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Remember Eric Ruth? Probably not, but you should because he is the guy behind the amazing 8-bit Left 4 Dead downloadable game released last year. It appears he’s up to his old tricks again. This time around he has recreated Mega Man 9 in glorious HD. The end result is simply beautiful. More »

From Ningin: This is a cool looking themed shelf and table designed after Nintendo’s Mario’s world. More »

From Ningin: Today’s Music Video of the Day features a fun little song by ZEEBRA titled Do What U Gotta Do featuring AI, Namie Amuro, and Mummy-D. It’s a fun collaboration. More »

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Are you still debating over which console to pick up Final Fantasy XIII for? If you own both console the game is releasing on you are better off picking it up on the PS3. Not only because you won’t have to swap discs or because of the systems history with the playstation brand, but for its exclusive access to Final Fantasy XIV bonuses and the chance to join its beta. More »

From Ningin: AKB48 is a forty-eight member theater girl group from Japan. Split into three “teams,” the group releases songs both as an entire group and in their individual teams. Today’s song of the day is the title track of their latest single. It’s called “Sakura Bookmark” (桜の栞). More »

Yes. Someone actually went there. The Washington Post did an article talking about historic weight trends between the Japanese and Americans. The answer was kind of a big “duh.”
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From Ningin: In Japan, a 42-year-old man drove his car on some train tracks and ended up colliding with a single carriage train. Fortunately the train had no passengers and the drivers of both the car and the train were miraculously unharmed. More »

Japan lovers! Rejoice! It’s the most magical time of the year in Japan right now! That’s right, it’s cherry blossom season! So get your camera ready, your friends together, and a whole lot of sake to drink, because it’s time to sit under a tree and enjoy the beauty of the blossom.
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Remember that beautiful Japanese Final Fantasy XIII bundle, with the white Playstation 3 and pink sprawling artwork on the front? Remember how bad we all wanted it, and how dissapointed we were when Sony hated on us and didn’t make it happen? Well, all that sadness disappeared and was replaced with joy on finding out the 360 was getting its own FFXIII bundle, right here in the states. That is until I saw what we were actually getting with this “bundle.” More »

From Ningin: ORANGE RANGE is a five-member alternative rock band from Okinawa, Japan. Officially debuting back in 2003, the band has since been pumping out a steady stream of singles and albums. More »