Alodia Gosiengfiao is more than a cosplayer. She’s a super cosplayer, an über cosplayer with added umlaut, if you will. And she’s proving that cosplay is more than putting on costumes. “I see cosplay as a form of art,” she tells Kotaku. “It’s not just dressing-up.” For the 22-year-old, cosplay incorporates craft, sewing, make-up, wig…
Remember when George Hotz, aka “GeoHot”, appeared on television? He sounded so intelligent and well-composed, and Sony’s lawsuit just seemed unwarranted. Now, Hotz doesn’t nearly sound as well-composed, but rather NSFW and petulant. Well, at least he’s got flow and rhymes. George Hotz, along with the failoverflow team, cracked the PS3 open. He is currently…
Crime saga Yakuza 3 takes players to the belly of the beast, giving them a chance to view the underworld up close and personal. But more than hostesses and mahjong was cut from the game, including an English speaking class. The English conversational industry is, according to Tokyo Vice writer Jake Adelstein, “one of the…
A plumber. Laying pipe. A lady in a pink dress, and oh, those mushrooms. Super Mario Bros. is not a dirty movie, but if it were, it’d probably look something like this, complete with obligatory Dr. Mario gag. This is the latest parody from YouTuber DrCoolSex, whose previous parodies include Super Mario Bros: Jersey Shore…
Long hours, hard work, crap weather. Then there’s the boredom, the long hours of boredom, followed by the bursts of heart-pounding adrenaline. This is war. And it’s video games that keep many of those serving in the world they’ve left behind. This is video games as a way to stay connected, a way to stay…
Ah, cold, wet melting snow. I cannot underscore how much I dislike snow, but making snowmen was fun. In Japan, snowmen only have a head and a body — while in America (and elsewhere?), they have a head, a mid-section and legs. The reason why is because in Japanese, they’re called “yukidaruma” with “yuki” meaning…
I.materialise is 3D printing company. For years, the company churned out concept cars. “We make a lot of concept cars using 3D printing but we’re never allowed to talk about them,” says i.materialise’s Joris Peels. This time is different. First unveiled in 2008 at the Paris Motor Show, the Citroën GT is a concept car…
Sony can’t get the mysterious PS3 hackers names from Google, but it can look through the computer of the known “celebrity” one, George Hotz. Hotz, who first got national attention when he hacked the iPhone, had to turn over his computer back in late January. His attorney attempted to block Sony from combing through the…
In upcoming action game El Shaddai, a pre-fall Lucifer guides players. He’s got God on speed dial and looks cool. Now, he’s big-headed and “cute”. Oh dear. Game characters Lucifer and Enoch have been remade into Japanese-style hipsters, complete with rad hair and trendy threads. Now they’ve been re-made into large-headed toys by Namco Bandai.…
The fighting game also has picture-takin’. Lots of it. Dead or Alive Dimensions has a “Figure” mode that allows players to not only collect character figures, but snap 3D photos of them. There are over a thousand figures to collect with different outfits and poses. The character figures can be placed against a wide variety…
Kinect music videos are not new. There have already been a few like this one from Echo Lake. But while impressive, it’s not nearly as impressive as this. You are looking at “Catalina” by Portguese duo Moullinex, which is made up of Luis Clara Gomes and Luis Calçada. Gomes tells Kotaku that the video was…
Yu Kobayashi is beautiful. Her drawings are not. They are totally messed up. But don’t let that scare you from, you know, buying them printed on a tote bag or t-shirt. Yes, show your Kobayashi pride. Or just scare the crap out of everyone else. This t-shirt and bag set featuring a Kobayashi design can…
This week, Japan’s national sport was brought to its knees, hit with allegations of match-fixing. Some sumo fans were surprised, but after lingering questions over previous gambling scandals, some weren’t. Gran Turismo creator Kazunori Yamauchi sure wasn’t. After a gambling scandal broke out last year in which sumo wrestlers were placing illegal bets on baseball…
Shocking, I guess, because I was going to try to go all the way to this year’s Tokyo Game Show without getting a haircut. I…did not make it. But I got a shave! And honestly, that’s all that counts. The Battlestar Galactica Game Is Still Spooling Its FTL Drives Earlier this week, the new Battlestar…
Japan’s answer to Walt Disney does not like technology. Hayao Miyazaki is concerned that the virtual world of video games, television, and even his own Ghibli Studio animated movies, is snatching away power from kids. Better teach them how to use knives! “The environment that surrounds our children, including our animation, is all virtual,” says…
This month, Nintendo is launching a new gaming portable, the 3DS. Sony also has a new, still forthcoming portable the NGP. How is Sony going to compete? When asked that question by Japan’s Nikkei, Sony Computer Entertainment president Kaz Hirai replied, “I think that it’s too narrow-minded to discuss the competition among game platforms such…
You are looking at the first thing that 29-year-old Ben McCambridge claims to have ever directed. Not bad for a first-timer, because this is awesome. McCambridge is an assistant editor working in Los Angeles, cutting commercials. “I’ve worked on dozens of commercials and thought I’d try my hand at making one myself,” he tells Kotaku.…
Yoshitaka Amano first cut his teeth at the tender age of 15, working on the popular Speed Racer anime. He went on to create some of the most iconic illustrations gaming’s ever seen. He’s 58. He’s been around. And he’s wise. In an interview with The Japan Times, Amano talks about his upcoming debut anime…
This is not your typical story: an American and a Swede meet over the Japanese language and decide to make a video game. That game then takes the Japanese iTunes charts by storm. Dubbed Rhythm Control, the game has players touch bubbles that appear on screen. It’s simple and fun, and in Japan, it’s the…
Hollywood is making an Uncharted movie. It could star Mark Wahlberg, Robert DeNiro and even Joe Pesci as a family of treasure hunters. This makes us wonder, has the movie’s unlikely director, David O. Russell, even played Uncharted? “I want the gamers to be happy,” Russell tells IGN, adding that he’s not supposed to talk…
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