Nintendo

The Nintendo They’ve Tried To Forget: Gambling, Gangsters, And Love Hotels

Nintendo, the world’s family-friendly video game maker, formed under less virtuous auspices. Before Nintendo made video games, they made playing cards for gangsters and ran their own love hotel, which some asset their own founder frequented—during work. Saucy!


September 28, 2010
News

What Do A Tokyo Cop And A Lawyer Think Of Yakuza 3?

Real honest-to-goodness yakuza have already made their thoughts known on Sega’s crime opus Yakuza 3. Now a Tokyo police officer and a yakuza lawyer weigh in on the game and suss out what’s realistic and what’s not.


September 27, 2010
News

Screw My Girlfriend, And I’ll Review Yakuza 3

Jake Adelstein, author of the non-fiction underworld yarn Tokyo Vice, got a handful of gangsters to review Sega’s crime game Yakuza 3. But how?