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Nintendo’s Indie Champion Leaves After Nine Years
Dan Adelman, who ran the indie program at Nintendo of America for almost nine years, left the company last week, Kotaku has learned. Last Friday was Adelman’s final day at Nintendo. Adelman, an outspoken personality known well in the indie community, spent nine years handling outreach and support for independent developers on Nintendo platforms. His…
By Jason Schreier Published August 4, 2014 - Kotaku East
Who Knew Surgical Masks Made Awesome Transformers Cosplay?
I didn’t! Then again, I’ve never really thought about it. Zawachin is a makeup artist and internet celebrity who became famous for impersonating famous Japanese stars…while they are wearing sickness masks. That’s her thing! The vast majority Japanese people wear masks when they are sick, worried about getting sick, or have pollen allergies. However, more…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 4, 2014 - Kotaku East
The Second Kenshin Film is Just as Good as the First
Two years ago, classic 90s anime/manga Rurouni Kenshin made its way to the big screen. It was an excellent live-action adaptation—easily one of the best I have ever seen. The second film, Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno, is equally as well done—something even more impressive given the amount of story it has to cover. Good –…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published August 4, 2014 - Kotaku East
Studio Ghibli Is Not Dead Yet
Ghibli co-founder Hayao Miyazaki recently saidthat his studio’s demise was “inevitable.” Today, there are quotes from Ghibli producer Toshio Suzuki that are causing people to freak out, believing that the beloved animation house has decided to stop making films. People, stop freaking out. For now. Last night, Suzuki was profiled on MBS program Jounetsu Tairiku…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 4, 2014 -
UncategorizedOne of Minecraft’s Greatest and Oldest Web Series Turns Four [UPDATE]
“You’re probably asking yourself, what the heck is this? And, yeah, you are 100% right to ask yourself that. This is Minecraft, and everything you see around me right now is a randomly generated world.” Minecraft was first revealed to the public in 2009, but it would only really take off with the release of…
By András Neltz Published August 4, 2014 -
Kotaku EastEggs and Plastic Bottles Thrown at Japanese Porn Star in China
While politicians bickered, one thing China and Japan could always find common ground on was anime. And, uh, pornography. Which is why this recent incident was all the more surprising. Japanese adult video stars Emiri Okazaki and Anjyu Kitagawa were guests at the Dalian International Adult Expo, an adult goods convention in Dalian, China. [Photo:…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 4, 2014 - Uncategorized
Interested in a behind-the-scenes look at last week’s real-life Mario Smash Bros. trailer? The creator, Dean Wright, now has a making-of post online on his blog detailing how much work went into filming, animating, and even recording sound effects for his one-minute video over the course of four+ weeks.
By András Neltz Published August 4, 2014 - Kotaku East
This Pokémon Bread Looks Like Crap. Literally.
Pocket Monster Dedenne just got its own Pokémon bread. Congrats! Too bad the snack looks like… Shit. [Photo: fla_mofu] Above, you can see an image posted by Twitter user fla_mofu, who wondered if it was alright that Dedenne’s bread looks like poop. Pokémon bread (ポケモンパン or Pokémon pan) is a long-standing snack food, with each…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 4, 2014 - Kotaku East
Japan Wants To Create A Space Force
The Mainichi Shimbun is reporting that Japan plans to create a “space force” within its existing Self Defence Force, hoping to have it operational by 2019. Took them long enough. Its role will be to monitor “dangerous debris floating in Earth’s orbit”, as well as “protecting satellites from collisions with such debris”. The force will…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 4, 2014 - Uncategorized
Madden NFL 15 Toys Are Coming To McDonald’s Happy Meals
The next toys coming to McDonald’s Happy Meals are generic NFL player figurines to promote Madden 15. Yes, there’s an alternative for non-sports fans: Via McDonald’s You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.
By John Struan Published August 3, 2014 -
UncategorizedOne Dude Sings Halo Theme In A Church, Sounds Like The Real Deal
I can’t remember the last time there was a greater disconnect between what I was looking at and what I was hearing. This is…just some dude! Looks like he’s on holiday! Only, he can sing. And he’s singing in a church in Switzerland where the acoustics are just right. I’m pretty much head-to-toe with goosebumps…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 3, 2014 -
UncategorizedAwesome School Teaches Through LARPing
There is a school in Denmark that teaches through Live-Action Role-Play. Or, LARPing. Amazing. This isn’t actually a documentary; it’s part of a larger film called Trapped Treasure, which is all about LARPing. We featured another excerpt from it last year. Can’t wait to see the finished product.
By Luke Plunkett Published August 3, 2014 -
CultureCosplayCosplayers Asked On National TV If They’ve Had Sex In Their Costumes
Well, this is kinda weird. Jimmy Kimmel’s team went to Comic-Con last week, and asked a bunch of cosplayers if they’d ever had sex in their costumes. A funny enough question, I guess, but Kimmel’s tone and the “game show” element seems a bit off. Like, this could have been a cool feature on cosplay,…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 3, 2014 - Uncategorized
So, You Can Now Buy Badass Motherboards?
Here’s a motherboard for people who buy internal PC components based on their looks. It’s the *deep breath* ASUS Republic of Gamers Maximus VII Formula Z97. Proving yet again that these companies could do with paying someone to think of better product names. In terms of specs, it can take 32GB of DDR3 RAM, has…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 3, 2014 - Uncategorized
New World Record For Data Transfer Laughs At Your Gigabytes
A team at the Technical University of Denmark has managed to blast 43 terabits of data down a fiber cable in a single second, setting a new world record for the fastest ever data transfer speed. For reference, that’s 1GB of data in just 0.2 milliseconds. These records tend to be broken every few years…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 3, 2014 - Uncategorized
I Don’t Want To Walk To Everything I Can See In A Game
There’s this thing that developers of open world games have been fond of saying a lot lately: If you can see it, you can travel to it. It’s meant to be an awe-inspiring statement about how rich and full the world is, but every time I hear it I roll my eyes. See, not only…
By Phil Owen Published August 3, 2014 -
UncategorizedThe Majora’s Mask Fan Remake Is Still Moving Forward
Everybody wants Nintendo to remake or remaster classic Zelda-er Majora’s Mask, and maybe that is going to happen someday. In the meantime, some fans have been taking this matter into their own hands for a couple years now, as you can see above. That video update for what appears to be a Majora’s Mask remake…
By Phil Owen Published August 3, 2014