Despite being the first person in Japan to purchase the latest iPhone on more than one occasion, Mr. Sato was shunned by his phone company this time around.
Tokyo Game Show is always well-staffed with booth attendants, and not all of them wear T-shirts! Check out this gallery of exquisite cosplay from the show floor!
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Generally mystery meat is something to be avoided, unless you’re talking about Cup Noodle brand mystery meat.
Are you the prey? No, we are the Pokémon!
Sure, you could do this without wearing a virtual reality headset, but would you want to?
We dined with the disgusting Baker Family at Capcom’s Resident Evil 7 booth at Tokyo Game Show today, and here’s our first-hand account!
Stay in school, though, kids, because it’s probably not as easy as it sounds.
Whenever there’s a slow news day at the office, we do what any journalist would and attempt to toy with the forces of nature.
Many, many schoolgirls are involved.
According to Nestlé Japan, this is the first new nationwide Kit Kat series they’ve released in six years.
Just watching this video gives us serious anxiety, but luckily this player clears this stage with ease — and they were only one of a handful players to accomplish this feat!
Smartphone game sees the handsome teens’ attentions pulled away from their key chains and plushies.
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