Japan Archives

Conventioneering

Cosplay: an obscure ritual of pop culture mimicry taken to a wonderful extreme as only the Japanese know how. The word itself is ...

Launch Telemetry

The Xbox 360’s performance in Japan has been rocky, to say the least. The numbers aren’t great, and Japanese games seem to reject ...

Dungeons & Dollars Redux

For those who game, Japan may be the most important country in the world. It’s also the least understood. Despite being one of ...

Editor's Choice

I’ve walked across the Sophia University campus in Tokyo, Japan almost every day at 9:10 a.m. for the last few months. The entire ...

The Little Guy

Many turn to indie games for an alternative to what is found on the shelves of the average games store. If your commercial ...

Editor's Note

Over the past week, I have been inundated with responses to last week’s issue. I must say, as an editor, this is absolutely ...

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