The Machines That Claim to Uncensor Japanese Pornography

This week in Osaka, cops busted uncensored dirty movie sellers. According to The Tokyo Reporter, police seized 140,000 uncensored DVDs. Pixelated porn is the law! And in the past, machines were made to give those rules the shaft. Note: This story might contain content some readers find objectionable. During the Meiji Era (1868 – 1912),…

New Mana Game Is Coming To iOS And Android

Here’s the Japanese trailer of Rise of Mana, the newest entry in Square Enix’s Mana series. It’s a free to play action-RPG, coming to mobile devices. The iOS version will be out in the coming days in Japan, followed by an Android port sometime this year. There is currently no word on an international release.…

The biggest selling PS4 game during the console’s first two days out in Japan? Famitsu reports that bundled game Knack “sold” 322,083 units, Yakuza: Restoration sold 73,086 units, Battlefield 4 sold 26,878 units, and Killzone Shadow Fall sold 25,978 units.

How To Make DayZ More Depressing? Bioshock Voice Tracks.

Using various soundboards in multiplayer games is an old tradition. But talking about Little Sisters and Neptune’s Bounty in Andrew Ryan’s voice? It all fits really well in DayZ and makes the atmosphere even more grim. DayZ – The Bioshock Scenario [Lycku, YouTube] To contact the author of this post, write to: [email protected]

One Of The Funniest Mods For Team Fortress 2 Is A Pocket Sniper

Replacing a weapon to a mini sniper figure is only a good idea in Team Fortress 2. It’s hard to make the game even more silly a this point. But thanks to mods like this, YouTuber Vet shows can achieve just that with ease. The Pocket Aussie (Ambassador Re-skin) [Vet, YouTube] To contact the author…

Metal Gear Creator Hideo Kojima, Transformed Into LEGO Minifig

This…portrait (?) of the famous developer isn’t fan art, it’s an official LEGO image, done by Warner Bros. and LEGO as a courtesy for Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima. Shame it’s just an image, and not an actual minifig you could buy. Then have it tweet about its lunch and the DVDs it bought all…

Track: Main Title Theme | Album: House of Cards | Artist: Jeff Beal Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to—and gaming to—at the moment.

A Flappy Bird lament. The strange, sad story of Flappy Bird gets a game/music video combo courtesy of 7-bit Hero. You can play the game here

Inception Board Game Is A Board Game Inside A Board Game…

Inceptor is an upcoming board game that is, in everything except name (because that involves licensing), based on Chris Nolan’s movie Inception. Players move around a board collecting points, which go towards mission cards. Once a mission is complete, you then move deeper into a subject’s dreams. A nice touch is that it even includes…

I Hope The Bonus Stage Is The End Of Raiders Of The Lost Ark

It’s getting tough to figure out where the real games end and Sim Generator begins. (This, for the record, is a real game).

Nine Things You Might Not Know About The Simpsons

The Simpsons has been around for a long time—which means there are a number of interesting factoids about the show you might not know about. Do you know, for example, what the show looked like when it started running? What about why it changed, style-wise, from those early episodes? Those are just some of many…

Internet Woes: “Internet access is a utility. A commodity that should get better and faster and cheaper over time. Anyone who says otherwise is lying for money,” The Verge writes in a must-read essay.

Buckle Up: Outlast‘s “Whistleblower” DLC is coming to PC and PS4 in April. It’ll tell the story of Waylon Park, the source who contacted the protagonist of the main game. Judging by this screenshot, it will probably be super scary. We recently added the main game to our PS4 Bests List, and I can’t wait…