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Kara no Shojo: The Kotaku Review
Kara no Shojo (The Girl in the Shell) is simply one of the most graphic and disturbing visual novels I have ever played. It is also one of the most captivating. Set in post-war Japan (1956 to be exact), Kara no Shojo follows Reiji Tokisaka, a private detective specializing in catching serial killers. When girls…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published December 20, 2013 - Kotaku East
The Year in NSFW
Sexy. Screwed up. Strange. Outrageous. We here at Kotaku deal with topics befitting all those words. We dealt with them this year, too. So grab your laptops and find a dark corner, folks, ’cause we’re dealing with some of the naughtiest and nastiest stuff 2013 had to offer. Enjoy our selection of this year’s NSFW…
By András Neltz Published December 20, 2013 - Uncategorized
A League Of Legends Dictionary: Know What The Hell Is Going On
Don’t look now, but League of Legends is one of the biggest games in the world. And that’s in spite of the fact that, while appearing simple, it’s surprisingly complex, and burdened with one hell of a lexicon. If you’re new to the game, you won’t know your ARAMs from your Ward Hops, so Jeff…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 20, 2013 -
UncategorizedRad Combo: Buy An Arcade Stick + Donate To Charity
The Platinum Capcom Cup Arcade FightStick Tournament Edition 2 isn’t just a mouthful, it’s one of the prettiest – and most exclusive – video game controllers around. The only people on Earth who will ever use one are the top placers at this year’s Capcom Cup fighting game tournament. Oh, and maybe you, if you…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 20, 2013 - Culture
The New Robocop Should Have Looked Like This
Furio Tedeschi is a 3D artist who has worked in both video games and motion pictures, on projects like Halo 4, Pacific Rim, Star Wars and Silent Hill. He’s currently at McFarlane Toys, working on action figures. You can see more of Furio’s work at his Behance page and CGHub profile To see the larger…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 20, 2013 - Uncategorized
Report: Hunger Games Banner Has Protesters Facing Terrorism Charges
Some environmental activists in Oklahoma used a Hunger Games banner as part of a protest against Devon, an energy company. For their trouble, reports say they were locked up and are now facing terrorism charges. Having gained access to a building bearing Devon’s name, the protestors erected two huge banners, one of them bearing the…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 20, 2013 - Uncategorized
Dark Souls II’s PC Port Will Be Better
So says the game’s producer Takeshi Miyazoe, and I believe him. After all, it can’t be any worse than Dark Soul’s port. “We did know there were PC-specific features like key-mapping and use of the mouse and keyboard, high resolution and higher frame rate, stuff like that, but… It’s not that we ignored it, but…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 19, 2013 -
UncategorizedSorry, TV Host, That Is Not “Zelda”
Look, I hate to break it to you Arizona news anchor, but that’s not Zelda you’re talking about. That’s Link, and I’m pretty sure he’s a guy. In the clip above, a local news anchor and self-proclaimed Zelda fan mistakes Link’s name and gender in the trailer for Hyrule Warriors “She’s just fierce! Look at…
By Chris Person Published December 19, 2013 - Uncategorized
The Biggest Disappointments Of 2013
2013 was one hell of a year for video games. So much action, so much drama! Such suspense, such anger and jubilation! It was a year of great change, in which things didn’t always always go according to plan and plenty of games failed to live up to expectations. We don’t love being negative here…
By Kirk Hamilton Published December 19, 2013 - Uncategorized
To Hell With These New Consoles, Give Me A Dreamcast 2
Maybe it’s the constant barrage of Playstation and Xbox news. Maybe it’s nostalgia. But right about now I could really get behind a Dreamcast 2, and it looks like I’m not the only one either. In the video above (which has a Sonic ad lazily tacked on at the last second), game troll Keith Apicary…
By Chris Person Published December 19, 2013 -
UncategorizedOne Of YouTube’s Solutions To All This Copyright Madness Sort of Works
YouTube doesn’t just have an army of bots trying imperfectly to sniff out copyright violations on videos on the site. It also has a song-removal feature that lets a video-creator cut a problematic song without losing control of their video or ruining it. At least, that’s how it should work. We tested it. The site’s…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 19, 2013 -
UncategorizedHow A Team Of Two People Is Bringing Us 2014’s Largest JRPG
There are a lot of big, highly-anticipated games coming out next year: Watch Dogs, Titanfall, Dragon Age Inquisition. But in certain circles, there’s only one game worth counting down the days for: The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC. That oddly-titled game is the second of a trilogy and the sequel to the…
By Jason Schreier Published December 19, 2013 - Uncategorized
Now You Can Play Knights Of The Old Republic On The iPhone
In May of this year, one of the greatest Star Wars stories ever told made the jump from PC and old consoles to the iPad. Today Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic finally went universal, with a host of new features to welcome iPhone and iPod Touch players into the fold. Along with support…
By Mike Fahey Published December 19, 2013 -
EsportsSports Experts on HBO Laugh at eSports
Some people just can’t accept that a competitive video game and its world championship finals can fill up a huge sports arena. In a recent episode of HBO’s Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel, where the show’s panelists discussed the events of this year, League of Legends got it in the neck. Is it a sport?…
By Gergo Vas Published December 19, 2013 -
ReviewsCut The Rope 2 Is A Great Reason To Give Its Creators More Money
For three years the creators of Cut the Rope have been adding new free level packs to the original game. Both the prequel, Cut the Rope: Time Travel and the spin-off, Cut the Rope: Experiments, have gotten free new content this month. These guys really deserve another dollar. Cut the Rope 2 is our chance.…
By Mike Fahey Published December 19, 2013 -
UncategorizedA Game That Showed Me My Own Black History
The newest chapter of the Assassin’s Creed series gives me some of the things I’ve always wanted in a video game: a heroic fantasy that lets me control a warrior fighting against slavery. Part of it happens in Haiti, where my parents were born. Characters talk in Antillean Kreyol, the mosaic tongue made of French…
By Evan Narcisse Published December 19, 2013 - Uncategorized
You might not want to preorder the Diablo III expansion pack just yet—especially if you’re in the beta. Some players who preordered Reaper of Souls are reporting restriction issues connected to their current Diablo III accounts, and Blizzard is taking down the beta for some “urgent maintenance.”
By Jason Schreier Published December 19, 2013 -
UncategorizedHow Not To Woo A Gamer On OKCupid
There’s a good way to use OKCupid, and there’s a not-so-good way. This is one of those second ways. The above video comes to us from the YouTube series OKCupid is the best!, which revolves around host solikebasically having her computer read aloud messages from her OKCupid dating profile. In this episode, a guy gamer…
By Kirk Hamilton Published December 19, 2013
