The Right Way to Make a Dragon Quest Mural

Right now, there is a giant Dragon Quest mural up in Tokyo’s Shinjuku. It’s apparently made completely from Diablock, which are basically Japanese LEGO. The blocks look like pixels, so if you are going to make a Dragon Quest mural, do it like this. Especially if you are Square Enix and also want to pull…

Nothing Like Seeing ‘Fuck It’ in a Major Japanese Newspaper

The Nikkei is one of the biggest, most respected newspapers in Japan. And today, it ran an ad with the words “Fuck It.” Hey! Not that there’s anything wrong with the words “fuck” or “it.” But this could be somewhat embarrassing for Nikkei, especially considering how last year, the paper bought the Financial Times as…

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The Music Videos Are My Favorite Part of Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem

When I started playing Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem, I expected a lot of things: summonable demons,Fire Emblem characters, turn-based RPG gameplay, etc. What I didn’t expect? A ton of animated music videos for the game’s rocking soundtrack. The plot of Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem revolves around a group of people dealing…

In 1994, Vin Diesel Was Selling Street Sharks At Toy Fair

Look, Vin Diesel wasn’t born a star. From break-dancing to his own short films, the guy had to work real hard to get where he is today. One such early gig, which popped up on Twitter today, involved being the hype man for…Street Sharks merch at the 1994 Toy Fair. This is so fucking cool.…

Darkest Dungeon: The Kotaku Review

Progress isn’t permanent. Darkest Dungeon is a tremendously popular Steam game that just emerged from Early Access. It’s a Lovecraft-inspired dungeon-crawling RPG with a few twists: 1) you have an entire persistent town to upgrade, 2) if any of your characters die, they’re gone for good, and 3) as a result of adventuring-related trauma, your…

Recreating Horror Manga In The Flesh

Mamakiteruhas one solid, dependable shtick: she takes characters from Japanese horror manga, and she cosplays the hell out of them. Not the entire character, though; she takes a single panel and re-enacts the frame itself, from the line work to the pose, sometimes even taking on multiple characters. (via 前方高能 非戰鬥人員迅速撤離)

$75,000 Worth Of Magic Cards Stolen In Games Store Robbery

Early on Sunday morning, revered Austin board/card games joint Pat’s Games was robbed by two men who, going by what was stolen, clearly knew what they were doing. The men approached the store at around 1am, and using a water meter key ripped the front door off. They then moved inside and stole around $75,000…

Rise of The Tomb Raider’s DLC Is The Good Kind Of Short

The latest large-scale Lara Croft adventure has has a bit of DLC already. But last month’s Endurance Mode add-on didn’t offer up the kind of strong storytelling found in Rise of the Tomb Raider’s main campaign. Baba Yaga: The Temple of the Witch is a new extra chapter that aims to do exactly that. Out…

Go Get Your Own Loyal Stormtrooper Spinny Stun Baton

Of all the people out there currently working on cosplay outfits for a First Order Stormtrooper, 98% of them are going for this guy in particular. Thing is, without his spinny stick thing, it’s just not the same. So it’s cool seeing efforts like this, from 3D printing store Blu-Bin, which not only get the…

The New Pikachu Is Freaking People Out, Man

Today, The Pokémon Company gave us our first look at an upcoming Pokémon spin-off, Great Detective Pikachu: The Birth of a New Duo. It stars Pikachu….but not the Pikachu you’re used to. The trailer, in case you haven’t seen it: What stands out about this footage is that Pikachu is speaking actual words. Not only…

Why Mad Max: Fury Road Is So Easy To Watch

Mad Max may seem like the action-movie outlier among this year’s Academy Awards nominees, but it’s more than deserving of earnest consideration. In particular, I hope Fury Road wins Oscars for Best Director, Best Cinematography, and Best Editing. For all the ridiculous action and stuntwork happening in a given five-minute stretch of the film, it’s…

Suikoden II Did Pretty Damn Well Last Year

Last week the PlayStation Blog brought serendipitous news: the masterpiece Suikoden II took a top 10 slot not just on the best-selling list of PlayStation Classics for December, but for all of 2015 This is the list: Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Mega Man X4 Mega Man X5 Final Fantasy VII Breath of Fire IV…

Here’s How Modders Are Dressing Up Their Fallout 4 Characters 

The denizens of the wasteland might as well have their very own fashion line, thanks to the powers of mods. When I originally wrote about nudity mods in Fallout 4, one thing modders felt adamant about was that they wanted body modification tools not to run around naked, but rather to put on nicer, more…

Star Wars Outpost, A Cancelled LucasArts Game, Looked Way Better Than FarmVille 

About a year before LucasArts shut down, the iconic studio cancelled a near-finished game called Star Wars Outpost. Today, we’ve learned a bit more about that game. Developed by LucasArts’ Singapore studio—which at the time was also assisting on other games like Star Wars 1313 and even working on its own projects like an HD…

An Alien In Star Wars: The Force Awakens Shouted ‘Kojima’

You’ve probably seen Star Wars: The Force Awakens, but chances are you didn’t pick up on what appears to be a shoutout to Metal Gear designer Hideo Kojima. The official Star Wars website published a list of the many voice actors who contributed lines to the movie today, from stormstroopers to resistance pilots. What we’re…

The Other Ways Nintendo Is Changing The English Version of Fire Emblem Fates [UPDATE]

Despite being another sequel in a longtime Nintendo series, Fire Emblem Fates is… quirky. Its Japanese version sparked quite a bit of controversy among English-speaking fans when it launched last year. Nintendo is making some fairly significant changes. As I reported last week, Nintendo is removing a scene that’s been regarded as homophobic from the…

Star Wars: Battlefront Finally Getting New DLC This Week

When Star Wars: Battlefront came out last November, both critics and players noted that the number of vehicles, maps and modes in the first-person shooter came off as a little underweight when compared to similar full-priced games. EA promised that there’d be more stuff to do and play in Battlefront but the additional offerings seem…