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Attack on Titan Statues Are Eating Japanese Tourists
At least they’ll have photos to remember this moment. Near Universal Studios Japan’s Attack on Titan attraction, there are Eren Titan and Female Titan statues. I checked them out during a press preview this week. They really tower over everything in this part of the park. The Eren Titan measures 15 meters (49 feet), and…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 23, 2015 - Kotaku East
Cross Ange is an Anime that Goes From Abhorrent to Enjoyable
If you were to watch an episode of Cross Ange this week as it continues into its second half, you’d be tuning into a story with an excellently developed main character and well-built world. If you decided to watch from the beginning, however, you’d be in for a completely different experience. Cross Ange is the…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published January 23, 2015 - Kotaku East
Auction Begins for the Most Desirable PS4 on Earth
Last year, Sony rolled out the limited edition Anniversary PS4 in classic PlayStation gray. There were only 12,300 released, each serialized. Now, you can bid on number 1. The 12,300 number corresponded with the Japanese PS1’s December 3rd launch. Sony is auctioning off the first console, which is 00001 out of 12300, for charity. All…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 23, 2015 - Uncategorized
PC Game Combines Two Very Unlikely Genres
Starr Mazer is a shmup. Starr Mazer is also a point-and-click adventure game. Which sounds like a nightmare of a combination, but this actually looks cool as hell. It also sounds cool as hell, with a soundtrack that features artists like legendary Capcom composer Manami Matsumae (Mega Man), The Protomen, Alex Mauer and Shovel Knight’s…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 22, 2015 - Uncategorized
Months Later, Dragon Age‘s PC Version Is Still Frustrating Players
I remember when I first booted up Dragon Age: Inquisition on my (not exactly wimpy) PC. The framerate was unexpectedly low, and there were stutters and crashes. Moreover, the controls were awkward as all get-out. Months later, some problems have been solved, but many still linger. PC players are getting fed up. Over the course…
By Nathan Grayson Published January 22, 2015 - Uncategorized
A Gallery Of PC Games Looking Shit Hot
A big, expensive PC can make a video game look beautiful, but not everyone can afford a big, expensive PC. If that’s you, these giant screenshots — which yes, you can use for wallpaper — will have to suffice. These pics come courtesy of NeoGAF’s 2015 PC screenshot thread, where you’ll find images of not…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 22, 2015 -
Esports‘Salty’ Was One Of 2014’s Best Words
And that’s not according to me, that’s according to the American Dialect Society, who earlier this month held their 25th Word of the Year awards. As the Wall Street Journal (via Daily Dot) report, “salty” was named as one of the winners of “Most Likely to Succeed”, a kind of heads-up award for a word…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 22, 2015 -
UncategorizedHackers Are Trying To Make An Ad-Blocker For Real Life
Imagine a world where you didn’t have to look at ads in real life. It might sound incredible, but hackers are trying to make that a reality. Meet “Brand Killer.” It’s an alternate reality device that blocks out ads in real time. Now, the device is definitely at an early stage—it’s more proof of concept…
By Patricia Hernandez Published January 22, 2015 -
UncategorizedNow There’s A Three-Hour Cut Of The Hobbit Trilogy
Just in case a four-hour version of an eight-hour trilogy was still too long for you, professional video editor David Killstein has now gone and made an even more drastic cutof Peter Jackson’s overblown Hobbit adaptation. I sat down and watched the first fan cut from earlier in the week, and it was…OK. Still felt…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 22, 2015 -
EsportsOne Of The Best Counter-Strike Teams Practices In A Spooky Mansion
Ninjas in Pyjamas—aka NiP—came so close to pulling off a massive upset and winning last year’s Dream Hack Winter finals that it hurt. But the stinging taste of defeat eventually fades, and I imagine having a rad (though weirdly spooky) mansion to train out of doesn’t hurt. Pro Counter-Strike teams like NiP pretty much have…
By Nathan Grayson Published January 22, 2015 - Uncategorized
Though Ubisoft just announced Grow Home, a new climbing game from Ubisoft Reflections, you can play it in less than two weeks. Grow Home arrives on February 4 for the PC. The previously internal-only experiment took inspiration from Wall-E and Guardians of the Galaxy
By Patrick Klepek Published January 22, 2015 - Uncategorized
Transistor developer Amir Rao just published an interesting breakdown of all the work that went into the game’s unique “functions” system. I found the inspiration that Supergiant pulled from Magic: The Gathering particularly neat. And the fact that they deliberately eschewed “power-leveling.” Read it at Gamasutra.
By Yannick LeJacq Published January 22, 2015 -
UncategorizedSmash Bros. Hackers Are Making Amiibo That Don’t Exist
It was only a matter of time before hackers started tinkering with the insides that make up an Amiibo’s data. Right now it looks like Smash Bros. hackers like Mema Haxx are even figuring out how to get Amiibos that aren’t actually announced/real yet into the game—like Duck Hunt, for example: Okay, but that’s just…
By Patricia Hernandez Published January 22, 2015 -
CultureEverything That Goes Into A McDonalds French Fry
It’s probably not surprising to hear this, but McDonald’s french fries contain way more than just oil, potatoes and salt. In fact, McDonald’s fries have a whopping 19 ingredients in the USA, all of which are broken down in this image: You may be thinking to yourself, wait a minute! Why are some ingredients listed…
By Patricia Hernandez Published January 22, 2015 - Culture
Ask Dr. Nerdlove: Save Me From A Terrible Kisser!
Hello, Internet! Welcome to Ask Dr. NerdLove, the only dating advice column that can prove the Millenium Falcon is faster than the Enterprise NCC-1701-D. This week we have two letters, each trying to solve a fundamental relationship issue: How long do you hang in and fight and when do you finally throw in the towel?…
Harris O'Malley Published January 22, 2015 - Uncategorized
How the First Video Game Cartridges Came Into Existence
They’re pretty much a distant memory now—except for tinier descendants like 3DS and Vita games—but it used to be that cartridges were the only way to get video games playing onto a TV. The exact origins of the cartridge have been tough to trace, but a new Fast Company article run down the beginnings of…
By Evan Narcisse Published January 22, 2015 -
UncategorizedIntense Smash Bros. Fight Between Mario and Sonic Shouldn’t Be Possible
An endless number of words have probably been dedicated to arguments about two of the biggest gaming mascots of 90’s, Mario and Sonic. Normally this feud is old enough to be boring, but with the help of tools, the battle between Mario and Sonic can once again feel epic. This DBZ-like fight is brought to…
By Patricia Hernandez Published January 22, 2015 -
UncategorizedSteam’s Hottest New Zombie Game, Summarized In Six Minutes
H1Z1, the DayZ-like zombie MMO by Sony, has been at the top of the Steam charts since release. But what’s it all about? According to this video by STAR_, the early-access game can be summarized with the word “antics.” Often, these antics don’t involve zombies at all, but rather players that need to figure out…
By Patricia Hernandez Published January 22, 2015
