Tag Archives: Games Culture

Saying goodbye to Club Nintendo

Posted on Sep 18, 2015 by ollie

It was June 2006 when I registered my first ever item, a silver Nintendo DS bundled with Mario Kart DS, on a loyalty program that was then known as ‘Nintendo VIP 24:7’. It may seem surprising to some, but back … Continue reading →

Posted in Features, Games Culture, Merchandise, Music | Tagged Accessories, Club Nintendo, DS, Fashion, Features, Game Boy Advance, Games Culture, Merchandise, Music, Nintendo, Wii | 1 Comment

Got an hour to spare? Check out some Japanese indie games fresh from Comiket 88

Posted on Aug 10, 2015 by ollie

Comiket (Comic Market) is the world’s largest self-published works fair, hosted every year in Tokyo. It’s notable for its crazy lines and rare goods that are often re-sold for over 10 times their original selling price, and as you’d imagine, it’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Games Culture, Video | Tagged Comiket, Dojin, Games Culture, Import, Indie, Indie Games, Japan, Video | Leave a comment

Get a first hand look at the ‘My Famicase Exhibition’ with this neat tour of the Meteor design store

Posted on Jun 3, 2015 by ollie

If you read our post from last month about the ‘My Famicase Exhibition‘ held by Japanese design store Meteor every year, you might be interested to know that you can check out all of the cartridges on display in the store … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Fashion | Tagged Art, Famicase, Famicom, Fashion, Games Culture, Japan, Meteor, My Famicase Exhibition, Nintendo | 1 Comment

A Famicom for the 21st Century?

Posted on May 14, 2015 by ollie

Artist Arne Niklas Jansson has recently posted a really cool and creative new concept for a variation on the Famicom system, the ‘Famicube’, on his website Android Arts. This interesting notion takes into consideration both a brand new identity for the Famicom, as well … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Games Culture | Tagged Art, Concept, Console, Famicom, Games Culture, NES, Nintendo | 5 Comments

As usual, this year’s Nintendo company guide is a thing of beauty.

Posted on May 11, 2015 by ollie

Following on from 2014’s beautiful Hanafuda-inspired design, Nintendo have once again gone above and beyond with the design for their company guides, guides presented by Nintendo of Japan to their new employees, providing them with an overview of both the … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Games Culture | Tagged Books, Games Culture, Japan, Nintendo, Shigeru Miyamoto | Leave a comment

Meteor’s 2015 Famicase Exhibition is Live

Posted on May 7, 2015 by ollie

Awesome Japanese-based design store Meteor have just opened their yearly ‘My Famicase Exhibition’, an in-store art exhibition displaying hundreds of original Famicom cartridge cases, each sporting one of almost 150 different artists’ take on fictional Famicom games of their creation. Of … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Features, Games Culture | Tagged Art, Famicase, Famicom, Features, Games Culture, Japan, Meteor, Nintendo | 5 Comments

The Famicom Disk Writer kiosk has scarily catchy music

Posted on May 5, 2015 by ollie

Around the launch of the Famicom Disk System, Nintendo introduced Japan to the Famicom Disk Writer; a clever method for allowing Famicom Disk System owners to change up their game library for a reduced price (generally around 500 yen as opposed … Continue reading →

Posted in Games Culture | Tagged Famicom, Games Culture, Import, Japan, NES, Nintendo, Retro Games | 3 Comments

Do you ever feel like your bookshelf is missing that Game & Watch touch?

Posted on May 3, 2015 by ollie

Japanese company Columbus Circle have released an awesome (and unexpected) piece of merchandise that possibly exceeds their Famicom towel in terms of being an item I didn’t know I wanted, but do now; the ‘Retro & Multi-Stand’ bookends! Two variants are … Continue reading →