For all tetsudo (train otaku) and Uniform Fetishists out there Takara Tomy announced that the Tetsudou Musume figures will get their very own live Drama! There are also new collection mini figures that will be release on october 9 to celebrate the release  of the Testudou Musumoe -TerminalMemory DS game we spotted last may during the Shizuoka Hobby Show.

Remember: Resistance is futile THE WORLD WILL BE MOE!!

Kirin has announced that at beginning of December they will release Beer Chocolat (5% alchool): the first industrial beer made with chocolate. Few years ago a small american brewerie exported a limited production of chocolate beer to Japan for Valentine day but Kirin choco beer will have a better taste...

(via MIXI) On October 11 the  "Tokyo Game Show 2008" will turn into the very first videogame music festival with live acts like  "GhM Sound Team (Grasshopper)", "TENORI-ON", and YMCK. More artists will be announced in the next weeks. Seems that the orgranizing comete loved the live chiptune show held last year held in a small booth (thatawent totally under the radar of magazines attending the show).
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(via InsertCredit) Brandon spotted WIZ, a new korean videogame console that got a gig of flash memory, which is neat, OLED screen, uses the arm9 processor, has stylus support, and comes with 12 pre-loaded games. The fact that Byulbram's games are shown working on it lends credence to the idea that games might be recompile-able for the new system... looks like it will be a hit in Akiba shops like Kaos and MarchRabbit at the end of the year!
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UZEBOX is a retro-minimalist homebrew game console easy and fun to assemble. It is based on an AVR 8-bit general purpose microcontroller made by Atmel and games can be easely programmed in C. The design goal was to be as simple as possible yet have good enough sound and graphics while leaving enough resources to implement interesting games. It eve ngot a Midi port for Chiptuners out there!

YouTube Sound Demo Direct Link

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Zepy has spotted (in the latest issue of Famitsu) this new Vocaloid 2 Miku chan inspired game for PSP to be released at the beginning of next year. The main game is a rhythm game with a story mode. You can win stuff in rhythm mode to decorate Hatsune Miku room and watch pur Vocaloid godness walk around and do random stuff.
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This new Ipod app (LCD Football) is a must for any retrogamer over 35 who played the american LCD game from Mattel in the 70s!

I love this TV show!!!

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I love this new roomba hack / Wii mashup!

PS3 Filer allows browsing image files by using the Blu-Ray Disc Java Hack (no modchip needed). This software is also a Famico mEmualtor (no sound) so it's possibile to play Supermario on a Playstation 3. Download the PS3 Filer here

Note for fanboys: the title is a Joke... I love MSG4 !!

Fakku.net has posted a new thread dedicated to downlaods/torrents of the new doujinshi presented during the Comiket 74. This thread is the closest thing to a real pilgrimage to the holy Tokyo Big Sight... 7 pages and still growing (some posts are very NSFW)


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I just found rephoto.jp a great Tumblr aggregator with tons of sexy idol free photos galleries!
(Very NSFW - only for adults)

Nose bleed level = 9 - Very dangerous!!!
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My new favourite Vocaloid/NicoNico videogame parody video!

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Our friends at Neo Amusement (online videogame shop based in Akihabara) haas  just posted some discounted items like this Neo Geo Battle coliseum for Atomiswave.

Next week, on 29 august, Phi-age (a sub brand of the legendary bishoujo game maker AGE SOFT), will release PICO PICO: the very first hentai game that let's you have sex with videogama consoles...
so that gamers can finally have sex with their objects of desire!
In the doujin scene there have been many illustration featuring "console girls" but I think this is the very first time that a professional bishoujo game has been produced on this theme...

USAopoly has just released a brand new Donkey Kong themed JENGA box!

Seems that the eyoutube video posted by StreetskaterFU is not a fake.... the only problem is: Is there anybody who still care to see a PS3 hacked (with or without a mod-chip)?!
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Our friend akiba idol Amano Ai, today at the Tokyo Big Sight, has spotted these uber-otaku bishoujo Mineral Water bottles .

In case you missed: today is the second day of COMIC MARKET! GIGAZINE posted some great videos if you can not attend Comiket: click here, here and here.
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Thanks again to videogame hackers we can finally watch DVDs on Nintendo Wii.

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I hope that soon I will be able to go to my favourite maid cafe and eat a KEYBOARD WAFFLE made with these hacked typemachines! These waffles irons have been created outside the Holy land but the creator's heart is of course in Akiba...

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(Via Modellismo Hobbymedia - ) The Japanese hobby maker Aoshima seems fascinated (like us) by itasha and now they made a huge step for the otakization of the World with a brand new dekotora plamodel kit with otaku most loved anime: Lucky Star!!

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大きな地図で見る

(via GrandeBanzai) Google Street View hitted Japan and so now we can see Akiba even when we are abroad!

Our friedsn at Neo Flash have just released their latest Nintendo DS card: R6 Xtreme with an impressive 64G of memory!

Brain the Kotaku M@ster has just completed his new book dedicated to arcade gaming... it's a must buy for any kiban maniac out there...