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THUNDERBOX x Technōs Collab Serves up the Ultimate Accessory for Hot-Blooded Tough Guys
Thanks to Japanese fashion label THUNDERBOX, you’ll never again have to go downtown without a stylish, understated way of expressing your love for Technōs’ flagship Kunio-kun series on your person. They’re ideal for wearing to any back-alley brawl, dodgeball game or … Continue reading
Posted in Fashion, Games Culture, Merchandise, Posts
Tagged Accessories, Famicom, Fashion, Games Culture, Japan, Kunio-kun, Merchandise, River City Ransom, Technos Japan, THUNDERBOX
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The Story Behind the Synaesthesia with Rez Creator Tetsuya Mizuguchi
The season finale of documentary series toco toco focuses on the life and work of Tetsuya Mizuguchi, game designer and former head of both Q-Entertainment, developers of Lumines and Child of Eden, as well as Sega’s United Game Artists division, the team responsible … Continue reading
Posted in Games Culture, People, Posts, Video
Tagged Games Culture, Japan, Music, People, Rez, Tetsuya Mizuguchi, Toco Toco, Video
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Programmable Series – By Any Other Game
Every video game is an interactive experience, but when does an interactive experience become a game? Video games by their very design require input from an external source, most commonly a keyboard, mouse, controller or joystick. If a game played itself it … Continue reading
Uniqlo X BoxBoy Apparel Line Serves up an Unexpectedly Adorable Collaboration
Following on from their partnership with Nintendo for the UTGP t-shirt design competition, Japanese clothing giant Uniqlo have announced a collaborative apparel and merchandise line featuring characters from HAL Laboratory‘s puzzle platformer gem BoxBoy. The line is fronted by a pair … Continue reading
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Tagged 3DS, BoxBoy!, Fashion, HAL Laboratory, Japan, Kirby, Merchandise, Nintendo, Uniqlo
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RPG Eats, Game Boy Knitwear and Relationship Goals – Culture Collection #21
‘Game Legend‘, a fair at which various dōjin groups get together to exhibit and sell their gaming-themed creations, took place earlier in May. Kazzycom was there to capture the scene and shared with us a nice shot of some 8-bit Shugei from … Continue reading
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Tagged Culture Collection, Games Culture
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Masahiro Sakurai’s Exhaustive Smash Bros. Blog Gave Me a Year of Joy and Agony
Between New Super Mario Bros. turning ten last May and the recent discovery that the Smash Bros. DOJO!! – a website used by Super Smash Bros. series director Masahiro Sakurai to promote the then upcoming release of Super Smash Bros. Brawl – began updating ten … Continue reading
Posted in Features, Musings, Opinion Piece, Posts, Retrospective
Tagged Features, Masahiro Sakurai, Musings, Nintendo, Opinion Piece, Retrospective, Super Smash Bros., Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Wii, Writing
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Musings on Life and Culture from the Contemplative Mind Behind Doshin the Giant
Toco Toco‘s latest Japanese cultural showcase focuses on Kazutoshi Iida, the creative mind behind Aquanaut’s Holiday, Tail of the Sun and Doshin the Giant – minimalistic, pensive experiences that blend the traditional hallmarks of game design with distinctly human elements aimed at encouraging thought … Continue reading
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Tagged Aquanaut's Holiday, Art Games, Artdink, Doshin the Giant, Japan, Kazutoshi Iida, Nintendo, People, PlayStation, PS1, Tail of the Sun, Toco Toco, Video
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Highlights from the 2017 My Famicase Exhibition
We introduced this year’s My Famicase Exhibition, an art show consisting entirely of creative designs for make-believe Famicom games, at the end of last month. Hosts METEOR have now uploaded their full online gallery of every cartridge on display. After … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Cartridge, Famicase, Famicom, Games Culture, Japan, Meteor, My Famicase Exhibition, NES, Nintendo
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Programmable Series – The Sounds Of Context
Audio in video games is an interesting beast to tackle. You’ve got background music to set the mood and enhance the environment. You’ve got sound effects for the actions players and characters perform within the game. You may even have voice … Continue reading
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