The Most Infamous Swimming Pool in Japanese Pornography

Ask anyone who’s ever seen an adult movie in Japan. Or, at least, anyone who has ever spent some time on the internet. More than likely, they’ll know this swimming pool. This article was originally published on February 11, 2014. It contains content some readers might find objectionable. In Japanese, the pool is called “that…

Maruyama Park. Kyoto, Japan. By Manuel Sánchez. 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!

Osaka’s Cosplay Scene Is Stealing Hearts

Osaka’s Nipponbashi Street Festival was held earlier this month, and there was a lot of fantastic cosplay to be found as part of the fun. Because I am unhealthily obsessed with Persona 5 at the momentmy favourite is this killer Ann/Panther, but there’s a lot of other great stuff captured in this vid by Rescue…

Dallas, Your Cosplay Is Very Good

From March 31 to April 2, Fan Expo Dallas was held in Texas, and there was some fantastic cosplay on show, from some tiny Lannisters to a giant Godzilla. Mineralblu was there taking some photos and shooting a vid, which you can see below. If you want to see more, you can check out more…

Big Games Turned Into Little Models

16bitModelsis an exhibition where artists take classic video games and build incredible little real-world dioramas out of them. It was first held last year, but a second instalment went down last week at Kotobukiya’s Akihabara store in Tokyo. Here’s a selection of shots taken of exhibits done for games like Mega Man, Mario, Donkey Kong…

The Mother Of All Nintendo Switch Cases

There are very good actual Nintendo Switch cases on the market, but sometimes the best solution to moving your console around can come from unofficial avenues. In this case, a Pelican…case, the rugged storage boxes that everyone from photographers to tradespeople use to keep their gear safe from bears, bombs and bus crashes. Kamikawa4works for…

Final Fantasy VII’s Cast, Revised

Here’s comic artist Nikolas Draper-Ivey’s take on the main cast of Final Fantasy VII Re-imagining this game is nothing new, but Draper-Ivey’s designs here don’t go changing anyone’s outfit. Instead, by altering the race of each character, they show that everything iconic about this cast has to do with their original designs, haircuts and weapons,…

Damnit Jaal I’m Trying To Work

Today on Highlight Reel we have exploding cars, surprise kills, bottle flips, an incredibly depressing Nier clip, and much more! Watch the video then talk about your favorite highlight in the comments below. Be sure to check out, like, and share the original videos via the links below. Subscribe to Kotaku on YouTube for more!…

Mighty Mouse Is Everything The UFC Used To Be

Over the weekend, we were treated to a UFC event light on pretense and heavy on action. The best fought the best, or at least the best available. Hardly anybody beefed. Demetrious “Mighty Mouse” Johnson fought a perfect fight. Refreshing as the event was, however, it felt like an island surrounded by bullshit-strewn waters. I…

HyperX Alloy FPS Mechanical Gaming Keyboard Review: A Happy Minimum

This is the HyperX Alloy FPS, a mechanical gaming keyboard. It consists of a steel frame, a printed circuit board, a plastic base, 104 Cherry MX Brown switches with red LEDs and the corresponding keycaps. It doesn’t do a lot, but it does what it’s made to do very well. The HyperX Alloy FPS mechanical…

Fighting Game Pro Has A Habit Of Taking Off His Shirt And Losing

Eliver “KillerKai” Ling keeps taking off his shirt during fighting game tournaments. Last night, KillerKai dramatically removed his shirt at the Marvel vs. Capcom 3 NorCal Regionals, right before his final match in a best of three against ApologyMan. The shirt removal has become a notorious intimidation technique for him. It doesn’t always psych out…

The Magicians Book One: A cynical fantasy that gets better toward the end.  What it is: The first of Lev Grossman’s Magicians trilogy, probably best described as “Harry Potter, except with assholes.” Now also a Syfy TV series that I will probably never watch. Well, at least not until I finish the books. What I’ve read:…

Star Wars Battlefront II Is Written By Spec Ops: The Line‘s Writer And An Ex-IGN Reporter

Star Wars Battlefront II, which was officially announced last weekend, will give fans what they’ve wanted for two years now: Mitch Dyer. Also, a single-player campaign. To write this next Battlefront (not to be confused with the other Star Wars Battlefront II), EA hired Walt Williams, best known for his work writing the critically lauded…

Oceanic League of Legends Teams Still Allegedly Screwing Over Players

Riot’s Oceania Division continues to be engulfed in controversy, with League of Legends teams Tainted Minds and Regicide both being accused of shady behavior. In February, the majority of Tainted Minds, including the coach, left their team house, alleging conditions that were both unsafe—mold, sanitation issues—and made for a poor work environment—no computers and a…

24 Years Later, The Sonic The Hedgehog Cartoon Is Still Charming

Between a catalog of killer games on the Genesis and the Archie Comic series, Sonic the Hedgehog was a fixture of my childhood. At the height of Sonic mania, there was a handful of cartoon shows. My favorite was based on the comics and is now affectionately called Sonic SatAM. But is it as good…