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Heroes Of The Storm Streamer Reports Entire Team, Prompts Blizzard To Investigate
Heroes of the Storm’s game director says Blizzard is looking into one of the game’s streamers frivolously reporting teammates after losing a match. While broadcasting earlier this week, streamer Alexander “Stalk” Melder appeared to issue reports against the other four members of his Heroes of the Storm team after losing. Melder was a pro player…
By Ethan Gach Published March 8, 2018 -
UncategorizedAnother World is coming to the Nintendo Switch this spring. The French studio DotEmu, which previously ported it to Android and iOS, will be bringing it over. As random as the announcement seems, Switch is currently the only platform you can’t play Éric Chahi’s amazing cinematic adventure on, so it’s about time.
By Ethan Gach Published March 8, 2018 -
UncategorizedThis Tiny Tokyo Apartment Isn’t So Bad
There are some things going for it: the building is still new, clean and convenient. Big, however, it’s not. Japan’s ANN News visited the building, which is a year and a half old and located in Shibuya. The apartment is tiny, even by Japanese standards. The featured one-room measures 3-jo (畳), which means “three tatami…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 8, 2018 - Uncategorized
Coca-Cola Will Sell Booze In Japan
No longer content with merely being a mixer, Coca-Cola is moving into Japan’s highly competitive canned spirits market. Besides its cola namesake (which actress Haruka Ayase is promoting in the top image), Coca-Cola Japan also sells various types of bottled Japanese tea under different brand names. The move into the country’s lucrative canned chu-hai segment…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 8, 2018 - Uncategorized
A $750 Pokémon Plushie You Will Want To Ride
That’s actually what it’s called in Japanese “Zettai ni Noritai Rapurasu” (絶対にのりたいラプラス) or “A Lapras You’ll Definitely Want To Ride.” While not one-to-one scale (that would be enormous!), this large-sized plush toy from Bandai has a width of over six and a half feet and a height of nearly four feet. It costs 79,400 yen…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 8, 2018 -
UncategorizedVR Sex Devices Continue To Progress
This is called the “V1″ and claims to be a fully-automatic VR self-pleasuring device. The V1 is “hands-free.” Of course, it is. Warning: Not safe for work content to follow. YouTuber M-Fumi uploaded the clip below, which has also racked up nearly two-million views on Twitter Besides allowing for speed and pressure control, the device…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 8, 2018 - Uncategorized
You Cannot Separate Dragon Ball‘s Voices From Masako Nozawa
At 81 years of age, Masako Nozawa has been voice acting since the 1960s but is perhaps best known for her Dragon Ball work. She does the Japanese voices of Goku, Gohan and Goten. But how much of her regular voice finds its way into these characters? A lot, apparently! The Japanese TV clip below…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 8, 2018 -
Kotaku EastK-Pop Pick Of The Day: Tell Me Your Wish
Here’s the second of three K-Pop songs that pulled me into the fandom, and it’s the first time we’re repeating artists (this isn’t going to be a regular thing, I promise). I suppose it does show the influence that Girls’ Generation wielded in the industry for a good half-decade, though. For a few years between…
By Seung Park Published March 8, 2018 - Culture
Rough Landing
Daniel Rizea is a concept artist who has worked on everything from Independence Day 2 to White House Down to Crysis 3 to Ryse You can see more of Daniel’s work at his personal site To see the images in their native resolution, click on the “expand” button in the top-left corner. Fine Art is…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 7, 2018 - CultureTotal Recall
Behold, Japan’s Antique Gaming Chairs
Today, the term “gaming chairs” is synonymous with those gaudy padded monstrosities you see in the background of a Twitch video. But in the late 80s/early 90s, a Japanese company had a much simpler idea. These are Iron Craft’s efforts, which consisted of taking a rather uncomfortable-looking stool and sticking a controller at the front…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 7, 2018 - CultureCosplay
All The Witcher’s Witches
This mass cosplay shoot was put together by the very talented Milligan Vick, and features ten members of The Lodge of Sorceresses. You could argue it’s not quite everyone, since Yenn isn’t there, but a) it’s not like she was a willing participant and b) I think we’ve had enough amazing Yenn cosplay already, thanks,…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 7, 2018 -
UncategorizedFinal Fantasy XV Is Great In First Person, Unless You’re Fighting
Final Fantasy XV’s Royal Edition update introduces a new first-person mode to the game, allowing players to witness the world of Eos from Noctis’ point of view. Just don’t try fighting with it turned on unless you’ve got a strong stomach. Pressing down the L3 and R3 buttons on the controller (or the N key…
By Mike Fahey Published March 7, 2018 - Uncategorized
Black Ops III‘s Surprise DLC Is Beautiful
Black Ops III is still receiving new content, and coming back to Treyarch’s 2015 title is a lot of fun. An update on March 5 has added a snowy variant of the Redwood map and the addition of the popular Infected game mode, which became available to play on March 6. I’ve been pretty devoted…
By S.E. Doster Published March 7, 2018 -
OpinionSecret Little Haven Is A Game That Captures The Feel Of Late 90’s AOL
Capturing the feeling of early AOL chats can be difficult, while crafting an engrossing LGBT narrative can be ever harder. Secret Little Haven nails both, transporting players to the earlier days of the internet and telling a story that is both empathetic and believable. It’s intriguing and a great choice for this week’s indie pick.…
By Heather Alexandra Published March 7, 2018 - Uncategorized
The Sims’ Insane Trait Sucks
Starting with The Sims 3, sims have traits to help shape their personalities. Sims can be Romantics, more prone to flirting, or they can be Evil and want to have mean interactions with other sims. In both The Sims 3 and The Sims 4, you can also have sims that are Insane. I hate this…
By Gita Jackson Published March 7, 2018