E3 Round-Up: Day Four
A light at the end of the tunnel! We're at day four, let's round it up:
The spring Dream Party, the twice annual nerd gathering, was recently held in Tokyo. The event primarily shows off games, anime and figurines. But like most of these events, there's bonus cosplaying.
Yes, there is big money to be made in cosplay these days. But we'd have imagined that market to focus on properties like Final Fantasy and World of Warcraft. Not Sonic the Hedgehog.
Popular Japanese idol Shoko Nakagawa has varied tastes: Playing Final Fantasy VII, cosplaying Super Robot Taisen and putting her cat's head in her mouth. She's an otaku, but is she an otaku's otaku?
We've given you the site's most popular videos, features and reporting, but what single story was the most read on Kotaku in 2008. And which story elicited the most comments?
Ahh, Akihabara, the mecca — nay, the Las Vegas of videogames. Uhh. I didn't go there today. I went to Nakano instead. Nakano is Akihabara in a shoebox. I like shoeboxes. Saw something interesting there.
New screenshots from SouthPeak's fantasy action game X-Blades highlight the odd contrast between the game's realistic environments and the main character's anime-inspired look.
The Tokyo Game Show expo is in full swing. And while we may only have one day left of event, we've got DAYS of coverage coming at you.
Today's the day - the fangirls are out in force and the cosplayers are carousing in every nook and cranny of the convention center. I've only been in Seattle for about four hours and already I've counted 41 utilikilts and 19 sets of cat ears. The...