Brian Ashcraft

You’ll Need Help Kissing A Virtual Anime Bride

If you ever plan on having a wedding for a virtual reality anime girl, know that you might need some help with the “You may kiss the bride” part. Noted! Adult game brand Hibiki Works recently held a VR wedding. The groom was a lucky chap, who was selected from other applicants for a chance…

Thousands Of Fake Pokémon Plush Toys Caught In South Korea 

In South Korea, authorities have seized a massive haul of fake plush toys. Reports put the total at 530,000 phoney plushies. Think they caught them all? According to Yonhap News, the unofficial plushies were smuggled into South Korea between April 25 and June 2. They were then illegally circulated in arcades as crane game prizes.…

Studio Trigger Announces Three New Anime Projects

Trigger, the anime studio best known for Kill la Kill and Little Witch Academia, just announced three new anime series. The studio was founded in August 2011 by former Gainax staffers Masahiko Otsuka and Hiroyuki Imashi At Anime Expo, Trigger revealed the following anime projects: Promare, Gridman, and a co-production with A-1 Pictures called Darling…

Chinatown at 2am. Singapore. By Shaun Yee. 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: Creep (Live) | Artist: Radiohead | Album: Pablo Honey Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Good news StarCraft fans in Korea! The description in this trailer states that StarCraft: Remastered will be available to play Blizzard affiliate PC Bangs in South Korea starting July 30. That’s fifteen days before its official release! [Thanks, Sang!]

Tecmo Is Making Dead Or Alive You Can Smell

Why only play Dead or Alive when you can smell it? Tecmo Koei is working hard to make that happen. Dead or Alive VR already launched earlier this year, and it was pretty much as expected. Now, according to Dengeki Online, Tecmo Koei announced it’s bringing the the bikini spin-off series to its VR Sense…

Cross Country Bicycle Travels. Montana, USA. By Chip A. Ormsby Jr. 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!

The first DLC pack for The Legend of Zelda: The Breath of the Wild is now available. As previously reported, it adds some very cool stuff. 

Track: I Fought The Law | Artist: The Clash | Album: The Clash Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Body Paint Makes For Colorful Japanese Fashion 

Welcome to the world of “ishoku-hada” (異色肌), which can mean “unique skin” or even “remarkable skin.” It’s inspired by the otherworldly characters who appear in anime, movies, and video games. Note: Some images might be NSFW. “For a while, I’ve been doing ishoku-hada cosplay,” Miyako (top photo), who works as a DJ and model, tells…

Japanese Train Station Looks Like Something Out Of Fallout

One hundred and thirty feet underground, this dystopian station might looks like a bunker in the Fallout games, but at least the trains aren’t late. After all, it’s in Japan. This is Tsutsuishi Station in Niigata. It’s unlike any station you’ll see in the country. Lee Chapman at Tokyo Times explains: First built in 1912,…

Gion District. Kyoto, Japan. By Anthony Di Virgilio 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! 

Super Mario Postage Stamps Coming To Japan 

Today in Japan, the country’s postal service is releasingan official set of Super Mario stamps. This is not the first Mario stamp set to be released in Japan, as another one came out a few years back. As Famitsu notes, one set is 820 yen ($7.30) and most certainly will 1Up any letter. Kotaku East…

The Nintendo Switch has sold over a million consoles in Japan, Famitsu reports. According to its data, Nintendo has sold 1,016,473 Switch consoles between March 3 and June 25. It’s also sold 501,614 copies of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and 460,480 copies of The Legend of Zelda: The Breath of the Wild.

It’s Strange That Mother 2 Isn’t On The Super Famicom Classic 

Japan is getting slightly different titles included with the Super Famicom Classic, such as Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem and Konami’s The Legend of the Mystical Ninja. There is one glaring omission. It is not getting Mother 2, which is included on the SNES Classic as Earthbound. Mother 2 was originally released in Japan…

Stop Racism. Melbourne, Australia. By Shawn Danker. 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: Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space (Live) | Artist: Spiritualized | Album: Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Star Fox 2 Programmer Is Surprised And Thrilled The Game Is Finally Coming Out

Nintendo announced that the SNES Classic will come with the previously-unreleased Star Fox 2. Were you surprised? Imagine how the game’s original programmer Dylan Cuthbert feels. He told Kotaku via email that he found out with everyone else when the news broke. “It made my day,” Cuthbert said. He certainly seems pleased Star Fox 2…

Fidget Spinners Make For Some Good Anime Shit 

You just thought fidget spinners were a way to help with nervous energy? Nope! Animator Naoki Yoshibe (aka Yotube on Twitter) recently bought a fidget spinner and created an awesome GIF with it. Here’s a quick clip that shows how the GIF was created. Looks like he bought another one. Follow Yotube for more cool…