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It Just Wouldn’t Be New Year’s Without Anime Girls on Wooden Plaques
In Japan, New Year’s isn’t just about the dropping of the ball. It’s the turning of a new leaf, and with it come numerous traditions from fortune telling to warding off evil spirits and drawing cute anime girls on wooden plaques… Wait, what? The notorious “ita-ema” (痛絵馬) are back again this year in full force…
By Toshi Nakamura Published January 2, 2014 -
Kotaku EastJapan’s First PS4 Commercial Twists the Knife in a Rather Mean Way
“Look at all these people, having fun with their PS4s,” the ad seems to say “Sure would be nice to get some of that action, huh?” While I’m sure Sony Japan’s intention wasn’t to torture people—even the caption reads “The world will be united with play,” which shows their heart was in the right place—still……
By András Neltz Published January 2, 2014 - Kotaku East
Comiket’s Not Just About Comics. It’s Also About Awesome Cosplay
Comic Market, aka Comiket is a bi-annual 3-day indie manga event. But it’s not just about manga. As the biggest and most famous indie manga event in Japan, cosplayers come out in droves. And this year’s winter Comiket 85 was no different. Be it sweltering heat or frigid cold, if there are crowds of fans…
By Toshi Nakamura Published January 2, 2014 - Uncategorized
Call of Duty’s Dog Gets The Action Figure He Deserves
2013 may have been The Year of Luigi, but it was also The Year of Riley, Call of Duty: Ghost’s canine companion giving the series its first awesome character in years. That’s a feat worth celebrating with a custom action figure. Made by sigsauerp226r, and shared by Infinity Ward, the presence of a Hesh figure…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 2, 2014 -
UncategorizedIn 2014, We Will Swordfight Like Gentlemen (On Acid)
Indie swordfighting game Nidhogg has been doing the rounds since 2011. It was supposed to be released in 2013, but never made it. Not to mind. It’s coming out later this month. January 13, to be precise. On Steam. Here’s a launch trailer. It’s like Highlander, if Highlander was trippin’ balls.
By Luke Plunkett Published January 2, 2014 - Uncategorized
Time To Wake Up, It’s 2014!
That’s one way to ease the hangover after New Years Eve, whether it was about playing games all night, or doing something else. Time To Wake The Boy Nerf Edition [Nerfdad, Vine] To contact the author of this post, write to: [email protected]
By Gergo Vas Published January 1, 2014 - Uncategorized
Penny Arcade’s Gabe Apologises For Being A “Bully”
Penny Arcade has taken its fair share of criticism over the past year, a lot of it stemmingfrom the public comments of co-creator Mike Krahulik. As part of a lengthy and heartfelt postover on the comic’s main page, written as a form of new year’s resolution, he’s addressed that in a very direct manner, apologising…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 1, 2014 -
CultureKotaku’s Favorite Albums from 2013
How is this news? The release this year of Kinja, our new publishing platform, also saw the return of Kotaku Soundtrack, a happy little diversion we sometimes indulge in where we share the music that we’re listening to, whether that be for work, for gaming or, if we’re bold, for pleasure Since the feature is…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 1, 2014 -
UncategorizedThe Year in Kotaku ‘Shop Contests
If you’re not following the Kotaku ‘Shop Contest, you’re missing on one of the longest-running features here, all of it created by readers. This week’s contest was an encore of 2013’s 10 best subjects, and multiple contest finalist Docherty submitted this outstanding montage capturing all of them (and more) together. If this was an animated…
By Owen Good Published January 1, 2014 - Uncategorized
Good news for those of you patiently waiting for A Bird Story, the follow-up to indie darling To The Moon: the developers, Freebird Games, have released free TTM DLC for you to play. It’s a quick, lighthearted minisode meant to celebrate the holidays a little, andyou can download it here.
By Patricia Hernandez Published January 1, 2014 - Uncategorized
Want To See New Games In Action? Check Out Watchlist.
If you aren’t familiar with Watchlist, it’s a place for all the videos that we have here on Kotaku. If you are familiar with it, you should know that it’s now going to be focused on showing off new and upcoming games. Of course you’ll find Leo’s videos there, and the various gameplay videos that…
By Steve Marinconz Published January 1, 2014 -
UncategorizedBurn At Least Six Calories in 2014 With This One Weird Video Game
Exercise sucks. Exergaming sucks. If you’re a video gamer who has set a resolution to lose weight, you have a long, hard road ahead of you in 2014. Or, more likely, you have a very short one before you give up. I can’t tell you what my secret to fitness is because my secret to…
By Owen Good Published January 1, 2014 - Uncategorized
Everything Freezes In Batman: Arkham Origins‘ Story DLC
A giant diamond, some ice crystals, and an invitation to an awards gala at Wayne Manor? Sounds like Batman: Arkham Origins‘ upcoming story DLC is going to be one cool party. Does the Ice Man cometh? The Batman Arkham Twitter account promised a surprise for New Years’ Day, and this looks to have been it.…
By Mike Fahey Published January 1, 2014 - Uncategorized
The Promises Video Game Stars Should Make For 2014
2014?! Thank god. I was really getting tired of 2013. Hopefully 2014 will be rays of sunshine and progress and happiness to make up for the sludge that was 2013. Some prominent video game characters are with me on this. Let’s check in. Lara Croft, Tomb Raider Buy new outfits cause this one is getting…
By Tina Amini Published January 1, 2014 - Kotaku East
Kotaku Editors’ 10 Favorite Games of 2013
Have you heard? The Last of Us is Kotaku’s game of the year. We’re not going to talk about The Last of Us now, though. Well, not “just” The Last of Us Over the last month, we have shared with you our top games from the year 2013. Ten picks from each of us. On…
By András Neltz Published January 1, 2014 - Uncategorized
Read Up: Critical Distance compiles a weekly round-up of the best games writing around—and today they published a round-up of some the best games writing of the year.Definitely worth perusing: it’s been a fantastic year for games criticism. You might even find a new site or author worth following, to boot.
By Patricia Hernandez Published December 31, 2013 -
UncategorizedKotaku‘s Favorite Comics from 2013
2013’s pretty much over and, boy, was it ever a great year for comics. Here’s what I and other Kotaku staffers loved reading over the last twelve months. Sex Criminals It was fair to expect that a book from Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky would have some of the raunchiest porn comedy this side of…
By Evan Narcisse Published December 31, 2013
