Retro Game Store Reviews: Osaka Edition – Namba Surugaya
I’ve been living in Osaka for a little over a month now and I can finally say I’m settling in. I have a new (part time) job to help me pay the bills,… Continue reading
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The State of Retro Gaming in Japan: Halfway through 2025 – Sony
Ever since retro gaming got big in western countries and prices got out of control, I’ve liked to compare the prices and inventory to those in Japan. For a while it didn’t seem… Continue reading
The State of Retro Gaming in Japan: Halfway through 2025 – Nintendo
With 2025 halfway over, it seemed like a good time to revisit my article about the state of Retro gaming in Japan. A lot can change in a year, so 6 months seemed… Continue reading
Retro Game Store Reviews: The Hamura area
Hamura is a city in western Tokyo prefecture (not the city most people think Tokyo is), and it’s pretty much as far as you can go west in the prefecture before hitting the… Continue reading
Retro Game Store Reviews: Surugaya Omiya
Between work and my streaming schedule, I haven’t been able to blog as often as I would like, but at the same time that has given me a chance to visit more places… Continue reading
Retro Game Store Reviews: Guruguru Hachioji and Guruguru Yamato
I couldn’t decide if I wanted to write about just one of these stores or do both, but seeing as they are rare in the Kanto area it would be quite some time… Continue reading
Retro Game Store Reviews: Numazu and Fuji Otachu
I plan on writing about more Book Offs, Hard Offs, and Surugaya’s in the future, but I think it’s important to feature some lesser known, regional shops as well from time to time… Continue reading
Retro Game Store Reviews: Hard Off Tachikawa Nishisuna
About a year ago I was well into my mission to visit every Hard Off and Book Off I could find in the Kanto area in my search for retro games. I’ve talked… Continue reading
Retro Game Store Reviews: Surugaya – Hamamatsu Ryoke branch
I came across the Surugaya Hamamatsu Ryoke branch completely by accident. My wife and I were checking out Hard Offs and Book Offs in western Shizuoka prefecture near Hamamatsu a few months back… Continue reading
Retro Game Store Reviews: Hard Off Koza Shibuya
I have a lot of killer stores in my backlog of articles to write but sometimes it’s nice to talk about the rare unsuspecting gems that you’d never come across in your daily… Continue reading