The title, Rhiannon: Curse of the Four Branches, is based on medieval Welsh folk tales.

"We have to try and translate this game into Welsh, but there's just not enough Welsh speakers in the gaming market to justify the translation costs," said the studio's Noel Bruton. "Sources suggest there are around 600,000 Welsh speakers overall. A lesser number would be gamers, and only around one in 20 gamers might be interested in an adventure game."

However, Burton adds, that doesn't mean the game should not be translated. Ironically, the studio is based in Wales, but the English-born developers don't know enough Welsh to localize the 30,000 in-game words.

The developer does offer would-be translators "something" if "something" is made from sales of the Welsh version.

Translation appeal on video game [BBC] [Pic]

You're staring at cords and cables for a Japanese Wii, a 60GB PS3 (with backwards compat), a Japanese Xbox 360 and an American Xbox 360. Looks like a fire hazard! Probably is. Likewise, Behind the TV is a mess and mass of cables and cords.

Trying to figure out a way to make this neat and tidy. There are a couple options I'm exploring — though! We don't call this tag "Kotaku Helpu" for nothing. Your advice and expertise is most appreciated.

Brain,

You probably remember me, I'm Justin who won the $2k shopping spree, which, by the way, is still making my life totally awesome. I have a favor to ask and if you don't want to I totally understand, but here is my situation : The drum pedal of the Rockband kit I got broke in half about a month ago during normal play. I called and asked for a replacement and about 10 days later I got it. Of course, EA wanted me to return the old, broken pedal, and I was saving it for just that. When the new pedal arrived I was so excited to try it out that I forgot to put the old one in the box and send it back (never mind that there was no return labels or reminder in the box which would probably have prompted me to return the old one immediately). In fact I threw the old one away a few days later. So now I'm stuck with $125 charge on my CC from EA for a freakin' drum pedal.

I just got off the phone with EA and, of course, there's nothing they can do. They won't even charge me a lesser dollar amount, like say the $80 or so a full drum kit would cost individually. They did give me this option though: if I can send them a Rockband drum pedal—any Rockband drum pedal (broken or not)—I can get the $125 charge cleared. What I was wondering is if you would be willing to ask the readers of Kotaku if they can help a fellow gamer out and if anyone has a pedal they could send it my way (of course I'd pay them for shipping + a bit for their time). As a side note it might be worth a post lobbying EA to make it's return charges a bit more in line with reality, but that's diving into a whole other issue.

Thanks,
Justin

I'm gonna be honest. I use my PLAYSTATION 3 as a DVD player primarily. No, wait. I only use it to view DVDs. While watching Superman Returns (crap, eh?), the above menu popped up multiple times — At least seven or eight times. It was totally random, too. My questions: Why is this happening? Has this happened to Kotaku-land? How can I make it stop? Brian Ashcraft

Those Wii-mote straps are so lacking. Gamers from America to Japan (and soon PAL territories) have sent their Wii-motes on an express train to damage. Here's a quick fix: Knot up some braided fishing line to keep that 'mote securer. For stupid high-jinx galore, substitute fishing line for a rubber-band. Hilarity. Brian Ashcraft

Wii-mote Fix [Flickr via Gizmodo]