Kushino TerraceSometimes, it’s the simple stories that stay with us the longest.
Like that of Itsuo Kobayashi, a former Japanese soba chef born in 1962 who has recorded his meals in painstakingly det…

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The Diamond Princess cruise ship, quarantined off Yokohama, Japan, has now had 20 cases of coronavirus diagnosed -- 10 earlier in the week and 10 more in the last day.
About half the Diamond Princess…

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Veteran games writer Andy Robinson, who before resuming a career in journalism spent a few years at Yooka-Laylee developer Playtonic, has a very cool story about how Banjo-Kazooie got its name.
While…

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This is a blog post, where VGC writers post irreverent and (occasionally) entertaining coverage of video game culture.
During my travels the topic of Yooka-Laylee, a spiritual successor to Rare’s Ban…

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The ad, which features a sumo wrestler standing in a power pose with a determined expression on his face, actually sounds kind of depressing at first.
But even so, people will say things without thin…

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Spirited Away food court also rumored to be part of theme park dedicated to the works of anime creator Hayao Miyazaki’s studio.
When you’re as successful and respected as anime production house Studi…

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Ten more passengers on a Princess cruise ship in Japan have tested positive for the coronavirus, raising the number of people aboard the vessel who have been diagnosed with the illness to 20.
To redu…

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Snapshot from the recording booth shows the beginning of the end of one of anime’s most important franchises ever.
Of course, that’s assuming the fourth Rebuild film actually comes out on the promise…

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Sega announced today that Sonic the Hedgehog 2 and Puyo Puyo 2 are coming to the Nintendo Switch on February 20.
These are coming as part of the Sega Ages program, Sega’s initiative to release classi…

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Kindaichi, the creation of the revered Japanese detective novelist Seishi Yokomizo, made his first appearance in 1946, solving, with typical flair, the fiendish conundrum of The Honjin Murders.
That …

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