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Beat Takeshi Not Injured After Car Attacked by Man with a Pickax


This Saturday at 11:40pm Japan Time, a man with a pickax attacked at car carrying actor and film director Takeshi Kitano, best known by his stage name Beat Takeshi. The attacker even called for the 74-year-old filmmaker get out of his car. Thankfully, neither Kitano nor his driver were injured....

Gorgeous Hand-Drawn Game Guides Kickstarter Cancelled By Nintendo


Hand-Drawn Game Guides creator Philip Summers knew it was a legal risk to launch his gorgeous, story book-style Nintendo game guides on Kickstarter, but it was a risk he was willing to take. When you pour through all the gorgeous artwork of his unofficial Metroid, Contra, Ninja Gaiden and Legend...

Zangief Is Now 65 Years Old


You, me, everyone, we’re all getting older by the day. And so are the cast of Street Fighter II, who we’d like to imagine are still battling away in their early 90s prime, but who are in reality old enough now to be most people’s grandparents.Read more

Japan’s Financial Giant SBI to Launch Cryptocurrency Fund


Japanese financial conglomerate SBI Holdings is reportedly launching a crypto fund that will invest in several cryptocurrencies. “I want people to hold it together with other assets and experience firsthand how useful it can be for diversifying portfolios,” said an executive of...

Report: It Sure Sounds Like Game Boy Games Are Coming To Switch Online


It’s no secret that Nintendo’s vast back catalog is among the most untapped troves in modern gaming. But soon, it’s about to be a little less untapped, as games from the Game Boy and Game Boy Color library are apparently slated to join Nintendo Switch Online, Eurogamer reports.Read more

Japan’s SBI to Merge Its Crypto Exchanges a Year After Rival Takeover


SBI’s chief executive Yoshitaka Kitao. The Japanese financial giant SBI is set to merge its crypto exchanges, TaoTao and SBI VC Trade – a move that will create a new Asian heavyweight exchange that could challenge market leaders like bitFlyer. SBI, traditionally, has focused on its banking...

Mario Kart 8 Speedrunner Has Nearly Perfected Blowing Himself Up


On Wednesday, speedrunner SkillOz came incredibly close to an ideal time in Mario Kart 8 DX’s “blue yourself” challenge, which requires the player to intentionally detonate themself with a blue shell. This meme category, which refers to any speedrunning category that showcases something ridiculous...

Niantic Gets Surprisingly Frank About Their Failings With Pokémon Go


In June, Niantic announced they were intending to start reversing some of Pokémon Go’s measures put in place to make the game safer to play in the midst of a global pandemic. At the beginning of August, they stunned everyone by going through with it, reducing key distances from 80 meters to...

Gorgeous New Pokémon Series Visits Every Game Region


Premiering September 9 on The Official Pokémon YouTube channel, Pokémon Evolutions is a new web-exclusive animated series that takes viewers to a different Pokémon region with every episode, from Kanto to Galar. Or should we say from Galar to Kanto, as the series explores the various Pokémon...

Japanese Earthquakes Are Terrifying, Even In VR


Earthquakes are a part of life in Japan. And they have been for thousands of years. But that doesn’t mean you get used to them, or that they don’t remain truly terrifying. In Japan, Professor Tomoki Itamiya of Aichi University of Technology has been specializing in computer modeling to simulate...

Kyoto Looks Different Without All The Tourists


This June, for the first time in a long time, I went to Kyoto with my kids to see the sights. But like everywhere, the city felt different. Something was missing. It was summer. The kids needed something to do. Kyoto Prefecture is not far from where I live in Osaka. I can be there in 20 minutes...

WHATEVER Is A Video Game About The Big Boat That Got Stuck


Remember when that big boat got stuck? People really wanted to play games about the boat, and while a few quick lil’ ones were thrown together, it was obviously going to take some time for more substantial adaptations to hit the market.Read more

AI Gives Street Fighter Characters Human Faces


While Street Fighter V’s character roster is (mostly) supposed to look human, everyone obviously has a cartoonish slant since the game has never tried to be photorealistic. Let’s imagine just for a moment, though, that Capcom was trying to make everyone look real.Read more

Fire Emblem Switch Fans, Here's Your Next Tactics RPG Obsession


When I saw Dark Deity pop up during the ceaseless outpouring of Gamescom streams, I wrote it off as a competent-looking if somewhat uninspired turn-based RPG. Well, here’s a cool thing I learned today: Dark Deity is actually a tactics game. And based on the latest trailers, it looks perfect for...

Final Fantasy XIV Themed Fried Chicken Goes On Sale In Japan


Today, in Japan, convenience store chain Lawson launched Final Fantasy XIV chicken. What flavor is it? The Crystal of Light and Darkness, as the box states.Or, as noted in the parentheses, “Pepper and Tartar Sauce Flavor.” The light part must be the tartar sauce, while the dark park must be...

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