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“Your 20s are your tutorial mode.” — Japanese dad likens each decade of life to a video game stage

Casey Baseel
Aug 30, 2018
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From download to post-boss content, loving dad shares his mature wisdom in a way that’s easy for his much younger son to relate to.

Japan
(COK • cool • dads • moving • parents • touching • video games)

Tokyo’s Shinjuku Station’s west side: Quite possibly best spot in Japan for Pokémon GO

Master Blaster
Aug 30, 2018

We can’t say definitively that it’s the best, but 12 shiny Eevees in three hours is hard to beat.

Japan
(COK • Eevee • Pokemon • Pokémon GO • Pokemon Plaza • shinjuku • Shinjuku Station • SNOJ • Tokyo • video games • Yodobashi Camera)

Can rhythm games make you a pro drummer? Japanese DrumMania fans investigate【Video】

Katy Kelly
Aug 29, 2018

In a recent viral video, gamers test their skills at the local recording studio. Is all of that hot-blooded tapping a step on the way to stardom?

Japan
(awesome • cool • drums • DumMania • experment • funny • instruments • music • rhythm games • video • video games)

A brilliant way to save money: Treat your favorite anime character like a stripper

Casey Baseel
Aug 28, 2018

Why spend your cash on anime merch when you can stuff it down your favorite character’s pants instead?
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Japan
(anime • crazy • funny • money • otaku • saving money • video games • weird)

Manga delves into the connection between McDonald’s Japan’s milkshakes and breast milk

Casey Baseel
Aug 26, 2018

Claims that when you’re drinking a McShake, it’s supposed to feel like you’re nursing, but that can’t be right…can it?!?

Japan
(anime • crazy • drinks • McDonald's • McShakes • milkshakes • sweets • The Idolmaster • video games • weird)

Awesomely adorable Pokémon subway trains start service in downtown Tokyo【Photos】

Casey Baseel
Aug 24, 2018

Pikavee Special Trains let you ride the rails with Pikachu, Eevee, and their pals, and can even take you to the Pokémon Center Mega Tokyo superstore.

Japan
(anime • cool • cute • Eevee • Pikachu • Pokemon • subways • Tokyo • Tokyo Metro • trains • travel • video games)

Defector: Gaming culture is alive and well in North Korea, popular titles include GTA V and FIFA

Master Blaster
Aug 20, 2018

Fourteen-year-old who fled North Korea says all his friends have played western games.

North Korea
(censorship • FIFA • Grand Theft Auto • IGI • LAN party • smuggling • video games)

N64 controller cable tie-styles have Japanese Twitter harking back to a golden age of gaming

Richard Simmonds
Aug 20, 2018

A blast of nostalgia with a N64 game controller cable guide.

Japan
(controllers • gaming • N64 • nintendo • twitter • video games)

Japanese gamer clears entire Puyo Puyo screen in a single 47 chain combo【Video】

Master Blaster
Aug 19, 2018

Where do we go from here?

Japan
(chain combo • combo • Puyo Puyo • puzzle games • video • video games)

Yu-Gi-Oh! brings anime battles into real-life with amazing fan-made dueling arena【Video】

Master Blaster
Aug 18, 2018

The Yu-Gi-Oh! Strongest Imitator System is a major step in making those anime duels come to life.

Japan
(anime • augmented reality • card games • projection maping • technology • video • video games • Yu-Gi-Oh!)

Pikachu Outbreak 2018 photos! Pikachus parade through Yokohama, bust out dance moves at night

Casey Baseel
Aug 14, 2018

In previous years, the famous and adorable Pokémon went to sleep when the sun went down, but this time they’re staying up late to party!

Japan
(anime • awesome • COK • cool • cute • Minato Mirai • Pikachu • Pikachu Outbreak • Pikachu Outbreak 2018 • Pokemon • SNO • video games • Yokohama)

First-ever Eevee outbreak is going on in Japan right now, and it’s awesomely adorable【Photos】

Casey Baseel
Aug 13, 2018

Eevees appears en masse at the annual Pikachu Outbreak in Yokohama to grab their share of the Pokémon spotlight.

Japan
(anime • awesome • COK • cute • Eevee • event • Pikachu • Pikachu Outbreak • Pikachu Outbreak 2018 • Pokemon • SNO • video games • Yokohama)

“The boobs are important,” anime director’s feedback notes remind animators

Casey Baseel
Aug 11, 2018

Also makes vague yet extremely passionate demand for male sexiness.

Japan
(anime • Fate • fate grand order • funny • video • video games • weird)

Jaw-dropping Pokémon figure recreates the climactic Mew vs. Mewtwo fight from 20 years ago【Pics】

Casey Baseel
Aug 11, 2018

Two decades after the first Pokémon movie, fans still remember this battle and its intensity is on full display in this amazing piece.

Japan
(anime • cool • figures • Mew • Mewtwo • Pokemon • Premium Bandai • video games)

Scientists in California send classic SNES EarthBound cartridge on odyssey into space【Video】

Casey Baseel
Aug 10, 2018

Beloved 16-bit game’s protagonist seemingly makes cameo appearance in the clouds of amazing video.

USA
(awesome • California • cool • crazy • Earthbound • mother • nintendo • science • SNES • video • video games)

Pretend you’re Sony or Nintendo as you devour Sega with Tokyo’s new Sega Logo-yaki sweet

Casey Baseel
Aug 10, 2018

Video game company’s iconic logo serves as motif for new treat from maker of edible Magikarp Pokémon.

Japan
(cool • food • Ikebukuro • Kurikoan • Sega • sweets • taiyaki • Tokyo • video games)

Tokyo politician creates dojinshi manga, will be at Comiket selling it

Casey Baseel
Aug 10, 2018

Otaku assemblyman’s latest project stars a 1,300-year-old girl from a popular video game franchise.

Japan
(anime • Comiket • dojinshi • government • manga • Minoru Ogino • otaku • politicians • politics • Touhou Project • video games)

Busty waitresses, breast-shaped ramen draw crowds to new anime-themed restaurant in Tokyo【Photos】

Casey Baseel
Aug 8, 2018

The Senran Kagura anime/video game franchise has a new restaurant, but the menu seems to be of only secondary interest.

Japan
(Akihabara • anime • beautiful women • food • Noodles • ramen • restaurants • Senran Kagura • themed restaurants • video games)

Depressed Japanese gamer brightens his days by giving himself a log-in bonus for his real life

Casey Baseel
Aug 6, 2018

Rather than run away to a virtual world, he figured out a way to take something fun about video games and use it to fight off daily drudgery.

Japan
(clever • cool • funny • society • video games)

Japan finally holds an eSports event for mobile app games: Champions of Fire Japan

Katy Kelly
Aug 3, 2018

Who will dominate Disney’s Tsum Tsum Land? Which YouTuber’s BanG Dreams will come true? Find out at the app game eSports tournament this August!