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Ash From Pokémon Has The Body Of A Greek God
Seems like running around the Kanto Region paid off or Ash simply knows the secret of the perfect six-pack. I hope he’s not on some special Pokémon diet. This is the figurine in question that goes into Pokémon territory where no trainer has been before. via TheRandomInMyHead [Tumblr] To contact the author of this post,…
By Gergo Vas Published June 27, 2014 - Kotaku East
No Game No Life is a Must Watch for Any Gamer
What happens when you take two expert gamers and drop them into a fantasy world where everything is centered around games? You get the smart, beautiful, funny, and just plain all-around enjoyable No Game No Life Good – Two Sides of the Same Coin No Game No Life is the story of a brother and…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published June 27, 2014 - Kotaku East
The Destruction of Tokyo’s Geek District Looks Like This
One day, this will all end. All of it. Even Tokyo’s geek center, Akihabara. But what will that day look like? Perhaps, something like this. Tumblr site Little Treasures, which often posts composite and digitally altered pics, recently uploaded these two images. Both were titled, “Akihabara.” Fantastic. It’s like something out of Akira. Here you…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 27, 2014 - Kotaku East
Fighting game Persona 4: The Ultimate in Mayonaka Arena is being turned into a stage play. Film director Shutaro Oku, who previously directed the Persona 4 theatrical production, is helming the production. It will be written by Jun Kumagai, who wrote Persona 4: The Animation as well as the Persona 3 and Persona 4 plays.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 27, 2014 - Kotaku East
Inside South Korea’s Penis Restaurant
If you miss the sign in Pocheon City for the restaurant Deolmusae, no worries. You can always look for the giant erect penis. Think I’m joking? Note: This article contains content some readers might find objectionable. Nope! Not joking! [Photo: Joins] Yes, I believe that’s a dick oven. Wait until you see the wall map…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 27, 2014 -
Kotaku EastNintendo’s Student-made Wii U Games are Full of Imagination
The Nintendo Games Seminar is an annual program where teams of college students are given weekly classes on game development from Nintendo. Over the course of eight months, the groups design and build their own game. And now, last year’s four games are available for free on the Japanese Wii U’s eShop. The first game…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published June 27, 2014 - CultureCosplay
That’s one hell of a Dhalsim. Cosplay by Michael Vincent, photo by WJS
By Luke Plunkett Published June 27, 2014 - Uncategorized
Never Has An Internet Quiz Been So Useful
How long will you survive in The Chamber? Can you evade the Sightless Finder? Can you really? And what will you do when confronted by The Swarm That Is One Mind? Take this quiz to find out! I only survived for two hours. I think it was the siren song of insanity that pulled my…
By Nathan Grayson Published June 26, 2014 - Culture
It’s Kinda…Hellboy Meets Jet Set Radio Meets Tank Girl…
Adrian Meribault is a freelance artist who teaches through Cultura, and has worked in both video games and tabletop gaming. You can see more of Adrian’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),…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 26, 2014 - Uncategorized
Plush Fallout Vault Boy For Sale
Gaming Heads is selling an authorized plush Vault Boy. The notes say it comes with an internal skeleton to allow posing (although none of the photos show a different pose) You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.
By John Struan Published June 26, 2014 - Uncategorized
There’s Always Room For Another Pretty Adventure Game
The Journey Down is one of the best-looking games around, thanks to its exquisite hand-crafted visuals. The first chapter of the point-and-click adventure has been available for ages, but the second chapter is finally on the way, and it looks great. It’ll be out sometime this Summer. The Journey Down [Site]
By Luke Plunkett Published June 26, 2014 - Uncategorized
Download These Far Cry 4 Wallpapers
I featured Game Informer’s gorgeous Far Cry 4 issue earlier this month. Here are two wallpaper-sized versions of the image. Visit the Meduzarts site for more art from the best looking recent video game teasers, including Mortal Kombat X and Elder Scrolls Online. Via R/Gaming You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated…
By John Struan Published June 26, 2014 - Uncategorized
Why Spam Emails Are So Weird
You’ve been there before. A spam email pops up in your inbox and it’s utter nonsense. A rancid word jambalaya of “Hello dears,” a bunch of names you never even knew could be names, and sentences not of this world. Why? Why does anyone do that? Let me explain. With the help of Harry Potter…
By Nathan Grayson Published June 26, 2014 - Uncategorized
YouTube Is Getting 60 FPS Support. FINALLY.
YouTube videos are about to get a significant upgrade: Per the YouTube Creators Twitter feed, support for 48 and 60fps YouTube videos is coming soon. Higher frame-rates will be a boon to anyone who wants to post footage of video games in action, particularly PC games, as many of them run at frame rates above…
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 26, 2014 -
UncategorizedPacific Rim 2 Announced For 2017
Guillermo del Toro is getting his kaiju on once again, and we’ll see the results in a few years—Pacific Rim 2 is coming in 2017. April 7, 2017, to be specific. Del Toro is also working on an animated Pacific Rim series to be released before then. “The characters I love will return,” del Toro…
By Jason Schreier Published June 26, 2014 -
UncategorizedBehold, A Fleshlight Case…For Your iPad?
Watching this ad for Fleshlight Launchpad—a real iPad case that Fleshlight has been working on for a couple of years—I couldn’t decide if I was more amazed/baffled at the dupstep, or at the fact this probably wouldn’t work so well on a Skype call at all. Not without the entire thing becoming somewhat, err, turbulent…
By Patricia Hernandez Published June 26, 2014