Video Games
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Nintendo DS a bigger hit in Japan than US, but why??
I read this article over at the New York Times website, thought it warranted sharing. Among other issues, the article concerns the Nintendo DS and...
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Mario Kart & Pac Man in real life = awesome
This is a bit old but I just stumbled upon it over at JapanProbe. Yes. I wish i was cool enough to do this. here’s...
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Who needs hands when you can play video games with lasers and Japanese swords??
I’m not sure why someone would put forth the effort to make this functional, but then again, if I was capable of such geeky awesomeness...
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Jaded JRPG fans protest convention, predictability
This is a pretty smart ad campaign. As this article from the Escapist says, an ad campaign in Japan for the upcoming video game Fallout:...
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A difference between cultures: Why Japanese gamers don’t like Western games
This is an interesting little post I found over at GamrConnect. It chronicles the reasons why Japanese video game enthusiasts don’t really have a strong...
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Final Fantasy XIII a million-seller in the West
In its first week on the shelves in the Western part of the globe (USA and other countries in this hemisphere), Square Enix’s Final Fantasy...
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Tokyo Game Show 2010 recap
The folks over at Scrawlfx put together a pretty thorough outline of the top titles and game news from this past weekend’s Tokyo Game Show....
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The Battle for Video Game Industry Domination rages on….
I found this interesting editorial discussing the battle between the American and Japanese video game industries for ‘domination’ in the video game business. An interesting...
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King of Fighters movie coming in 2010?
Apparently movie executives still haven’t learned the lesson that fighting video games/stories usually don’t make good movies….although I love the Street Fighter movie from 1994...