Justin Timberlake recently called Madonna a "mother chucking ninja." Some people in the U.S. were upset, saying the word had racist connotations. In Japan, some folks were baffled by this controversy. » 8/21/14 5:00am 8/21/14 5:00am

Men no Sato (麺の里) or "Noodle Village" is a female ninja, or kunoichi (くノ一), restaurant. The restaurant originally opened last year in Tokyo's Tachikawa, but recently announced it was reopening in nerd paradise Akihabara. » 12/09/13 6:30am 12/09/13 6:30am

The beat 'em up genre flourished in the nineties, with Capcom and Konami leading the way on the SNES and on the SEGA Genesis, as well as with a huge amount of great arcade games that never got a home console port. » 3/12/13 9:30pm 3/12/13 9:30pm

Back in the day Japanese developers didn't have the budget or the control to make perfect Japanese-to-English translations... although probably no one really cared. They had to translate and export their games to the West as fast as possible. » 2/01/13 5:00pm 2/01/13 5:00pm

Well, it's about friggin' time! Starting this month, a new service will deliver ninja on the time and to the place of your choosing. The name of this new service? Why, Ninja Delivery. So clever » 1/11/13 6:20am 1/11/13 6:20am.

You don't realize just how good a gaming year it's been until you look back at all of the games you actually played. From physics puzzlers to ninja simulators, 2012's library was full of interesting, creative, unique experiences. » 1/03/13 4:00pm 1/03/13 4:00pm

Hi there Kotaku! It's 10:30 on Thursday, and so it must be time for the open thread. » 6/21/12 10:30pm 6/21/12 10:30pm

In ninjutsu, the concept of "shinobi" ("stealth") is key. So what happens when you mix it with aerobics? Fishnets and a thong, apparently. Sneaky!

Exercise guru and former cabaret dancer Hibari Igano, the self-styled "World's Toughest Transsexual" of Ninja Warrior fame, was a member of a ninja breakdancing team… » 4/16/12 5:30am 4/16/12 5:30am

The studio that made mobile smash Fruit Ninja's letting you have their latest blockbuster title for free today. Halfbrick's slashed the price of Jetpack Joyride from 0.99 to 0.00 today on Apple's App Store. The freewheeling sidescroller's also added new unlockable items with its 1.2.5 update, including a Deck The… » 12/19/11 10:40am 12/19/11 10:40am

In the original Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus, Sucker Punch's masked bandit hunts for pages from a special book that teach him the techniques of his ancestors. In the upcoming Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time you'll get to play those ancestors, including master ninja Rioichi Cooper. » 11/15/11 12:20pm 11/15/11 12:20pm

Sub-Zero, Scorpion, Smoke, and Reptile were made for loving you, baby, and you were made for loving them. » 8/30/11 5:00pm 8/30/11 5:00pm

Commenter Kevwood112 worries that we as a community may have lost sight of what it means to be a ninja, which should be a good thing, as you aren't supposed to see them anyway. Let's Speak Up about it. » 7/18/11 11:20am 7/18/11 11:20am

There are many games at E3. But only one of them is the non-video-game Ninja. » 6/08/11 8:20pm 6/08/11 8:20pm

Scorpion and Sub-Zero square off against Cyrax and Sektor in the ultimate ninja-on-ninja battle. Come for the fighting, stay for the scenery! » 3/25/11 11:00am 3/25/11 11:00am