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I attend the Japan Media Arts Festival- typically a place where videogames have their day in the sophisticated world of art gallery hobnobbing.

The fighting game community really opened their hearts with their tournament which raised $30,000 dollars.

This is my review of the Japanese Xbox Live Indie game The Tempura of the Dead.

Before you read this I want let Japan know you're in my thoughts & prayers. One Love

This month, the Japanese art world gave some space for videogames to show off. Echochrome 2 and a neat Kinect mod garnered positive nods, while tech designed for disabled artists to pursue their passions may point to an interesting future for gamers as well.

Japanese games might lag behind the Americans' in quality. However, they're still finding innovative ways to change the way we play video games.

Why do people object to booth babes? I object to how they are treated but not how they earn a living.

In the wake of the hoohah surrounding used games sales, I justify my stinginess. Meanwhile, Japan shows why banning used sales outright would be going a bit far.

Here I decipher why it is exactly that has Japanese game fans keep coming back for more.

Why Final Fantasy 13 should be judged by what it does rather than what it doesn't.

Part tragic drama, part incest pornography. Japan's a strange place.

Few people decry the wealth of murder in video games, and yet murder is thought to be the most brutal crime imaginable. On the flip side, rape (an equally abhorrent crime) is considered intolerable in a video. Why? Bitmob finds out!

It's become the chic, "smark" thing to claim the Japanese game industry. While indeed the West has become the leading force in games now, Japan hasn't died at all.

VGChartz paints a bright future for the PS3 as it breaks one million units sold worldwide and trounces the Xbox 360 in sales.

Alex Beech managed to corral The Behemoth co-founders John Baez and Dan Paladin for an interview at September's Tokyo Game Show. Read on for insight on their development process, how the Japanese react to their games, and what's up with that crying block of tofu teased for their third game.

Left 4 Dead 2 boosts Microsoft's presence in the land of the rising sun.