gundam

Culture

Booze Tastes Better At Kobe’s Gundam Toy Bar

8:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Drinks named after Gundam characters and over 300 models as seen on Alafista.
Culture

Other Large Gundams In Japan

3:00PM Brian Ashcraft | The giant Gundam in Tokyo’s Odaiba might be long gone, but our memories of it live on and on. Know: It was by no means the first giant Gundam. There have been others, oh yes. More »
Culture

Want To Work For This Company? Make A Gundam Model

8:00PM Brian Ashcraft | In Japan, job hunters often have to take a battery of tests and go through a gantlet of interviews. Add to that, Gundam model making. More »
News

Gundam ROCK!

8:00PM Brian Ashcraft | This year is the 30th anniversary of Gundam. Things ranging from an enormous Gundam statue to a PS3 Slim bundle have marked the occasion. But that’s not all, oh no, that’s not all. More »
Culture

Huge Gundam Made Smaller

5:00PM Brian Ashcraft | The 1/1 scale Gundam statue in Tokyo’s Odaiba may be gone, but our memories live on and on and on—in statue form. More »
Rumours

Another Gundam Game Coming To PS3

9:00PM Brian Ashcraft | According to Hong Kong game mag Game Wave, arcade game Mobile Suit Gundam: Gundam vs. Gundam Next is coming to the PS3. The title has not yet been officially announced by Namco Bandai. More »
Culture

How Did The Giant Gundam Affect The Environment?

1:00PM Brian Ashcraft | You are looking at a photo from a little over two months ago. Savour that lush green grass. It’s beautiful. More »
News

Tokyo Game Shop Manager On Problems With PS3 Slim Launch

7:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Kazuyuki Inakoshi, manager of Akihabara’s Messe Sanoh, doesn’t pull any punches in his Famitsu.com column about the recent PS3 Slim launch. In short: The launch could have been smoother. More »
Culture

Gundam Creator: “Video Games Are Evil”

10:00PM Brian Ashcraft | But giant mechanised machines are your friend! Gundam creator Yoshiyuki Tomino gave a speech at the CEDEC game conference hoping to, as game site Gamasutra says, “provoke game developers.” More »
Culture

Gundam Large And In STONE

7:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Another giant Gundam statue. Sure, it’s not as big as the 1/1 scale Gundam—this mobile suit is four metres and weighs 10 tons. More »