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Man Arrested for Allegedly Threatening to Kill Nintendo Execs
A 25 year-old man has been arrested in Japan for allegedly threatening the lives of two Nintendo executives. Apparently, those weren’t his only threats. Sankei News reports that on May 20, the suspect allegedly accessed the online inquiry form on Nintendo’s homepage via his home computer and named two Nintendo execs he was going to…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 20, 2013 - Kotaku East
The Most Dramatic Dinner Plates Will Emphasize Your Meal
How to transform boring french fries and pancakes (the pancake below is actually not that boring) into the most dramatic part of your dining room? The obvious answer is to serve them on special manga plates that’ll make your meal part of the—heavily emotional—panels. Just make sure to place the appropriate food on them properly,…
By Gergo Vas Published November 20, 2013 -
Kotaku EastAdorable Little Girl Practices Bowing with a Korean Robot
Now, this is truly cute. Look at this darling child! My heart, it’s melting. This is a “mannequin robot.” For the past couple of years, a South Korean company called Showbo has been producing robots like this—which, I guess, makes sense! Bowing is a sign of respect in Korea and much of Asia. Robotics is…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 20, 2013 -
UncategorizedWhy on Earth Do Action Figures Need Trailers?
This is a great-looking Sonic diorama, make no mistake. It’s just… why is there a trailer? The inappropriately energetic rock music, the silly effects, the weird-as-hell vibration—ugh. The video does have “informative” in its title, and I’ll give it that, it is a rather informative video. But you can get all the same info from…
By András Neltz Published November 20, 2013 - Kotaku East
Happy Birthday Nintendo Co., Ltd.! On November 20, 1947, Nintendo Co., Ltd. was established as a publicly traded company, making NCL sixty-six years old. Of course, Nintendo itself is older than that (it was founded in 1889), and you can read about Nintendo’s past right here
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 20, 2013 -
Kotaku EastHere’s Eight Minutes of the New Ghost in the Shell: Arise Anime
Anime Ghost in the Shell: Arise border: 2 Ghost Whisper doesn’t hit Japanese theaters until November 30. But if you can’t wait until then, you can watch the first eight minutes. Right now! In case you missed it, here is Kotaku‘s review of Ghost in the Shell: Arise border: 1 Ghost Pain 「攻殻機動隊ARISE border:2」冒頭8分 [YouTube…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 20, 2013 - Kotaku East
Internet Cats Make Boring Dress Shirts Better
Do cats really make everything better? I’m not sure. But they certainly liven up these dress shirts. Thank the talented artist who embroidered them for that! These are the work of embroidery artist Hiroko Kubota. Just look at her neko (cat) shirts! Incredible. “I’m always making clothes for my son, who is rather small, and…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 20, 2013 - Uncategorized
The Logitech PowerShell Sure Beats Crappy iPhone Touch Controls
Fingers in the way. Missed or misunderstood inputs. Imprecise control. The problems with trying to play games on an iPhone are well-documented. But the iOS 7 era has ushered in controllers. Glorious plastic housings that will make oily, greasy screens of frustrations a thing of the past. I touched one of them this week and…
By Evan Narcisse Published November 20, 2013 -
CultureTotal Recall1993 SimCity Documentary Is 20 Minutes Of Madness
In 1993, Britain’s Channel 4 ran a four-part documentary series on video games. The third episode was about SimCity, and twenty years on, it stands as a monument to all that was amazing about both the early 90s and antique PC gaming. Dug up today by Motherboard, it’s fascinating seeing the way the doco blurs…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 20, 2013 -
UncategorizedFor Those Who Would Rather Build Space Bases Than Go Next-Gen
Spacebase DF-9 is a game for people who think “Theme Hospital meets FTL in space” sounds like a good time. While currently still in development, an alpha of the game is playable (you pay to get access, funding further development), and even taking that into account this is hampering my ability to get work done.…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 20, 2013 - Culture
From The Dinosaur Age To The Space Age
Simon Weaner is a concept artist at Volta, a studio whose artists work we’ve featured here on Fine Art many, manytimes before. He’s done work for clients like Square Enix and Blur, handling both concept art and matte painting. You can see more of Simon’s work at his personal site —- To see the larger…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 20, 2013 -
UncategorizedYou Can Play An Xbox 360 Through An Xbox One Through An Xbox One
Ever since we heard about the Xbox One’s HDMI input feature—which is intended to route HDMI devices like a cable box through it and “snap” to that program—I’ve been excited to put it to the test. Could we play another Xbox One through an Xbox One? What about an Xbox 360 hooked into an Xbox…
By Steve Marinconz Published November 20, 2013 - Uncategorized
If Only Microsoft Made Xbox One Controllers This Nice
When you pick up an Xbox One this week (or anytime in the near future), I hope you like black, because that’s the only colour you’ll be able to get it in. Those wanting their controllers to be a little more adventurous, though, at least have a third-party option to spice things up. Just like…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 19, 2013 - Uncategorized
Meet The Man Who Fixes Broken PC Games
From Deadly Premonition to Dark Souls, sometimes a PC game is released that’s, well, let’s call it an unoptimised port. Which leaves fans to do the work in getting them up to scratch, and of late no fan has become more “famous” than Durante. The NeoGAF member, whose quick improvements to the above games made…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 19, 2013 - Uncategorized
Vlambeer’s wondrous Ridiculous Fishing is now on Android, if the price is right. Purchase the Humble Mobile Bundle 3, with its Rymdkapsel and Epoch goodness, beat the average price for the pay-what-you-want pack, and all the Ridiculous Fishing you could ever want is yours.
By Mike Fahey Published November 19, 2013 -
UncategorizedAvengers Trailer Gets Super Derpy
From the same guys who brought you the Star Wars bloopers trailer comes this, doing the exact same thing for The Avengers. Way to hang onto the hammer there, Hemsworth. The Avengers trailer: Derp edition [Slacktory]
By Luke Plunkett Published November 19, 2013 -
UncategorizedThree Pokémon That Could Easily Kill You
If you’ve ever read the Pokedex entries for Pokemon you’ve captured, then you know that some pocket monsters can be deceptively cute. Some Pokemon could easily kill you if they wanted to—thankfully they never do! Still, Vsauce3 takes the time to highlight 3 Pokemon that are rather deadly in this video—you might be surprised at…
By Patricia Hernandez Published November 19, 2013 - Uncategorized
I Should Have Saved My New Console Money For Megatron Shoes
Detroit Lions wide receiver Calvin Johnson Jr. is my favorite football player. Okay, he’s the only football player I can name, and that’s only because people call him Megatron. Now I love him even more, because he’s the inspiration behind a $550 box set of three pairs of sneakers and a limited-edition Transformer. Hasbro and…
By Mike Fahey Published November 19, 2013 - Uncategorized
Still looking to snag an Xbox One for launch day? Amazon. Tomorrow. Several awesome readers have forwarded us emails from Amazon.com, indicating a limited amount will go on sale there at 8AM Eastern time tomorrow. That should give you enough time to read Kirk’s full review, coming up at midnight.
By Mike Fahey Published November 19, 2013