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Japan’s Macho Restaurant Serves Up Real Beefcakes
From the folks that gave us the Macho Cafe, comes this: the Macho Meat Shop. Hope you like your beef lean and muscular! Located in Tokyo, the Macho Nikuya (“nikuya” can mean “butcher” or “meat shop”) is staffed by musclebound men who are prone to flex poses while serving up raw beef. [Photo: namaramuniku] [Photo:…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 4, 2015 - Kotaku East
The number of Korean game companies has dropped by 30 percent in the past few years. This could be related to the country’s sluggish economy, but according to a recent Korean report (via tipster Sang), the country’s gamingcurfew lawis the main culprit. The same report (also via Sang) stated that the number of people employed…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 4, 2015 -
Kotaku EastLike Horror Games? Here’s a Creepy One for PlayStation VR
This is Whiteday. And if you’re into scares, this might be for you. As Destructoid points out, this looks to be a remake of the 2001 survival horror game White Day: A Labyrinth Named School Whiteday will be out in 2016 for PlayStation VR in South Korea. It’s also apprently coming to iOS and Android.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 4, 2015 - Kotaku East
New Dragon Ball Z Figures Look Cel-Shaded
Damn, it’s like he stepped right out of the Dragon Ball Z anime. According to website Non Solo Hobby, these Master Stars Piece Manga Dimension DBZ figures were revealed at this year’s Lucca Comics & Games in Italy. [Photo: Non Solo Hobby] Let’s get a closer look. [Photo: Non Solo Hobby] [Photo: Non Solo Hobby]…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 4, 2015 -
UncategorizedA Lost Arcade, Remembered
First opened in 1944, Chinatown Fair was a New York institution until it closed in 2011. The memory of the place lives on, though, in this documentary about the arcade. The Lost Arcade premieres on November 14 at 4:45 p.m. EST at IFC Center, 323 6th Avenue, New York. If this all rings a bell,we…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 4, 2015 - CultureCosplay
French cosplayer Konitransforms from human into Death Knight. Photo by Shudan
By Luke Plunkett Published November 3, 2015 - Culture
Final Fantasy, You Sure Look Different
WAIT THIS ISN’T A “DISNEY PRINCESSES AS TKTK” POST. Nor is it a Kingdom Hearts post, so sorry. I think it’s something cooler than either of those things. These illustrations are by David Adhinarya Lojaya, an artist from Indonesia who works in games, film, animation and books. They take Final Fantasy characters from across the…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 3, 2015 -
UncategorizedSony Releasing Fancy New PS4 Headset
The good news: these headphones look neat! The bad news: if you’re in North America, you’re not getting them (yet, anyway). Announced overnight by Sony Europe, the “In-ear Stereo Headset for PS4” are basically a fancy set of in-ear headphones, with a “woven fabric cable” and a noise-reducing mode called “AudioShield”. Because they plug into…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 3, 2015 -
UncategorizedExotic Destiny Weapon Still Exotic As LEGO
Sleeper Simulant is one of Destiny’s coolest—and most elusive—weapons. If you missed out on getting one last time they were available, building your own (out of LEGO, not in the game) might be an easier way to get hold of it. LEGO gunsmith ZaziNombies—who we’ve featured here before—has done a great job, not just copying…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 3, 2015 -
CultureParent Needs Christian News Show’s Advice About Undertale
Undertale has finally hit the bigtime. The hilarious, sometimes moving RPG led one gamer’s concerned parent to call popular Christian news program The 700 Club for advice. They said their daughter was obsessed with a hoodie-wearing skeleton. Rev Robertson urged them to get their daughter into less “evil” video games. The concerned parent’s message: Oh…
By Nathan Grayson Published November 3, 2015 - Uncategorized
League Of Legends Is Changing Everything In 2016
Riot just put out its 2016 Season Update for League of Legends and…I don’t even know where to begin. They’re changing everything, and then adding even more new stuff. I’ve never seen an update this big for the world’s most popular game. You can read about all the tweaks, fixes, and new content releases coming…
By Yannick LeJacq Published November 3, 2015 - Culture
Steam Curators Need A Revamp
Steam is a howling vortex of games both brilliant and terrible. Steam curators were supposed to be part of an effort to cut down on the chaos. I can’t help but feel like the system failed. For those who don’t really pay attention to Steam curators (I get the impression that’s a fair number of…
By Nathan Grayson Published November 3, 2015 - Uncategorized
Everything* In Destiny, Ranked
Here at Kotaku, we like ranking things. Some of us also like playing Destiny. Let’s put those two things together and see what happens! I’ve played enough year-two Destiny to have a pretty solid set of opinions about which things are better than other comparable things. I have enough of those opinions that I’ve set…
By Kirk Hamilton Published November 3, 2015 -
UncategorizedThe LEGO Dimensions Doctor Who Pack Is Brilliant
The LEGO Dimensions Doctor Who level pack plays out like a television episode, and like any television episode it starts with opening credits—what might be the best Doctor Who opening credits sequence ever. Well, technically it begins with a prologue involving a large fleet of Dalek ships descending on the Earth and one of the…
By Mike Fahey Published November 3, 2015 - Uncategorized
Overwatch Makes A Great First Impression
I can’t remember the last time I felt as excited about a new video game as I feel right now about Overwatch, Blizzard’s unprecedented stab at making a multiplayer shooter. I’ve been playing it for three days and see so much potential. The one game that came close was Heroes of the Storm, Blizzard’s similar-but-also-totally-different…
By Yannick LeJacq Published November 3, 2015 -
UncategorizedStealthy Halo 5 Player Wrecks The Entire Opposing Team
Um. Blue Team? I think you missed a guy. Watch in awe as this Halo Fan manages to sneak by a ton of enemy Halo players before pulling out his power weapon and decimating the entire squad. By the time a single player notices Halo Fan, it’s too late: he’s wiped everyone out. Skip to…
By Patricia Hernandez Published November 3, 2015 -
UncategorizedNew Video Game Announcement Could Be Just About Anything
Today, a company called Epic Games announced a video game called Paragon, and it might take some serious investigative reporting to figure out what it actually is. Let’s see if we’re up to the task. We’ll have to start by reading the press release Epic sent out this afternoon, in which the company’s PR folks…
By Jason Schreier Published November 3, 2015 - Uncategorized
Assassin’s Creed Syndicate Players: Jacob Or Evie?
This fall’s big Assassin’s Creed game features not one but two main characters: twin siblings Jacob and Evie Frye. Obviously one is better than the other. The question is, which? If you’ve been playing Syndicate, chances are you’ve gravitated more toward one of the Frye twins while doing sidequests and exploring. Which one? Time for…
By Kirk Hamilton Published November 3, 2015
