In Real Life

Hostess Clubs Are Invading Video Games (Host Clubs Too!)

Last year at the Tokyo Game Show, Level-5 announced they were making an RPG on the 3DS specifically targeted toward girls. I was interested by the idea. What exactly is a “girl’s RPG.” Would it present girls with a strong female role model or would it just be a traditional princessy love story? But whatever I expected from Level-5, I never would have guessed that it would be set in a Japanese hostess club. I couldn’t believe it.


December 28, 2011
PlayStation

This PS Vita Game Has Panty Photography Blocking?

When you think of virtual bar hostess game Dream Club, you think of girls in micro outfits. You think of underpants galore.


September 6, 2011
PlayStation

Xbox 360 Bar Hostess Game Coming To The PS Vita

Dream Club (this NSFW clip is all you need to know) debuted on the Xbox 360. According to Japanese magazine leaps, it’s coming to the PS Vita and will no doubt give the touchscreen a good work over. [オレ的]


July 14, 2011
In Real Life

Bread. In A Can.

Mmm. Bread. Delicious (well, somewhat) canned bread. In Japan, canned bread is a tasty treat for otaku. Don’t believe me?


March 30, 2011
Xbox

Padded Bikinis Finally Come To Video Games

Large breasts and video games are not strangers. But apparently, sometimes breasts are not large enough? Sometimes they need a little help? The latest downloadable content for Xbox 360 game The Dream Club Zero is doing just that.


March 23, 2011
In Real Life

Japanese Man Hugs Xbox 360 Character On Prime Time Television

This evening in Japan, the unthinkable happened: a paid actor played visual novel Clannad in front of millions on network television. Then, he played Xbox 360 hostesses simulator Dream Club and hugged the television.


March 22, 2011
Xbox

Have A Seat On This Xbox 360 Game’s Plastic Sofa

Dream Club is a hostess simulator that lets players get drunk (virtually) and talk to girls (virtual ones). There’s singing, too!


February 2, 2011
In Real Life

Skirts? Where This Game Is Going, It Doesn’t Need Skirts

For years, glimpses up skirts were used to titillate Japanese gamers. A new game’s done away with that entirely. It is moving beyond, to new realms of I-don’t-know-what.


January 25, 2011
In Real Life

Xbox 360 Hostess Game Helps To Ring In Akihabara’s Return

This past Sunday, Akihabara was re-opened to foot traffic, two-and-a-half years after a brutal killing spree that left seven dead. This weekend, folks came to pay their respects, and folks came to celebrate the return of “pedestrian’s paradise”.


December 30, 2010
In Real Life

Bananas And Sausages Weren’t Suggestive Enough

Dream Club Zero features a mini-game in which players feed bar hostesses bananas and sausages. It’s latest mini-game, however, is creamy.