The Luigi Death Stare Is Lethal Enough for a Japanese Commercial

Yes, the meme might be over, but that doesn’t mean the Luigi Death Stare can’t be used as a Mario Kart 8 selling point in Japan. マリオカート8 TVCM3[Nintendo@YouTube via Siliconera] To contact the author of this post, write to bashcraftATkotaku.com or find him on Twitter @Brian_Ashcraft Kotaku East is your slice of Asian internet culture,…

Oh Hey, It’s Inflatable Pikachu Vagina

Ages ago, a particular Pikachu bouncy house was noticed in Japan. The entrance looked like, for lack of a better word, a Pikachu vagina. Earlier today, it was reported that the “giant Pikachu” was once again making an appearance. Eager folks, climb right on in! Note: This article contains content some readers might find objectionable.…

Family Of Dead Internet Addict Compensated $120,000

How much is a life worth? In China, apparently about $120,000. That’s how much the family of a 19-year-old young woman received after she died at an internet addiction camp earlier this year. Chinese internet website iFeng.com reports that the family of the young woman, surnamed LingLing, will be given compensation for her death amounting…

Sony Is Selling the PS Vita with a Dick Joke

As part of a PS Vita summer campaign, Sony has released a new Japanese ad on YouTube that can be described as ballsy. That, or a cheap sight gag. In the spot, schoolkids are getting changed for their summer swimming lessons, and after one kid drops his towel, another kid’s jaw drops and he says,…

Who wants to mainline and/or liveblog this

This is the closest I’m going to get to binge-watching the entirety of The Simpsons once it finds its way onto Netflix (unlikely) OR I dig up all my old DVD collections from my mother’s storage unit (also unlikely):

Imagining Bioshock As A PS1 Game

NeoGAF has an entire thread dedicated to imagining more recent games as titles for the original Playstation. The highlight is these animated gifs for Bioshock: Via Wario64 You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

Sneaky Zebra was at the London Film & Comic-Con, and shot this great video of some of the best cosplayers. In case you’re hesitant to click play, know there is Beverly Hills cosplay within.

I once wrote about an indie adventure game called Nelly Cootalot. It was so long ago however that the post isn’t even on our servers anymore. Which means it’s time to refresh the topic with a trailer for its sequel, which is coming seven years later

Multi-Screen Gaming On A Laptop? Crazy, But Sure, Let’s Roll With It

Matt Relf has found a smart way to turn a small laptop into the kind of multi-screen setup you normally only see on a verge large desk with a very important desktop computer. He’s running a Kickstarter called Packed Pixels, which uses a mount to attach either one or two iPad-sized displays to the side…

The Origins Of A Classic Lucasarts Adventure

In a lot of ways, Maniac Mansion is where it all began for Lucasarts (or Lucasfilm Games, as it was know back then). The company’s first big adventure game hit, it set the tone for a decade of classic titles that would define PC gaming for an entire generation. Released before the era of developer…

DEATH MTN makes shirts like these. As you can see, fans of Dark Souls are being well catered-for. Though there is also Zelda and Dragon Quest. DISCLAIMER: DEATH MTN is run by some guy who used to work at Kotaku

There Appears To Be A Female Assassin In The Newest AC: Unity Video [Update: Alt Theory: She’s A Templar?]

We can’t tell who she is, and it’s unlikely that she’s playable. But it nevertheless looks like Assassin’s Creed: Unity, like earlier games in the series, will have female assassins. No comment from Ubisoft. The lady appears briefly at around the 7:24 mark of a new making-of video posted today by gaming site IGN Unity,…