News

Illegal Or Not, These Social Games Will Drain Your Wallet

With the illegalisation of complete gacha being made, multiple social game companies have already either made changes to their applications or simply made new ones. The question is whether those modifications are any better than what we had previously.


January 31, 2012
In Real Life

Black Rock Shooter Streaming In 8 Languages

On February 3, anime Black Rock Shooter will be streaming on Nico Nico Douga subtitled in eight languages (English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Korean, traditional Chinese and simplified Chinese) FOR FREE. [Nico Nico]


January 23, 2012
PC

Japanese Politician Is A Computer-Building Badass

Kaoru Yosano looks like your typical politician — navy blue suit, glasses, and a Showa Era hairdo. Kaoru Yosano is anything but typical. He is a PC-building, nerd-hero.


September 1, 2011
In Real Life

He Wanted To Burn Them All. Burn Them Dead.

Nico Nico Douga is one of Japan’s most popular video sites. Users broadcast livefeeds of everything from gaming events, underage dancing, to stupidity. But what went down last night in Tokyo’s Shibuya during a “Nico Live” event was terrifying.


May 9, 2011
In Real Life

Lock Up Your Dancing Daughters, Here Comes The Internet

If you’ve spent any time on Japanese video site Nico Nico Douga, you’ve seen them: young girls dancing to cutesy pop music. It’s their chance to live out their adolescent idol fantasies for viewers with adolescent idol fantasies of their own.