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Chic Pixel Plus Episode 21 – The KusoCast
On episode 21 of Chic Pixel Plus, I bring on regular extra Elliot Gay (@ryougasaotome) to talk about the most important game topic of our generation: kusoge. What are kusoge? Are they so bad they're...
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Catch-Up Corner: Tokyo Coverage 2014
I've been really, really bad about updating the site while I've been on my trip, and I feel horrible about it! I had all these grand plans to be covering things as I experienced them, but unfortunately...
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Announcing the Platformer Community Game-Along
Now that we're past the half-year mark, it's time to start thinking about the remaining Community Game-Along themes for the year! While some of you may want to continue your July JRPGs into August, for...
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Anne in Japan 2014: Rilakkuma Café at Tower Records
And so it begins! In addition to my usual posts, August is going to be dedicated to recapping my two and a half weeks in Tokyo! I went to a bunch of themed cafés, so it only makes sense to get the ball...
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Apricotsushi Interviews: Foo Swee Chin (FSc)
While most of the influential artists of my youth were undoubtedly Japanese, there is one non-Japanese illustrator I followed from a young age that stands apart from the others for her eerily beautiful...
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Catch-Up Corner: HaruToki 4, Battle Princess of Arcadias, and Rilakkuma Re-Ments
Now that I'm back in Australia and attempting (and mostly failing) to resume "normal" life, it's time to get back to my favorite/only weekly column: Catch-Up Corner! If you're new to Chic Pixel or just...
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Apricotsushi Reviews: When Marnie Was There
When I realized I would be in Japan while the latest Studio Ghibli film, When Marnie Was There (Omoide no Maanii), was in theaters, I was thrilled. The last time I saw a Ghibli film in Japan was Ponyo,...
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Chic Pixel Joins Kawaii in Manila 2's Worldwide Kawaii Campaign
There's a lot of horrible things going on in the world right now, and it's starting to wear on me, but that's all you're going to hear about that here. What I can do, however, is share something a...
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Japan Envy: Card Captor Sakura Bags by Super Groupies
I've always said that the best kind of nerdy fashion is that which incorporates nerd/geek culture in an interesting yet trendy and not completely obvious way, and this new Card Captor Sakura bag line...
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Alice in the Heart Deserves a Better Localization
The Alice in the Country of Hearts series by QuinRose is otome game series that fans have been clamoring to see released in English since the first game was released in Japan on PC back in 2007....
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Anne in Japan 2014: The Game Haul
One of the best things about going to Japan is the chance to go game shopping. Last year I bought a whopping 24 games when I was in Osaka on vacation for three weeks, but this year I had to be slightly...
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Catch-Up Corner: FFXIV: A Realm Reborn's birthday and stressing over figure...
Happy almost Birthday, Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn! I don't play you anymore, but I'm so glad you're still going strong!art by Junko Watarai (source)That's right, Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm...
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Apricotsushi Reviews: MIKUCOLOR: Kei's Hatsune Miku Illustration Works
I may be new to the world of Hatsune Miku art books, but Udon Entertainment certainly isn't. In fact, MIKUCOLOR: Kei's Hatsune Miku Illustration Works is the fifth release in the company's Hatsune Miku...
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Anne in Japan 2014: Artnia Square Enix Café
For an anime and video game nerds such as myself, there are a near limitless number of themed cafés waiting to be dined at in Japan. Since I usually visit Osaka when I do get the chance to go to the...
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Catch-Up Corner: Pondering the New 3DS and Funassyi
Just my luck – the one day I decide to go to bed at the ripe hour of 9 pm, Nintendo decides to hold a major Nintendo Direct! When I woke up the next morning, all the internet was abuzz with news of the...
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Announcing the Shmup Community Game-Along
Ah, September... When the seasons start to change and suddenly it feels like we're rapidly hurdling towards the end of the year. Last month we celebrated a very classic, and still widely praised, game...
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Japan Envy: Baskin Robbins Halloween Ice Cream + Mister Donut Orange...
Is it too early to start talking about Halloween? Never, I say, and apparently Japanese Baskin Robbins feels the same! Though their limited-run Halloween ice cream specials won't be going on sale until...
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4 visual novels I have to play before 2015
I have been monumentally busy lately. Terribly, soul-crushingly busy to the point that I have absolutely no idea how I'm going to fit in everything I want/need to do. On top of that, my monthly...
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Apricotsushi Reviews: Ali Baba 1/7 by empty
This is it, folks. I've finally fallen into the deep, money-swallowing hole that is scale figures. I don't know whether I should be relieved that I lasted a whole year since I bought my first...
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Swooning Over Regional Hello Kitty Blendy Sticks
Back when I wrote about the Hello Kitty regional Blendy stick a few months ago, I resigned myself to never being able to try them due to their limited distribution even though I was traveling to Japan....
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