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Advil Has a Strange Way of Showing Menstrual Cramps in South Korea
Headaches aren’t fun. Neither are toothaches and back pains. And menstrual cramps suck, too! But in South Korea, Advil has an odd way to illustrate that. Medicine company Pfizer has hired Olympic swimmer Tae-hwan Park to sell Advil in South Korea. He’s starring in commercials like this and appearing on the pain medication’s official website:…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 19, 2014 - Kotaku East
Attack on Titan Booze Will Get You Drunk
How about some Attack on Titan plum wine? If you drink enough, you too might run amok with your clothes off. The limited edition Attack on Titan Japanese plum wine (梅酒 or umeshu) and non-alcohol plum juice use local, well, plums from the region where Attack on Titan creator Hajime Isayama grew up. But it…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 19, 2014 - Kotaku East
Relax, 3D Latte Art Has Been Perfected
You might have been wondering whether or not 3D latte art has been finally perfected. I’m here to tell you that, yes, it has. Previously, Kotaku showcased geeky latte art, cool color latte art, and amazing 3D latte art. And Ito Yuichi at Belcorno, an Italian restaurant in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, is a master at…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 19, 2014 - Kotaku East
Japan’s “Naked Festival” Is a Sea of Man Butt
In Japanese, “hadaka matsuri” (裸祭り) literally means “naked festival.” One of the most famous naked festivals was recently at Okayama, Japan. It looked like this! At a naked festival, the male participants aren’t actually naked. However, they are typically dressed only in fundoshi (ふんどし), which is a traditional Japanese loincloth, and hope to get lucky—rather,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 19, 2014 - Kotaku East
Japan’s Transformers Hotel Room Is More Than Meets the Eye
You heard me. Japan has a Transformers themed hotel room. It’s outfitted with toys and Transformers bed linen. What more could you need, really? The Asahikawa Grand Hotel, which is located in Hokkaido, teamed up with toy maker Takara Tomy to create this limited time only Transformers room. Below, you can see photos from Japanese…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 19, 2014 - Uncategorized
Meet The (Unofficial) Team Fortress LEGO
They’ll never get their own LEGO set – they won’t even get their own Mega Bloks set – but the cartoon destruction of Team Fortress 2 is still perfect for the plastic block treatment. Logan is to thank for this playset, which not only recreates the TF2 map Upward, but includes a cast of characters…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 18, 2014 - Uncategorized
Just When You Thought FTL Couldn’t Get Any Better…
…along comes word of the kind of stuff we can expect from the game’s upcoming – and free – expansion While we knew about some of this – like mind control – each of these additions is now explained in greater detail. With GIFs. But best of all, there was a new announcement: we’re getting…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 18, 2014 -
UncategorizedMetal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes: The Platform Comparison Videos
Screenshots not doing it for you? Here, watch this video that might help you decide which of the four versions of Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes looks better. Some will will no doubt crawl over every pixel scouring for proof of console supremacy, coal for the fires of their eternal message board struggle, but…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 18, 2014 - Uncategorized
Lucasarts’ Star Wars Creations Return For X-Wing Tabletop Game
The X-Wing miniatures game is almost the perfect tabletop experience. At least if you like Star Wars and fun things. About the only thing that could make it better would be to start introducing more units based on video game starfighters and oh what’s this? Following on from the game’s homage to Dark Forces, the…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 18, 2014 - Uncategorized
Buy Engagement Ring, Get…Xbox One Console
Ladies, answer me this: would you be cool knowing that one of the most important decisions (and purchases) in your man’s life had been influenced by the promise of a free video game console? Jewellery chain Perrywinkles must think so, because they’ve got a deal where the purchase of engagement ring also gets you an…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 18, 2014 - Uncategorized
Dragonfall Is The Shadowrun I Know And Love
Meet Blitz, Glory, Dietrich and Eiger. They’re my crew. There are no other runners I’d rather have at my back as I make my way through the stable anarchy of 2054 Berlin. So what if they’re not real? In Shadowrun Returns‘ upcoming Dragonfall expansion, they’re better than life. Last year’s Shadowrun Returns did a fine…
By Mike Fahey Published February 18, 2014 - Uncategorized
Do you watch True Detective? You should be watching True Detective. It’s really, really good. It’s on Sundays on HBO, and they’re just over halfway through the first season. I thought I’d see if anyone out there is watching it, and if so, what you think.
By Kirk Hamilton Published February 18, 2014 - Uncategorized
Thousands of People Are Playing Tetris Without Realizing It
Right now, more than 100,000 people are trying their best to control a single trainer over at ‘Twitch Plays Pokemon.’ They know that if they send in a command via the ‘Twitch Plays Pokemon’ chat, it’ll make the character in the streamed version Pokemon Red do something. What many of them don’t know is that,…
By Patricia Hernandez Published February 18, 2014 -
CultureThe Human-Crushing Art Of Titanfall
Hey, whaddya know. Titanfall, a good-lookin’ game about giant mechs, was born from good-lookin’ art showing giant mechs. The images you’re seeing will be part of a book celebrating the game’s art, due out later this month from Titan. You can grab it here. You can also see a flip through of the book from…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 18, 2014 - Uncategorized
Bravely Default Was Influenced By… Uh, 90210
Play a couple hours of the terrific new JRPG Bravely Default and a number of its influences will become apparent. There’s Final Fantasy IX, Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light, and so on. But one influence may be less evident…. the early 90s high school TV drama Beverly Hills 90210 And yet that show,…
By Kirk Hamilton Published February 18, 2014 -
UncategorizedThe New Strider Just Feels Right
It’s hard to reboot a franchise without shooting yourself in the foot. So many times the product feels bloated, weird, and abandons the thing that made it great to begin with. Strider, however, feels just right. In the video above, I give my impressions of Strider. Thankfully, it’s a game that understands what was intrinsically…
By Chris Person Published February 18, 2014 - Uncategorized
Yup, These Are The Best Star Wars Action Figures On The Planet
The Black Series is the best thing to happen to Star Wars action figures since, well, forever. Even today, over 30 years on from the first toys, Hasbro’s main line of figures sucks. But not these babies. Three new lines have been announced in the series, consisting of eight new figures in all. In 2014…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 18, 2014 - Uncategorized
Microsoft Has a Fix For Xbox One Users With New Black Screen Error [Update]
The latest update for the Xbox One may add a few useful new features, but it sounds like it adds a new bug, as well. Fortunately, Microsoft has an easy workaround. Some users are reporting that the update gives them a black screen after the system turns on. Users on Reddit report that the result…
By Kirk Hamilton Published February 18, 2014
