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UncategorizedGoku And Frieza Are Having A Rematch In The Living Room
It’s an amazingly choreographed battle scene of two hands… dressed as Goku and Frieza from Dragon Ball Z by HigaTV Everything starts peacefully, but the ending is the usual. Goku transforms into Super Saiyan and Frieza reaches his final form as well. To contact the author of this post, write to: [email protected]
By Gergo Vas Published October 2, 2015 - Uncategorized
Tiny Pokémon Fit on your Fingertip
Very cute but probably very easy to lose. Better not drop them. Or take them near couches. These polymer clay sculptures were created by Ruby Huang, AKA Lonelysouthpaw. She likes to make clay fanart, basically, sometimes selling the results through Etsy. Apart from these Pokémon, which she recently started uploading on Instagram under the #pinkymon…
By András Neltz Published October 2, 2015 - Kotaku East
Looks Like This Is a Brand New Street Fighter V Character
This is Laura. Apparently! We had never seen her until Japanese game site Famitsu, it seems, accidentally leaked the character today. On Famitsu.com, it looks like the Laura screens were mixed in with the announcement images of Zangief, whose return was officially announced today. The Laura screens (for example, here, here, and here, apparently) have…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 2, 2015 - Kotaku East
The Best Looking Adult Diaper Test You’ll See Today
As far as adult diaper tests go, they don’t get much more handsome than this. This week, evening program Goji ni muchu! (this show) had a gentleman show just how effective adult diapers are—how you can wear them comfortably even after going to the bathroom in them. Look. Whether it’s age or disabilities or whatever,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 2, 2015 - Kotaku East
Inside a Pokémon Dream House
Imagine a house that is covered entirely in Pokémon goodies. Wait. Don’t imagine it, watch it on television! This Sunday a new Pocket Monster themed program called Pokémon no Uchi Atsumaru? (or Meet Up at the Pokémon House?) debuts in Japan. As with previous Sunday morning Pokémon shows, this one will introduce new Pokémon news,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 2, 2015 -
Kotaku EastI’m Playing Digimon Wrong and I Can’t Help Myself
I’m 10 hours into Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuths, killing Digimon at the end of the first non-tutorial dungeon, overleveled beyond belief, and getting next to no EXP—but I am so close to getting my Angewomon, you guys. A bit of backstory. Back in my middle school days in the late 90s, there was this fad…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published October 2, 2015 - Kotaku East
Don’t Let The Zombie Apocalypse Stop You From Being Cute
Ever thought The Walking Dead would be better with cute anime high school girls? Well, Japan has heard your prayers. School-Live! is the story of four students, their teacher, and their dog who are holed up in their high school during the zombie apocalypse. However, instead of focusing simply on survival, the small group tries…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published October 2, 2015 - Kotaku East
My Love Story! Is Truly a Delightful Anime
I’d say my heart grew three times, but then I’d be in the hospital with an exploded rib cage. Sometimes it’s nice to see good things happen to good people. I don’t think it’s an exaggeration to say that My Love Story! has been the bright spot in my week for the past six months.…
By Toshi Nakamura Published October 2, 2015 - Kotaku East
Freaky Giant Cat Also Has A Big Heart
This enormous fake cat might look creepy, but let’s not be so quick to judge. There’s a gentle soul under that nightmare fuel. Earlier this year, Kotaku first reported that Kuroneko Yamato (Black Cat Yamato), a Japanese shipping service, set up a huge cat-faced billboard in Shibuya. Now, this fall, the company rolled out a…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 2, 2015 - Uncategorized
The League Of Legends Champion That Riot Almost Forgot
League of Legends’ most-neglected champion will be getting an update before the new year, the game’s developers have confirmed to Kotaku.The increasingly out of place champion Poppy will finally be getting the update that fans have been asking for since 2013. A Riot rep told me yesterday that Poppy’s revamp has been in “active development”…
By Yannick LeJacq Published October 1, 2015 - Culture
She Sees Everything
Ayran Oberto is a freelance concept artist and illustrator from Venezuela. You can see more of Oberto’s work at his personal site and ArtStation page 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” button in the top-left corner.…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 1, 2015 - CultureCosplay
Superfans Recreate Massive Lord Of The Rings Battle
Last month, an event called Bitva o Fort went down. That’s Battle of the Fort in English, and it saw hordes of Lord of the Rings fans converge on the village of Radíkov in the Czech Republic to recreate an epic battle between the forces of men, elves and some very well-dressed orcs. Via this…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 1, 2015 -
UncategorizedHome Free, A Game Where You’re A Dog Lost In The Big City
Why aren’t there more games where you play as dogs? Dogs are awesome. Dog’s Life on PS2 is awesome. Humans are OK, I guess, but come on, more dog games please. Like this one! This is Home Free, a game currently up on Kickstarter, which has you playing as a dog (Evan took a good…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 1, 2015 - Uncategorized
Xbox Live Is Down [Update: It’s Fixed]
It might not go down that often, but when it does, it goes down: Xbox Live users worldwide have been experiencing a severe outage for hours now, unable to sign into devices or access online features. [Update: it’s back!] Xbox Support’s Twitter account posted this three hours ago: And at time of posting it’s still…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 1, 2015 - Culture
What Are You Playing This October?
It’s October, that magical month when the trees start to turn, the big-name video games continue to drop, and a certain Kotaku features editor celebrates another year of being alive. Libras, unite. September offered a richer than usual bounty of new games to play, and I’m guessing a lot of you are still dealing with…
By Kirk Hamilton Published October 1, 2015 - Uncategorized
Destiny‘s Iron Banner And Trials of Osiris Are Getting Some Changes
Destiny’s two big multiplayer events, Trials of Osiris and the Iron Banner, are coming back in a little more than a week. The first year-two Iron Banner will begin on October 13th, with Trials of Osiris kicking off later that week on the 16th. In this week’s update to the company blog, Bungie’s PvP designers…
By Kirk Hamilton Published October 1, 2015 - Uncategorized
The ‘Yelp For People’ App Is A Terrible Idea That Won’t Go Anywhere
A story went viral last night about an upcoming smartphone app named “Peeple,” which bills itself as being like the popular review service Yelp, except for humans instead of bars and restaurants. People are horrified by this idea. I don’t think we need to worry, though, because I seriously doubt much will come of it.…
By Yannick LeJacq Published October 1, 2015 -
CultureTony Hawk Gets Some Serious Air
Today on Highlight Reel we have some impressive jumps, impossible tricks, cop escapes, clumsy dogs, good Rainbow Six bomb timing, and much more! Watch the video above or over at YouTube, then link any of your favorite highlights in the comments, and be sure to check out, like and subscribe the original videos via the…
By Chris Person Published October 1, 2015 - Uncategorized
Neil Gaiman’s Goodbye to The Sandman Ends Exactly the Way It Should
The end of the universe is nigh. The domino that starts existence rapidly spinning towards oblivion is a long-ago crime-of-the-heart by The King of All Imagination. Now the pain is rippling outwards and threatening billions of innocent lives and there’s only one perfectly way to save it all. This week sees the release of The…
By Evan Narcisse Published October 1, 2015