Square Enix: “Americans Need Believable (Macho) Heroes”

Square Enix has once again been heard to explain why it is it thinks Americans will only accept muscle-bound old men as heroes.

The speech given by Square Enix developers with US-Japan joint development experience at CEDEC 2010 is summarised…

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The Otaku Momentum EP. 38

Hello and sorry for the wait! We had to take some downtime to switch our hosting. Good news though, longer episodes! Well in the future anyway. This is not one of them although it is a tad more explicit than most. We have Roundpeg from the 2 Lazy 2 B Otaku podcast on and review [...]

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“Game Elite” vs “Light Gamers”: Which Are You?

A senior game creator has told industry figures that Japanese gamers can now be divided into a “game elite” and “light gamers.”

The types were identified by veteran game designer Masanobu Endo, known for such titles as Druaga (both game…

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Top 10 Game Characters You’d Like Be Your Friend

Dengeki readers provide a ranking of the top 10 game characters they feel would make good friend material.
The ranking:
1. Mario (Super Mario Bros.)
2. Solid Snake (Metal Gear Solid)
3. Youhei Sunohara (Clannad)
4. Yuri Lowell (Tales of…

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Loli Kudo Breast Choco “Small & Delicious”

Kudo Wafter, the Little Busters! spin-off eroge starring loli Noumi Kudryavka, has received some decidedly “hentai” merchandise in the form of official Kudo breast chocolates.

Each box comes with a free Kudo sticker:

Disturbingly, they are now sold out.

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The Girl Nerd’s Podcast 64

Ohayo gozaimasu! This week we’re actually reviewing two shows: Moyashimon live action and Nihonjin no Shiranai Nihongo, which is a live action drama as well. One is based on the beloved anime/manga about a boy who can see microbes with his naked eyes, and one is about a cute girl who teaches Japanese to foreigners. [...]

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Mitsudomoe 09 – Futaba Bowling

Please imagine Blue Danube playing when Futaba gets sent flying.
Butt jokes are low but this was seriously original and funny enough. I think the last time I laughed as hard as this was during FMP? Fumoffu. I mean, I know it’s Futaba there, but hot damn, only Mitsuba can think of such an extreme [...]

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Episode 245: Nurarihyon no Mago

I’ve got a great episode this week. I talk about the news, review Nurarihyon no Mago and do lots of giveaways; I do four, count them, four of them. So enjoy this great show!

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Seitokai no Yakuindomo 09

Thank god I don’t have an imouto like that.
Say, when are they going to animate Imouto wa Shishunki? ( ゚∀゚)アハハ八八ノヽノヽノヽノ \ / \/ \

Man, Aria-senpai has a natural talent for this.

Although, I must say it’s quite disturbing to find out she wears a chastity belt most of the time….
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“Hatsune Miku Project DIVA 2nd” – Append Module DLC

「MIKU Append」 by (duca) Sega announced it will be releasing a Hatsune Miku Append module add-on for the 「Project DIVA 2nd」 PSP rhythm game. It should be available on August 31st at the Japanese Playstation Store — just in time for the 3rd anniversary of Crypton’s 「Vocaloid 2 – CV01 Hatsune Miku」 software. In addition, [...]

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