Noted for her detailed and highly realistic cosplay, Omi Gibson is a regular at events like the Tokyo Game Show. But there’s one thing she does better and more passionately than any other female cosplayer. And that’s Metal Gear. “Metal Gear cosplay is most representative of what I do,” Omi tells Kotaku. “I pour everything…
When not hacking hardware, rapper George Hotz likes to spend his time in South America. And when he’s not in South America, he’s in court. The legal wrangling between Hotz and Sony Computer Entertainment of America continues to drag on. Hotz’s latest maneuver, reports Ars Technica, is not knowing that Sony Computer Entertainment of America…
Mike Rosenthal made an absurdist game based on the absurdist play Waiting for Godot. It’s a parody, a send-up of Samuel Beckett’s famous work. But you know what’s really absurd? How Beckett’s estate reacted to the game. Rosenthal says he was inspired by Beckett’s work, because Waiting for Godot asks the audience to interpret the…
Are you a nerd or a geek? If calculations are correct, I’ve probably pissed off oodles of others, who have also pissed off their fair share of fellow nerds. It’s a vicious cycle: otaku (loosely “geek” or “nerd”) pissing off other otaku. But it exists and, otaku being otaku, there’s not much one can do…
SNAPSHOT | OSAKA, JAPAN: Some supermarkets are for shopping, but this one is for gaming. (Photo: Brian Ashcraft) Wake Up, Kotaku Dynasty Warriors Studio Vandalized With “Shit Game” Graffiti Koei, the Yokohama-based game company best known for Dynasty Warriors, was recently vandalized. The studio’s offices were graffitied with red spray paint. The First 3D Pin-Up…
Game maker Hudson is now fully enveloped by Konami. And Konami is firing people and canceling games Akira Sakuma (not pictured) created the Momotaro Dentetsu series of train themed board game-style video games for Hudson. Sakuma works freelance, but notes in a recent blog entry that he’s sixty years old. As someone who’s sixty years…
In late spring and early summer this year, the Nintendo 3DS will be inundated with one thing in Japan: fishing simulators. In late May, one fishing game will be released on the 3DS. After Super Black Bass: 3D Fight hits the 3DS on May 26, three more titles will hit the 3DS in Japan the…
Set in Tokyo geek mecca Akihabara, Akiba’s Trip is crawling with vampires who are dressed as geekdom’s typical inhabitants. It’s up to 18 year-old kid to figure out why his friend has gone missing and save the area from those pesky vampires. How to kill them? Strip off their clothes. See, their clothes protect them…
Grasshopper Manufacture, the studio behind No More Heroes, is about to release a new iOS game called Frog Minutes. All proceeds from the upcoming game will go to the Japanese Red Cross, the company says in an official release. Frog Minutes will be released this Wednesday.
Twenty-six year old Takanori Osanai didn’t have a job. He didn’t have a permanent address. But he apparently had a plan to steal PSPs. “My goal was to sell the PSP I swindled away,” Osanai told authorities in Omiya in Saitama Prefecture, which is outside Tokyo. On March 23 at around 2:15pm, Osanai approached a…
Koei, the Yokohama-based game company best known for Dynasty Warriors, was recently vandalized. The studio’s offices were graffitied with red spray paint. “Shit game”, “die”, “garbage” and “divine retribution” were spray painted on the front of the building. There is speculation online that the graffiti is related to the most recent Dynasty Warriors. However, Japanese…
On sale this June, Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D for the 3DS will be bundled with a demo for the upcoming Resident Evil: Revelations. [via IT Media]
The Universal Gadget Wrist Charger sports a 1,500mAh 5.5V rechargeable lithium ion battery that comes with nine different adapters to charge a whole host of portable devices like the iPhone, the PSP, the DS Lite and the DSi/3DS. The bracelet has LED lights to gauge battery life and weighs only 82 grams. It can be…
While the West is just getting the Nintendo 3DS, which went on sale over the weekend, the console has been available in Japan since February 26. As evident by this story, used 3DS handhelds are not in short supply. All of these used 3DS handhelds are available slightly cheaper than the price for new units.…
Artist Ken Taya, who’s currently at 5th Cell, debuted his last creation at Giant Robot’s Game Over 4. More here at his blog Top image is courtesy of Giant Robot’s Flickr, and full size image courtesy of Ken Taya
If the success of Julie Watai’s 3D photos are any indication, this could be the start of something big. Watai, who is a photographer herself as well as a pin-up model under the name “Ai Amano”, decided to offer 3D cheesecake photos as a free download. In the first two days they were available, the…
The streets of Tokyo are darker these days. It’s not only rolling blackouts, but restaurants, convenience stores and electronics shops are turning off their signs at night in hopes to conserve electricity. The goal in conserving electricity is to divert it to the power grids in northeastern Japan that need it most. There are a…
Over the weekend, the Nintendo 3DS finally went on sale in the West. Kotaku reader Alastair saved for months to get his own Aqua Blue 3DS. Then, he totally ruined it. “Within a couple of hours of opening the box I managed to spill metal polish on the desk on which the new handheld was…
When you’re a high school student, sometimes your work ends up on the fridge at home. Other times, it ends up on the Apple Store and Kotaku. Called Penguin Slider, the game is a puzzle title in which players much slide the penguin through a walled-in area. Once the penguin is “pushed”, he won’t stop…
SNAPSHOT | OSAKA, JAPAN: Kids are out for spring break, and school starts in April in Japan. (Photo: Brian Ashcraft) Wake Up, Kotaku Duke Nukem Forever Delayed The game was supposed to be out this May, but won’t be. It’s been delayed. Again. Nintendo Gives With One 3DS Update, Will Take Away With Another This…
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