Brian Ashcraft

In Japan, You Can Lift Weights With Maids

This is “Maid Gym.” It’s a weight training gym with, well, maids. Oh, if maids aren’t your thing, there are also beefy butlers.  As pointed out by Nari Nari, Maid Gym opens in Tokyo on April 10. It was originally a crowdfunding project, which set out to raise 700,000 yen (US$6,256), but ending up doubling…

The World Ends With You. Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. By Frida Tørring. 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: Where The Streets Have No Name | Artist: U2 | Album: The Joshua Tree Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

What A Crappy Tokyo Apartment

There might be apartments that are smaller. There might be apartments that are dirtier or are in worse neighborhoods. But this is one bad Tokyo apartment. Make that, one shitty one. Pointed out by Twitter user Lycis, the studio apartment floor plan has the toilet RIGHT NEXT TO THE FRONT DOOR. “The heck is this…

Nintendo Switch Sales Nearly Double In Japan

Good news for Nintendo! Switch sales nearly doubled in Japan during the last sales week, when compared to the previous week’s. According to 4Gamer, via Media Create, Nintendo Switch came in top in the country’s hardware ranking for the week of March 20 to March 26. Here’s how the Japanese hardware sales chart look for…

Battlegrounds producer Chang-han Kim reportedly told Inven, “There is something called ‘Game Preview’ on Xbox One. It’s like Early Access for Xbox. We have the game running on that and are in process of polishing it. For the release, we’ll both release it on PlayStation and Xbox.” [Thanks, Sang!]

Kyoto Imperial Palace. Kyoto, Japan. By Timothy Shill. 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: Look Inside America | Artist: Blur | Album: Blur  Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Kid Makes A Cardboard Nintendo Switch Because Mom Won’t Buy The Console

Gotta love the creativity of kids! Twitter user Ama-chan’s kid brother made this cardboard Nintendo Switch because their mother wouldn’t buy the real deal. According to Ama-chan, her little brother is in fifth grade and dreams of making video games in the future. If that doesn’t work out, he can always design hardware, cardboard or…

Japanese Stock Photos That Are Strange On Purpose 

That’s the point! Welcome to the world of Sukima Nurse, a stock photo site for those with very specific stock photo needs. Most stock photos seem varying degrees of goofy. But, as IT Media notes, this site is dedicated to the “one percent of maniac demands.” Sukima Nurse is an offshoot of Nurse-Web.jp, a recruiting…

An Excellent Way To Make VR Barfy 

Hope you don’t mind feeling pukey! I know I do. This is “Robot VR,” a three-minute long attraction at the Everland Amusement Park in Yongin, South Korea. Check out this short TechInAsia clip: It reminds me of this barfy VR gaming chair we posted a while back, but with more seats so you can get…

A Memorial. Pythagoria, Samos. By CoolHand J 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: Drivin’ on 9 | Artist: The Breeders | Album: Last Splash  Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

In Japan, Sony Still Believes In The PS Vita 

Atsushi Morita, the head of Sony Computer Entertainment Japan Asia, wants you to going to keep focusing on the Vita. Thank Minecraft for that! Take Romancing Saga 3, for example. That was just announced for the PS Vita (as well as iOS and Android). The console also continues to get special iterations, too. Things seem to…

Romancing SaGa 3 is coming to the iOS, Android, and PS Vita in Japan. The game originally came out 1995, and the release date for this remastered version is TBA. No word about an international release, either.

Final Fantasy XIV‘s Free Trial Isn’t Limited To 14 Days Anymore

Good news! Square Enix has announced that it is no longer limiting the MMORPG’s free trial to fourteen days. According to the FFXIV’s most recent patch notes, “The 14-day limit of the free trial has been removed.” Below are the full trial notes: The Japanese patch notes are a bit more specific, explicitly stating that…

To Infinity and Beyond. Chicago, Illinois. By warlockpie 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: Ki Toki To – Yonhon Ashi no Odori | Artist: Masakatsu Takagi | Album: Wolf Children Original Soundtrack Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Here’s our first look at Etrian Mystery Dungeon 2! That’s right, the crossover between Etrian Odyssey and Mystery Dungeon is getting a sequel. It’ll be out August 31 on the 3DS in Japan. No word yet about an international release. 

The Hell Just Happened On Dragon Ball Super With Bulma’s Baby?!

As previewed at the end of the last Dragon Ball Super episode, this latest one was about Bulma and her new baby. If you haven’t seen it yet, don’t continue! Because, with Bulma pregnant and everyone gathered nearby, Whis did this: AND NOBODY FREAKED OUT. Well, nobody in Dragon Ball Super, that is. They reacted…