Fake News

There's this notion that "kawaii" (可愛い) or "cute" rules Japan. That's not entirely true. Everything isn't simply…

A layoff is a layoff is a layoff, to misquote Gertrude Stein. Surely, they all suck. But they also happen. Some…

There was the jerk who threw money to get a PC demo station (that was probably fake). Then, there was the jerk who…

Every year over the past decade, China Joy has been delighting video game fans in and outside of China. The most…

It finally happened. For years, Japan has been waiting for the latest Dragon Quest game, and yesterday, it launched.…

There are websites for everything. Therefore, there are websites for gamers who need dates, and there are websites…

When an industry is made-up of almost equal parts society-changing brilliance and playboy man-child syndrome, it's…

This fake news report (an intentional fake, not a proper one) is notable for two things: use of farm animals in a…

There is, to be sure, a vast gulf between science and science fiction. The former relies on provable observations…

Hey guys! Lisa Foiles here, kicking off my month-long season of content on Kotaku with a comedy sketch starring SMB…