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11 Year-old Boy Steals Three Grand To Buy In-Game Gear
Police in Xianning County have found culprit responsible for stealing more than 20,000 RMB or approximately $3141 US from a woman in Xianning City. The culprit as it turns out was an 11 year-old boy. 11 year-old “Cheng’s” reasoning behind the theft was because he wanted to play online games and buy in-game items. The…
By Eric Jou Published June 4, 2012 -
Kotaku EastNaked PC Gamer Arouses Suspicions
People game naked. People game in their underwear. People game in robes and bath towels. But very few people film their bodies in various states of undress as they rave on and on about video games. That is, unless they’re trying to sell something. Recently, a clip of a Taiwanese gamer wearing nothing but a…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 4, 2012 -
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Seven Sure Fire Ways to Get Chinese People to Play Your Game
There are way too many online games in China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, and getting players to play your game is difficult especially when your company is competing against the likes of Blizzard. So how do Chinese, Taiwanese, and Hong Kong companies entice and draw in gamers? The answer according to Taiwanese media is girls.…
By Eric Jou Published June 4, 2012 -
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Japanese Pop Diva Singing the New Tales Theme
There’s a new Tales of Xillia game headed to the PS3. If you remember who sang the first game’s theme song (I do!), then you won’t be surprised that pop singer Ayumi Hamasaki is returning for the theme song. The singer didn’t show at the recent Tales of Xillia event, but appeared in a pre-recorded…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 4, 2012 -
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Paging Dr. Frankenstein, Here’s a Ridiculous 3DS Slide Pad Joystick
For gamers who aren’t exactly thrilled with the 3DS’ slide pad, a Japanese peripheral company has a cover cap that increases the pad’s size. One Japanese gamer decided to stack a whole bunch of them to make this slide pad joystick, which looks like it would be either great or plain awful to use. I…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 4, 2012 -
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Penis Eating Event Under Investigation
This April, Japanese illustrator Mao Sugiyama offered to cook a special meal: the illustrator’s surgically removed genitals. The following month, five diners paid the equivalent of US$250 to eat Sugiyama’s bait and tackle, served with Italian parsley and garnished with button mushrooms. Approximately 70 people attended the event in Tokyo’s Suginami Ward on May 18…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 4, 2012 -
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A Year Later, Sony Is Releasing a Matching JRPG Controller
If you are keen to snag upcoming role-playing game Tales of Xillia 2, know that Sony is also releasing a Tales of Xillia 2 controller—a controller that is a “best match” for a special PS3. From 2011. Last year, Sony released a truly lovely Tales of Xillia PlayStation 3, but it came with a plain…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 4, 2012 -
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Why You Can’t Rent Games in Japan
As I tend to play all the big name Japanese titles months before their western releases, I am often bombarded with questions wanting more specifics about the game itself or it’s overall quality. But every once in a while, I will get the question that always throws me for a loop: “Is the game worth…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published June 1, 2012 -
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“Blood” is a Very Apt Title for This Anime Series
Blood: The Last Vampire was one the big anime movies of the late-nineties anime boom alongside other films such as Ghost in the Shell, Ninja Scroll, and Akira. Since then, it has had a live action remake, a 52-episode anime series (Blood+), three games (four if you count Heroes Phantasia), and several manga adaptations. This…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published June 1, 2012 -
Kotaku EastFive People Riding the Same Scooter Got Hit by a Car
Last week in China’s Zhejiang Province, five people riding the same scooter were sideswiped by a sedan. The riders suffered injuries to various degrees, but thankfully, they were not life threatening and everyone survived. The video went viral in China and appeared on Beijing TV program Traffic Light (红绿灯), which has a segment called “Accidents…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 1, 2012 -
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Selling Drugs To Play Online Games Will Get You Arrested
They met through online games, the five of them. From there they allegedly hatched a plan. A plan to make money. A plan to sell drugs. Japanese police arrested a group of five male and female cohorts for selling drugs over the country’s most popular online bulletin board 2ch. Three of those arrested lived outside…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 1, 2012 -
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It’s Worth Walking Over a Few Corpses To Play This Classic JRPG
Before the 128-bit era, many Japanese games, especially RPGs, never left Japanese shores. But over the years, many of these classic, never-before-localized games have been released in English on consoles and handhelds. Walk Over My Corpse (Ore no Shikabane wo Koeteyuke), however, remains one of the few great JRPGs unplayed by western audiences—despite a PSP…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published June 1, 2012 -
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Japan’s Newest Tourist Trap: Toilets
The best toilets in the world are Japanese. Pretty much every house has a john with a heated seat and a bum washer, and there have even toilets sold with embedded music players and spotlights so you don’t miss. Heck, Sega even recently released a pee-powered game. Japan’s toilet tech is world class. No wonder…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 1, 2012 -
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The Chinese Super Mario Yogurt Taste Test
Spotted near the Mongolian border, this Chinese yogurt drink features characters that look like Mario and Yoshi. It’s like Super Mario World in a can—er, plastic bottle—in creamy liquid form. The Mario looks less like Mario, while the Yoshi looks pretty much like Yoshi, but with antlers on his head. So how does it taste?…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 1, 2012 -
Kotaku EastHorrid Art Brought To Life with a Singing Bikini Lady
Ai Shinozaki is one of Japan’s most popular pin-ups. Like so many young Japanese idols, she’s released photo books and DVDs of her prancing about in swimwear on some exotic beach. She’s also paid her dues by appearing in swimwear (of course!) at fan meet-and-greet events in Tokyo geek paradise, Akihabara. But the 20 year-old…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 1, 2012 -
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This New Dark Souls Boxart Will Drag You to Hell’s Abyss
Yesterday, it was revealed that the PC version of Dark Souls is Steam bound, while home consoles will also be getting the added PC content with a Dark Souls with Artorias of the Abyss Edition. Here’s a look at the elegant, dark packaging for both the PC and console versions. Stunning stuff. 「DARK SOULS」に追加要素を加えたPC，PS3用パッケージが10月25日に発売。PS3版はDLC単体での配信もアリ [4Gamer]
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 1, 2012 -
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Meet the World’s Greatest Communist Superhero
While the US has Captain America, China now has, uh, Captain China. Part of a secret “Super Human” project, he’s Soviet pistol wielding, cytogenetically frozen super commie from the days of the Chinese Revolution. So when President Obama visits China—to ask the Chinese for, I guess, money—who’s there to protect the President from an assassination…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 1, 2012