In Japan, bullet-hell shoot-em-ups requiring inhuman reflexes – like those propagated by Treasure and Cave – are very popular. In Japan, Gothic Lolita fashion – a sort of hybrid fashion born out of designs originating from Victorian England is also very popular. It stands to reason (does it?) that the two would meet, giving rise to the Gothic Lolita Bullet …
It’s not the fabled Cell Processor, or the larger capacity that Blu-Ray Affords. Nope, it’s boobs! Japanese digital distribution channel DMM.tv will be bringing Blu-Ray quality HD Porn to Sony’s shiny black beast. The service operates similarly to how Netflix currently does on the 360; search for and select specific titles on your PC, then *ahem* enjoy them on your …
The 20Gb, 40Gb and 60gb PS3’s have all been discontinued in Japan, leaving the 80Gb as the only standard, regularly available SKU. If a notice by Japan’s 7-Eleven is to be believed,then the 80Gb unit is going the way of the dildo dodo soon too. According to the chain retail store pre-orders for the Black, White and Silver 80GB PS3 …
Man, I love Japan. For all it’s beautiful old-world culture, it finds dichotomy as a hotbed for the lunatic fringe. Today we bring you news of a 37 year old man who has fallen in love – and believes he maintains a meaningful relationship – with a videogame character; who happens to be a 10-year old girl. The man – …
Japan, the land of the rising sun and birthplace of animated tentacle rape, has (rightly so) taken a hard stance of the decidedly perverse sub-genre of adult games that relate to the despoilment of women. RapeLay, the 2006 paedophilic rape game that recently stirred international controversy, and similar games have been banned outright - and has now lead to the …
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars is definitely one of the most incredible DS games that I have ever played, and also got the highest review score that I have ever given in my time reviewing games on this site (9.9/10). The sad thing, is of course that we have reported in the past that Chinatown Wars sold really, really badly, …
In my morning email from Gamasutra there was an article entitled “Xbox 360 Narrows Gap With PS3 During Week†which got me wondering as I was pretty sure the Xbox 360 has been soundly thrashed in the land of the rising sun? As luck has it I am actually right with the most recent stats showing that the PS3 still …
It’s been a long time since the Wii could look down on it’s competition in Japan but it appears like things are returning to normal again in the land of the rising sun with the Wii overtaking the PS3 once more and the Xbox 360 digging itself further down. It constantly riles me up that Microsoft has paid so much …
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A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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