Category: Games
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Arcade Mania Flickr Group
We’ve created an Arcade Mania Flickr group to collect shots of Japan’s game centers — join and add yours! The photo above is by Yuki.
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Sake from Microsoft
I attended Microsoft’s press event in Shibuya for their upcoming Xbox 360 RPG lineup yesterday, and as we left we were given this bottle of sake. I have to say this is definitely the best piece of swag I’ve ever gotten at an event. Love that play on words too — “Xbox 360 no RPG…
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PingMag: Illustrator Yoshitaka Amano
PingMag interviews illustrator Yoshitaka Amano, a name fans of anime and gaming should be be well familiar with.
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PingMag: Tokyo’s Retrogaming Bars
PingMag takes us on a tour of Shinjuku’s retrogaming themed bars (8-bit Cafe and 16 Shots).
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Lining Up for Bape in 2008
Regular readers will know that I often make sly comments about Bape, and the fact that their Tokyo stores are usually empty (at least when I go). In the comment thread to this post about the Bape Nintendo DS collaboration, a reader links to this video of people waiting in line on release day. I’m…
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Bape Nintendo DS Sells Big
Remember that Bape-branded Nintendo DS that was announced a few weeks back? Seems like the brand finally has something “hot” (I refer here to the fact that their Tokyo stores are always empty — I do realize that the brand is quite popular outside of Japan these days). As Kotaku reports: Label conscious Nintendo fans…
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Space Invaders Invade Yahoo! Japan
Literally (see it yourself). It’s one of the many promotions currently underway to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the company. Via Imprint Talk.