<![CDATA[Kotaku: Doujin]]> http://cache.kotaku.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/kotaku.com.png <![CDATA[Kotaku: Doujin]]> http://kotaku.com/tag/doujin http://kotaku.com/tag/doujin <![CDATA[How a Mickey Mouse Parody Killed a Fan Game]]> In Japan, "doujin" titles are the video game equivalent of fan fiction. A very, very small percentage of doujin game developers go pro. The vast majority is confided to making fandom for fun. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5880401&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[A PC Game So Popular, It's Appearing in Japanese Arcades]]> The shoot'em up Touhou Project games are fan-made PC games created by a one-man game studio. Touhou Project's creator, Zun, has been free-wheeling about derivative work—something that changed earlier this year. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5799247&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[A Bullet Hell Shooter Character To Cuddle]]> Who wants a hug? Who? You? More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5585660&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Bullet Hell Gundemonium Collection Breaking Loose On PSN]]> Cute anime girls and millions of bullets collide in the Gundemonium Collection, a trio of Japanese-indie bullet hell shooters, coming to the PlayStation Network next week from Sony Online Entertainment. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5560513&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Japanese Game Movie Adaptations Are Crappy, Too!]]> Though, it may seem like Hollywood has a monopoly on shit game movie adaptations, others can make shit game adaptations! Take the Japanese film industry, which is churning out what apparently is a crud version of computer visual novel Higurashi no Naku Koro ni. Japanese movie site Chou Eiga Hihyou gave the movie a 10 out of... 100. The problem, according to the reviewer, is that the movie cannot capitalize on what makes the game so interesting: Cute characters in a love comedy who gradually become violent and bloody. In live action, that kind of story arc is old hat! Also, we're pretty pissed that the actresses don't have green or purple hair. I mean...hello?! More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=387909&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Imperishable Night Bullet Hell Superplay Videos]]> What. The. Hell. ?. I'll admit to being somewhat of a noob to the bullet hell-style shooter category, but this is just insane. Ten minutes of eye-drying, bullet-dodging expertise from the doujin game Imperishable Night, 8th in the Toho series of for-the-hardcore-only Windows shmups. More »
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