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Check Japan’s Tiny Electronics Shops For Retro Gaming Finds
Sometimes in Japan, it feels like all the good retro game stuff has been snapped up by famous retailers. That, or it’s fetching a premium on internet auction sites. Yet, if you look, there are definitely neat finds. Just ask Twitter user Daitora While in the city of Ome for a local festival, Daitora popped…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 19, 2018 - Kotaku EastJapan
See How The Attack On Titan Manga Will End
Hajime Isayama’s Attack on Titan debuted in 2009. Now it is entering its final arc, hurtling the popular manga to a conclusion. Warning: This article has spoilers. This weekend, Isayama (pictured) was featured in the Japanese TV program Jonetsu Tairiku He was shown working on the manga that made him famous, and the program featured…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 19, 2018 - Kotaku EastJapan
Buying Plushies Of The Original 151 Pokémon Is Expensive
Earlier this year, Kotaku reported that a bunch of plush toys based on the first gen Pokémon plushies were going on sale in Japan. Twitter user Sekai bought all of them. The total cost? Roughly 180,000 yen or nearly $1,600. That, it seems, does include sales tax Here are more shots of Sekai’s collection:
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 19, 2018 - Uncategorized
Soccer Star Learned About His New Teammates “On The PlayStation”
Krzysztof Piatek has been one of the revelations of the season so far, banging in 13 goals in just 11 games for Genoa. He might have been doing even better if he’d had any idea who his teammates were going to be before joining the club. In 2017-18 the young striker scored 21 goals for…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 18, 2018 -
UncategorizedFrostpunk Is About To Become A Proper City-Builder
One of the few criticisms levelled at Frostpunk was that the city-building game only shipped with curated scenarios, not a more traditional (for the genre) sandbox mode. That’s about to change, with an “Endless Mode” due for release very soon. Coming as a free update for existing owners of the game, there’ll be two ways…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 18, 2018 -
CultureLeft 4 Dead 2 Speedrun Shows Off Some Neat Strategies
A group of co-op speedrunners have completed the Left 4 Dead 2 campaign “Dead Air” a record time of 7:53, and to do so they’ve used some interesting strategies. Runners burhác, LuckY, bill_play3, and JurasPatryk have claimed the world record in completing “Dead Air” the fastest in a thread on Reddit. Despite the lack of…
By Cameron Kunzelman Published November 18, 2018 - Uncategorized
Battlefield V Players Claim Checking A Menu Freezes The Game
Some Battlefield V players are posting on Reddit and the official forums that checking the assignments menu while in a game session freezes their game. Assignments are functionally quests in Battlefield V, and they can be as simple as doing a certain amount of damage with a gun type and as complicated as doing several…
By Cameron Kunzelman Published November 18, 2018 - CultureShop Contest
‘Shop Contest: Final Fantasy VII Remake Creation Station
Final Fantasy VII Remake is apparently “progressing well” according to some key creators, but it isn’t going fast enough. So this week’s ‘Shop Contest is about speeding it up…by making it ourselves. As you can see up top, I have some ideas about what Final Fantasy VII Remake should have going on. If it does…
By Cameron Kunzelman Published November 18, 2018 - CultureSplitscreen
The Legacy Of Stan Lee
What does Stan Lee mean to hardcore comics fans? To answer that question, we brought old friend Evan Narcisse back for this week’s episode of Kotaku Splitscreen First, Kirk and I talk about the games we’re playing, like Tetris Effect and Hitman 2, then jump into the news of the week (21:36) on Detective Pikachu,…
By Jason Schreier Published November 18, 2018 - Culture
Sunday Comics: Flying Heavenly Clouds
Hello! It’s time for Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published November 12. Read more of Awkward Zombie Corpse Run by Alex Di Stasi. Published November 15. Read more of Corpse Run Double XP by…
By Cameron Kunzelman Published November 18, 2018 - Uncategorized
Four Days In Hell With EA Help
Last week, I realized that I had a problem. My Xbox Live Gamertag was tied to an EA Account that was not my primary EA Account. Worse yet, I no longer had access to the email associated with that EA Account. I took a deep breath and prepared myself for a Customer Service Experience. An…
By Cameron Kunzelman Published November 17, 2018 -
UncategorizedFinally, A Supercut Of Assassin’s Creed Odyssey‘s Favorite Cuss
If you’ve played Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, then you know that the game has a particular love of a single, solitary cuss: maláka. It means something between “jerk” and “asshole,” and it apparently fits in nearly any situation. And now there’s a supercut to show off the plenitude of the curse word. There might be some…
By Cameron Kunzelman Published November 17, 2018 - Uncategorized
The PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds developers have posted the results of their Fix PUBG campaign. In a long post on the game’s Steam page, Executive Producer Taeseok Jang highlights the game’s improved stability and framerate while committing to a complementary dev roadmap in 2019.
By Cameron Kunzelman Published November 17, 2018 - Uncategorized
Dark Souls Creator Hidetaka Miyazaki Wins Lifetime Achievement Award
Hidetaka Miyazaki was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award yesterday at the 2018 Golden Joystick Awards that took place in London. Known for his work on From Software titles like the Dark Souls series and Bloodborne, Miyazaki was presented the award by game luminaries Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone. Miyazaki often credits the pair’s Fighting Fantasy…
By Cameron Kunzelman Published November 17, 2018 - CultureShop Contest
‘Shop Contest: Xbox Birthday Trip, Winners!
Last week, there was a big ole Xbox celebration, and with that came my new favorite video game personality: Xbox In A Hat. I asked you to ‘shop up some things for Xbox In A Hat to do for its birthday, and you didn’t disappoint. What makes an Xbox with a hat so special? After…
By Cameron Kunzelman Published November 17, 2018
