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Xbox

Is This A Sign Of Microsoft’s Japanese Retreat?

After spending millions upon millions of dollars promoting the Xbox 360 in Japan, Microsoft still only sells about 2000 or so consoles every week. Last sales week, the Xbox 360 was outsold by the PS2. The PS2!

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.

August 31, 2011
PlayStation

Meet The Craziest Sony Product Of 2011

It’s the early 1990s all over again! Sony revealed today that it is launching a new head-mounted display, able to screen both 2D and 3D. Ready to barf? Aw, come on. It won’t be that bad.

August 24, 2011
In Real Life

Maybe Yakuza Friends Are A Bad Idea?

Last year, one of the biggest celebrities in Japan, Shinsuke Shimada, abruptly stated he was leaving the entertainment industry. Shimada, a comedian and talk show host, is the Japanese equivalent of a David Letterman or a Jay Leno–if either of them appeared on six prime time show and produced music albums.

August 23, 2011
In Real Life

It’s Like .hack, But With .sex

Story within a story .hack isn’t only getting a CG animated film. It’s also has an erotic game knock-off called, coughs, .fuck.

August 22, 2011
Nintendo

So Much Time, So Many Crappy-Sounding 3DS Games.

The Nintendo 3DS gets flack for not having a killer line up. And so far, it doesn’t. That flack is largely deserved, but it’s flack that will, over time, disappear.

August 19, 2011
Nintendo

Can You Handle The Boobs? The 3D? The Insanity?

When Half-Minute designer Kenichiro Takaki set out to create a 3DS game, there was one thing he wanted to see. Make that two. Boobs.

August 17, 2011
In Real Life

The Delightful Booth Companions Of Comic Market

What cosplayers wear at Comiket aren’t the only colourful clothes at Japan’s biggest self published comic fair. The outfits that the booth companions don are just as fetching.

August 15, 2011
In Real Life

Don’t Let Some Rules Stop Your Sexy

This weekend, the Comic Market, aka Comiket, tore through Tokyo. And earlier this month, new rules were revealed for skimpy Comiket cosplay: cover up!

August 11, 2011
In Real Life

The Greatest Cosplay In The World

Last weekend, cosplayers from around the world flocked to the Wold Cosplay Summit. This is more than simply the Olympics of posing and priming in character costumes. Cosplayers perform on stage, giving the competition an air of theatrics.

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