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 GameStop just announced that the company has “reserved all of its first allotment of Nintendo Switch systems”.   GameStop’s Bob Puzon says “We’re working closely with Nintendo to get additional Nintendo Switch units, and will let our customers know when they become available”. Preorders for the $300 system went live …

They’ve got your pow, bam, and hadoken packed with some good, ol’ fashioned laughs. These days, fighting games make up a healthy portion of the e-sports arena. While players are throwing down in Super Smash Bros. Melee, Tekken 7, and Mortal Kombat X, we can trace the popularity of the …

Legends of video game design and music team up for awesome live performance. When I first learned that Shigeru Miyamoto, the creator of Super Mario Bros., also created The Legend of Zelda, it honestly blew my young mind. How could anyone be so talented as to be the driving force …

  Now once you pop, you get to enjoy some popular meals from Japan. Pringles’ saddle-shaped chips have come a long way in terms of flavour since they were developed by Procter & Gamble and created by an American chemist in the 50s. While the chips-in-a-can concept remains unchanged, the variety of flavours has grown to …

Okachi-machi is known by most as the wholesale area for clothing and food, however, there is a hidden jewel of 2K540 Aki-Oka.  2K540 Aki-Oka Japanese artisan stores and studios are under the elevated train tracks if you walk along the line towards Akihabara. In December 2010 over 25 Japanese artisans …

Check out the newest anime-related information in Akihabara, a sacred place for “otaku” Akihabara is sacred ground for Japan’s famous “otaku” (anime and video game fan) culture. The Tokyo Anime Center is located in Akihabara UDX, the core facility inside Akihabara Crossfield that serves a central role in the area. …

Gachapon is toy capsules from coin dispensing machines that are found all over Japan. What’s unique is that they don’t only have high quality anime figures and other surprises, but they’re loved by adults as well as kids! Japanese love the mystery of the what’s inside that gachapon capsule. Gachapon …

Premature evacuation: Sex festival is forced to shut down early because too many people arrived to try out virtual reality porn. A Japanese sex festival was over prematurely as herds of virtual porn fans caused overcrowding fears. Streams of locals were looking to get their hands on the latest inventions …

All hail Square Enix, bringer of awesome games and now, food and drink. This month, the official gigantic Square Enix Cafe opened in the geek paradise of Akihabara. Although they already have a smaller cafe called Artnia which is attached to their headquarters, this mecca for geeks is a much …

They might have an average age of 59 years between them, but these ladies show they can still kick it with the young crowd in this new dance video. One of the things you might notice on a visit to Japan is the surprising energy and agility of its older generation. Whether …