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My Friend Pedro Is Like A More Violent, 2D Max Payne
Before I knew anything else about it, I knew My Friend Pedro looked cool. I first came across the solo-developed indie game while going through the Screenshot Saturday hashtag on Twitter several years ago. Among all of the images of games in development shared by their makers was a masked man pirouetting through the air…
By Ethan Gach Published June 14, 2018 - CultureE3
Two Long-Lost Nintendo Arcade Games Are Heading To Switch
Nintendo kicked off the final day of Treehouse Live with a huge announcement for fans of its classic games: Two arcade games that have never been officially released on home consoles are coming to Switch’s Arcade Archives: the original Donkey Kong, which is available now, and Sky Skipper, coming in July. Donkey Kong is a…
By Chris Kohler Published June 14, 2018 -
UncategorizedWe Played Unravel Two And Now We Love Yarny Even More
When Coldwood Interactive announced Unravel at E3 2015, its main character Yarny captured everyone’s heart. The adorable little yarn-man’s platforming adventures were fun, and the sudden arrival of a co-op focused sequel lets players share that fun with friends. Unravel Two is a relaxing game and a welcome return for Yarny. In Unravel Two, Yarny…
By Heather Alexandra Published June 14, 2018 -
UncategorizedFinal Fantasy XIV Director Plays Final Fantasy XIV, Gets Mobbed By Fans
Yesterday at E3 in Los Angeles, I went to Square Enix’s booth for an interview with Final Fantasy XIV director Naoki Yoshida and found him in the middle of a session of his own game. As it turns out, he had been chatting with fans during his interview breaks. And getting mobbed. As his team…
By Jason Schreier Published June 14, 2018 -
UncategorizedJump Force Is An Anime Fighting Game For Beginners
When Bandai Namco revealed Jump Force, a crossover fighting game pitting Dragon Ball villain Frieza against Naruto himself, manga fans went berserk. It wasn’t that the headlining manga stars looked like they were plucked from the pages of Shonen Jump They don’t. In Jump Force, they appear as living action figures pummeling the crap out…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published June 14, 2018 - Uncategorized
Mother Buys Weekly Manga In Memory Of Her Deceased Son
On March 11, 2011, Yuko Tanno lost her son in the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami. The city she calls home, Natori in Miyagi Prefecture, was ravaged. In memory of her son, she has continued to buy Weekly Shonen Jump each Monday. According to Asahi, Tanno’s son Kota loved manga. He’d buy the latest Jump and…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 14, 2018 - Culture
Taste Test For Coca-Cola Clear And More
Recently, Coca-Cola Japan released a clear Coke. But it’s not the only drink maker in the country that is going see-through. Anyone who remembers the 1980s and 90s can recall how clear—and white—drinks became en vogue. In Japan that meant, vodka, shochu and white wine. In America, clear liquor was popular, but we also got…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 14, 2018 - Uncategorized
Crayon Shin-chan’s new voice has been selected! Long-time voice actress Yumiko Kobayashi will be bringing Shinnosuke to life starting July 6. Earlier this month, voice actress Akiko Yajima announced she was leaving the role, which she had held since the anime debuted in 1992.
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 14, 2018 -
Kotaku EastK-Pop Pick Of The Day: I Miss You
Ladies and gentlemen, perhaps the best male voice in Korean music. (There will be arguments. Bring them on, I say.) While most foreign fans first encountered this stirring ballad through Stairway To Heaven, the 2003 K-drama, I Miss You was originally released a year prior as part of Kim Bum Soo’s third full album. Once…
By Seung Park Published June 14, 2018 - CultureCosplay
It Is Bayek, Of Siwa
This is Aussie cosplayer Yeliztaking on the star of Assassin’s Creed Origins, Bayek. If you’re wondering why the photos make it look like she’s in the desert, that’s because she was; they were taken in Kuwait by local photographer dawoodblog You can see more Yeliz’s cosplay at her Facebook page
By Luke Plunkett Published June 14, 2018 -
CultureE3A Plague Tale Is A Gross Game About Billions Of Rats
First announced at last year’s E3, A Plague Tale: Innocence is back this year to remind us all that rat fiction is super disgusting. Like, of all the terrible things that happen in The Witcher 3, the tale of a woman who can’t scream because rats have crawled down her throat was easily the most…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 13, 2018 -
CultureE3Ooblets Is Here For The Cute Animal Business
E3’s guns and action and death got you down? Here’s some Ooblets, jacking into your eyeballs with bright colours and cute lil’ animals. I like Pokemon and Animal Crossing and Harvest Moon and so I’ve been looking forward to this game for a long time. I am still looking forward to it. Ooblets is out…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 13, 2018 -
CultureE3Please, More Games Where We Eat Humans Like Snacks
I am absolutely terrified of sharks, among many other things, and that’s always been a hassle when trying to play games with underwater sections. I’m down for Maneater, though, because in this game I am the shark. I know that there have been other games where you can be a shark, but they haven’t looked…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 13, 2018 -
CultureE3Greedfall, A New RPG Where The 17th Century White Man Runs Into Some Problems
French studio Spiders, creators of bad-but-also-good RPGs like The Technomancer, have a new game coming called Greedfall. It’s an alternate universe take on what a 17th century European invasion of the New World would look like if the colonizers ran into magic and giant monsters. It’s aiming for a release on PC, Xbox One and…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 13, 2018 - CultureE3
Ninja Takes Two-Day Break, Loses 40,000 Subscribers
Tyler “Ninja” Blevins might be on top of the streaming world right now, but even he’s not immune to being yanked back down to earth by the sometimes absurdly demanding realities of the job. For the past couple days, Ninja’s been living it up at E3, retweeting several thousand pictures people have taken with him…
By Nathan Grayson Published June 13, 2018
