Former Power Ranger Actor Charged with Alleged Robberies

Thirty-two year-old Yasutomo Ihara had a career of acting in Power Rangers and Kamen Rider television programs and movies. He was one of the guys dressed up in a suit, doing the fight scenes and stunts. And now, he’s in trouble with the law for a series of alleged robberies. According to Sankei News, Ihara…

Let’s look at Persona 4 Ultimax as a Visual Novel, Not a Fighting Game

Persona 4 Arena Ultimax, sequel to Persona 3, Persona 4, and Persona 4 Arena, is a fighting game. However, unlike many fighting games, it comes with a robust story in the form of a 14-hour visual novel. And since we’ve looked at Ultimax as a fighting game already, it’s only fair we look at it…

Danganronpa 2’s Japanese Cast is an Anime Fan’s Dream

Danganronpa 2 hit Western shelves this week, and while it has an English voice track, which fellow Kotaku author Kirk Hamilton tells me is “decent with a few standouts,” the Japanese voice cast is—let me assure you—an anime fan’s dream. Character: Hajime Hinata Is played by: Minami Takayama But you probably know her as: Conan…

Square Enix Will Stream Final Fantasy for Smartphones in Japan

Tokyo-based game maker Square Enix is rolling out its own cloud-based streaming service called Dive In. According to 4Gamer, Dive In is slated for iOS and Android and will kick off next month by offering three games: Final Fantasy VII International, Final Fantasy XIII, and murder mystery game Season of Mystery：The Cherry Blossom Murders In…

Here’s One Thousand People Doing the Ice Bucket Challenge

Not sure if this can be topped, but supposedly, over a thousand people in Xiamen, China gathered to dump ice on their heads in the name of ALS research. This, wait for it, throws cold water on the previous record. According to Guinness World Records, 428 people simultaneously dumped ice water on their head on…

The Dudesons vs Minecraft

This might be the tamest thing I’ve ever seen Finnish pranksters The Dudesons take a swing at. Nothing explodes, nothing bleeds and the only things broken are some (impressive) cardboard Minecraft suits.

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EA Says They’re Fixing The Sims 4’s Gay Filter

Since The Sims 4 launched last week, some players have discovered that the game won’t let them share Sims through its online “Gallery” system if they use words like “gay,” “homosexual,” or “queer” in the character’s name or description. EA told Kotaku today that it’s aware of this problem and is fixing it. Kotaku first…

Sad, Beautiful Photos Of Video Games

Photographer Pavel Vesnakov is trying something cool: a blending of screenshots and real-world photography techniques to create images that are very different to what you’d normally see coming out of a game. “First I am taking normal screenshots, which I post-produce with a template that I’ve developed”, Pavel tells me. He then takes out his…

Up In The Club, Doing Our Own Lil’ Thing

Tina and I are enjoying our sweet new outfits.

Heroic Kickstarter Wants To Build A 13-Foot Star Destroyer

LEGO builder Thomas Benedikt has big dreams. He wants to build a LEGO version of a Super Star Destroyer. And yes, there’s an official model of an SSD already available, but it’s only 4-feet long. Thomas wants to build one over three times larger One catch: that takes a lot of LEGO bricks. So Thomas…

The DuckTales Theme Song With Real Ducks Is Just Too Much

DuckTales. Real ducks. I think I speak for everyone when I say, “[collapses into cutestolgia overload coma].” And/or “woo-ooo.” For comparison’s sake, here’s the original opening, which the real duck version apes (mixed animal metaphors!) gamely, pretty much scene-for-scene. And yeah, you’re probably gonna have this song stuck in your head for the rest of…

Guy Trades In 203 Copies Of Controversial Old Sega Game

This isn’t something you see every day. Earlier this week, a man walked into a used game store in Albuquerque, New Mexico (what is it with New Mexico and treasure troves of old games?) and sold a bunch of old Sega stuff. Among it was a box that contained 203 copies of Night Trap, one…