Quick, who’s the man who started the golden age of arcade video games? Who created gaming’s first killer app? Who created a new genre of games, and inspired the Mario-making Miyamoto and Konami’s Kojima? Do you give up, or … [Read more...]
I take public transit to Tofugu World Headquarters every day, and in the couple of years I've been commuting, I've seen people commit every faux pas in the book, and generally do some stupid, stupid things. I've watched … [Read more...]
For the last month I've been working hard on advanced materials for TextFugu. During that time, some changes have happened in my mind, and one way or another (I'll explain in a second), it came to be that instead of an … [Read more...]
A while back I wrote about the Top 5 Nintendo DS Games for Learning Japanese. I still think that those are great resources for gamers learning Japanese, but what if you've already played those? What if you crave more … [Read more...]
Every Sunday we gather the week's weird and interesting Japanese news and present it to you in our Sunday News column. It might not always be hard-hitting news, but we hope that it still informs and entertains you. … [Read more...]
Japan, more than any other country, seems to have mastered the art of using adorable pets for internet fame. In the past we've covered some of Japan's greatest cat videos (including the incomparable Maru), and the adorable … [Read more...]