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Nintendo Is Revamping Miiverse
Nintendo is giving the Miiverse, its social network for the 3DS and Wii U, a much-needed redo this summer, the company just revealed. The redesign promises a number of easier ways to document and share your gaming experience with other Miiverse-goers. First up is a new photo album. Nintendo’s new Miiverse website says you’ll be…
By Yannick LeJacq Published July 1, 2015 -
UncategorizedHeroes of the Storm’s resident oddball Abathur is almost as good at clapping as the Smash Bros. cast. Almost. He just needs a little nudge in the right direction. Thank you, Zelendorf, for this hilarious video I can’t seem to stop watching. To contact the author of this post, write to [email protected] or find him…
By Yannick LeJacq Published July 1, 2015 - Uncategorized
So That’s What A LEGO Angry Bird Looks Like
Earlier this month LEGO and Rovio announced LEGO Angry Birds, a series of playsets coming in 2016 to coincide with the big budget CGI movie. Now we’ve got our first look at Jason Sudeikis’ Red in LEGO form. In case you missed it, Sony and Rovio amassed quite a cast for the Angry Birds movie,…
By Mike Fahey Published July 1, 2015 -
UncategorizedFan Animation Pays Tribute To Samurai Jack
The television series might have ended more than a decade ago, but artist avemagnadude brought everyone’s favorite lonely wanderer back for a few minutes in a short fan animation. Even though it’s a tribute—one that took 4 months to complete—it really makes me miss the show. To contact the author of this post, write to:…
By Gergo Vas Published July 1, 2015 -
UncategorizedHarry Potter As An R-rated Movie
Even right at the beginning at the Dursley family’s residence, things would get bloody real quick. Then, everything would turn into a giant mess after Harry arrives at Hogwarts in an adult version of Harry Potter The Fine Bros. imagined how quidditch, magic and everyday life would look in Harry Potter if it was an…
By Gergo Vas Published July 1, 2015 -
Kotaku EastNo Chinese TV, Gundam Is Not a Real Military Weapon
China Central Television is state television, so seeing propaganda isn’t unusual. Seeing a militarized Mobile Suit Gundam flash on the screen is. Yesterday, CCTV show Focus Today reported how Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe “clamors” for war against China, mentioning all the weapons Japan has with the U.S. as well as the secret weapons Abe…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 1, 2015 - Kotaku East
Japan Is Good at Vine
Lots of countries are good at Vine. It should be no surprise that Japan is one of them. Below, you can see some of the well-known and interesting Japanese Vines from the past year or so, collected via Naver Matome and, well, Vine Top GIF: アハト To contact the author of this post, write to…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 1, 2015 - Kotaku East
Attack on Titan Hot Dogs Remind You of Something Important
Behold, Attack on Hot Dog. As internet buddy @clpearce point out, it’s funny when you realize that none of the Titans have wieners. That’s true! They don’t. Heh. Entabe reports that these hot dogs will go on sale at Aeon Cinemas across Japan to get people ready for the upcoming Attack on Titan live-action movie.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 1, 2015 - Kotaku East
The GodEater anime, based on the games of the same name, was expected to begin broadcasting in Japan from July 5. The anime’s official site, however, announced today that the first episode is being delayed to the following week to improve the show’s quality.
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 1, 2015 - Kotaku East
Tokyo Disney Is Officially the Best for Handwashing
Disney fans might disagree which Disney Resort reigns supreme. Everyone has their favorite. But there is one thing we can all agree on: None can surpass Tokyo Disney for handwashing. According to website Conpetti, both Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea are rolling out special handwashing areas. You might wonder why. Besides the fact that Japanese…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 1, 2015 - Culture
More Jurassic Park Movies Like This, Please
Jorry Rosman is a concept artist currently working at Guerilla Games. In addition to his contributions to the studio’s trademark Killzone games, he’s also come up with a personal project that’s basically DayZ vs Jurassic Park. I’m in love with that pic above. After the first Jurassic Park, all I could think was “boy, I…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 30, 2015 - Uncategorized
Star Citizen’s FPS Mode Delayed
Star Citizen is a game that looks very cool and is promising a lot. Well, a little less now, after the playable debut of one of its key “modules”—a first-person shooter known as Star Marine—was delayed indefinitely. In a letter to the game’s community, Star Citizen creator Chris Roberts goes to great lengths to explain…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 30, 2015 -
UncategorizedBeautiful Future Graphics
French artist Koola, whose visualization work we saw last year, continues to amaze with how he can take Unreal Engine 4 and make it look like, well, the real world. If you’d like to look at pretty videos and pictures, we’ve got those here from some of his latest tests. If you’d like to read…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 30, 2015 - CultureCosplay
Iron Man Looks Very Fancy In Leather
Prince Armory, the same team behind that awesome fantasy Darth Vader costume from earlier in the year, has gone a little crazy with this Iron Man outfit. Tony Stark is now Leather Man. This incredible costume is Asgardian by design, apparently. If we can cut down on the number of Marvel movies and just roll…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 30, 2015 - Culture
Infinifactory is out of Steam Early Access. Described as “like Spacechem in 3D” by, er, the creator Spacechem, Infinifactory is an excellent sandbox puzzle game about constructing factories for alien overlords. You get to solve devilish puzzles your way. It also makes for some mesmerizing GIFs.
By Nathan Grayson Published June 30, 2015 - Uncategorized
World Of Warships’ Humble Bundle Mess Finally Cleaned Up
Last week, Wargaming screwed up, and accidentally made some promises to World of Warships players they later failed to honour. When fans complained, they were given some of the stuff, but it’s taken until today for the company to truly make things right. Posting on the World of Warships forums, a company representative has said…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 30, 2015 -
UncategorizedEmulator Within An Emulator Runs Almost Perfect Pokemon
We missed this earlier in the month, but the talented team behind the Dolphin emulator have done something very cool: they’ve got N64 games working on the GC/Wii emulator by running their virtual console versions. While Pokemon Snap might not be the most exciting game to show off, it’s done with good reason: the photography…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 30, 2015
