Kids Being Kids. Olango Island, Philippines. By Martin Tan | Instagram JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line!
Track: The Poisoned Well | Artist: Quasi | Album: Featuring Birds Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.
In Japan, Love Hotels are specifically designed as places where folks can go and have sex. At Hotel Eldia, when they’re done with that, they can play arcade games. As Livedoor News reports, room 211 at Hotel Eldia in Kobe has a Dance Dance Revolution Supernova machine. The room is available for two hours for…
For the past few months, Captain Marvel has been compared to Dragon Ball. Now that the film is out, those comparisons keep on coming. Since the trailers hit, there have not only been comparisons between Captain Marvel and Goku, but also between the Skrulls and the Piccolo in the live-action adaptation Dragon Ball Evolution But…
Card World. Tokyo, Japan. By Jesse Dijk | Instagram JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line!
Track: Space Oddity | Artist: David Bowie | Album: David Bowie Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.
During this weekend’s cosplaying event in Osaka, people didn’t only dress up as their favorite anime and video game characters. A few people cosplayed as the recently released-from-jail Carlos Ghosn. When Ghosn made bail, he dressed as a construction worker. His lawyer mistakenly thought the Japanese media wouldn’t recognize the disguise. It did The lawyer…
In one of the most famous scenes of Studio Ghibli film Spirited Away, the protagonist Chihiro follows train tracks that led into the sea and boards a train. Instagram users began flocking to the spot in Ehime Prefecture after a rumor circulated that a local spot inspired the scene. However, the Spirited Away fans caused…
This weekend, the Street Festa was held in Osaka’s geek district of Den-Den Town. The streets were packed, and the cosplayers were out in full force. Den-Den Town’s main strip was closed to cars and turned into a cosplay-loving pedestrian paradise. Let’s have a look at some of the standouts.
Iron Mountain. California, USA. By Trent O’Dell. JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line!
Track: Antonio Carlos Jobim | Artist: Heatmiser | Album: Cop and Speeder Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.
Octopath Traveler is getting a prequel for smartphones called Octopath Traveler: Tairiku no Haisha (Conquerors of the Continent). Announced for Japan, the free-to-play RPG features and all-new story set a few years before the first game.
Several years ago, Japanese convenience stores began selling better coffee, offering fresh donuts and rolling out eat-in seating spaces for customers. Now, one convenience store chain in Fukuoka has taken the next logical step: a bar. This week, the Poplar convenience store located in front of Fukuoka’s Hakata Station just opened its first bar. It…
On March 20, a new Gundam Cafe is opening in Osaka’s Dotonbori, serving up Mobile Suit themed eats and drinks. It will also sell souvenirs and snacks with Gundam characters speaking in the local Osaka dialect.
Valley of the Moon. Wadi Rum, Jordan. By Nicholas Fron. JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line!
Track: Get Wild | Artist: TM Network | Album: TM NETWORK FINAL MISSION -START investigation- DVD Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.
The latest Detective Pikachu trailer shows a rather down-in-the-dumps electric rodent sleuth. Online in Japan, people have fallen in love with this shiwa–shiwa (しわしわ or wrinkly) Pikachu, calling the character cute and creating fan art. Here are some images of the wrinkly Pikachu One Twitter user called the movie’s version “Shiwachu” (Wrinkle-chu). Everyone seems to…
Nintendo just announced the new VR Kit for Nintendo Labo. It’s a virtual reality set with cardboard. The internet, of course, reacted. Nintendo Labo is coming up on its one-year anniversary. The first sets were released on April 20, 2018 in North America. Unlike the earlier kits, the VR one includes goggles, which are a…
Waiting Taxis. Hong Kong. By Constantin Conquet | Instagram JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line!
Track: Getting By | Artist: The Rentals | Album: Seven More Minutes Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.
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