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Some Truly Unusual Japanese Pizzas
Who loves pizza? I love pizza! Pizza is the BEST. I also really love unusual pizza. You know, ones shaped like cars, Jack-o-lanterns, or made with chocolate bars. Welcome to the world of Aoki’s Pizza. Based in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, the local pizza maker has launched a series of, well, interesting pies over the years.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 18, 2014 - Kotaku East
Before You Play Inquisition, Watch the Dragon Age Anime
With the release of Dragon Age: Inquisition today, now is the perfect time to take an in-depth look at the anime film Dragon Age: Dawn of the Seeker—a movie that not only fleshes out the world of Dragon Age and the backstory of one of its most prominent characters but is also a fun fantasy…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published November 18, 2014 - Kotaku East
When You’re a Cat, Serious Television Can Be Tricky
Meet Nyaanya. This four-month-old kitten just made her Japanese TV debut. Better yet, her Japanese TV news debut. And as this four-legged friend is finding out, television sure ain’t easy! There are cameras you are supposed to pretend don’t exist. That’s hard. Previously, Kotaku introduced Shuukan News Shinsho (or, loosely, Weekly News Digest), a current…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 18, 2014 - Kotaku East
Expelled From Paradise is Ghost in the Shell Meets Trigun Meets Gundam
Imagine what would happen if you mixed the cyberpunk society of Ghost in the Shell with the frontier-like desert planet of Trigun and the giant mecha of Gundam. You’re in luck! It has already been animated and shown in Japanese theaters under the title Expelled From Paradise Good – A Sci-fi Western With Mecha Expelled…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published November 18, 2014 -
UncategorizedSome news for those interested in the upcoming cartoony Minecraft-like, SkySaga: The developers have uploaded a (very) short gameplay trailer, embedded above. Furthermore, they announced that they’ll begin inviting players to their Closed Alpha Test next week. If you wanna get in on that, you can register here
By András Neltz Published November 18, 2014 - Kotaku East
We last heard of Ni-Oh! in 2012. The game, based on an Akira Kurosawa script, was announced in 2005. “I heard that it’s been stopped, but it’s actually very much in development,” Tecmo Koei’s Yosuke Hayashi told Venture Beat. “We still need a little time before showing it off, but it is starting to come…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 18, 2014 - Kotaku East
The Return of Dragon Ball Z‘s Greatest Villain
Frieza died. The Dragon Ball bad guy is supposed to be in hell. But, by the look of this upcoming Dragon Ball Z anime movie poster, Frieza is coming back. Note that this isn’t the first time Frieza has returned to Dragon Ball, but this does look like it could be his most dramatic return.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 18, 2014 - Culture
A Sky So Blue You Could Drown In It
Atey Ghailan is a freelance concept artist whose most recent projects include Star Citizen and League of Legends. We actually took a look at his stuff a few years ago, but since then he’s published a ton of cool newer pieces, so I figured we could circle back around. Mostly because I love the colouring…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 17, 2014 -
UncategorizedNew RPG Imagines A Medieval vs Sci-Fi World
Tahira: Echoes of the Astral Empire is a new tactics RPG that I like the look of for two reasons. The first is that it’s got an art style that reminds me of old rotoscoped cartoons like Lord of the Rings and American Pop The second is that while it looks like a fantasy RPG,…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 17, 2014 -
UncategorizedAmerican History: The JRPG
Next someone should make an apple pie about the origins of sushi. OK, OK, fine, that comparison really isn’t apt at all given that Americana Dawn actually looks fantastic. I just really wanted to make that joke. But aesthetically it’s a snazzy-looking throwback to the style of classic Final Fantasy Tactics and Tactics Ogre games…
By Nathan Grayson Published November 17, 2014 -
UncategorizedPro Evo Plays Better Than FIFA, But That’s Not Enough
Pro Evolution Soccer 2015’s motto is “The Pitch Is Ours”. It’s a rallying cry to purists, fans of the sport who want their game to play like the real thing, not just look like it. It’s also accurate: in almost every respect, Konami’s game plays better than EAs. But that doesn’t matter. For the past…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 17, 2014 -
UncategorizedRookie Mom Guesses Smash Bros. Character Names, Improves Them
David Melnarik got his mum to sit down on the Smash Bros. website and try to name every character in the game. Some of them, she knew! Most, she did not, but that didn’t stop her from guessing (and in many cases improving on Nintendo’s actual names). It’s similar to something from earlier in the…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 17, 2014 -
UncategorizedNever Alone: The Kotaku Review
When was the last time a video game told you about a whole other culture? Took you somewhere remote you’d only heard about in passing, and let the people who’ve lived there speak to you in a generations-old voice? Never Alone does that all-too-rare thing and does it very well. A small, independently-produced video game…
By Evan Narcisse Published November 17, 2014 -
EsportsMysterious Masked Player Wins Smash Bros Tournament
Sometimes eSports are about good, clean competition. Other times, they’re battlegrounds for words and red-hot personalities (in addition to tiny virtual wizards). This Smash Bros player, however, was neither—only silence. Silence and a mask. OK, maybe that’s a bit dramatic, but this is pretty wild. As recounted in this Reddit thread and the above video…
By Nathan Grayson Published November 17, 2014 -
UncategorizedFinal Fantasy VII Remade…In Another Video Game
For over two years, Jamie Colliver has been working hard on recreating almost all of Final Fantasy VII within another video game (LittleBigPlanet, not Minecraft). He’s finally done. Using the PS3 platformer as his foundation, and with a cast of characters ready to go courtest of some old FFVII-related DLC for the game, the recreation…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 17, 2014 - Uncategorized
EA Says India Won’t Get Dragon Age: Inquisition Due To Obscenity Laws
You might remember that Dragon Age: Inquisition has some, um, interesting-sounding sexual content. That, according to EA, might not jive with India’s obscenity laws, so they’ve decided to forgo releasing an Indian version of the dungeon-and-dragon-packed RPG altogether. You may have seen other publications reporting that Dragon Age was either banned in India or EA…
By Nathan Grayson Published November 17, 2014 - Uncategorized
Custom Steel PC Case Looks Like A Weird Transformer
Han “Little Hand” Yu is a Chiense modder who has built one of the best PC cases I have ever seen. This thing looks like the result of Michael Bay saying “I WANT ANOTHER NEW TRANSFORMER, ONLY MAKE THIS ONE AN OWL OK GUYS THANKS”. Its made entirely of steel, and what’s impressive about it…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 17, 2014
