Last night’s dinner was ochazuke. But not just any ochazuke, ochazuke with Pocket Monster Piplup (Pochama, in Japan). Had only seen Pikachu ochazuke. That yellow critter gets too much attention, I think. There are other Pokémon, you know.
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Prepare for April Fools A long, long time ago, back when Mrs. Bashcraft and I were first married and back before I started working at Kotaku, I got a call from Mrs. Bashcraft. I was out and about, and she was at home. Our ferret, Milk Tea, had escaped from…
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Stealth PSP game Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, which was originally going to be called MGS5, is coming out this spring. War might have changed, but not MGS’s orthodox gameplay. Before it does, here is a look at a a player named “Hideo” playing the game in the traditional manner. Hideo? Sounds familiar.
If you grew up in the 1980s or before, chances are puppets delighted and frightened you. Later generations have become increasingly exposed to computer graphic creations. That’s the norm. And puppets…. Thanks to the brilliance of puppeteers Jim Henson and Frank Oz, the 1970s were a puppet Renaissance of sorts with Henson creating Sesame Street…
On May 20, sci-fi action game Lost Planet 2 will be released in Japan. Know what that calls for? An Xbox 360 bundle. You got it! Priced at ¥24,800 (US$265), the bundle comes with an Xbox 360, a 60GB HDD, a copy of the game and 2GB of premium game content in a USB memory…
When the Modern Warfare 2 “Stimulus Pack” downloadable content launched, it did not work. Surely there had to be a reason for that. Turns out, there is. Issues included: Multiplayer lobbies not working, images for maps not showing up and no option to play private matches. According to Xbox LIVE Operations Manager Eric Neustadter, the…
Set photos for the upcoming Resident Evil: Afterlife film have already made their way to the internet. But not production stills of the survival horror film. Until now. Loosely based on Capcom’s horror series by the same name, Resident Evil: Afterlife’s official plot summary reads like this: In a world ravaged by a virus infection,…
Put down our April Fool’s Survival Guide and get to YouTube. Pronto! To commemorate the day, YouTube has a “TEXTp” option to turn videos into ASCII form. You can see the “TEXTp” option games ranging from Super Mario Bros. Galaxy to Uncharted 2. Enjoy it while you can! This feature will most likely be on…
There are a lot of companies in The Land of the Rising Sun. The majority of them have boring recruitment sites. Not this company. Shinji Mikami, the creator of survival horror series Resident Evil, has started a new game development studio called Tango. Mikami, who was previously based in Osaka, is setting up shop in…
Maxim has listed the the average game industry salary, courtesy of Game Developer Research. Let’s have a look: • Business and marketing: US$131,000+ • Producers: $129,000 • Programmers: $90,000 • Sound designers: $80,000 • Artists and animators: $70,000 • Game Designers: $67,000 • Quality Assurance: $32,000 Huh, the average game designer salary is lower than…
To mark the thirtieth anniversary of everyone’s favorite pellet muncher, Namco Bandai is releasing a commemorative wallet in Japan this May. It comes in three colors and is priced at ¥14,800 (US$158). Wakka wakka! Designed by Toru Iwatani, the original Pac-Man was released in Japanese arcades in May 1980. The country, and soon the world,…
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Great Danopotamus Micro-Bash, my one year-old son, is starting to use a fork and/or spoon when he eats. Naturally, being right handed myself, I gave him the utensil (or Wii Remote) to hold in his right paw, but the kid has problems manipulating the utensil. So! Switch to the left…
Cheat on her husband? No. Spend all his money? No. For one man, this just might be worse. Much worse. From the advice column of Japan’s news source Yomiuri (translated by Matt Alt): Before we got married, he didn’t exhibit much of this kind of behavior but I’ve really been noticing it lately. He collects…
As seen on Albotas via Geekologie via i-am-bored.
You got to slave away and work to conquer the game industry. It ain’t easy! The Nintendo DS and Nintendo Wii were sudden hits. And not just in Japan, but globally. According to Japanese newspaper Nikkei Sangyou Shimbun, quality concern and customer service issues for these products weighed down parts of Nintendo’s workforce. The paper…
Jonathan Ross, an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for services in broadcasting, first mentioned role-playing game Fable III in May 2009. He said he “got asked” to do voice in Fable III. What was his answer? Via Twitter, Ross tweeted hours ago, “Gotta go. Am doing Fable3 today! What larks, Pip!” This…
Steven Spielberg is a Hollywood legend. When not directing highly successful motion pictures, Steven Spielberg likes to make video games. He’s also really paranoid, a new book claims. Just how paranoid? From the upcoming book The Men Who Would Be King: • “In Spielberg’s office, hanging above his desk, a plexiglass half-moon keeps sound from…
David Hayter, the English language voice of protagonist Snake from stealth series Metal Gear Solid, is a busy guy. Besides getting ready to direct an edgy, Twilightesque Werewolf movie, Hayter is moving forward on a TV series. Hayter hopes to turn the 2009 film Push into a television series in the vein of Heroes. He…
Apparently! Japanese ladies have been polled about the top ten worst things to find in their boyfriend’s residence. Over at Japan’s Goo Ranking website, females have listed what items in their boyfriend’s abode would cause them to feel the most let down or dejected. Let’s have a look at the results: 1. Dirty Toilet 2.…
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