Yesterday, a demo for upcoming Kinect action game Crimson Dragon was accidentally released on Xbox Live in Japan before being swiftly pulled. But not before people could download it and record it being played. The actual demo i...
Children (and adults) rejoice! Tomy’s Tomica toy cars are getting a handful of iconic wheels, such as the Batmobile, Optimus Prime, and Mario’s kart. The toy cars race out later this month in Japan, with each costin...
Not that I didn’t want it here before. But come on. Professor Layton and Phoenix Wright teaming up to solve puzzles and investigate murder mysteries? I WANT IN. Layton vs. Ace Attorney is out in Japan tomorrow. Still no w...
• Here’s your first look at a clip from The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey…and it’s a doozy. I defy anyone to not start weeping when Gandalf launches into his insights on what true courage is. Just sayin’...
One day in college, a friend of mine* was awakened by the distinctive sound of a man’s porn collection in a garbage bag hitting the bottom of an empty Dumpster (which was right next to my apartment.) “Ah, someone mu...
ANN isn’t particularly clear about this, but I believe that above is one part of a whole Evangelion-themed ad campaign for the Japanese Racing Association. It involves these commercials (narrated by the voice of Misato), ...
When discussing the state of contemporary Japanese RPGs, people are split into two primary schools of thought. Some gamers think the genre has persevered, that JRPGs haven’t gotten worse, but that the once-core audience that fe...
Here’s a new trailer for three of the 3DS eShop games that are coming out this fall thanks to publisher Level-5. Developed by a who’s who of Japanese designers, the three games are Liberation Maiden, by Suda 51 (No ...
Kotobukiya, one of the world’s top collectible companies, has a line of pieces it calls “Bishoujo”. What that normally means for fans are statues of female characters rendered in anime style and with, um, disp...