tokyo game show 2009
In Real Life

Let’s Closely Inspect Microsoft’s TGS Booth Uniforms

As an addendum to our feature on booth companion uniforms, here are more photos that examine the outfit close-up. There are bonus photos of the outfits the male staffers wore as well.

How To Dress A Tokyo Game Show Booth Lady

“They look cute,” says 20-something-year-old Takahiro Yamaguchi. “So cute.” He’s spent a good chunk of his day taking booth companion photos. “It’s not just how the girls look,” he explains, “but what they’re wearing. That’s what I’m taking pictures of.”

September 29, 2009
News

What Do You Think Of These TGS Natal Icons?

Natal is Microsoft’s new controller-free motion sensing tech. It does not have a logo or icons yet — apparently, Microsoft is still in the planning stages for that.

News

Yakuza Game Developer Working On New Games

Toshihiro Nagoshi, creator of Super Monkey Ball and Yakuza, is the head of R&D at SEGA. He’s got a real nose for game development. No wonder he’s hard at work on new titles.

News

Tokyo Game Show 2010 Dates Don’t Bode Well

One of the problems with Tokyo Game Show 2009 is that the mid-September dates are just too close to the August Gamescom. If the TGS organisers, the CESA, were smart, they’d move the Japanese event to October like in 2008.

News

Real Racing Will Affect Gran Turismo

This August, Gran Turismo designer Kazunori Yamauchi did more than drive in Germany’s Nurburgring circuit, he finished first — his third race and first in an actual racing car. But what does this mean for Gran Turismo?

In Real Life

Shall We Look Around Gran Turismo Developer’s Studio?

During Tokyo Game Show, Sony invited a bunch of reporters to peek around Polphony Digital, the developer of the Gran Turismo series.

September 28, 2009
News

Tokyo Game Show Attendance Down, Yo

This year’s Tokyo Game Show is over, but our memories will live on. Nothing says memories like checking attendance figures, so let’s do just that. Let’s.

In Real Life

Yakuza 4 Bar Girl, Fancy Chair, Oh My!

What we know about SEGA’s upcoming PS3 exclusive Ryu Ga Gotoku 4 (Yakuza 4): It has bar hostesses. What we know about SEGA’s TGS booth: It has bar hostesses.

Ni No Kuni Impressions: Presentation, Presentation, Presentation!

DS title “Ni no Kuni” is not just another role-playing-game from Fukuoka-based developer Level-5, it is the first game venerated animation house Studio Ghibli has worked on.

Subscribe Contact