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The Apple Watch Comparison Anime Fans Are Waiting For
Yesterday, Apple revealed a whole slew of information about its Apple Watch line-up. No doubt many anime fans have been wondering the same thing: How does the Apple Watch compare to the Yokai Watch? Good question! Let’s find out. Yokai Watch is a video game anime that took over Japan last year. In Yokai Watch,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 10, 2015 - Uncategorized
Calls To Ban Minecraft in Turkey
Last month, a Turkish ministry began a probe to investigate whether or not Minecraft should be banned for being “too violent.” Today, the results of the investigation were announced: Minecraft should be banned. Turkish websites Hürriyet Daily News and LeaderGamer report that the country’s Family and Social Policies Ministry is now calling for Minecraft to…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 10, 2015 -
Kotaku EastDragon Quest Heroes‘ Special Attacks Sure Are Flashy
If Dragon Quest Heroes does one thing right, it’s making all your favorite Dragon Quest characters look incredibly badass. Like in all Dynasty Warriors-style games, the playable characters in Dragon Quest Heroes each have a unique special attack made to show off just how cool they really are. To see a compilation of these special…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published March 10, 2015 - Kotaku East
Karaoke for Really, Really Shy People
Usually, when you sing karaoke in Japan, you either sing it in a bar, or at a room at a karaoke parlor, or maybe somebody’s house. But those ways involve other people. And what if you don’t like other people? There’s this. Dubbed “Choi Kara,” these telephone box-like, sound-muffling booths allow folks to belt out…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 10, 2015 -
Kotaku EastA Sea of Firecrackers Exploding
Recently, folks in China and Taiwan covered the main streets of their villages with tens of thousands of firecrackers. Then, they lit the fuse, engulfing the street in explosions and smoke. The local tradition, That’s Online explains, wraps up the annual procession of the area’s guardian deity. According to Kotaku reader Bruce Hsu, the firecracker…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 10, 2015 - Kotaku East
One Piece Made “Real” for Japanese TV
This isn’t a live action adaptation of One Piece per se. Instead, it’s a live action collaboration with Monkey D. Luffy. Comic Natalie reports that actor Hiroshi Abe stars in the upcoming television special as a yakuza member who ends up in the hospital, where his characters mistakenly eats the gum-gum fruit that made Luffy…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 10, 2015 - Kotaku East
Suffering, Card Battles, Little Girls, and More Suffering
Yes, there is so much suffering in the anime Selector Spread WIXOSS that I had to list it twice. Selector Spread WIXOSS is the continuation of last spring’s Selector Infected WIXOSS—an anime where young girls battle alongside magical girl avatars in a collectible card game, hoping to have their greatest wishes granted. [The following review…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published March 10, 2015 - Uncategorized
Surely The Best Way To Play Mario Party
Step 1: get a sweet setup like this. Step 2: drink. Step 3: love/hate your friends to death. The custom N64 here (made by Zoki64) is nice, but it’s the controllers that really make it. One for each character, with the added bonus that you can also use them for Mario Kart! (via it 8-bit)
By Luke Plunkett Published March 9, 2015 - Culture
What If We Could Control The Aliens?
Artist Marek Okon recently had an idea: what if instead of trying to shoot the Aliens, we could control them instead? It’s a premise that’s actually been explored in the universe’s fiction before, but that certainly didn’t look as cool as this concept does. You could also file this under: Genuinely Useful/Massively Dangerous Applications For…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 9, 2015 - Culture
Yes, Valve Knows They’re Terrible At Talking To Fans
Valve does a lot of things right, but they also have a reputation for leaving fans in the dark. What’s going on with Counter-Strike updates or Steam Greenlight’s brokenness or Half-Life 3? We rarely find out until release day. This leads to fans who are confused at best, pissed at worst. Valve knows, and they…
By Nathan Grayson Published March 9, 2015 -
UncategorizedWorld’s Best Peter Griffin Cosplayer Tries A Mario Speedrun
That sounds like something a headline generator would come up with, but I promise you, this is a real thing that happened. In this clip, Robert Franzese (aka Real Life Peter Griffin) takes on Super Mario Bros. and beats it in under an hour. Slow by professionalspeedrunner standards, impossibly fast by Peter Griffin standards. Weird…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 9, 2015 -
Uncategorized17 Weeks In, Halo: The Master Chief Collection Is Basically Working
I’d been reading the latest patch for Halo: The Master Chief Collection improved the game’s notoriously bad matchmaking, so I decided to load up the game to see if this was actually true. Halo: The Master Chief Collection has been a broken game for many months. It’s a cardinal sin a series known for multiplayer…
By Patrick Klepek Published March 9, 2015 - Uncategorized
To Beat This Game, You Need To Use… The Actual Moon
Some games have secret endings that people don’t uncover until days, weeks, or even months after they’ve come out. Spider: Rite of the Shrouded Moon is trying to one-up them all. You won’t be able to beat it unless the real moon—yes, the one in the sky—is glowing just right. The net effect of that…
By Nathan Grayson Published March 9, 2015 - Uncategorized
Report: There’s Another New Ghostbusters Movie, Starring Dudes
Deadline is reportingthat, in addition to releasing a Ghostbusters movie starring a team of women, Sony will also be making one starring a bunch of men. Just in case you ever wanted to see what it would be like if some guys wanted to bust some ghosts for a change. This movie will reportedly be…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 9, 2015 - Uncategorized
How The Apple Watch Could Make Mobile Games Better-ish
Apple’s next big thing ships next month, and soon wrists all around the globe will be thrumming with iTechnology. What can a wrist-based device with a tiny screen bring to gaming? Quite a lot, probably. I’ve been considering whether or not to invest the $350 necessary to add Apple to my arm since the Apple…
By Mike Fahey Published March 9, 2015 - Uncategorized
The First Five Games I Play After Upgrading My PC
First, you upgrade your PC. Then, you fire up all the games that used to give your PC a hard time and obliterate them. It’s a time-honored tradition, and the only thing that changes from year to year and GPU to GPU is which games you choose. Which games do you bring before your towering…
By Kirk Hamilton Published March 9, 2015 - Uncategorized
Still think the Joker might be coming back in Batman: Arkham Knight? Well, in the latest chapter of the tie-in digital comic, the Clown Prince of Crime gets cremated. The folks at DC Comics and sister company Warner Brothers Interactive Entertainment are sure trying their best to convince fans that it won’t happen. The first…
By Evan Narcisse Published March 9, 2015 -
UncategorizedA Game That Combines Dark Souls With A Stylish Horror Flick
Once bitten by the Souls bug, there’s no going back. Everything is different, and all you want is more of it. While I patiently wait for Bloodborne, I’ve searched for more Souls to consume, and found myself drawn to Malebolgia, best described as Souls mixed with a stylish horror flick. First, let’s talk about what…
By Patrick Klepek Published March 9, 2015 - Uncategorized
Helldivers Bug Erases Progress If Your PS4 Controller Dies. Seriously.
Here’s a shitty bug for ya: A fair number of players are reporting that they’ve lost all their progress in the new PlayStation game Helldivers after their controller died while they were playing. Apparently, if you’re playing the game and your controller runs out of juice, the game spawns in a level 1 character when…
By Kirk Hamilton Published March 9, 2015