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Kotaku EastThe Most Amazing Places to Pee and Poop in Japan
Japan is famous for its high tech toilets. But the country also has some truly unique restrooms to go with those fancy toilets. While other countries also have amazing restrooms, Japan has some truly unique water closets. Let’s have a look at what website Naver has flushed out. A restroom stall in Fukui Prefecture with…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 10, 2014 - Uncategorized
Minecraft: Pocket Edition Just Got A Whole Lot Better
The 0.9.0 update for Minecraft: Pocket Edition, which is the mobile version’s biggest update yet, is out today on Android and iOS. It’s quite the game changer. Minecraft PE’s last update landed in December, so there was (and is) a lot of hype surrounding 0.9.0. It even has its own Twitter hashtag. And with good…
By András Neltz Published July 10, 2014 - Kotaku East
Parents Allegedly Sold Children to Buy Virtual In-Game Items
A young unmarried couple in China are accused selling not one, but two of their children to human traffickers. The money they got was used for gaming. As reported on Guangdong TV (via Sina Games and Games in Asia), the young parents’ first son was unplanned. Instead of supporting the child, they allegedly sold the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 10, 2014 -
UncategorizedThough its Kickstarter didn’t perform all too well, indie parkour game Lemma is still alive and in active development, as evidenced by its new (and quite good-looking) trailer. In a comment on YouTube, Lemma’s lead developer gave an optimistic release date estimate of January on PC.
By András Neltz Published July 10, 2014 -
UncategorizedHalo 3 Easter Egg Found After Seven Years
And you thought it was neat that there’d been a long-hidden Easter Egg in Halo: Reach. Whatever. One that’s been hiding inside Halo 3 – for seven long years – has finally been found. And it’s pretty sweet. Not sweet in a “whoah, that’s sweet!” kind of way. In a “awww, that’s sweet” kind of…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 10, 2014 -
UncategorizedDavid OReilly’s Mountain Has An Ending And Here It Is
Touch Arcade streamed a 30-hour marathon session of David OReilly’s Mountain and reached a decisive ending. Via Touch Arcade. So how many different endings are there? You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.
By John Struan Published July 10, 2014 - Uncategorized
Women Make Games
About two thirds of the women working at Naughty Dog: Design, animation, code, level art, concept, character, sound. Name it, we make it. You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.
By John Struan Published July 9, 2014 - Culture
When To Be Wary Of Fantasy Characters With Ominous Horns
Nicholas Kole is an artist who has worked with companies like Disney, Dark Horse and 38 Studios. His latest work is this great tie-in with Maleficent, which he illustrated (and did the cover for). You can see more of Nicholas’ work at his personal site To see the larger pics in all their glory (or,…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 9, 2014 - CultureCosplay
Not Sure If Actual Thorin Oakenshield Actor Or Cosplayer
A physical likeness to the character you’re cosplaying as is never a necessity. But if you’ve got one anyway, boy does it have an effect. If you’re wondering, this was the winner in the cosplay stage event at the Salt Lake City FantasyCon.
By Luke Plunkett Published July 9, 2014 -
UncategorizedIf You Play Too Much Civilization, You Need Help
It’s not a problem, OK? It’s a disease I reinstalled Civ V the other day, and it has fucked me up. My family is away on holidays for a few weeks so I’m home alone, meaning that I’ve been sliding back into the very worst habits of a Civ fan, from ignoring my own “one…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 9, 2014 - CultureCosplay
“Jake” Sparrow. Cute. Cosplay by Stoic-Ambience, photo by Estrada Photography
By Luke Plunkett Published July 9, 2014 -
UncategorizedYou Can’t Fly GTA V Jets Like This Guy Can
Look, for the first few seconds of this video, I was as sceptical as you probably are. “Jet Elite Crew”? Haha, whatever. And this stuff with the bridges, impressive, but doable. But then you see what he does in the warehouse, or the wind farm, and it’s just ok, this is incredible
By Luke Plunkett Published July 9, 2014 - Uncategorized
On Cliff Bleszinski, Zynga & Meetings
Cliff “Cliffy “Dude Huge” B” Bleszinski, formerly of Epic but on a break for a while, has a new gig. It’s being published by Nexon, but before signing on that dotted line, he met with pretty much everyone. And that included Zynga. In a Reddit AMA, Cliff says: I know so many folks at EA,…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 9, 2014 - Uncategorized
Taking Pokémon Cosplay To The Next Level
Dressing like a Pokémon trainer is only part of a good costume. You also gotta get your Pokémon pals right—and this group of cosplayers nails it. Check out these pictures of 4 Itchy Tasty Cosplay head Brett Horn at this year’s Anime Expo. He created a bunch of to-scale Pokemon puppets, modeled above by a…
By Patricia Hernandez Published July 9, 2014 - Uncategorized
11 Very Cool Takes On Wonder Woman
The wonderful Sketch Dailies showcase, which gets artists around the world to do drawings based on a theme, focused yesterday on Wonder Woman. Some of the results stuck pretty close to the character’s home turf, while others went a little crazy (in a good way). I’m not sure which is my favourite. I love how…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 9, 2014 - Uncategorized
#GPOY
That’s me.
By Patricia Hernandez Published July 9, 2014
