I've been a fan of Hirokazu "Hip"--now apparently "Chip"--Tanaka ever since I discovered he was responsible for Kid ...

How's this for a silly, game-related tidbit that's likely to shock at least a few of you: back when I was a junior or senior in high...

There isn't much "grey area" when it comes to Madonna. You either love her, or hate her. Me, I love her. Always have, probab...

I know what at least a few of you are thinking right now: "How do you buy the hell out of something?" I don't know, to tell ...

In honor of the recent release of Yoshi's New Island , the members of Boston's  Videri String Quartet decided to arrange, perform, ...

Seriously, take a listen to it in all its '80s-sitcom-inspired, porn-tastic glory and then try to tell me it isn't the most fabulou...

I know I've shared this video before, but it's so darn good that I can't help but share it again--especially since it's bee...

"This is far better than it has any right to be." That's what one particular YouTube user said earlier today about the foll...

The header above is the gist of my reaction to hearing, for the first time, the song "Circus" by SEXY-SYNTHESIZER (featuring Chihi...

As those of you who read this recent post already know , I started playing EarthBound again just over a week ago. I say "again" b...

I know this isn't completely game-related, but most westerners know of Japanese singer-songwriter Hikaru Utada because of the tunes she...

With whom? Or with what? Interestingly, both questions are applicable in this case, since I'm both in love with a what (the flute-and-...

If I hadn't made up my mind some time ago to buy Kirby's Dream Collection as soon as it lands on our shores this autumn (on Sept. 1...

Do you ever wish real life were a bit more like Animal Crossing ( Dōbutsu no Mori , if you're Japanese)? You know, instead than toiling...

I'm sure this admission will surprise no one, but I've been playing a lot of Mario Kart 7 lately. How much is "a lot"? We...

When I first read that a girl named Lana Del Rey was earning rave reviews for a song called "Video Games," I expected said song t...

Stay away from my house around Oct. 26 unless you want to hear some absolutely horrible renditions (courtesy of moi) of Takenobu Mitsuyoshi...

By adeptly playing one of this precious platformer's signature tunes on a pair of pianos, that's how. The "Butter Building ...

What's more fabulous than the " Boss Battle Theme " Nobuo Uematsu created for Final Fantasy IV ? A choreographed dance routine...

The focus of this two-part post: The fabulous, System Prisma-developed, NIS America-published Cladun: This is an RPG . I've spent more...