Kotaku: Lik-sang

Who's The New Lik-Sang? Not Me.

Brian Ashcraft — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 07:22:51 EST

When Sony killed Hong Kong retailer Lik-Sang, not only were highly pregnant women forced out on the streets, but a void was created. Where would we find knocked up ladies to import PS3s? Play-Asia has already chickened out from shipping PLAYSTATION 3s to Europe (and rumor has it, that the company has only "slightly" pregnant employees). Game site Modojo has a nice piece up wondering who will step up and fill the void, and gives a nice run down of Play-Asia, YesAsia and National Console Support. Worth a look. Brian Ashcraft More »

Lik-Scam Hits PS3 Pre-Order Customers

Brian Crecente — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 11:00:35 EST

Joel Johnson posts over on GameLife that there's a PayPal Lik-Sang scam making the circuit among people who pre-ordered the Playstation 3 through them. More »

Play-Asia Chickens Out, Won't Import PS3

Brian Ashcraft — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 09:40:20 EST

With the limp, dead body of Hong Kong retailer Lik-Sang not even cold, the shock waves of its Sony forced closure are still being felt. Take the popular importer Play-Asia, now gun shy and unwilling to import the PS3 into the UK. Here is an email canceling Brit PLAYSTATION 3 orders: More »

Lik-Sang: Sony Ousts Pregnant Women to the Streets...Eats Puppies Too

Brian Crecente — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 13:56:50 EDT

I just love this whole Lik-Sang, Sony thing. It's like the two companies are playing chicken with each other in a very public, and increasingly embarassing way. More »

Sony: Lik-Sang Just Bitter

Brian Crecente — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 15:03:12 EDT

I just love a corporate pissing match. More »

Sony Bleeds Lik Sang Clean To Death

kotaku.com — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 11:40:07 EDT

Holy shit! More »

Importers Prepare to PS3 Price Gouge, Start Pre-Orders

Brian Crecente — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 13:00:01 EDT

Wow, importer Lik-Sang has started accepting pre-orders for the Playstation 3 and 20 PS3 games for no money down. Reading through the rules, everything seems pretty cool: You can always cancel, you can change which one you want, you can choose between U.S. and Japan versions. Then I noticed the "Extra Note" tucked down at the bottom of the page. More »

Guitar Hero Gig Bag

brownlee — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 13:40:55 EDT

One issue with being a Guitar Hero zealot is that it's a secret righteousness. Who besides my girlfriend and my friends nursing hangovers will know that I, when initiating star power, can actually twirl the Guitar Hero controller around my neck just like Johnny Napalm? But more importantly: Guitar Heroes simply don't get indy street cred confining their trashing to the isolation of their own living room. We can't swagger around downtown, a guitar controller slung over our shoulder, a lit Marlboro dangling from our lower lips. Girls would take one look at that plastic guitar with the Fisher Price buttons and make a collective decision through the Feminine Hive Mind to never sleep with us again, forever. More »

Third Party Guitar Hero Controller Does NOT Shred

brownlee — Mon, 19 Jun 2006 11:40:04 EDT

A week back or so, we enthusiastically burbled on about the Shredder, a third-party Guitar Hero controller that made the liquid in our crotches glow through the skin like a lava lamp. We said we'd go buy one. This was a lie. It was part of a devious plot to get you to spend your hard-earned money for us, then send us a review so we wouldn't be out a cool forty beans. More »

Third-Party Guitar Hero Controller Shreds

brownlee — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 13:40:18 EDT

Spare Guitar Hero controllers are hard to come by in Europe. Luckily, Lik Sang is selling a face-shredding, third-party controller so bitchingly, blindingly cool that it makes the original controller look like a milk carton stapled to a piece of wood found in a gutter and then strung up with bottle caps and pieces of yarn. Appropriately enough, it's called the Shredder, and Lik Sang just got my credit card number. Gentlemen! Prepare for me to melt your face. Florian Eckhardt More »

Make Your Xbox 360 More Huge, Slightly More Portable

Michael McWhertor — Sun, 30 Apr 2006 15:25:33 EDT

If you're not satisfied with the massive heft of your Xbox 360 and its gargantuan power supply, maybe this Joytech HD LCD monitor might be what you're looking for. It's perfect for that gaming-on-the-go leading into that visit-to-the-chiropractor session every next-gen gamer is after. More »

Play DS or GBA Games on Your TV

Brian Crecente — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 13:02:52 EDT

Touch My DS... Touch It, Hussy, Touch It!

brownlee — Thu, 20 Apr 2006 15:40:14 EDT

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Are you proud of your purty new DS Lite? Covered your original DS with some bitching Megadeth stickers you want to show off? Does your DS scream out for Internet fame? Then Touch My DS might be the site for you, where anonymous Internet strangers post pictures of their beloved DS systems next to plastic dinosaurs, the Book of Mormon, disembodied mannequin hands... you name it! More »

Nintendo DS Lite Shortage Over?

brownlee — Wed, 19 Apr 2006 09:40:02 EDT

Alright! 4 Color Rebellion is reporting that the Japanese Nintendo DS Lite shortage is officially over, where the proper degree of officiality is determined thanks to online retailer Lik-Sang, who are shipping off DS Lites to overseas consumers at last. No news on whether this means Ashcraft will finally start sending out DS Lites to his Kotaku co-workers, though. All we can say is god help both him and his scrotum if he doesn't. More »

Lik-Sang on New DS Design

Brian Crecente — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 02:00:02 EST

Lik-Sang is reporting that they received word a few days ago from a Japanese contact that on Monday Nintendo is planning to announce a redesigned DS. The latest rumors point to a sleeker DS that looks more like a cellphone than the current husky model. Last month Famitsu came out with a report that a Nintendo console was getting a redesign which could also point toward the GameCube (very unlikely) or GBA (possible). Well, fortunately we only have four days to wait until we find out for sure. I'll ask Nintendo reps in the morning, but rest assured, they're going to say they can't comment on rumors. Let you know if they break from their decision. More »

HowTo Play Your PSP on a TV

Brian Crecente — Thu, 03 Nov 2005 14:01:59 EST

Lik-Sang has an excellent hands-on, PSP guts-out, review of the PSP TV Adapter which they just received in their warehouse this week. Installing the device on your PSP requires some major tremble-free surgery on the portable and the end result sounds adequate at best. More »

Sony Sues Lik-Sang

Brian Crecente — Tue, 09 Aug 2005 07:39:24 EDT

Doing their best impression of a bunch of whiny little girls, Sony has decided to sue video game importer and all around good guys Lik-Sang for selling the Playstation Portable in continents the mega company doesn't deem worthy of portable fun. More »