CG Train Car is Better than Reality

Look at this beautiful train car. Look at it. Ton, who uses the twitter handle @ton_kenji, loves trains. As a former game developer, part of his former job consisted of making CG train cars. Over a year ago, he undertook the personal project of recreating a 103 series passenger train car in CG and yesterday,…

“I will make anime until I die,” said Hayao Miyazaki in a recent interview. “I like telling stories and drawing pictures.” However, Miyazaki stressed that he no longer has the physical strength to do feature length anime, so expect him to work on short anime and manga.

The legendary Duke Nukem 3D is coming to PS3 and PS Vita Devolver Digital will be bringing over the game’s Megaton Edition, which is already out on PC, and includes Duke 3D Atomic Edition and all three officially released expansion packs. Release dates are January 13 for North America and January 14 for Europe.

Nintendo President Responds to Worries Over His Health

Recently, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata appeared at a company shareholders meeting. He looked quite thin—something that did not go unnoticed. But Iwata wants you to know he’s recovering. Earlier this year, Iwata missed E3 on the advice of his doctor. Later, it was revealed that he had a growth removed from his bile duct. Online…

Hey Japan, Have Some Orange Coca-Cola

Well, the official name is actually ” Coca-Cola Orange.” And it tastes like, wait for it, Coke with orange. As you can see, the drink is not orange colored. That’s good. [Photo: runaebi] [Photo: ksasahar] While people in Japan are quite surprised to see orange Coke, some folks abroad may not be! Back in 2007,…

​Minecraft Diamonds are 11 Times Rarer than Real Ones

Diamonds are the second rarest material in Minecraft. You can mold them into the most durable tools and weapons, or just make a copy of the Statue of Liberty. If you’ve tried looking for them for any length of time, though, you know the material can be frustratingly rare. In fact, it’s even scarcer in…

V’s Speech in V for Vendetta Only Has 53 Vs And That Makes Me Sad

They could have had 55, but no. I guess it is still pretty impressive, if you’re into alliteration. You’re reading Numbers, a blog on Kotaku that examines games and culture through the lens of math and statistics. To contact the author of this post, write to [email protected] or find him on Twitter @dcstarkey

Anime’s Fan-Driven Resurgence Continues

Cannon Busters is the latest attempt to get a new anime up and running via Kickstarter, and like Under the Dog, it’s got some serious talent behind it. Heading the team is LeSean Thomas, who worked on Black Dynamite’s awesome animated series, but he’s joined by guys like Joe Mad (Darksiders) and Tim Yoon (Legend…

Nice Threads, Sand Dude

Crush Visual is a design team whose members have worked for clients like Ubisoft and EA, as well as Hollywood studios like Legendary and Columbia. You can see more of Crush’s work at their studio site To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you can save them…

If you’d told me ten years ago that Kevin Spacey and Conan O’Brien would be trading Call of Duty jokes in 2014, over the internet no less, I’d have said, um, no they won’t be.

PC Version Of Call Of Duty: Advanced Warfare Launched A Little Rough

Look, PC gamers are never truly satisfied. Being a series whose bread is buttered on console, Call of Duty’s PC versions have rarely been the best examples of what the platform can do. But this year’s edition has folks a little more upset than usual. There are two big reasons for this. One is performance,…

Our Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare review will run tomorrow morning. I know Fahey promised Wednesday, but Fahey promises a lot of things, and has a tendency to talk in third-person. That guy, I swear. Tune in bright and early tomorrow morning for his full review.

Duck Hunt’s Smash Bros. Entrance Video Is Hilarious

Leave it to Duck Hunt, the goofiest goddamn character in Super Smash Bros, to have the goofiest goddamn intro video of them all. We’ve known about Duck Hunt for months now, but today during a Nintendo Direct, the folks behind Smash officially revealed the lovable dog and his bird sidekick. Their intro video is just…

Xenoblade Chronicles X Looks Like… Um… Grand Theft Auto V?

Just what on earth is going on in this new trailer for Xenoblade Chronicles X? Did they wander into Grand Theft Auto? That’s New Los Angeles, the homebase area in Monolith’s upcoming RPG, which will be out for Wii U next year. And the game looks great. Really. The Wii U desperately needs a massive…

Splatoon, Nintendo’s oddball early-2015 four-on-four Wii U shooter, will have a singleplayer mode, too. A new trailer shows off how wonderfully bizarre it looks.