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Real Yakuza play Yakuza 3

Best way to gauge authenticity, no?
Petter Mårtensson 11 August 2010

Is the red shirt really realistic?

Jake Adelstein is a crime journalist and author of the book Tokyo Vice: An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan. During his time in Japan he made some connections with the Yakuza and he decided to bring them a copy of Sega's Yakuza 3 and see what they actually thought about it.

The result can be read on Boing Boing and is a highly recommended and fascinating read. Our Swedish editor Jonas Elfving now has plans to bring a copy of Plants vs. Zombies to a real gardener to find out how thruthful Popcap has been to the real life gardening.

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