If you are looking for success in the Xbox 360’s uphill battle in Japan, look no further than this. It’s easy to be jaded about the Xbox 360 in Japan. The console isn’t exactly a blockbuster there — ditto for Kinect. But none of that matters, because this four-year-old girl is adorable. On Kinect title…
Filmmaker Martin Waltz loves Minecraft so much that he decided to pay homage the only way he knew how: by knocking a block out of a dude’s noggin. “I’m a big Minecraft player myself,” he tells Kotaku. “I ran a dedicated 24/7 server for some months before I had to shut it down because it…
Professor Layton is the star of a series of puzzle-solving adventure games. Featuring beautiful animated cutscenes, they feature Layton and his young sidekick, Luke. They are hugely popular in Japan, which means one thing: other game companies are now ripping it off. Shamelessly. First there’s — no, wait. First there was Professor Layton, then, there’s…
In 2007, Las Vegas-born Leah Dizon conquered Japan, appearing in PS3 ads, releasing best selling photo-books and music albums. But, as of this month, she’s leaving the country that made her famous. After moving to Los Angeles to attend college, Dizon started working as a booth babe to help cover her educational expenses. She tells…
It’s true, studying in toilet is the best. Here’s what we have taped on the door of our bathroom — poems from the hyakunin isshu. Kind of makes the toilet seem all the more literate. When Your Developer Goes Bust, The Music Must Go On Game designer (and musical maestro) Simon Viklund has had some…
Between May 2008 and August 2009, workers at China’s Suzhou industrial park slaved away, cleaning touch screens for Apple’s iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. The chemical used, hexyl hydride or “n-hexane”, made workers ill. The chemical evaporates faster than alcohol, which is why the Chinese factory, owned by Taiwan’s Wintek, began using it to speed…
The World of Golden Eggs is a popular Japanese-language cartoon, set in America with English subtitles. And two of its characters, Rose and Mary, are promoting the latest Final Fantasy game. Rose and Mary are twins. They love exercising and cooking. Rose and Mary seem to be based on Piiko and Osugi, two gay Japanese…
A couple of misguided Japanese kids decided it would be funny to make PSP tempura. It wasn’t. It was actually depressing and scary. But the folks at Japanese comedy troupe Megawin aren’t nearly as thick. Instead of actually trying to eat a PSP, which will, you know, probably kill you, Megawin uses a PSP case…
Starting March 3, those hoping to play online games between 10pm and 8am in Vietnam will need to find a workaround. The country’s Ministry of Information and Communication has asked internet service providers to block access to online games. “Provincial departments of information and communication will inspect on-line games activities nationwide and deal with organizations…
This year’s Taipei Game Show recently wrapped up. And while it’s short on breaking news when compared to the Tokyo Game Show or the E3 gaming expo, it does look like a grand time. Japanese website Game Watch Impress was on hand to capture the festivities. Well-known Japanese game designers like Hideo Kojima and Kazunori…
With the “eBox”, China already has a Kinect-like motion sensing controller. And apparently, the country is also getting a totally different motion-sensing-controlled PC game. If only there was more to go on than some lady waving her hands around. According to website ChinaGame, massively multiplayer online game Land of Lords Online is getting motion controls.…
I often get emails from readers, asking where they should go while visiting Japan. There are the obvious answers like Akihabara or Den-Den Town. But one place I usually recommend, a Nintendo-funded museum in Kyoto, is closing its doors. For the time being, at least. Dubbed Shigureden, it sits in Arashiyama, a quaint Kyoto village…
Man, does this ever happen to you? I used my iPhone to film this video in the panoramic, and it ends up clipped down the middle and turned sideways. It does make the Night Note look like it was shot in space. WHICH IT WAS. The 3DS, Torn To Pieces Later this week, the glasses-free…
Action adventure game Catherine is difficult. And people in Japan are complaining. Keep in mind, that the game’s developer apparently said Catherine was not a walk in the park. The game’s Amazon Japan reviews indicate it’s much more and are littered with players saying that the game’s Easy Mode seems like your standard game’s Hard…
When George Hotz isn’t rapping, he’s fighting Sony in court. And fighting Sony in court is expensive Sony is a multi-national corporation with gobs of moolah. George Hotz is just some guy, but some guy who hacked the iPhone and now the PS3. The PlayStation 3 hacking incited Sony to take Hotz to court, and…
Tempura is typically a Japanese dish of deep-fried fish or vegetables. Here, it’s deep fried PSP. The mind boggles. The folks in this ten minute video decide to cover a PSP in batter and then deep fry it. At about a minute in, they cover it in batter. At about 2 minutes in, they toss…
Upcoming crime saga Saints Row 3 gets promotional art. This is it, apparently.
Later this week, the glasses-free Nintendo 3DS goes on sale in Japan. A Chinese site already has its hands on the hot portable, and it’s ripped it into pieces. This dissection gives a closer look at the innards that power the 3DS, which boasts more powerful graphics than the previous generation of Nintendo handhelds. Of…
The recent The Arcade Operators Union Entertainment Expo featured a slew of prize machines — and things that can be won from said prize machines. No, you cannot win booth companions. Sorry. It’s all relative, but the biggest news from the show was the public airing of Tekken Tag Tournament 2, which seems to be…
The most recent issue of Japanese magazine V-Jump features an article on upcoming role-playing game Final Fantasy Versus XIII. The game is supposed to be a PS3 exclusive. The latest V-Jump begs to differ. Developers Square Enix and Tetsuya Nomura, the guy designing it, have repeatedly stressed that this game is PS3 only. Yet, in…
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