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Fallout 4 Ramen Is for Real
If you’ve played Fallout 4, you’ve probably come across Takahashi, the ramen-making protectron in Diamond City. His ramen is real. According to the Japanese press (namely, Dengeki PlayStation and Famitsu), Bethesda has sent out “Nani ni Shimasuka?” (What will you have?) instant ramen with sio (salt) broth. Don’t know if this will go on sale,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 10, 2016 - Kotaku East
Anime Trope: People Getting Carried Like Rice Bags
Forget getting carried like a bride or a princess, the new thing, it seems, is getting hauled about like a bag of rice. This is called “okome-sama dakko” (お米様抱っこ), and it’s become a topic online after Mikazuki Augus from Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans busted it out: Hardly a first, but there you go. “Okome-sama…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 10, 2016 - Uncategorized
If HBO Made a Witcher 3 Series
If, the keyword is if. Perhaps, it would look something like this. Via AngryRedditorsBelow at /r/witcher, we have the following actors penciled in: [Image via AngryRedditorsBelow | /r/witcher] To contact the author of this post, write to bashcraftATkotaku.com or find him on Twitter@Brian_Ashcraft
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 10, 2016 - Kotaku East
Watch Out, Minecraft
For years now, people have been building amazing creations in Minecraft. But in Japan, people don’t need Minecraft to make cool constructions. Thank Minecraft clone, Dragon Quest Builders for that. Via 2ch and Hachima, people have been sharing impressive creations they’ve made in Builders. “I’ve seen better in Minecraft,” you might say, and I have,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 10, 2016 - Uncategorized
What a world we live in.
By Luke Plunkett Published February 9, 2016 - Culture
Castle Mœbius Looks Fun
Lorenz Hideyoshi Ruwwe is an artist based in Germany who has done work for game studios like BioWare and Firaxis. You can see more of Ruwwe’s work at his ArtStationpage. To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you can save them as wallpaper), click on the “expand”…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 9, 2016 - Uncategorized
Firewatch’s Fancy “Screenshot” Mode Is Fantastic
Maybe this is a spoiler? I don’t think it is, but if you’re concerned about that kind of thing with regards to Firewatch, then…be warned. Still with me? OK! So there comes a point fairly onin this excellent video game where you get hold of a camera. Not a fancy digital camera, not a smartphone…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 9, 2016 - Culture
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By Nathan Grayson Published February 9, 2016 -
UncategorizedUFC Champ Wants To Become A Full-Time Video Game Streamer
Demetrious “Mighty Mouse” Johnson is the UFC’s flyweight champion and arguably one of the greatest fighters on Earth. He blends speed and technique in ways that’ll make your eyes say, “huminahuminahwhaat?” Naturally, he wants to play video games for a living. Speaking on a recent episode of the Three Amigos Podcast (as transcribed by Bloody…
By Nathan Grayson Published February 9, 2016 - Uncategorized
Rocket League is finally coming to Xbox One this month. February 17, to be exact.
By Luke Plunkett Published February 9, 2016 -
UncategorizedFallout 4 Rocket Jump Mod Looks Like A Blast
For the Commonwealth wanderer who wants to get around in style. Here’s an early look at an in-development mod by EzPlays, which allows the player to use rockets to launch themselves into the air, TF2 style: Making this even cooler is that, the more powerful your rocket is, the more distance you can vault. So…
By Patricia Hernandez Published February 9, 2016 - Uncategorized
Amazon’s New Engine Has A Zombie Clause
Today, Amazon announced their new proprietary game engine, finally confirming Kotaku’s report that they had spent big bucks on Crytek’s technology back in 2014. They also did something pretty amusing. Buried in the engine’s new Terms of Service page, way down in section 57.10, is this paragraph: 57.10 Acceptable Use; Safety-Critical Systems. Your use of…
By Jason Schreier Published February 9, 2016 - Uncategorized
XCOM 2‘s Random Mission Names Are Really Great
I knew I liked XCOM 2 a whole lot pretty much from the moment I started playing it. I knew I loved it when I embarked on a mission called “Operation Tomb Fist.” XCOM 2 randomly generates a lot of things, characters and level designs being the most prominent. But the mission naming system? Criminally…
By Nathan Grayson Published February 9, 2016 - Uncategorized
Motiga, the developers behind cute-as-heck MOBA Gigantic, have announced “significant, temporary studio layoffs.” The company claims it’s in discussions with “promising investors,” but the money hasn’t come through yet. That doesn’t sound very good. Gigantic is still in a closed beta. Contact the author at [email protected]
By Patrick Klepek Published February 9, 2016 - Uncategorized
The FBI Made A Video Game And It Sucks
This might look like a cute video game about a goat dodging objects, but it’s actually a video game made by the FBI to (apparently) help educate people about “the slippery slope to violent extremism.” Gizmodo wrote about the “Don’t Be A Puppet” website yesterday, comparing it to an “awful, out-of-touch 90s educational game.” I’m…
By Patrick Klepek Published February 9, 2016 - Uncategorized
David Gaider, who left BioWare after 17 years at the company, is now creative director at Beamdog. Given that Gaider used to work on the Baldur’s Gate games, maybe he’s going to be working on the long-rumored Baldur’s Gate 3? Contact the author at [email protected]
By Patrick Klepek Published February 9, 2016