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Another Huge Amount of Cocaine Washed Up in Japan
Yesterday, there were reports of discovering eighty kilos of cocaine on a Japanese beach. And today? Forty kilos more. Somebody sure loves cocaine. Like the previous find, the forty kilos were packed in backpacks. One was 1.2 miles from the earlier stash, and the other was nearly five miles away. Combine this latest haul with…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 22, 2013 - Uncategorized
Coloring Books Sure Make for Freaky X-rays
Why color between the lines, when you can draw skeletons? That’s what French illustrator Chris Panda has been doing, churning stomachs in the process. Calling this the “X-ray Series“, the illustrations are sketched on to coloring book type images. They are both amazing and disturbing. More in the links below. X-ray Serie!!! [Facebook via TheMarySue…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 22, 2013 - Kotaku East
Your Long, Buttered-Toast Nightmare Is Over
Thank goodness! It’s about time we traded struggling to spread real butter on toast with butter strings. This is “Easy Butter” from Japan’s Metex. In short, you stick a slab of butter in the contraption, turn it, and grate strings of butter. Genius! Below, you can see that while the weight is the same (8…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 22, 2013 - Culture
Battleships, Battlements, Bombers And Beautiful Blue Skies
Jae Cheol Park is a Korean artist who has worked with clients like NCSoft, Webzen and Legendary Entertainment. You can see more of his work at his personal site and CGHub page To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you can save them as wallpaper), click on…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 22, 2013 - Uncategorized
A Fitting Tribute To Miyazaki’s Badass Flying Pig
Get a look at this custom Porco Rosso display, which is as meticulously detailed as the work of the man who created the character. It’s so detailed, in fact, that as you’ll see below, you can lift the chassis off and see the frame, instruments and seating beneath. That’s always the deal-sealer with me and…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 22, 2013 - Uncategorized
Hanged 3DS Either Needed A Charge Or Stole A Horse
Look, sometimes when you’re in a hotel you’ve got to make do with what you’ve got. And if your 3DS needs a charge, and the only open power outlet is up there, then you use it. But…jeez, that’s precarious Ry-Spirit’s Art [Facebook, via Tiny Cartridge]
By Luke Plunkett Published November 22, 2013 - Uncategorized
Xbox One Game Changed Between Reviews And Release
Crimson Dragon, the spiritual successor to Panzer Dragoon, just came out, but already the game is being altered after it received, well, let’s say mixedreviews. Saying he has “heard the feedback” on the game, director Yukio Futatsugi is ringing the changes, which include generally making the game easier. “I’m excited to have the opportunity to…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 22, 2013 - Uncategorized
Welcome To The Next Generation, Everybody
That’s it. It’s past midnight. The Xbox One is now on sale in North America, having gradually rolled out across Australasia and parts of Europe earlier in the day. With the PS4 being released last week and – depending on your definition of “generation” – the Wii U on shelves last year, the “next generation”…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 22, 2013 -
UncategorizedShock: Pretty PC Game Keeps Getting Prettier
We already know The Banner Saga is a gorgeous game, because its multiplayer mode is out and you can play it and see for yourself. But the real artistic chops are coming in the games’ singleplayer mode. As this clip shows, the game’s singleplayer mode is a lot more involved than simple multiplayer skirmishes, taking…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 21, 2013 - Uncategorized
Xbox, Go To Los Angeles. Xbox? Xbox?
Spike’s Geoff Keighley uses the power of Kinect to throw the station’s coverage of the Xbox One launch event across the country. Or, tries to. I bet it sounded good on paper. If you want to follow along yourself, and haven’t already been doing so, you can catch it here
By Luke Plunkett Published November 21, 2013 - Uncategorized
Here’s The First Human To Buy An Xbox One
The first person to buy an Xbox One in line in New York City tonight is not the first person on planet Earth to buy an Xbox One. That honour, thanks to the placement of the international date line, went to New Zealand’s Dan Livingstone. Beating out my own antipodean purchase by a mere two…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 21, 2013 - Uncategorized
Flight Simulator Has Never Looked So Good
Nope, these aren’t photos of actual planes. They’re video game screenshots. Specifically, they’re high-res shots from Flight Simulator X captured and posted by Duncan Harris at Dead End Thrills. Get a load of this action: There are plenty more shots over at Dead End Thrills
By Kirk Hamilton Published November 21, 2013 -
UncategorizedThe Most Ridiculous Pokedex Entries In Pokémon X & Y
It’s easy to miss, but boy, Pokémon lore can get pretty bonkers sometime. Case in point: the Pokedex entries for X & Y, where you might learn about things that are either amazing, creepy or just plain nonsensical. Pokemon X & Y, despite having a small number of new Pokemon added to the ‘dex, is…
By Patricia Hernandez Published November 21, 2013 -
UncategorizedWe Brought An Xbox One To The Xbox One Launch Event… Chaos Ensued
Tonight in New York, Microsoft is hosting a massive launch party for the Xbox One. In a few short hours, the people in line will have their own new consoles to take home. Ah, but Kotaku already has an Xbox One. Maybe the folks in line would like to check ours out while they wait?…
By Kirk Hamilton Published November 21, 2013 -
UncategorizedOne Man Doesn’t Need The Xbox One Launch Tonight
Stephen Colbert knows how to spend time with his loved ones. And by “loved ones” I mean he knows how to spend time with hardware like the PS4. The GIF above comes from a segment of last night’s episode of The Colbert Report, where Stephen Colbert takes a jab at consumerism, ultimately urging lonely single…
By Patricia Hernandez Published November 21, 2013 - Uncategorized
The Activision Action Figures The Atari Age Deserved
We should have gotten action figure tie-ins for every game Activision released on the Atari 2600, but we didn’t, because marketers were stupid back then. Dan from Chicago Toy Collector makes up for the oversight with this killer custom G.I. Joes. Can you guess which figure goes with which game? Oh come on, at least…
By Mike Fahey Published November 21, 2013 - Culture
Twitch Apologizes Over Recent Abuse of Power By Staff
After a day of silence, the CEO of livestreaming website Twitch has apologized for the poor handling of a recent controversy involving staff members, emoticons, and a number of people from the streaming community. “We’d like to repair the damage that has been done to the relationship between Twitch and the Speedrunning community,” Emmett Shear,…
By Patricia Hernandez Published November 21, 2013 -
UncategorizedChased By Bees Is My Favorite Hunger Games… Game, I Guess.
The next Hunger Games movie comes out tomorrow, so while we’re all eagerly lining up for midnight showings, we can play Reliance Games’ latest movie tie-in, The Hunger Games: Chased By Bees. The iTunes listing for this game is actually Hunger Games: Catching Fire Frenum Run, which is odd because you never catch fire or…
By Mike Fahey Published November 21, 2013 -
UncategorizedWell, Microsoft’s Xbox One Launch Event Sure Seems Interesting
I’m picturing some poor schmuck at Microsoft accounts getting a bill for the Xbox One’s launch event in NYC tonight in a few months’ time, looking at it, then jumping straight out a window The company is going to ridiculous lengths tonight, not only taking over Times Square but doing stuff like having zombies shamble…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 21, 2013