Gundam. Shizuoka, Japan in 2010. By Collin Macintosh. 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!
Are you a man? Do you wear clothes? Well, listen up if you are in Japan or plan on visiting and, most importantly, care what others think. Nationwide afternoon program Viking! polled 95 women on the Tokyo streets, asking them what men’s fashion they hated. The screen caps below appeared on 2ch, Japan’s largest web…
Have ever wondered what would happen if a pro gamer suddenly left a match to go to the toilet? This, it seems. Seon “Space” Ho-san, who plays for South Korea’s CJ Entus, paused and left for the restroom in a match against KT Rolster. The teams were tied one to one, with each winning a…
Dragon Ball isn’t finished. We’re getting a new series, and no doubt, more movies. But former DB manga editor Kazuhiko Torishima thinks it all should’ve ended long ago. During the 1980s at Weekly Jump magazine, Torishima worked closely with Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama, editing his manga Dr. Slump. He was also the first editor…
Track: Ultra Soul | Artist: B’z | Album: Green Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.
Akira Uchida, creator of Love Plus and Rumble Roses, left Konami this past March. He’s now at Osaka-based developer Yuke’s, which is famous for its wrestling games.
A follow-up to yesterday’s testy Konami story: The game company issued a statement and said it would like to continue the Momotaro Dentetsu series in the future, but didn’t yet know what form it would take.
This video is from PlayStation Poland. It is titled “The Witcher Is Looking for the Most Powerful Power.” But does Geralt actually find it? Hrm… The Witcher 3 was released on PS4, Xbox One, and, heh, PC. To contact the author of this post, write to bashcraftATkotaku.com or find him on Twitter@Brian_Ashcraft
Have you ever seen someone and thought, “Hey, that person looks familiar”? And not just familiar, but famous. A while back Russian site Big Picture uploaded photos of people who resembled some of the entertainment industry’s biggest names. Recently, there were reposts on websites Caak, English Russia, and Sfora So, yes, here are snapshots of…
You know how sometimes you take the lid off a container of ice cream, and you can see a face? This is kind of like that. As noted on Spoon & Tamago, Makoto Asanotakes this further by carving funny characters in the ice cream using those disposable ice cream spoons. The resulting sculptures are deliciously…
Didn’t you know? Pikachu friggin’ loves ketchup. And now, a major Japanese ketchup maker has roped in that electric rodent to help promote the stuff. Kagome is rolling out a “I Love Pikachu’s Ketchup” campaign, complete with instructions on how to draw the character on a Japanese rice omelette. In case you are curious, like…
From the Mori Observation Deck. Tokyo, Japan. By Cheng Hoo Sew. 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!
Game creator Akira Sakuma says his popular train-themed series Momotaro Dentetsu is “officially finished.” He names one Konami employee in particular for allegedly crushing the franchise. Oh man. 6/03/15 8:33 Update: Konami has issued a statement, stating that that it wanted to continue the series. “Concerning what form the next entry will take, we are…
Where’s Pikachu? Others have been finding the character. Maybe you can, too! Believe in yourself. I do. Over the years, images like this are have been made for desktops. Yesterday, Twitter user Yavazin asked people to retweet the image if they find Pikachu. (Click in the upper corner to enlarge the image.) [Image via GaiaOnline…
Compared to the current 500GB PlayStation 4, that’s twice the hard disk drive space. It is! According to the Federal Communications Commission (via DualShockers), Sony just registered a couple new PlayStation 4 models: CUH-1215A and CUH-1215B. Here’s where it gets interesting: the CUH-1215A model has a 500GB HDD capacity, while the CUH-1215B model has a…
Not that there’s anything wrong with being an anime nerd! Turning GTA V vehicles and online avatars isn’t new. For the past few years, Japanese players have been doing both to varying degrees of success: [Photo: Ve4_vy] [Photo: syun1204mine] Now with GTA V’s PC release, modders have been creating even more elaborate anime skins, turning…
Track: Secret Base ~Kimi ga Kureta Mono~ | Artist: Zone | Album: Z Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.
Current Nintendo hardware uses the company’s own proprietary operating systems. But according to Nikkei, one of Japan’s largest newspapers, that will soon change. One insider tells the paper that the NX will supposedly be built around the Android OS. The NXis Nintendo’s codename for its upcoming console. We don’t know much about the NX, other…
C’mon! How are you going to be the very best with outdated operating system? The newish (well, it opened in 2013) Pokémon Center retail shop in Tokyo Bay usually looks like this: [Photo:Dengeki Online] But thanks to a brief computer snafu, it looked like this: [Photo: VISTA_629] That appears the trash icon for Windows 7.…
Over the years, I’ve seen loads of travelogue style videos filmed in Japan. Some have been good. This one is great. Sure, some of the locations might seem a bit obvious, but many aren’t. The photographic and editing skills that went into pulling this off are truly impressive. And that spoken verse by Tom O’Bedlam,…
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