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Smoking Hair Is the Best Worst Haircut
Recently on Korean website Humor School, a series of photos appeared of a young man who was slated to enter military service on June 30. He got a haircut that was so bad, it’s good. No, no, no. I’m not talking about the close-cut hairdo service members get. I’m talking about something much worse. And,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 11, 2014 - Kotaku East
PR Stunt Involves a “Thousand” Women Installing a PC Game
In China, there’s a contest for online game Tera. According to the game’s official site, “a thousand beautiful women” install the game on gamers’ computers. Not at once, mind you. You sign up via the game’s official Chinese site to enter. As noted on the developer’s Facebook (via tipster Sang), the models show up at…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 11, 2014 - Uncategorized
Gaming Heads has announced the follow-up to their Jak and Daxter figurine from last year The new figure, which is based on the Jak II version of Jak and Daxter, is priced at $210, and limited to 850 pieces. For an extra $10, you can also grab the exclusive version, which is “painted in a…
By András Neltz Published July 11, 2014 - Kotaku East
Anime Fans, Don’t Miss These Studio Ghibli Exhibits
This week, a special exhibit opened in Tokyo. If you like anime, namely Studio Ghibli, it is not to be missed. Neither is the one opening later this month. The exhibit features the structures, the architecture, and the environments that appear in Studio Ghibli’s films. This is a close-up look at the animated world the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 11, 2014 -
CultureCosplayNow That’s How You Cosplay Dark Souls
Anime Expo 2014, one of the biggest cons of the year, went down last weekend. TwistedMangaLive was there with his camera capturing some of the best cosplay on show. For reference, the Dark Souls stuff is around 0:30 into the middle of the three clips below. The Faraam Knight is harvestbuddy, the Elite Knight is…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 11, 2014 - Culture
Bar Unsure Whether It Needs Renovating Or If That’s Just Its Charm
Norwegian Oscar Gregeborn is a freelance artist who works in the video game business. You can see more of Oscar’s work at his personal site and ArtStation page To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you can save them as wallpaper), click on the “expand” button in…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 10, 2014 - Uncategorized
Assassin’s Creed Lighter Brand
This is an Assassin’s Creed logo brand designed to be attached to a lighter: The unique 3D printed steel branding iron snaps right onto a standard Bic lighter and features a large Assassin’s Sigil, similar to one known by most gamers (but totally unaffiliated with that game you’re thinking of) Simply light up and hold…
By John Struan Published July 10, 2014 - Uncategorized
Special Frozen PS4 Kinda Bothers Me Anyway
Japan being Japan, they’re getting another fancy new custom PS4 console before anyone else. Only this time, it’s not related to a game. It’s for a movie. You may have heard of it. To cash in on the upcoming release of Frozen on Blu-Ray/DVD/whatever, Sony Japan is releasing this custom PS4 that features a fairly…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 10, 2014 -
UncategorizedCops Raid Gamer Live On Twitch
A Counter-Strike player found himself having to deal with more than just digital bomb recently, thanks to a prankster that called the police on his house—a practice commonly known as “swatting.” The player in question is Jordan Gilbert of n0thingtv. While the clip above shows the most relevant bit, you can see the lead-up and…
By Patricia Hernandez Published July 10, 2014 - Uncategorized
New Cat Game, Same Old “Cats As Jerks” Story
Catlateral Damage has evolved into a fairly accurate simulation of your stereotypical asshole cat. Perdictably, though, it no longer has the “genre” to itself. This is Purrkour, part of the 2014 Indie Game Maker Contest. Still very much in alpha, and with rough edges all over the place as a result, I’ve nevertheless been having…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 10, 2014 - Uncategorized
Deluxe, Light-Up Dead Space 3 Isaac Clarke Figure
Compared to the $400 Titanfall Titan, Threezero’s new $190 Dead Space 3 Isaac Clarke figure is a downright bargain. Check out it’s light-up features, super-articulation, multiple weapons, and swappable head below: Pre-order Dead Space 3 1/6th scale collectible Isaac Clarke at www.threezerostore.com for 190USD/1480HKD shipped, starting from July 18th 9:00AM Hong Kong time. Interchangeable Isaac…
By John Struan Published July 10, 2014 -
UncategorizedSweet Trailer For Game That Sadly Does Not Exist
Eric Power is making a “cut paper stop motion” samurai flick called Path of Blood. There is no actual video game based on this movie, but screw it, Power made a trailer for one anyway. And now it makes me sad it’s not a thing. So cool. It’s actually not the first trailer he’s made;…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 10, 2014 - Uncategorized
Map Of 6000 Street Fighter Players Shows Where They Live, Who They Use
Fighting game community site Event Hubs have done something neat: taking the main character preference and location data from over 6000 users currently playing Ultra Street Fighter IV, they’ve put together a map showing where they all live across the globe, and who they play as. Note that in the interests of privacy none of…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 10, 2014 - Uncategorized
Alien Isolation’s Awesome 1979 Mode Will Be Available For Everyone
Isn’t it great there’ll be a way to play Alien Isolation using the film’s original cast? Wasn’t it stupid that this mode was announced as a preorder bonus? Well, “good” news: the content is going to be available to everyone, not just those preordering the game. Sega has released a short statement today that reads:…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 10, 2014 -
UncategorizedA Chat With GTA Online’s Notorious Motorcycle Club
Earlier this week, we wrote about the Reaper Lords—afascinatingcrew with hundreds of members that roam the streets of GTA Online. We told you all about their love of motorcycles, their intense rules, their dress code, and their curious social media presence. Today, you get to hear from an actual Reaper Lord. I got a chance…
By Patricia Hernandez Published July 10, 2014
