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EsportsStarCraft II Mod Swaps Unit Abilities, Makes Everything Confusing
“RaceSwap” is an awesome, yet confusing mod where all three factions of StarCraft II get retextured to look and act like a different faction. Protoss units and buildings now look Terran, while Terran looks like Zerg and Zerg looks like Protoss. Even if you are familiar with the game, with blinking Marauders and flying Hatcheries,…
By Gergo Vas Published March 19, 2015 - Uncategorized
Best to start them early. Redditor Pypok and his wife needed a theme for their son’s nursery, and Pypok suggested space (by way of Kerbal Space Program). Turned out rather well, I’d say—perfect for a future space explorer. There are some in-progress photos in the embedded Imgur album below.
By András Neltz Published March 19, 2015 - Kotaku East
Poll: Anime That Are Better Than the Original Manga
Often when you see an anime, you might think the original manga was better. But do you ever feel the reverse is true? That the anime is more interesting than the source material? A recent Japanese poll asked just that. According to website My Navi, five hundred adult men and women were asked which anime…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 19, 2015 - Kotaku East
Get Rich Beating People Up in Yakuza 0
Yakuza 0 rewards you for beating the crap out of street thugs and gangsters in the form of gobs of cash. Gobs and gobs of cash. The story of Yakuza 0 takes place in Japan in the 1980’s. History lesson time, kids! Back in the 80’s, Japan was enjoying an economic bubble the likes of…
By Toshi Nakamura Published March 19, 2015 - Kotaku East
Incredible Japanese Cardboard Creations
Meet Monami Ohno. The art school grad excels at making highly detailed models and sculptures out of cardboard, whether that’s 1/1 scale cardboard guns, anime robots or model tanks. Ohno’s work has not gone unnoticed in Japan. She’s appeared on the evening news, in magazines, and on websites. She also holds workshops to teach her…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 19, 2015 -
UncategorizedThe next Carmageddon game, Carmageddon: Reincarnation, leaves Early Access and launches on Steam on April 23, almost 15 years after the series’ last game. There’s a launch trailer above (it’s about as bloody as you’d expect), and you can head here for the announcement, which has a features list for the final release.
By András Neltz Published March 19, 2015 - Kotaku East
They’re Making A Yakuza Stage Play
They already had a live-action movie and a TV show, so I guess a stage adaptation was only a matter of time. Next month, Sega’s popular video game, Ryu ga Gotoku (龍が如く) – or as it’s better known in the west, Yakuza – will be getting a stage adaptation. The stage adaptation, which will be…
By Toshi Nakamura Published March 19, 2015 -
CultureCooking Bacon with Machine Guns Is Delicious and Lethal
Let’s say you find yourself hungry with loads of uncooked bacon and an…assault rifle. Add lots and lots of bullets, and you have yourself a tasty bacon meal. A couple YouTubers have shown how to make machine gun bacon. It looks like wrapping the bacon in tinfoil is the most effective (wiring bacon to the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 19, 2015 -
Kotaku EastFinal Fantasy XI Gets Smartphone Version and New Spin-Off [Updated]
With the amount of money smartphone games make, this shouldn’t be that surprising. But Square Enix is bringing a version of Final Fantasy XI to smartphones. It’s called Final Fantasy XI Mobile. There’s also a new FFXI spin-off title called Final Fantasy Grandmasters. Update: An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated that Final Fantasy…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 19, 2015 - Kotaku East
Drew Barrymore Knows How To Eat in Tokyo
If you ever need advice on what to eat in Tokyo, you can always ask Drew Barrymore. She sure knows. Recently, the actor and movie producer was in Tokyo and uploaded a series of photos of her culinary adventures to Instagram with the hashtag #tokyofoodtour. So! One morning, Barrymore’s breakfast looked like this. She had…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 19, 2015 -
UncategorizedBad Men Destroy 12 Retro Consoles, Film It
WIRED’s Battle Damage thought it would be fun to take 12 old consoles (for YouTube purposes, the PS3 is now “old”) and smash them all up to see which was the most physically durable. My money’s on the GameCube, because it didn’t have that handle for nothing. SPOILERS: I was wrong.
By Luke Plunkett Published March 19, 2015 - Uncategorized
Why Does Link Cry In Majora’s Mask? It’s…Pretty Dark
OK, so every time Link puts on a mask in Majora’s Mask, he makes a kinda screaming sound. If you ever wondered why—maybe he’s just really excited!—well, a Nintendo employee has an answer. Chatting with fans on Miiverse, a Nintendo rep/developer posing as the Happy Mask Shop guy from Majora’s Mask says (via @mnemosynekurai) “It’s…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 18, 2015 - Uncategorized
Elite: Dangerous Honors Terry Pratchett With Discworld Space Station
Last week, revered author Terry Pratchett, best known for his brilliantly witty, insightful, and incisive Discworld series, passed away after a battle with Alzheimer’s. The makers of Elite: Dangerous have created a whole space station in his honor. The space sim’s latest patch added a location called Pratchett’s Disc starport. If you want to check…
By Nathan Grayson Published March 18, 2015 - Uncategorized
Every Time I Beat A Demon’s Souls Boss, I Feel Like A Badass
Games don’t prompt me to stand up and scream on a regular basis. When I kill off a boss in a Souls game, however, I feel powerful. I earned this victory, and want to shout it to the world. There are few games I’m proud of beating, but Demon’s Souls, Dark Souls, and Dark Souls…
By Patrick Klepek Published March 18, 2015 - The Bests
The Best (And Weirdest) Cities: Skylines Creations
We’ve seen road porn, we’ve seen useful mods, now let’s take a look at the best of the most obvious kind of Cities: Skylines creations: buildings and maps. The game’s vanilla building selection is…weird, throwing together European, American and Asian architecture in a way that means your city never really feels as cohesive (at least…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 18, 2015 - Uncategorized
Getting A Bot ‘Turned On’ With Fake Sexts
I just spent the past 15 minutes trying to fool a bot into thinking blurry phone pics of my elbow crease were steamy photos of the world’s greatest butt. That, in a nutshell, is Sext Machine. Offworld came across the amusing oddity, which you play by texting an actual phone number (text “;)” to 669 333-SEXT…
By Nathan Grayson Published March 18, 2015 -
CultureFinal Fantasy XV Has Unlimited Chicken Wings
On today’s Highlight Reel we have reality-defying food in Final Fantasy XV, 2 Chainz Xbox One remixes, perfect unintentional heist getaways and more! Watch the video above, then link any of your favorite highlights in the comments, and be sure to check out, like and subscribe the original videos via the links below. The Last…
By Chris Person Published March 18, 2015
