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It’s been way too long since I posted an update of the game-related and generally interesting items being offered at Japanese import site J-List and under-18 site J-Box. To help bring everyone back up to speed, here’s a big bullet-point list of notable items currently offered on the site. Most… Continue Reading »

The PlayStation 2 may be the role-playing game (RPG) giant today, but it wasn’t always so. Back in the early 1990s the Super Nintendo, aka the Super Famicom, was undoubtedly the place to go for a large variety of solid RPGs. It featured great games like Final Fantasy, Chrono Trigger,… Continue Reading »

So now that the holiday has come and gone, you may be a bit upset as your Christmas grab bag was sadly lacking when it came to visions of video game goodness. A recent Play-Asia update has the cure if you’re a fan of the popular courtroom drama that is… Continue Reading »

Yes, the DS is a unique little handheld system, but it apparently isn’t unusual enough for some Japanese video game developers and publishers. They decide that it isn’t enough for their games to just have touch screen support, they need to branch out into uncharted territories. They need crazy, potentially… Continue Reading »

For hardcore gamers a rare, imported game could make their holiday extra special. The only problems are that there are tons of games out there and they can be pretty pricey. Also the key is to find a game which is easy to play even if the only Japanese you… Continue Reading »

Welcome to the first installment of Important Importables, a new column that will appear exclusively on Gamertell. Each weekend, Jenni Lada will point and stare like a giddy tourist at some the best, weirdest or simply her favorite videogame goodies not sold in the US. So get your PayPal password… Continue Reading »

It is no secret that Facebook has sold out, capitalizing on it’s success to try and make more money. (Not many more features though. Of course it already is enough like Myspace as it is.) A new kind of vendor is placing ads on Facebook for the first time though.… Continue Reading »