Shibuya. Tokyo, Japan. By Clifford Ivie. JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line!
Square Enix just announced Figure Heads, a five-on-five online shooter for PC. No word yet on an international release.
Summer-Colored High School, aka That Japanese Game With a Fucking Long Title, is an open-world PlayStation title. It was released last week in Japan, and besides the main story part, it looks like people have been checking out the do-whatever-the-hell-you-want mode. Note: Some readers might find the following content objectionable. If you thought Summer-Colored High…
The meals in Final Fantasy XV look delicious. And guess what, the reason why the food looks so appetizing is the tech behind it. “To bring home the appeal of the food, we’re incorporating new shaders that give each element of a dish its own luster and firmness,” said FFXV character artist Yuki Matsuo. “We’re…
Akihabara. Tokyo, Japan. By Ryan Scullin JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line!
Anime rom-coms are a dime a dozen these days, but Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend stands apart by gathering many of the genre’s more prevalent clichés and taking them apart through great characters and excellent comedy. Saekano follows anime/game/light novel otaku Tomoya. One day, he encounters a beautiful girl in a scene seemingly…
Once again, let’s have a peek inside everybody’s favorite electric rodent. If you’ve been on the internet in the last, say, decade, you’ve probably seen the illustration below: [via Jeremy Riad| Art by Michael Paulus] It was done by the artist Michael Paulus. He did a whole series of these skeletal drawings and sells prints…
Ghost in the Shell Arise is being turned into a stage play, which will run in Tokyo this November.
Summer-Colored High School is a game with an insanely long name. It is also a game where you go to class, help out around school, go on dates, spend afternoons fishing… and take numerous up-skirt photos of school girls. …I may need you all for moral support to get through this one. Update: The stream…
Track: Kiseki | Artist: Greeeen | Album: A, Domo. Ohisashiburi Desu. Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.
Are you ready for our robot overlords? In this video (well, commercial), an industrial robot faces off against master Japanese swordsman Isao Machii. We recently saw Machii slicing an80mph fried shrimp. This time, he’s helping robotics maker Yaskawa Electric Corporation teach a robot the fine art of mastering a katana. Swell. The robot here is…
Gundam. Shizuoka, Japan in 2010. By Collin Macintosh. JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line!
Welcome to a land without night. Yoru no Nai Kuni (よるのないくに The Land Without Night) is an upcoming fantasy action RPG set in a world where the defeat of a demon lord placed a curse upon the land. The main character, Arnas* came in contact with the demon lord’s blood and became a half-demon. Using…
Are you a man? Do you wear clothes? Well, listen up if you are in Japan or plan on visiting and, most importantly, care what others think. Nationwide afternoon program Viking! polled 95 women on the Tokyo streets, asking them what men’s fashion they hated. The screen caps below appeared on 2ch, Japan’s largest web…
Have ever wondered what would happen if a pro gamer suddenly left a match to go to the toilet? This, it seems. Seon “Space” Ho-san, who plays for South Korea’s CJ Entus, paused and left for the restroom in a match against KT Rolster. The teams were tied one to one, with each winning a…
Japan’s latest open-world JRPG has a ridiculous title. A sandbox open-world game where you play a high school student living his daily life in an island town for three months, talking with people, running around, taking absurd panty shots on his camera. What would you title such a game? High School Photographer maybe? Student Times…
Dragon Ball isn’t finished. We’re getting a new series, and no doubt, more movies. But former DB manga editor Kazuhiko Torishima thinks it all should’ve ended long ago. During the 1980s at Weekly Jump magazine, Torishima worked closely with Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama, editing his manga Dr. Slump. He was also the first editor…
In the age of 3D high-spec prettiness, more and more I find myself looking forward to and enjoying “low tech” games that give my imagination room to play. Walking through my regular game store the other day, I noticed a trailer for a game I had not really paid much notice to, Ray Gigant. The…
Track: Ultra Soul | Artist: B’z | Album: Green Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.
You know how sometimes you take the lid off a container of ice cream, and you can see a face? This is kind of like that. As noted on Spoon & Tamago, Makoto Asanotakes this further by carving funny characters in the ice cream using those disposable ice cream spoons. The resulting sculptures are deliciously…
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