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To: Crecente From: Ash It’s Monday! A new week! Who’s excited? What you missed last night The Game Could Have Smelled Like Blood Microsoft Japan Employee Arrested For Fondling A Schoolgirl This Year’s Oktoberfest Is Odd Katamari Creator Has A New Company, Still Making Games Is The PSPgo Too Small For Your Hands?
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 4, 2010 -
Helen Mirren Is Already Fit, Knows How To Party
Nintendo has had its fair share of celebrity pitch ladies. There’s been Nicole Kidman, Liv Tyler and Beyonce. The United Kingdom is getting the The Queen. Not the real queen, but Dame Helen Mirren, who won an Oscar for her portrayal of Her Majesty in the 2006 film The Queen. Mirren will be shilling Wii…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 4, 2010 -
Bar Girl Game Gets Erotic Game Knock-Off
Dream C Club is not an adult game. But, there are elements in Xbox 360 title that smack of an eroge (erotic game) Custom Maid 3D, on the other hand, is an adult game as far as we know. Like Dream C Club, it is set in a night club and features maid outfits and…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 4, 2010 -
These Boys Have Irked Idol Game Fans
The upcoming entry in Namco Bandai’s idol simulator franchise features a boy band. Some fans of THE iDOLM@STER do not want a boy band in the game. They’re not happy. It’s not only that Namco Bandai has shoehorned a boy band into THE iDOLM@STER 2 — it removed four female characters from the game to…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 4, 2010 -
Is The PSPgo Too Small For Your Hands?
Sony’s digital-only portable, the PSPgo, might be great for fitting in pockets, but it’s not so great for fitting in large hands. Here’s a solution. This add-on peripheral enables PSPgo owners to use their PS3 controller to play titles. It also makes the PSPgo into a much larger contraption, which somewhat (no, totally) defeats the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 4, 2010 -
The Game Could Have Smelled Like Blood
Hideo Kojima? Crazy guy. When the Metal Gear Solid creator was working on his cyber-punk title Snatcher, he wanted to bring realism to player’s computers with more than graphics or storytelling. He wanted the odor of blood. Snatcher was released in 1988 for the NEC PC-8801. In a recent tweet, Kojima reveals that he had…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 4, 2010 -
The $360 Pac-Man Necklace
This year marks the 30th anniversary of Pac-Man. Time for pricey, pointless Pac-man goods! A limited-edition Pac-Man pendent is being forged in 18 karat gold with three 0.015ct diamonds. Priced at ¥30,000 (US$360), only thirty of these made-in-Thailand necklaces will be offered. But how many of them will be sold?
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 4, 2010 -
Microsoft Japan Employee Arrested For Fondling A Schoolgirl
A forty-year-old Microsoft employee has been arrested for groping a schoolgirl’s breasts on a JR Kobe line train bound for Osaka. The employee has been identified as Shingo Mihara, an employee of Microsoft Japan’s Kansai branch. He apparently put his hand in an opening of the 16-year-old schoolgirl’s blouse. The schoolgirl supposedly caught him red…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 4, 2010 -
This Year’s Oktoberfest Is Odd
Spotted in Munich by reader Graham.
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 4, 2010 -
Bar Girl Game Getting Anime
Video game Dream C Club lets players down virtual booze with girls in maid outfits, have them sing songs and, in the sequel, feed them bananas. Sounds like perfect fodder for an anime. The game’s characters are going to be adapted into a 3D anime for a two volume DVD/CD collection of in-game songs and…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 2, 2010 -
Chinese Youth Dies At Boot Camp
The Chinese government has taken swift steps to deal with teenagers that are addicted to online games and the internet. One step has been the creation of boot camps. Sixteen-year-old Chen Shi was apparently beaten to death at a boot camp in the capital of Hunan province only two days after enrolling in the camp.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 1, 2010 -
Busy Week Has Come To An End
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Please Review This Yay! Looking forward to a busy weekend. Does it ever end? Does it? What you missed last night This Is Not A Mass Effect 2 Screenshot (It’s Something Better) Nintendo Explains The Nintendo 3DS’s Price Point Why Nintendo Made The 3DS So Powerful Myst May Be Coming…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 1, 2010 -
The 3DS Will Have Firmware Updates
Nintendo’s upcoming portable, the Nintendo 3DS, will have firmware updates. According to company president Satoru Iwata, this isn’t only to stop piracy. The 3DS will update automatically, and the fact that the portable is updating automatically is an important feature to Nintendo. According to Iwata’s past experience, manual updates can keep some individuals from updating…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 1, 2010 -
She’s 43, Has Two Kids And Is Ready To Exercise
Over 8 years ago, South Korean fitness guru Jung Da-Yeon was not a fitness guru. She was out of shape. She’s now built a fitness empire that has even made waves in Japan. She’s appeared on Japanese television numerous times, and her books and videos are sold throughout Asia. Her “body ball” video is a…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 1, 2010 -
Why Nintendo Made The 3DS So Powerful
The Nintendo 3DS has more graphical umpf than the company’s previous portables. It’s a high-spec machine. Well, a higher spec one. According to Nintendo president Satoru Iwata, the reason why the company went with a more powerful machine is that Nintendo did not want developers to shy away from developing for it under the pretext…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 1, 2010 -
Nintendo Loses A Bunch Of Business Cards
Nintendo invited members of the Japanese press, Japanese game industry and Japanese financial industry to its Nintendo Conference. Approximately 1,200 business cards were collected. They have gone missing. Nintendo has confirmed that the business cards have gone AWOL and says the company is investigating the matter. Nintendo is hoping that by making this known publicly,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 1, 2010 -
Let’s Call It A Rejection Simulator
This behind-the-scenes look at the AKB 48 dating simulator shows the girls doing more than simply mugging for the camera. They’re throwing themselves at it. A high speed camera and a crane was involved in the production! There were even background extras. The point of the game is turn down 47 of the 48 AKB…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 1, 2010 -
Nintendo Explains The Nintendo 3DS’s Price Point
In Japan, the Nintendo 3DS will cost ¥25,000. That might be high considering how Nintendo has priced its portables in the past. The company explains why. When asked why the portable was going to cost ¥25,000, Satoru Iwata explained the decision was based off things like the response when the actual portable got when it…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 1, 2010 -
Dead Rising Designer On Diatribes And Promises
In the last couple of years, Keiji Inafune (Dead Rising, Mega Man) has become a somewhat controversial figure in the Japanese game industry. That’s what happens when you say things like the Japan makes “awful games”. Right after the Tokyo Game Show, Inafune wrote a long blog post titled “Don’t Call Me Immature” in which…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 1, 2010 -
Who Is Going To Buy A Nintendo 3DS?
It’s not quite Friday, but it’s close enough. Let’s talk. Here’s how it works: We ask a question, you answer it. Simple and no strings attached! This isn’t some marketing survey or whatever. It’s an emotional investment in you. Yes, we’re interested in knowing you, Kotaku reader person. You probably know oodles about us –…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 1, 2010
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