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Is This Blue Burger Amazing? Or Disgusting?
As previously noted, the color blue is an appetite suppressant. Yet, here we are, with a blue burger designed to look Earth. I’m not sure I could eat this, and boy, I love burgers. Part of me thinks it’s amazing that there is a chicken burger that looks like our planet. The other part of…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 18, 2014 - Kotaku East
Science Museum Turns Lockers into a Giant Periodic Table
While visiting the Nagoya City Science Museum, Twitter user Kantaku noticed something very cool: the coin lockers. See how they’ve been turned into a giant periodic table? The name of each element is written below each symbol in Japanese, allowing visitors to store their belongings in Helium, Calcium, Oxygen, Potassium, and more. The number of…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 18, 2014 - Uncategorized
Smartphone Gamer Dragged Through the Subway
Last week an incident broke out in the Beijing subway system. A young woman got into an altercation with her apparent boyfriend over a mobile phone game, it seems. The end result: she dragged the man onto a subway train. But was this just a PR stunt? Sina Games reports that the incident took place…
By Eric Jou Published August 18, 2014 -
Kotaku EastThe Official Pikachu Maid Costume
Considering how popular maid cafes are in Tokyo’s gaming district, it shouldn’t be a surprise that the Pikachu Cafe got a maid outfit of its own—temporarily, at least! That’s celebrity Rika Adachi working as a maid and restaurant manager in a special event held at the cafe. According to Inside Games, this is the first…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 18, 2014 - Kotaku East
A Look Back at Geek Fashion in Japan
Remember the 1990s? I do! While there were some very cool styles, there were some truly awful ones, too. Then, there’s this: 1990s Akihbara fashion. Recently postedagain online, these scans show off what some people (well, these people) were wearing in Tokyo’s geek district of Akihabara in a much simpler time. Note that some of…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 18, 2014 - Kotaku East
Today, Sony revealed that a 500GB Charcoal Black PlayStation 3 is going on sale in Japan from August 28 for 25,980 yen ($253). The current 250 GB models (here and here) are priced at 23,790 yen ($232) each and will ceased being shipped by late August in Japan. No word about how this impact PS3s…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 18, 2014 - Kotaku East
“Stunning New Pokemon Project” To Be Announced
There’s a new Pokemon project in the works. More details will be revealed in a “big announcement” next week. So yes, this is an announcement of an announcement, with the teaser site saying, “This summer, details of a stunning new project from Pokemon will be announced.” The teaser site specifically states, “shougeki no shin purojekuto”…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 18, 2014 - CultureCosplay
60 Seconds To Perfect Titanfall Cosplay
Malaysian cosplayer Craft Access does Titanfall, and even gets the pilot’s facemask (and lighting!) right. The crowd goes wild. Photo by Black Rabbit To get an idea of the detail on this suit, look at this close-up of the unpainted helmet: And for an idea on how hard it must have been to actually walk…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 17, 2014 -
CultureNot Every Video Game Trailer Is A Giant Lie
We live in a crazy, perverted world. A world where, in many ways, a video game’s trailer is more important than the game itself, since it’s the former that can often be solely responsible for sales of the latter. Whatever you think of that trend, you’ve got to admit that the trailers themselves are often…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 17, 2014 - Uncategorized
The Best Pokémon Players In The World For 2014 Are…These Guys
The 2014 Pokémon World Championships, held in Washington DC, finished up earlier today, leaving the planet with six new Pokémon Masters across both video games and the card game. Those champs are: TCG Junior Division World Champion: Haruto Kobayashi, Japan. Video Game Junior Division World Champion: Kota Yamamoto, Japan. TCG Senior Division World Champion: Trent…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 17, 2014 -
UncategorizedStar Trek Homage Figures It’s “Better Late Than Never”
Ah, Star Command. It was a pretty good mobile game, but the mobile game we got isn’t what we were promised when the project was successfully backed on Kickstarter. That promised game is still coming, though, even if it’s almost two years late. Having promised to keep working on things following the mobile release, Star…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 17, 2014 - Uncategorized
New Minecraft LEGO Will Fit Your Minifigs
There’s been Minecraft LEGO for a whilenow, but it’s been on a tiny scale, with tiny little figures. These new sets are “normal” scale, meaning your Star Wars v Minecraft fan-fic role-playing just got a lot easier. The two sets, “The Cave” and “The Farm”, aren’t huge, but they are big enough to accommodate 3-4…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 17, 2014 -
UncategorizedSystem Shock 2 Custom PC Case
Impressive custom PC case featuring SHODAN from System Shock 2: This video shows the customization process: Via TTLG andR/Gaming You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.
By John Struan Published August 17, 2014 -
UncategorizedShenmue HD Is Being Made By A Fan, Because Sega
Your petitions, they will do nothing. As far as Sega is concerned, cult adventure series Shenmue is dead in the water. But as far as fans are concerned, well, that’s another story. Korean fan NoconKid has got to work remastering the original Shenmue in HD, and he is doing a damn fine job. Leather jackets,…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 17, 2014 - Uncategorized
Photos Of The Upcoming Lego Minecraft Sets
This is The Cave, one of two upcoming Lego Minecraft sets: Venture into The Cave on a dangerous quest for vital resources! Wield the iron pickaxe to dig and battle against hostile zombie and spider mobs. Blast out valuable ores and minerals with the TNT and combine the flowing water and lava to create precious…
By John Struan Published August 17, 2014 - UncategorizedBy Luke Plunkett Published August 17, 2014
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The Week In Games: Real Ultimate Evil
Who’d have thought I’d still be announcing the impending release of Diablo III more than two years after the initial release of Diablo III? With this week’s release of the Diablo III Ultimate Evil Edition for PlayStations and Xboxen, everyone except Nintendo purists should be able to enojy Blizzard’s third installment of the game where…
By Mike Fahey Published August 17, 2014
