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The Most Unusual Japanese Hamburger Buns Yet
We’ve seen black buns, blue buns, and red buns. All bread buns! Screw that, let’s use tomatoes. It’s called the “Tomami Burger” (“toma” as in “tomato” and “mi” or 実 as in “fruit” or “seed”). [Photo: Model Press] According to Model Press, each burger uses one big fucking tomato. The meal deal (pictured below) is…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 29, 2015 - Kotaku East
Hello Kitty Doesn’t Want To Die in War
This August, Hello Kitty wants you to think about peace. In the latest issue of the monthly Sanrio magazine, the Ichigo Shimbun, all of the company’s cute characters reflect on the 70th anniversary of Japan’s surrender during World War II. The title of the article reads, “Let’s think about what we can do for peace”…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 29, 2015 -
Kotaku EastThe Three Steins;Gate Spin-off Games You’ve Probably Never Heard of
Steins;Gate is an absolutely fantastic visual novel. And while it has been released on the PC in the US (and will be hitting the PS3 and Vita next month), it’s far from the only Steins;Gate game out there. And no, I’m not talking about the upcoming sequel, Steins;Gate 0; I’m talking about the three spin-offs.…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published July 29, 2015 - Kotaku East
The Rip-Off Controvesy Over the Tokyo Olympics Logo
Now that the Tokyo Olympics hasscrapped plans for that stupidly expensive stadium, it can focus on other things. Like questions over its new logo. The 2020 Tokyo Olympics logo was revealed this week with a fancy intro clip. Art director Kenjiro Sano, one of Japan’s top graphic artists, designed the logo. According to the official…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 29, 2015 - Kotaku East
Nexon is working with EA and Respawn for an online Titanfall for PC. Yes, the original Titanfall was already an online multiplayer title, so we do wonder how different it will be! The official release mentions free to play and that the game is for the Asian market.
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 29, 2015 - Kotaku East
One Piece Kabuki Is Really Happening
Monkey D. Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates are getting a live-action version, but it might not be one you’d expect. One Piece is being turned into a kabuki play that will center on the Summit War Saga and, according to Natalie, will be done in a way that audience members who aren’t familiar with…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 29, 2015 - Uncategorized
You Might (One Day) Be Able To Stream PC Games To An Xbox One
Microsoft’s Xbox boss Phil Spencer has told The Verge that the company is working on a way for users to be able to stream their PC games to an Xbox One console. We knew that Windows 10 (which is out today) would let you do theopposite (Xbox One-to-PC), but PC-to-Xbox One streaming is new. “We…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 29, 2015 - Culture
I Love What You’ve Done With The Place
Ian Jun Wei Chiew is an artist currently working at Sony’s Sucker Punch. In the past he’s worked on games like Forza 6 and a bunch of other stuff that hasn’t even been announced yet. His art is…well, just look at it. So fresh and so clean. You can see more of Ian’s work at…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 28, 2015 -
UncategorizedLEGO Exoskeleton Is Like A Tiny Pacific Rim
Now if we can just scale it, we’ll be able to kick those Kaiju’s asses. Danny Benedettelli has built a LEGO model and exoskeleton that lets him control a small robot with his body. As MAKE reports, it uses LEGO Mindstorm and an Android phone, and while the idea of this kind of control is…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 28, 2015 -
UncategorizedTanks + Tokyo + Anime
Can you hear that? Listen closely….it’s the ghost of a very cool 90s arcade game… Via RPS, Tokyo Warfare is an indie shooter for the PC that takes some very heavy cues from Namco’s classic Tokyo Wars, an arcade game from the mid-90’s that I remember spending way too much money on. The similarities are…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 28, 2015 - Uncategorized
Diablo III Update Honors Blizzard Artist Who Died Last Year
In October 2014, Kevin Kanai Griffith, a Blizzard artist who had worked on both World of Warcraft and Diablo, passed away. This month, the company honours him with a big update for Diablo III. Patch 2.3.0 introduces something called Kanai’s Cube, a predecessor of the game’s “iconic” Horadric Cube. Blizzard says it’s “a huge new…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 28, 2015 -
The BestsThe Classic Patlabor 2 Has My Favourite Anime Scene
I was re-watching Patlabor 2 the other day, and there’s a scene in that movie that I just can’t get out of my head. It’s actually the scene that made me re-watch the film in the first place; I’d pulled it up last week when trying to explain—in a conversation about why I don’t watch…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 28, 2015 -
CultureThe Swindle‘s Randomized Stealth Is Loads Of Fun
Should I care about The Swindle? Yes. It’s randomized stealth, a heist game that could last you until the end of time (but probably won’t). What’s it about? It’s the past-present steampunk future, and in 100 days The Man is gonna deploy a security system so advanced that cool-ass heisters with cool-ass heist zeppelins won’t…
By Nathan Grayson Published July 28, 2015 - Uncategorized
A Man Who Can’t Die Is the Perfect Private Eye for a Dirty Los Angeles
Do you miss Angel? You remember it, right? The Buffy spinoff where the hunky vampire-with-a-soul was a PI who worked cases involving mystical creatures? Well, there’s a new comic book series that’s similar in concept but with a few different twists. Wolf #1 starts with a man who’s been set on fire, walking down the…
By Evan Narcisse Published July 28, 2015 -
UncategorizedA Great Creepypasta About An Arcade’s Secret Terrors
Back in the day, arcades were no stranger to all sort of bullshit myths about cabinets and the games they housed. In this internet tall tale, one of those myths is true—and it’s the stuff of nightmares. Chilling Tales For Dark Nights has uploaded a great creepypasta that you should listen to if you have…
By Patricia Hernandez Published July 28, 2015 - Uncategorized
The UFC Needs To Change Its Stoppage Rules, Badly
Joe Lauzon knew his opponent was done. Problem is, the referee didn’t. Over the weekend, UFC on Fox 16 saw TJ Dillashaw demolish Brazilian skull crusher Renan Barao even more decisively than he did the first time around. And while it was a stunning display of hot fist-on-face action, it wasn’t the defining moment of…
By Nathan Grayson Published July 28, 2015
