Tag Archives: Games Culture
Exploring Tokyo’s Urban Sprawl with Persona 5’s Katsura Hashino
The latest episode of toco toco focuses on Katsura Hashino, a video game designer, producer and writer for Atlus who has worked on the likes of Catherine, the Persona series and Trauma Center: Under the Knife. Hashino guides us through Sangenjaya, an area … Continue reading
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Tagged Atlus, Games Culture, Katsura Hashino, People, Persona, Persona 5, Toco Toco, Video
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Romantic Treats, Artist’s Impressions and Famicom High Fashion – Culture Collection #18
It’s been far too long since our last games culture showcase, so let’s start by going right back to the end of January, where a sighting of a Godzilla-like monster attacking Kyoto Tower became the hot topic for Japanese Nintendo … Continue reading
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Nagi, a Surreal Auditory Experience Rooted in Video Games and Reconstruction
The concept of ‘gamification’, the application of game-playing elements to other activities, is a curious one. Whilst not strictly emerging conceptually from video games – rather, based primarily on the concept of a ‘game’ itself – it becomes easy for … Continue reading
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Tagged Games Culture, Music, Musings, Nagi, People, Takayuki Nakamura
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Radical Dudes, Not-Game Boys and The Late Hudson Soft – Culture Collection #17
It’s the first Culture Collection of the year! To start things off, let’s go right back to the start of 2017 and check out how l00scr3w spent his New Year’s Day morning – tinkering with Game Boys and Famiclones. Kaj2nd … Continue reading
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Cookie Cutters, Fast Cars and Post-Christmas Cheer – Culture Collection #16
Let’s bring the year to a close with the final instalment of Culture Collection in 2016. Starting with a few post-Christmas curiosities, here’s a handmade, Dragon Quest-inspired diorama that Jeremy (of Ribbon Black) made for his brother, complete with custom Slime wrapping … Continue reading
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In Fitting with the Season, Here’s a Nintendo-Sanctioned Version of Wham!’s ‘Last Christmas’ on the Super Famicom
Yes, you read that right. This unused 16-bit cover of Wham!’s ‘Last Christmas’ was featured as a part of Do-Re-Mi De~Fa!, a digital music magazine distributed via the Super Famicom’s Satellaview service, which we’ve been talking about an awful lot this … Continue reading
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Tagged Games Culture, Music, Nintendo, Satellaview, SNES, Super Famicom
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Silver Trousers and Future Visions with the Satellaview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sB5BkBerLGU I stumbled across this introduction video for Nintendo’s Satellaview, which for those who don’t know is a Super Famicom peripheral that allowed users in Japan to download exclusive games and content from scheduled satellite radio broadcasts, provided by a … Continue reading
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Tagged Games Culture, Nintendo, Satellaview, SNES, Super Famicom, Video
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Nintendo’s Never-Ending Barbecue – ‘Grill-Off with Ultra Hand!’ and What It Can Teach Us
As many of you may know, this month marked 10 years since the launch of Nintendo’s revolutionary Wii console. Regardless of how old it made many of us feel, it was great to see the discussion sparked from this anniversary … Continue reading
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Tagged Club Nintendo, Download, Games Culture, Grill-Off with Ultra Hand!, Musings, Nintendo, Wii
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A look into the world of ‘8-Bit Shugei’ – Culture Collection #15
Be it through artwork, music or even food, for years people have expressed their love for gaming with fan works of all forms. The rise of the internet and social media has made it as easy as ever for creators … Continue reading
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Resting Warriors, HuCard Economics and Family Computers Great & Small – Culture Collection #14
You might have noticed Minus World has been pretty quiet recently. Apologies for the radio silence, things have been crazily busy, but you’ll be pleased to know that the world of games culture never sleeps – here’s your latest look … Continue reading
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