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Foxconn Honcho Slams Koreans
Terry Gou, the dude who runs Foxconn’s parent company, has gotten in trouble for shooting off his mouth in the past. Once, he compared to managing the Foxconn workers as simply managing “animals” and lamented how those animals give him a headache. This time, Gou’s apparently catching heat for remarks he made about Koreans. While…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 20, 2012 -
Kotaku EastYou Know What’s Missing from The Last Guardian? Dubstep.
Upcoming PS3 exclusive The Last Guardian gets a dubstep remix for shits and giggles, courtesy of Mike McWhertor of Meat Bun (and more recently, Polygon) fame. If this year’s E3 gaming convention taught us anything, you can never have too much dubstep. No, actually, you can. So knock it off, world. You know what else…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 20, 2012 -
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When Getting Married Means Goodbye Fan Club and No More Sexy Pillows
For years, Japanese voice actress Rie Tanaka hasn’t been afraid of fan service: she’s cosplayed characters, she’s released hug pillows, and she even had her own trading cards Those days, it seems, are long over. Rie Tanaka just got married. Earlier this week, 33 year-old Tanaka revealed on her official blog that she tied the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 20, 2012 -
Anarchy Reigns Delayed in the West
Platinum Games upcoming online brawler Anarchy Reigns has been pushed to early 2013 in both North American and Europe, Sega stated today. The game will be released in Japan as originally planned next month. [Twitter Thanks KingKellogg!]
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 19, 2012 -
Nothing Says “Hack And Slash” Like Toyota Taxis
To promote upcoming 3DS game Samurai Warriors Chronicle 2nd, Koei covered a fleet of Prius taxis with the game’s title and characters—and then filmed a promotional video at Kumamoto Castle and Kato Shrine. The video is nicely shot provides a peek at some of Kumamoto’s biggest attractions. (No, not the taxis.) 戦国無双×熊本タクシー コラボカー出陣式 [YouTube]
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 19, 2012 -
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This Is the Greatest Cute Bento Maker on Earth
In Japan, parents make bento lunches for their kindergarten kids. To make a healthy lunch look as appetizing (or rather, “fun”) as possible, many parents make them as cute as possible. As a parent of two boys, I’ve tried to make cute bento lunches, with the key word being “tried”. The materials you are working…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 19, 2012 -
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One of China’s Biggest Game Companies Acquired a Stake in Epic Games
Chinese gaming and internet giant Tencent announced that it’s acquired a minority stake in Epic Games. According to Tencent, the company looks forward to sharing info and innovation with Epic across various platforms.
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 19, 2012 -
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Man Arrested for Selling $19 Worth of Dirty Drawings
Japanese police recently arrested a 40 year-old illustrator for distributing “obscene material”. This past April, the artist apparently sold three drawings through his homepage for a total of ¥1,500 (US$18.96). While the original news report does not detail the drawings, it’s likely they are explicit, uncensored adult manga drawings, which are legal to own, but…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 19, 2012 -
Kotaku EastThere’s a New Valkyria Chronicles Game, But Don’t Get Excited Just Yet
It’s a browser game. Yeah. But it’s still a new Valkyria Chronicles game….just one for your browser. Make that, a virtual card-based Valkyria Chronicles game for your browser. It’s called Valkyria Chronicles Duel. You can watch the game’s trailer above. Remember when people used to complain about Sega making Valkyria games for portables instead of…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 19, 2012 -
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Cover Yourself in iPhone as You Sleep
When you finish playing with your Steve Jobs cards, you can snuggle up in your iPhone sheets and drift off to sleep, dreaming of apps and pretty Apple hardware. Sadly, there’s not much info about this three-piece bedding set, other than it’s apparently from China and it doesn’t need OS updates. iPhone床上四件套 你买了吗 [Baidu via…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 19, 2012 -
Kotaku EastBlade & Soul Sure Swings a Big Sword
Blade & Soul is out this year in South Korea on PC, and it’s eventually making its way to consoles (PS3 and Xbox 360). The good news is that it should be getting a Western release, too. The MMORPG’s open beta kicks off this week in South Korea. To mark that event, here’s Blade &…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 19, 2012 -
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Remastered Okami on the PS3? Not So Fast There.
No stranger to re-releasing its games—especially Okami—Capcom was rumored to be working on an HD remastering of the game for the PS3. It’s not entirely implausible, and it actually makes sense. Thing is, the Japanese site that originally posted the rumor—Game Jouhou—quickly updated its post, stating that, well, the rumor’s source wasn’t clear and then…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 19, 2012 -
Kotaku EastChinese News Confuses Masturbation Toy with a Mysterious Mushroom
It was unlike anything the villagers had ever seen. The young news reporter who arrived on the scene was quick to point out that the “mysterious mushroom” felt “meaty”. Meaty, sure, but that ain’t no mushroom. On June 17, Chinese investigative news program Xi’an Up Close reported about a “mysterious mushroom” discovered in the rural…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 19, 2012 -
Hey Nvidia, F*** You!
Linux mastermind Linus Torvalds gave a recent speech in Finland, and one of the members of the audience related a story about using a Nvidia graphics card with the Linux OS—rather, unsuccessfully using a Nvidia graphics card with Linux. Nvida wouldn’t offer support and flat out said that they would not. So, what did Torvalds…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 18, 2012 -
Iconic Game Characters Smoke Pot, Eat Pizza, and Play Video Games
Boy, Link, you’ve really let yourself go. You too, Sonic, Cloud, and well, everyone sitting here, playing video games, stuffing their faces and smoking up. This “FatGamers” series was done by Belgian illustrator Franck Graetz late last year, but it’s now really starting to make it way around the internet—especially in Japan. FatGamers [Behance via…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 18, 2012 -
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Final Fantasy Creator’s Surfing Game Almost Done
Hot off The Last Story, Hironobu Sakaguchi, the creator of Final Fantasy, is working on a new game called Party Wave. It’s an iOS game. With surfing. And rainbows. And sky. Finally the surfing game ‘Party Wave’ with iOS is nearly completion [Twitter]
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 18, 2012 -
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Even Mario Gets Stuck in Traffic
These Mario Kart racers were apparently spotted in Japan, all dressed up and stuck in traffic. Sure hope they didn’t kill time by throwing banana peels, turtle shells, or squid ink. I hate the squid ink—haaaaaate it. なんか16号でマリオ達が渋滞ひっかかってた [Twitter via Turbo Bee]
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 18, 2012 -
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Final Fantasy Airships Go Well with Japanese Businessmen
A new series of Final Fantasy ads feature big name Japanese actors Eita and Kenichi Endo and a tagline that asks if you’ll board an airship. The spots are for a Final Fantasy social game called Final Fantasy Brigade, which might not be the most exciting thing in the world for FF diehards. However, the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 18, 2012
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