Discussion about whether parents should let grade schoolers visit game centers on their own has been going on between Japanese users after an article voicing the concerns of parents and arcade staff was published.

Japanese users are impressed by Mineplacer, the inverted version of Minesweeper in which you need to place mines and close all the cells in the grid.

Author of Love Hina and National Diet member Ken Akamatsu opened a discussion on the topic of preserving video games in playable form in the National Diet.