Brian Ashcraft

BioShock Designer Picked “Zelda” Over Girlfriend

The original The Legend of Zelda made quite an impact on BioShock designer Ken Levine — so much so that it cost him his first serious girlfriend. Levine had just graduated from college and moved to San Francisco. The lady friend was a few years younger than him, and at the end of the summer,…

You Can’t Escape From This Erotic Dragon Quest Homage

From the folks that brought you Rapelay comes this erotic game: Yuusha kara wa nigerarenai (You Can’t Escape From The Hero). Characters look familiar? They should. Japanese developer Illusion seems to be “inspired” by the Dragon Quest III female character designs. The PC game does not yet have a release date, and there is no…

Younger Girl Did Hatsune Miku Motion Capture

Pantsu-heavy PSP music game Hatsune Miku -Project Diva- features a 3D version of Vocaloid character Hatsune Miku. To get that 3D character modeling, SEGA enlisted child star Yui Ogura to do the motion capture. The kicker? According to Hatsune Miku’s official profile, the character is 16 years old. Yui Ogura is only 13. What gives?!…

Micro-Bash Slept All Day

To: Crecente From: Bashcraft Which means one thing… Micro-Bash is gonna be up all night. 🙁 Enjoy your sleep people-without-small-children! What you missed last night Resistance Fan Gets Crafty, Builds Resistance Rifle These Amazon Japan Customers Do Not Like DQIX The Last beatmania Game Coming To PlayStation 2 Confused about commenting on Kotaku? Read our…

Tecmo Is Releasing A Zombie Game

If the title does not clue you in, Undead Knights features knights that are undead. That’s right, it’s a zombie PSP game from Tecmo — a hack-and-slash zombie game. It’s like some marketing wizard thought the warrior AI patterns of Dynasty Warriors would be better with brain eaters. If the possibility of zombie throwing or…

First Two Days Dragon Quest IX Sales Tally Is In

On July 11, the eagerly awaited Dragon Quest IX went on sale in Japan. According to Famitsu publisher Enterbrain, the game racked up 2.34 million in sales. PS2 title Dragon Quest VIII sold 2.23 million in its first week. Think about it. 『ドラクエIX』発売2日間で、販売本数234万3440本−−エンターブレイン調べ [Famitsu] [Pic]

The Last beatmania Game On PlayStation 2 Is…

Arcade music title beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS is getting a PS2 port. It’s the last beatmania coming to the PlayStation 2. To mark the occasion, Konami is releasing the game with a “PREMIUM BEST DISC” set that continues new songs and tracks especially for the home version. There’s a total of 180 tunes as well…

Pirate Girl (And Pantsu) in Tales of Vesperia Demo

Later this year, Namco Bandai is bringing former Xbox 360 exclusive Tales of Vesperia to the PS3. The Sony console version features a slew of new features and a new pirate girl character. Today, Namco Bandai released a ToV PS3 demo. Pirate girl Patty Fruel is a playable character in the demo. Swing by the…

This iDOLM@STER Character Is A Trap

Namco Bandai’s idol sim THE iDOLM@STER series lets players manage a group of young, female pop stars. Well, not all of them are female, it seems. In DS title THE iDOLM@STER DearlyStars, 15 year-old Ryo Akizuki reveals that she is a he. A clip of the game has popped up online, and Ryo is worried…

India’s Got Mario Talent

A group of talented folks do their version of Super Mario Bros. for television program India’s Got Talent. I don’t remember Bowser wielding a laser gun, or Tag-Team Luigi harnessing the power of the moon. Mario recreation on India’s Got Talent [Boing Boing]

These Amazon Japan Customers Do Not Like DQIX

Did you hear? Dragon Quest IX is out in Japan. And if the Amazon Japan reviews are anything to go by, the people have spoken and the people are upset. These are Amazon reviews, so please, take them just as that: Amazon reviews. At the time of writing, the game has 503 reviews, averaging 2.5…

Why The Difference In Taste?

Today is *checks calendar* Friday. Did you know that? I didn’t. That’s why I checked the calendar. Good thing I have one! Time to talk, time for Tell us Dammit. No, no, no. Time for TELL US DAMMIT. Here’s how it works: We ask a question, you answer it. Simple and no strings attached! This…

A Week In Comments

Hey, Resident Evil 5 Might Be Possible On Wii After All Comment by: Cygnus_Mal Nominated by: wonder6oy Not on my XBox. Nor my computer. I do not, do not like rail shooters. Not on my Wii Or PS3 Not on a train, or in a plane. Not on a boat, Or with a goat. I…

New Michael Jackson Game In The Works

There have been rumors swirling that Michael Jackson was at work on a new view game before he passed away. Those rumors appear confirmed. MJJ Productions, Jackson’s production company, has apparently been working on this unannounced home console title for “several months”. Word has it that the game features both Jackson’s likeness and his recorded…

Look! People Lining Up For DQIX

With 2 million pre-orders and a rumored 3 million copies shipping, we honestly didn’t expect folks to line-up for Dragon Quest IX. Sleep in! Square Enix hasn’t created a shortage. All the millions who want the game, can get it. But still, low and behold, there were lines earlier this morning in Akihabara. Reader TitillatedOcelot…

Mrs. Bashcraft Helps Out, Lands In French

To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: A Gold Star For the French version of Arcade Mania, we had to switch out a couple of the purikura (sticker pics) photos. So in their place, we needed pictures of girls posing in print club photos, and we needed them pronto. Mrs. Bashcraft (above) graciously agreed to stand-in and…

Game & Watch Titles Coming To DSi Ware

Game & Watch, the handheld games created by Game Boy creator Gunpei Yokoi, are coming to Japanese DSi Ware. The series was recently released as a Club Nintendo DS cartridge dubbed Game & Watch Collection. Each game is priced at 200 Points. Titles and Japan release dates as follows: • Ball July 15 • Flagman…

Want To Try Out Taito’s First Person Arcade Shooter?

Cyber Diver is described as an “original” take on the FPS genre with 5-on-5 networked play and a new game system that displays in-game battle damage. From July 17 to July 20, the arcade game is getting a location test at a trio of locations: G-Port Las Vegas, Taito Station Akihabara and Taito Station Machida.…

Dragon Quest IX Already Being Hacked

Tomorrow in Japan, Dragon Quest IX is going on sale. But there is already at least one player who has conquered the game — by cheating. This character is a Level 99 with max HP and MP, and it has 9999999 Experience and 9999999 G, making it way more impressive than Koichi Sugiyama‘s Level 97…

New Uncharted 2 Screens

Picking up right where the newly released Uncharted 2 cut scene left off are these new Uncharted 2 cut scenes. The game is scheduled to hit North America this November, and Japan in “early fall”. SCEJ、PS3「アンチャーテッド 黄金刀と消えた船団」 [Game Watch Impress via VG247]