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From lowly sprite in 1985, to fearsome beast in 2014. Above is concept art from Chaos Reborn, the reboot of 1985’s Chaos: The Battle of Wizards, a turn-based strategy game for the ZX Spectrum. Creator Julian Gollop, who also worked on the original X-Com, recently launched a Kickstarter campaign for Chaos Reborn Chaos Reborn [Kickstarter]…
By András Neltz Published March 17, 2014 - Kotaku East
It’s The Snacktaku Fried Insect Special
I seriously hope you’re not eating breakfast while reading this post. In fact, if you are, I apologize. Now… On with the show! Er… article. China’s known for a myriad of things. Communism, pandas, Chinese food. On that last thing, Chinese food—it covers literally everything. With over 5000 years of history, China’s culinary culture is…
By Eric Jou Published March 17, 2014 - Kotaku East
Chinese Internet Slang May Destabilize Country, Says One Official
Internet slang for the most part is, well, meaningless but interesting slang. In China, one phrase from the giant internet lexicon that is Chinese slang has been called out as a phrase that may cause the social apocalypse, at least according to the vice-president of Guangzhou’s Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. The phrase in question,…
By Eric Jou Published March 17, 2014 -
Kotaku EastAngry White Guy Confuses Chinese Gamers
Recently a video appeared online across Chinese social media creating a buzz among Chinese gamers. The video, features a Caucasian speaking fluent Mandarin angrily at Chinese gamers. That’s right, an angry white man shouting at Chinese gamers in Chinese. In the video, the man opens the by swearing at C.G.P, Chinese game players. He then…
By Eric Jou Published March 17, 2014 -
Kotaku EastDumb Japanese News Show Falls for Angry German Kid Video
Last night, a weekend news show hosted by Beat Takeshi covered the dangers of internet addiction. To illustrate that, the program, called Jouhou 7 Days News Caster, showed a clip from the infamous Angry German Kid video. For proper context, you can see the whole segment below, which is on “internet dependence.” Note the ominous…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 17, 2014 -
UncategorizedHow Popeye Inspired Pac-Man, And Other Interesting Pac-Man Facts
Like how the famous Pac-Man Google Doodle cost the US economy over $120 million. Yikes. DYKGaming, the undisputed master of all gaming-related trivia, is back to tell us about one of the most influential, popular, and… well, fun, games of all time, Pac-Man. Have a look below, if for nothing else than to check out…
By András Neltz Published March 17, 2014 - Uncategorized
Early Sonic Boom Designs Caused “Discomfort” to Original Sonic Team
At one point, the current iteration of Sonic and his friends looked even more different compared to their original selves. So much so that it caused quite a few headaches to the series’ original creators. Speaking to GameSpot, Bob Rafei, head of the studio in charge of the character redesigns, said that early on, the…
By András Neltz Published March 17, 2014 - Kotaku East
One Piece and Dragon Ball Destroy Tokyo Street
The front of department store Shibuya Parco in Tokyo is a mass of rubble! One Piece’s Luffy threw a massive punch into the pavement. Just wait until Goku unleashes that kamehameha! This sculpture will be on display until March 23 and was installed to promote manga fighting game J-Stars Victory Vs. Check out the photos…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 17, 2014 - Kotaku East
Skimpy Flight Attendant Uniforms Called “Dangerous”
From the end of May, Japanese budget airline Skymark is rolling out a new Airbus A330-300 addition to its fleet. To mark the occasion, the airline is also introducing new uniforms for its female cabin crew. Very, very short uniforms. Today, one of the largest papers in Japan, Mainichi, reported how the country’s labor union…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 17, 2014 - Culture
A Pirate’s Life For Me (And These Guys)
Johan Grenier is a French character artist who has done work for companies like Ubisoft, Paizo and Privateer Press. In his time at Ubisoft, Grenier contributed to Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood, Revelations, III and IV. You can see more of Johan’s work at his personal site To see the larger pics in all their glory (or,…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 16, 2014 -
UncategorizedThe Newest Street Fighter Character Is…
The fifth and final new fighter to be added to the upcoming Ultra Street Fighter IV will be Decapre. She’s new, while also being not new. It’s weird. She’s not a new character, having first appeared briefly in Street Fighter Alpha 3 as an NPC (which you can see in the intro to the video…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 16, 2014 - Uncategorized
Help A Man Build A 300-Foot Water Slide In The Middle Of A Road
Artist Luke Jerram wants to build a 300-foot-long slip-and-slide right down the middle of a street in Bristol, England. That is God’s work you are doing, Luke. It might seem absurd, but it actually has a shot of happening: being a slip-and-slide, all they’d need would be some tarps and a hose (OK, maybe a…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 16, 2014 - Uncategorized
Stuff got 12 of the 13 Steam Machines due for release this year together, took them apart and tested them out. Then got them all together for this family photo. Check it out for rundowns (and 360-degree gifs) of every machine except Valve’s own unit.
By Luke Plunkett Published March 16, 2014 - Uncategorized
Trolling This Dating Service Should Be Cruel, But It’s Great
As Bart Simpson has shown, trolling people looking for love is usually a dick move. The trick, then, is to keep it short, keep it simple, and make it funny. Hello Let’s Date is a Tumblr that chronicles the text adventures of a Tindermember who…well, he’s about what you should expect from a dating service…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 16, 2014 -
UncategorizedOne Gamer Has More YouTube Subscribers Than Rihanna, Bieber
If anything is going to roll up 2014, the internet and video games together in one single fact, this has got to be it. Felix “PewDiePie” Kjellberg, one of the most well-known “Let’s Play” gamers on the planet, now has over 25 million subscribers (he’s doubled his tally in just a year). Compare that to…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 16, 2014 - Uncategorized
Indie Shooter Inspired By Badass Battlefield Gifs
You know, as important as it is to have games taking inspiration from classic literature, philosophy and the human spirit, sometimes it’s nice to hear a developer say you know what, screw it, we made this game because we were playing two other games that were awesome. So it is with Jetgetters, a game that’s…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 16, 2014 - CultureCosplay
The New Godzilla Movie Will (Sadly) Not Look Like This
Mike K runs eleventhphotograph, a cosplay photography studio. He was most recently snapping pics at Katsucon last month, and those pics were great You can see a selection of them below, with a lot more at Mike’s site Living in Canada, Mike works in TV as a producer and is a freelance photographer in his…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 16, 2014 - Culture
The Week in Games: Second Son Of A Second Son
Every week video game publishers release video games into the retail and digital marketplace. What makes this week different? Nothing, really. Oh look, it’s Infamous: Second Son! Nice. TUESDAY, MARCH 18 Deus Ex: The Fall (PC) Final Fantasy X-X2 HD (Vita, PS3) Luftrausers (PC, Mac, PS3) Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes (PS4, Xbox One,…
By Mike Fahey Published March 16, 2014