Brian Ashcraft

Leon’s Jacket From Resident Evil 4 Only Costs $1,200

Only! For that price, you can dress like Leon from RE4 with this replica bomber jacket. Capcom is asking 129,600 yen (US$1,286 with tax) for the leather jacket with wool lining. According to Famitsu, it’ll be out this November. This isn’t the only pricey Resident Evil jacket Capcom has released. Previously, we saw another $1,200…

Shibuya at Night. Tokyo, Japan. By Fernando Reyes Medina 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!

Pokémon GO Players Are Saying the Game Kills Battery Life 

In what should surprise no one, Pokémon GO seems to drain phones. Pokémon GO has been rolled out in Australia and New Zealand (check out these microtransactions). The game sounds fun, but one common comment seems to be that the game uses a whole bunch of battery life. Website CyberShack notes that the game’s heavy…

Tokyo Trains Get The Dragon Quest Theme

Like, actual trains departing the station to actual Dragon Quest music. Only in Japan! As pointed out on Kuma News, when trains on the Tokyu Toyoko Line depart Shibuya Station, they are sent off with the Dragon Quest Overture. Other train stations in Tokyo have jingles or play melodies (Ebisu Station, for example, has the…

Japanese Politician Campaigns With A Cat

It’s not that cats are important in Japanese politics. Cats are important. Full stop. This is Satoshi Shima. He previously worked at mobile carrier Softbank, and before that, he was a member of Japanese Parliament. He’s now running to represent the Mikawa region in Aichi Prefecture in the upcoming election. During Japanese elections, candidates plaster…

Dragon Balls at the 2015 New York Comic Con. New York, NY. By Evans Alex Andre 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!

Artist: Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic | Track: Rhapsody in Blue by George Gershwin | Album: N/A (1976 Performance) Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

Japanese indie mystery and survival horror game Back in 1995, which is already available on Steam, is coming to the Nintendo 3DS, reports Inside. The game takes it visual cues from PlayStation 1 and Sega Saturn games and should evoke warm fuzzy nostalgia feelings for folks of a certain age.

The Official Studio Ghibli Hamburger Is Pitch Black 

You know you’ve been waiting. I sure have. And here we are, an official Studio Ghibli burger. This is a Makkuro Burger or “Pitch Black” Burger, and it takes its name from Makkuro Kurosuke, the soot sprites from Studio Ghibli films like My Neighbor Totoro. Starting July 7, a Ghibli art exhibit will open atTokyo…

When Your University Looks Like A Giant Toilet

Bet the students learn all kinds of shit there. ViaPeople’s Daily and ShanghaiIst, a new university building opened in Henan, China. People online were quick to note the obvious: It looks like a giant toilet! Even People’s Daily, the official news outlet of China’s ruling party, reported that the building looks like a huge potty.…

Windows 10 Update Makes For A Good Speedrun Prank

During SGDQ 2016, the charity speedrun event to benefit Doctors Without Borders, speedrunner Blood Thunder saw his BioShock playthrough get a sudden interruption: a Windows 10 update. You can watch what happened next here. But, as Eurogamer points out, Blood Thunder was actually trolling organizers Games Done Quick (and Microsoft?) with a tongue-in-cheek prank. The…

Dragon Ball Turned Into A Traditional Japanese Woodblock Print

This makes perfect sense. According to AnimeAnime and Unsodo, this hand-carved Dragon Ball art marks the anime’s 30th anniversary and is limited to only 200 prints. Like the Star Wars prints Kotaku previously covered, these were done in the woodblock printing method that has been used in Japan for hundreds of years. Considering how woodblock…

Mount Koya. Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. By Kenneth Choy. 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: Everybody Wants to Love You | Artist: Japanese Breakfast | Album: Psychopomp Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

Nintendo Wants Unreal Engine And Online Game Experience for App Development Jobs

Nintendo already released its first smartphone app Miitomo earlier this year. Now, apparently, it’s hiring more folks for future ones. According to Game Watch Impress, the listings are for both the company’s Kyoto headquarters and its Tokyo office. They might give an insight as to what Nintendo is up to. These listings come as last…

Student Makes Silly Contraption For Clean Air 

Dorm life can suck! Especially if your roommates smoke and you don’t. One college student in Nanning City, China constructed a breathing contraption to combat secondhand smoke. As pointed out on GameOver and Shanghai Daily, the student shares a dorm room with several smokers. So, he bought a fan to blow in clean air from…

The Bleach Manga Is Ending Soon

Everything must come to an end, even Bleach Back in 2013, it was announcedthat the manga was starting its final act. According to Seiyu Fan, that act will come to a close this fall when Bleach’s 74th volume is released. Manga artist Tite Kubo launched Bleach back in 2001. Since then, there have been anime…

Attack on Titan Season 2 Hits Spring 2017

Finally! The second season of the Attack on Titan anime will be aired next spring. Wit Studio, which did the first season back in 2013, is returning to handle the second one, andTetsuro Araki, who was first season’s Series Director, is also back to helm as the show’s Chief Director. Via the show’s official site,…

The River. Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan. By Nicolas Cheung 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: Hundred Mile High City | Artist: Ocean Colour Scene | Album: Marchin’ Already Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.