At Least Someone Wants a PlayStation Vita for Christmas

Japan got the short straw this holiday season with the PS4 coming out in February and no specific release date for the Xbox One. So what gaming console IS on people’s Christmas wish lists in the Japan? Japanese gaming mag Weekly Famitsu conducted a poll asking gamers what they plan on getting for the holiday…

In This, The Year Of Amazing Luigi Merchandise

As This, The Year Of Luigi draws to a close, let us gaze upon one of the finest Club Nintendo exclusives ever to materialise. Sadly, he will be out in March 2014, which is NotThe Year Of Luigi (it’ll be The Year Of Someone Else). The cost is 1500 Coins, which for an exclusive 5-inch…

Marvel Kills Amazing Iron Man Suits

A group calling themselves the “Iron Man Factory” had hoped to use Kickstarter to fund construction of a series of incredible 3D-printed Iron Man costumes. They really should have asked Marvel first, though. Without their blessing, the comics giant has unsurprisingly shut the campaign down, which is a triumph for copyright law but sad news…

The Nintendo Blockbusters They’ll Never Actually Announce

Nintendo announces a lot of stuff during a Nintendo Direct, but a lot of it is usually fluff. It’s never the MEGATON you’re secretly hoping – and beating yourself up – for. Dan Teasdale’s Secret Nintendo Direct Announcement Finder lets you experience the momentary illusion of seeing those MEGATON dreams come true. So painful, and…

Report: South Park Game Hilariously Censored In Australia

Australia may finally have an adults-only game rating, but that doesn’t mean anything and everything is approved for consumption down under. Take the upcoming South Park game, for example, whose alien anal probe scene has had to be heavily censored for Australian release. Seems alien anal probes are a sore point for Australian censors; Saints…

Lawsuit Accuses EA Of Lying About Battlefield 4

Battlefield 4’s PC version has had some problems since launch. For some, this is an annoyance and an inconvenience. For others, it’s grounds for a lawsuit. We’ve already seenone firm consider taking the giant publisher to court, but there’s now a second, filed in a U.S. District Court and which is the first step towards…

​A Helpful Explanation Of Where Holiday Traditions Come From

I’m sure you’ve always had a sneaking suspicion that the story of Christmas past is quite a bit different from the story of Christmas present. But how about Chanukah and Kwanzaa? Watch Mental Floss host John Green get historical on a bunch of holiday traditions. Come for the Transformers: Dark of the Moon jokes, stay…

The Year In Visceral Press Releases

VISCERAL: felt in or as if in the internal organs of the body : deep visceral conviction> not intellectual : instinctive, unreasoning dealing with crude or elemental emotions : earthy visceral novel> of, relating to, or located on or among the viscera : splanchnic January 9: The recipient of multiple industry accolades, including “Best PC Game” and “Best MMO”…

​Outstanding Fake Beans Commercial Stars Horrifying Space Monster

In this, the era of Pacific Rim and Godzilla, we could use a couple beans commercials like this one. Created by European visual effects house Cinseite, it imagines a world where beans companies are actually cool enough to make ads this awesome. I wish I lived in that world. [Via Digg Video]

Track: Tropea | Album: EP | Artist: Kaleida Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

Operation Broken Eagle, the first downloadable episode for Dead Rising 3, has been delayed to January 21. The DLC was originally expected on December 24, but Microsoft says they’re pushing back the date in order to spend a few more weeks polishing and playtesting.

Report: Zynga Founder Asked Obama To “Pardon” Edward Snowden

Yesterday, a bunch of America’s leading tech sector executives met with US President Barack Obama. They were meant to be talking about the failure of Heathcare.gov, but things got really interesting when the conversation moved onto the fate of NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden. The former CIA employee, who fled overseas to avoid US prosection for…

​Guy Creates Massive, Working 3D Printer In Minecraft

Every day it seems someone makes something remarkable in Minecraft. But this… well, this is one of the most remarkable Minecraft things I’ve seen in a while. It comes from ItsJustjumby, who has crafted a working, Star Destroyer-sized 3D printer in the game. Watch the video from the start, where he demonstrates it in action,…