Famitsu, one of Japan’s top gaming magazines, has compiled a big survey of Japan’s gamer population in 2024 and compared it to the same numbers from a decade ago (2015 was seriously 10 years ago?). The top-line number shows an increase in the number of …Read more »
Hey, kids: game over. No, seriously. By law! Well, sort of. Kagawa Prefecture, Japan just passed an ordinance restricting video game play time for children. The ordinance, the first of its kind in Japan, was created to combat video game addiction. The ordinance sets playtime …Read more »
About a year ago, Shin Megami Tensei and Etrian Odyssey developer Atlus faced something of a predicament when their parent company, Index Corporation, filed for bankruptcy and had its stock delisted. Atlus survived the implosion and was eventually acquired by Sega, but Index Corporation’s founders …Read more »
It's forgivable if A Boy and His Blob doesn't immediately strike a chord of nostalgia in some of you out there. After all, many of our readers likely weren't on this Earth for its original 1989 NES debut, and the rest could have understandably locked …Read more »
You'll probably think me insane for this, but I sacrificed this year's Otakon for the first year of the ScrewAttack Gaming Convention. Why!? First year cons always make people a bit nervous as there have been a few memorable disasters. The one I'll always remember …Read more »
Today's action-packed means of zombie disposal make their meandering beginnings seem like ancient history, but those slow, undead bastards remain a pivotal moment in the videogame horror archives. Take the dread of George Romero and Lucio Fulci films, mix in some special forces interference and …Read more »
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