Tomodachi Life Is Putting Me To Sleep (In A Good Way)

“Maybe you don’t know what the nights are like for people who can’t sleep,” the poet Rainer Maria Rilke wrote in his Book of Hours I’ve fought with insomnia as long as I can remember. Rilke’s line here has always struck me as the best description I’ve read of the experience. Trying to force myself…

Game Where You’re A Jerk Cat Could Become A Real Thing

Catlateral Damage is already a fun browser game about knocking things off of shelves as a cat, but now it can become a full game, with features like lounging in sunbeams and tripping on catnip. We’ve shown the browser version before, but with the adorable kickstarter video above and the list of planned features, how…

Want Fast Food That Looks Like The Ads? Try Asking.

There is no disappointment as widespread and meekly accepted as the true appearance of fast food versus advertising glamour shots. As MediocreFilms proves in this hidden camera video, it doesn’t have to be that way. That’s right, if you are polite and courteous and the store your in isn’t in the middle of a rush,…

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​Destiny Alpha Gets ‘Dangerous’ Extension

The alpha test phase of Bungie’s ambitious new sci-fi shooter was supposed to end last night, somewhere around 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time. It didn’t. That means that, yes, you can still play Destiny right now. That’s a reason to dance, right? In a tweet early Monday morning, the studio that created Halo announced that it…

The Final Boss of Final Fantasy VI In Its Full Glory

8-Bit Artist spent more than 200 hours on this painting, just to prove how insanely huge and incredible Kefka, the final boss of Final Fantasy VI, is. Here’s the full, 9 feet tall acrylic painting with all of its 111,747 pixels. Terra, Locke, Sabin and all the others would be so tiny compared to this…

Nintendo Takes Over South Korea With Their… McDonald’s Toys

PC gaming rules South Korea. It has for years now, and that doesn’t look like it will change. But as of this week, there’s one arena where Nintendo rules South Korea: Happy Meal toys. Via tipster Sang, here are numerous pics of folks in South Korea lining up early this morning for the second wave…

Rainbow Six Siege Sounds Way Better With Real People

Rainbow Six fans were probably excited when the newest game was revealed at E3, but the players in the video they used sounded so scripted it, it sounded a bit ridiculous. Luckily, someone has posted video from the show floor featuring realistic gameplay. The video above popped up online yesterday, and appears to show a…

The Imaginary Valve E3 Briefing Nobody Wants To See

We all imagined that special Valve event at a future E3 where all the magic happens and we all go home satisfied. OniNeoxes chose a cute, but unorthodox way to show his version of Valve’s presser with Tomodachi Life and Nintendo Miis. But this Tomodachi musical doesn’t have a happy ending. Valve E3 2014 the…

Chinese Police Department Should Star In A Hong Kong Crime Film

Chinese police love to put up propaganda posters showing the public who they are and what they do. One police department in East China may have gone a little too far with their publicity shots. Published on People’s Daily, the communist mouthpiece, the photos feature East China’s Huangyang police department. Located in Zhejiang province’s Taizhou…

Taiwan Really Likes Batman And Running

Hot off the heels of the previous fun run, the folks over in Taiwan have held another hero run. This time, they run for the Dark Knight! To celebrate the 75th anniversary of Batman’s publication, the fine folks over at Warner Bros. have set up a night time fun run for the Taiwanese fans of…

Report: The Next 3DS Final Fantasy Sounds Like Monster Hunter [UPDATE]

According to a Japanese Shonen Jump scan obtained by Siliconera, it’s called Final Fantasy Explorers, and it’s a multiplayer action-RPG. The game will focus on searching for crystals and battling Summons, Monster Hunter-style, in parties of four. Multiple jobs will be available in-game—four of which, the Knight, the Monk, the White Mage, and the Black…

Not Everything Is as It Seems with This Body Art

Hikaru Cho is a young Japanese artist with a knack for creating interesting and memorable works painted directly on the body. Works like this. Kotaku has previously featured Cho before (here and here). She’s recently done a campaign for Amnesty International and has been busy creating more striking body art. Via Cho’s official site, let’s…