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The New Epilogue to Final Fantasy X Makes Me Hopeful For a New Game
In addition to its massive graphical upgrade, Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster is filled with bosses, dungeons, and side quests never before seen outside of Japan. But there is one thing included that is completely new: a thirty-minute audio drama that has me hoping for Final Fantasy X-3 Taking place a year after the end…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published January 21, 2014 - Kotaku East
Arpeggio of Blue Steel is an Imaginative Sci-Fi High Seas Adventure
This past fall, before writing my guide on the five fall 2013 anime you should be watching, I marathoned 6 episodes of 16 different anime. Going in, Arpeggio of Blue Steel wasn’t even on that list; but as I watched a 14th series and then a 15th, I decided to give one last anime a…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published January 21, 2014 - Uncategorized
Blindingly Hard Cult Classic Platformer La-Mulana is Getting a Sequel
Only problem is, they (as in Japanese indie developer Nigoro) don’t have the money for it. Not all of it. Not yet. You can already guess where this is going. Like its predecessor, La-Mulana 2 is going to be an archeology-themed free-roaming metroidvania platformer kind of business. Story-wise, it’s five years in the future compared…
By András Neltz Published January 21, 2014 - Kotaku East
French Fries with Chocolate: Disgusting or Delicious?
The idea sounds icky: Dipping french fries in chocolate sauce. But wait a minute! Sweet and salty? Hey, this might work. Or… maybe not. Last month, Kotaku reported that fast food chain Lotteria was rolling out “Dipping Fries” (つけポテ or tsuke pote) with Lotte’s Ghana-branded milk chocolate. The chocolate is severed in an edible tart…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 21, 2014 - Kotaku East
Japanese Woman Got a Driver’s License Dressed as Chun-Li
Well, you gotta wear something when you get your license photo, don’t you? Previously, Kotaku reported that in Japan, you can dress up as whatever when you take your driver’s license photo—just as long as you are not wearing a hat. Also, it’s reported that unnaturally bright wigs are not allowed, either. Other than that,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 21, 2014 - Kotaku East
Chocolate Sauce Creates Incredible Video Game and Anime Art
You think drawing your favorite with paper and pencil is difficult? Trying drawing them with chocolate sauce on plates. In Seoul, there’s an anime, comic book, and video game shop called Saboten Store. As tipster Sang points out, the staff do cosplay and dress as maids, but this isn’t exactly a maid cafe per se.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 21, 2014 - Culture
If The Lion King Was Made By Hideo Kojima
We’re taking a little break here from games industry art to look at the work of Robert Chew, who’s helping take part in the International Anti-Poaching Foundation‘s campaign to help save the “big 5” endangered African land mammals. He’s imagined each animal – the rhino, cape buffalo, elephant, lion and leopard – and turned them…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 21, 2014 -
UncategorizedWe Should Build Arcades On The Street
Kris Temmerman lives in a combined shopfront/apartment in Antwerp. Last November, with the shopfront empty, he decided to put it to good use, installing a custom arcade rig and coding a simple video game for people to stop and play. Not for money, just for fun. The best part is that he’s released the design…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 21, 2014 - Uncategorized
Remember The Dead With These Video Game Tombstones
Squish. Squish. Squish. To you, they’re nothing but obstacles, but each one of those Goombas you crushed had a life. Loves. Someone to remember them by. Someone to bury them, pay for a tombstone and mourn for them. Chinook Crafts sell these fantastic little video game tombstones, commemorating those we’ve vanquished during our digital travels…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 20, 2014 -
UncategorizedWhat Fight Club Looks Like When Brad Pitt Is Taken Out
If you’ve ever wondered what Fight Club would have looked like to everyone else in the movie, visual effects artist Richard Trammell has you covered. He’s digitally removed Brad Pitt from one of the movie’s key scenes, so that we can all see how crazy Ed Norton really was. Has it really been 14 years?…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 20, 2014 -
Uncategorized“Sexy” Transformers Costumes Dare To Be Stupid
Sexy Bumblebee. Sexy Optimus Prime. Sexy Megatron. Those are the actual product names for these actual products. I mean, deep down, I know there’s a sexual market for anything. This is a big ball of dirt we live on, and people are into all kinds of shit. But 80s Megatron? Does this get your juices…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 20, 2014 - Uncategorized
Candy Crush Wants To Claim The Word “Candy” For Games And Stuff
The people who made Candy Crush think they now own the word Candy, at least when it comes to games and a bunch of merchandise. How adorable. Seems that in February 2013, the game’s makers – King.com – submitted a trademark application for the word. One that on January 15 2014 was approved for publication…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 20, 2014 - Uncategorized
Now These Are Some Next-Gen Visuals
The uncanny valley might be a problem for video games featuring living characters, but cars? The better gaming hardware gets, the better these shiny motor vehicles look. To the point where I think I like these video game cars better than the real thing. These shots from the upcoming Project Cars are so damn shiny.…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 20, 2014 - Uncategorized
Tetris Is So Much Harder With A Little Mario Mixed In
Scaffold Now makes me angry and I love it. From freeware designer Kenta Cho, Scaffold Now is what happens when you combine Tetris-like puzzle drops and strategic platforming. The result is an addictive yet infuriating hybrid of a game. See how long you can last before being crushed like a bug or falling behind. Play…
By Chris Person Published January 20, 2014 -
UncategorizedA Montage Of Movie Characters Saying ‘Is That What I Think It Is?’
Yes, Beatrix, that is what you think it is. “Is that what I think it is?” is a good (and often overused) line because it suggests so much. Whatever object/thing is about to be revealed, it’s something with enough renown that the character speaking already has an idea of what it is. But it’s also…
By Kirk Hamilton Published January 20, 2014
