

GDC 2013 sees Kojima and company announcing the next full title in the Metal Gear series – Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, for PS3 and Xbox 360.
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- Author: Leon
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: Nov 2, 2012 14:45 JST
- Tags: 8bit, Beach, Bikini, Busou Shinki, Image Gallery, Konami, Mecha Musume, Mizugi, Moe




Evidently unafraid of getting sand in their joints and other crevices, Busou Shinki’s action figurettes take off to the beach for their regulation beach service episode.
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Because even action figures need to keep their ball joints free of unmentionable accumulations (especially those owned by otaku), Busou Shinki has been kind enough to devote the better part of an episode to their care and bathing…
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Mini-mecha-musume anime Busou Shinki has proven to be unexpectedly good despite being on an action figure line by Konami, not an entirely promising basis for an anime – with the strong showing in part attributed to the involvement of staff from none other than Infinite Stratos…
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Solid Snake fans are lamenting the yawning gulf between the highly promising preview images of Metal Gear Solid Snake Eater 3D(S) and the actual gameplay images.
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Top Japanese game companies such as Sega, Capcom and Konami are reported to be drastically scaling back their releases of games for console platforms, whilst drastically scaling up their output of games for mobile phones and social networking services.
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A humiliating lack of interest in Konami’s presence at Comiket is suggesting the Love Plus boom may be in jeopardy…
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Lonely otaku dating the virtual maidens of Love Plus can finally rest easy with the knowledge that their girlfriend will no longer be all over any man (or woman) who comes along – the 3DS incarnation of the series has announced “Boyfriend Lock” functionality, allowing the girls to recognise their boyfriend and tell anyone else to keep their hands to themselves.
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Virtual schoolgirl courting sim Love Plus is either being subjected to the highest form of flattery or the lowest form of plagiarism.
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One of the writers with Kojima Productions has written a politely scathing piece in which he decries the JRPG’s single-minded obsession with having overwrought teenage boys as their protagonists, suggesting that is tied to a wider lack of heroic adult male archetypes in contemporary Japanese culture.
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The latest development in the world of virtual girlfriends incorporates technology allowing the lonely user to interact directly with the girls in augmented reality fashion.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Games, News
- Date: Aug 19, 2010 07:31 JST
- Tags: 2ch, Bizarre, Cake, DS, Food, Image Gallery, Konami, Love Plus, Otaku, Ronery


Desperate otaku have been celebrating the 17th of August birthday of Love Plus virtual girfriend Rinko Kobayakawa in typically obsessive fashion, with food and jewellery changing hands (presumably from left to right) in large amounts:
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