and talking to hot school girls all day will be a nightmare to explain to the Mrs.

Centy

@Witzbold: Indeed, however now you have a blackmail angle!

RPGr

Let me guess, the schoolgirl thing is for Wired magazine right? This month's issue has a little article about the Taspo, where you probably interviewed the young and old about it.

Angryrider

@inphanta:

They do look like they'd be happy to squeegee his sweat with their styli.

Billkwando

Girls!? *pulls collar, grabs arm* You= still are a nerd aren't you?
So what was the "something else"?

Erwin

@drywaller79:
LOL now that you said that, I can't help but notice it hahahaa. She's in love!

thegetupkid

must be for your wired "Japanese School Girl Watch" I always wondered how you found those strange things out

Argyle

She looks like she wants to jump on you right there and then.

inphanta

Ashcraft kind of looks like Ewan McGregor.

canchegundam

Haha. I love everything about this post.

sir_carrot

SCARY GAIJIN!

Torokun

YESSIR, THAT BASCRAFT LIKES EM YOUNG

Apollo

Not only are you interviewing young Japanese school girls, but it appears the conversation is being held in Victoria's Secret.

You're a cunning one, Ashcraft.

Atsumi

lol the heart... hahaha

Roller

"I seriously dislike talking to random schoolgirls for work."

Yeah, you can tell be the huge smile on your face that you're hating every bit of it. :D

7ucky

I'd hit it. Which one? Doesn't matter >.>

madnesshero

What a fantastic photo - the angle is perfect! The girl in white is staring adoringly at Bashcraft with a heart over her head! Couldn't be more perfect if you tried.

ruslander

Fishing for comments today are we?

DefDealer

So, the question going through my head is this: Where are the other photos? You could not have brought a photographer with you to shoot just one photo. I call shenanigans on Ashcraft. I want the truth!

vavado

@kingofallcosmos: Let's not forget bikini models!

On the downside, he had to ride the train with the cookie-puker and has to make daily split-second decisions on whether or not to make eye contact w/ other gaijin

Billkwando

@kingofallcosmos:

Ashcraft's pointing finger gives the illusion of the joker smile. I saw that too.

Sorry for the double post.

phalanges

Surrounded by cute girls @@. Can I come to your hell? Mine seems to be broken.

RPGr

Give him a break guys, he's just being polite and professional.

In a "creepy old guy who likes to visit train stations" kinda way.

phalanges

There is some weird camera trickery going on because that girl behind the highlighter looks like she has a joker smile.

Okay, so let me take an assessment on bashcraft:

-Looks like Ewen McGregor
-Hot wife
-Super adorable kid (with the most disgustingly dirty Totoro ever)
-Editor for the best website on the internet/web/net/interweb/tubes
-Writing for design magazines
-"Interviewing" hot girls (or at least one hot girl) using what is clearly a highlighter as a fake microphone and not looking like a creepy pervert

In the meantime, I am laid off, out of shape, struggling to fill out unemployment forms, walking around in my pjs all day with much less attractive stubble, and in no position to approach young girls without getting maced. At least I have a hot wife!

kingofallcosmos

Don't worry about it, Ashcraft. They seem pretty embarassed to talk to be talked to by you too XD

StormTec

Bashcraft! Use creepy stare attack!

SFLegend

bashcraft. pimping out, and taking names.

Now that's what i call Gaming journalism xD

@Schoolimangooli:

you make that sound like it's a problem.

:p

Onizuka-GTO

Are badgerhair brushes, shaving soap and straight razors outlawed in Japan? If not, get thee to a barber shop!

Just kidding. :P

I just wish my job was talking to cute gals. So long as they are 18+ though.

battra92

lol, all their smiles look mischievous...like "we're going to spike your drink then bust out the toys"

dabu

talking to schoolgirls. wow, you have it so bad. *rolls eyes*
=P

cantbeatmegaman

the girl is in white is thinking of ways to shave your beard without you even noticing. she currently has 15.

bigman88zz

Hey, girls like a foreign guy, and the beard displays an elegance of manhood. The girls were probably drooling all over you. Curious as to what you were talkin about with them :/

RedHotFunk

Seems girls like the look of facial air, but once you intimate more, is a problem. Is more a "look at me, but don't touch me" hedgehog thingie.

LOLHEDGEHOG material (no text):
[www.astro.virginia.edu]

tei

You might wanna point out that Yuki's site is NSFW in places. I was looking at the "draw on girls" section when a big nipple FILLED my screen here at work.

I am ok with giant nipples (filed mentally for later) but at work, not to much. ;)

Billkwando

Is it me or does Bashcraft kind of look like Quentin Tarantino in that pic?

digipen89

@Witzbold: I was thinking the same thing ... Mrs. Bashcraft may think even less of doing the interviews :P Especially with the smile on his face :D

jayntampa

Track Jacket and facial hair FTW! Looking good Bashcraft, can't wait to read that feature on Friday.

Deltakiral

I don't know why you're complaining, that's clearly Ewan McGregor talking to those schoolgirls.

dannyb0y

@Modus_Operandi:

That's cruel. I think I'd choose her out of the three we can see.

Channing

same here, japan > all :P

alba

When I see pictures like that, I wish I was a high-school student in Japan... But alas, I'm stuck here in the USA...

Makoto

Please tell me you did not do a survey going around asking schoolgirls if they like mudkips! PLEASE!!! LOL

Candlejack

they look 15

Schoolimangooli

kawaii!

V I |Z U $!

Poor BAshcraf! That picture indeed looks like hell. You could impress them more if you pulled out your DS with "Duel Love". Talk about embarassing!

v ^_^

Shiryu

wow - the one in white has a great smile

rawg

@Robotube: Haha, could not agree with you more!

Jenstar: The O.C. Ninty Rep

Wow dude, she is totally digging you. Did you not LOOK at this picture before you posted it? Or are you just bragging quitely?

jim_error404

Hmmm, how happy is this missus when you say "Hey honey, I'm off to see a bunch of young girls for 'work'!"

Also... maybe don't say you're exhausted afterwards...

Dakkonfire

I think I understand where he's coming from. You have to look at the picture carefully. Look at his line of sight. Now look at the girl to the right of the girl in white. Do you see it? WOOOF!

Modus_Operandi

Why is it embarrasing?

Insistent giggling? Geez, that would be pretty embarrassing if I had to hear that every twos seconds while interviewing.

"So, what's your favorite color?"

"Yellow silly!" *group of girls laugh* tehehehehehehe

Dr.Chocobo

"やべ～！超受ける！"

Bombaaaman

I hope they weren't the giggling type. That wouldn't have been embarrasing, just obnuxious.

I would complain if I had to talk to schoolgirls, but not if I had to go to Tokyo, seriously.

LaughingCrow

show off!wwwwwwwwwww

tabrith

While you're talking to jailbait, I'm writing Sarah Trimmer essays on how boys and girls should not be educated together. These interviews must be sooo draining on you! >:(

Krytha

Wonder if Kurt Kobain sounded like this.

vgfanboy

@nxp3:
Hey, respect the neckbeard!

I wouldn't want to talk to school girls either. Mostly because they'd probably laugh at me and my neckbeard.

Channing

Yeah, by the looks of that photo, last Friday must have just been pure hell for you, Brian. You poor, poor thing.

I don't know about last Friday, but if you wife checks Kotaku, I'd imagine the rest of this week will probably be hell for you.

Robotube

@Atheist Jew: I think you've got to purvey an air of grouchy nonchalance towards endeavours such as interviewing schoolgirls. It's terribly obvious the guy wants to yell it from the rooftops that this is what he does for a living.

*grumble*

...lousy, unshaven ego-maniac...stealing MY interview...

*grumble*

pylon_trooper

Were you in the Puri-kura corner or something?

FarmboyinJapan

Ash better hide the photo from the wife eh? ;D

Witzbold

Bashcraft's getting hit on right there!

Lateralus63

a picture is worth a thousands words, but I think there like ten-thousand there...

Schoolimangooli

The third "thing" is probably another "Japanese Schoolgirl Watch" for Wired.

Am I right? I'm right.

Brian, how the hell do you land all these freelance contracts? Cuz I want some too!

Atheist Jew

I can't read these anymore, without looking for the bits about eating poison.

Cruithne

i wouldn't mind talking to random schoolgirls for work. i'm sure you can find some pretty interesting ones out there.

ChibiKyKiske

@CyN1caL: No. NO. BAD!
Kawaii is not allowed by anyone with the username of cynical. NO!

On another note, I wish the part of my job I bitched about was talking to schoolgirls. ._.

Setzer IIDX

Joshikousei's thoughts: *'...wonder if he realises that isn't a microphone....'*

Kelinor

Did you notice the girl in the white thats looking at you has a heart above her head?

drywaller79

Good lord, this blog gets bloggier by the week.

No no, all in good fun. Were you conducting a Maximum Risky interview there, Bashcraft?

pylon_trooper

It's probably embarrassing when you are holding a highlighter pretending it is a microphone.

Foggynotion

Bashcraft is sooo kawaii ^-----^

CyN1caL

Maybe talking to random schoolboys is more your thing-considering you like touching and rubbing them so much on your DS?

Gentleben-Nintendo Club Star Whore

@nxp3: They loves the stubble

Ryumeka

Oh man...that chick is pretty hot...I don't mind talking to her :) Oh and get a shaved dude...

nxp3