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356 weapons, 19 boss trophies, and 4 fishing trophies make for one hell of a display room in Terraria According to the owner/builder, redditor critcodedtuna, every item save for the Space Dolphin Machine Gun, which cannot be crafted or found in-game, was gathered by hand. Everything you can hang on weapons racks plus all 23…
By András Neltz Published June 30, 2014 -
UncategorizedA Quick Look at Civilization Revolution 2
JFK, stealth bombers and Silicon Valley are coming to the next Civilization game. Oh and lasers, too. It’s about to get all modern up in here. In the video above, I take in a near-final build of Civilization Revolution 2, the sequel to the built-for-consoles spin-off of Sid Meier’s popular strategy series. You’ll see some…
By Evan Narcisse Published June 30, 2014 - Kotaku East
In Tokyo, There’s a Second-Hand Shop for Booze
Across Japan, there is a chain of second-hand shops called Hard Off. There is also a used book retailer known as Book Off. And now, there’s also a store specializing in second-hand alcohol called Liquor Off Located in Tokyo, Liquor Off wants to buy your unwanted booze. No wonder the shop says “Please sell” in…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 30, 2014 - Kotaku East
Look At All Those Chinese Products In Transformers 4
Transformers: Age of Extinction’s been out only a weekend and it’s already making bank in China. There’s no getting around the fact that a movie based on a line of toys is anything more than a major vehicle for product placement—including Chinese product placement, especially with the movie partly set in China. Now, I’m going…
By Eric Jou Published June 30, 2014 -
UncategorizedGood Job Folks, There’s A Grass Simulator Now
First Rock Simulator, and now this. Though it’s not a new Greenlight developer, so at least nobody had to pay $100 to get this listed. I’ll just let the description speak for itself: Have you waited all your life for a game that brings plot and gameplay together? Well we have the game for you.…
By András Neltz Published June 30, 2014 - Kotaku East
Hire a League of Legends Tutor in South Korea
Maybe you play online League of Legends. Maybe you suck. And maybe you wish there was a way to get better. Well, in South Korea there is. According to gaming site Gamemeca (via tipster Sang), a Korean company is rolling out a new service called “Punching” that enlists eSport athletes to give players tips in…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 30, 2014 - Kotaku East
For Some Folks, “Side Mouth” Ruins Anime Faces
You know how sometimes anime characters have mouths on the side of their faces? Does that bother you? Or are you totally cool with that? Recently on 2ch, Japan’s largest internet forum, a thread disc popped up on how this anime mouth style is “upsettingly gross.” Below, you can see the drawing the original commenter…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 30, 2014 - Uncategorized
Dedicated DayZ Player Spends Hours Swimming To Mysterious Island
Eleven kilometers off the coast of Chernarus, the map zombie-and-player-killing simulator DayZ takes place on, lies “Debug Island.” Also known as “Schadenfreude Island,” this abandoned and barren little piece of land has gone unexplored in the standalone version of DayZ… until now. Before he took off on his four hour plus trip, redditor Gews had…
By András Neltz Published June 30, 2014 - Kotaku East
Chinese Press Claim Xbox One Will Cost $800 In China
The Xbox One is coming to China! In September to be exact. The biggest question now is how much the Xbox One will cost once it launches in the Middle Kingdom, and Chinese media is suggesting that the price will be… EXTREME! Chinese online electronics site Zol.com posted a photo detailing the price of the…
By Eric Jou Published June 30, 2014 - Kotaku East
Yesterday Was a Highly Unusual Day in Japan
A handful of incidents happened yesterday in Japan. Some of them were truly awful and others were odd or surprising. On Twitter, people have been rounding up them as “The Incidents of June 29” (６月２９日の出来事). Let’s have a look. Note: This article contains content that some readers might find objectionable. [Photo: Straits Times] The day…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 30, 2014 - Uncategorized
Grand Theft Auto President Buys A Church Because Why Not
St. Stephens Church in Edinburgh is nearly 200 years old, and until recently was in danger of being sold off and turned into “private flats or a bar- restaurant complex”. Enter Leslie Benzies, president of Grand Theft Auto developers Rockstar North. A resident of the Stockbridge area where the church is located, it’s thought Benzies paid…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 29, 2014 -
UncategorizedA Virtual Nightmare For Sonic Fans
This Oculus Rift experience is like Tron. Only instead of being stuck inside an arcade game you’re stuck inside the mind of a Sonic fan (or Sonic meme artist). I’m probably most impressed with the amount of research that went into building all these models. It’s like a zoo for Sanic and running fast. If…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 29, 2014 - Culture
Giving Bayonetta A New Haircut, Outfit
“Bayonetta’s not the kind of girl who’d show up with the same hairstyle for her sequel”, writes artist Mari Shimazaki. “A girl can be known to change her hairstyle depending on her mood, so I guess Bayonetta was in the mood for something short.” Shimazaki, who designed Bayonetta in the first place (and has also…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 29, 2014 -
UncategorizedMamas, Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up To Fight With Dildos
Seeing as gun control is such a hot-button topic in the US, the most successful arguments (from either side) often have to be the most subtle. And this might be the first time the use of duelling dildos has ever been seen as…subtle? So, yeah, keep your weapons of war locked up and away from…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 29, 2014 -
UncategorizedHumans Are Paying Real Money To Help Rock Simulator
To most folks, Rock Simulator 2014 is an internet joke. To some, though, it’s an opportunity to throw some cash at the way of the game’s “development team”. An IndieGoGo campaign for the project/joke set itself a rather modest target of $500, and has already gone past it. That doesn’t sound like much when compared…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 29, 2014 - Esports
Health Issue Sparks DOTA 2 Controversy
There’s been some controversy over the weekend surrounding Valve’s big DOTA 2 tournament, The International, and how the company (and one team involved) has handled the roster of one of the competing teams. That team is Fnatic, and the player at the centre of the mess is Adrian “Era” Kryeziu (pictured, below), who suffers from…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 29, 2014 - Uncategorized
Special Edition Ouya Added To Reading Rainbow Kickstarter Rewards
The revival of Reading Rainbow is now one of the top 5 Kickstarter campaigns ever, and to celebrate the other four with that distinction are partnering with RR for special things. And Ouya is one of that select group. First off is new backer rewards that involve that “butterfly-in-the-sky” blue microconsole up there, of which…
By Phil Owen Published June 29, 2014 -
UncategorizedLet’s Remember The Vuvuzela Mod For Doom 2
It’s a slow news day, presumably because of some combination of the summer being a slow news season and that we’re all watching World Cup games (come on, Costa Rica, jeez UPDATE: CON-CA-CAF CON-CA-CAF) instead of normal summer Sunday activities. There are no vuvuzelas at this World Cup in Brazil, but at the 2010 South…
By Phil Owen Published June 29, 2014
