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A Visual History Of Attractive Video Game Characters: The ’00s

The first years of the new millennium brought us the seventh generation of video game consoles, and with that came a whole new family of attractive men and women. With new evolutions, this decade introduced the start of increasingly realistic-looking characters.


Japan’s Female Mecha Pilot President Is Getting A New Game

Guild 01 for the 3DS was released last year as an anthology of games by four notable game creators. One of those games in particular is getting its own spin-off.


First Details About Killer Is Dead, The New Game No More Heroes’ Creator

Killer Is Dead is the upcoming action game from the folks behind No More Heroes and Killer7. The game follows 35 year-old Mondo Zappa, a suit-wearing executioner responsible for taking out heinous criminals with a katana.


Killer Is Dead Isn’t A Sequel To Cult Hit Killer7

Goichi Suda, the man behind No More Heroes and Killer 7 (above), is working on a new game called Killer Is Dead. According to the upcoming issue of Famitsu, Suda is directing this assassin title. The game apparently takes its cues from both Killer 7 and No More Heroes. Killer Is Dead, however, is an original game.


The Sexy, Sword-Swinging Art Of Kozaki Yusuke

Kozaki Yusuke is a Japanese artist who, aside work on comics and anime, has also done some stuff for the No More Heroes series of games.



When Video Games Are Grasshoppers

Woody Allen once said that the reason why he makes a new game every year is so that his movies don’t become events. A steady stream ensures that the hits don’t become that big of a deal. Ditto for the failures.


Does Evangelion Have Much Of A Sound Impact?

Venerated anime Neon Genesis Evangelion is being reborn on the PSP as Rebuild of Evangelion: Sound Impact.


Beam Katakana? Dirty Camera? Yours For $13!

If you purchased the first edition of No More Heroes Red Zone Edition, you got some special content, such as the ability to move the camera around in a “Forbidden Viewer Mode” as well as four types of beam katanas.


Who’s Writing That Schoolgirl Chainsaw Game?

Lollipop Chainsaw, the up-and-coming zombie killing cheerleader game, is being designed by Japanese game developer Grasshopper Manufacture of No More Heroes fame. It’s being written by a guy from St. Louis.


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