NASA Mission Has Anime Mascots (Anime Mascots?)

NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) are launching a satellite for next-gen rain and snow observation for the entire globe. This is an important mission and will help us better understand our planet’s water cycles. And it needs an important mascot. NASA decided to hold a contest to select a mission mascot. Since…

Responding to Polygon, SCEA senior producer Tsubasa Inaba said that there’s a chance The Playroom, Sony’s tech-demo-slash-sandbox which was used to demonstrate the new PlayStation Camera at E3, would be available on the console at launch. “We hope to have a more definitive answer in the next month or two,” he added.

Let’s Spend Some Hands-On Time With Pikmin 3

It’s been nine years since the release of the last Pikmin game. And while it’s still weeks away from a Western release, Pikmin 3 was released in Japan this past Saturday. But what exactly is Pikmin 3 like hands-on? You can count on Kotaku East to give you a sneak peek. Check out the video…

Bethesda, publisher of The Evil Within, Resident Evil creator Shinji Mikami’s new horror game, recently posted this new piece of concept art on the game’s official Twitter. The caption read: “Sitting in the back of the car, she’s thinking.” Thinking about what? Who could she be?

In This Game, You Date 8-Bit RPG Stereotypes

Last week, we took a look at a boy-love game that had you date slabs of meat. But this new game has you date something else amazing: 8-bit RPG characters. The game is a visual novel called Dot Boyfriend: We’re 8bit Lovers! (ドットカレシWe’re 8bit Lovers!). In it, you play as a girl surrounded by a…

Kids Find New Studio Ghibli Anime “Boring”, But Adults Dig It

This summer, famed anime filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki is releasing his latest film, Kaze Tachinu. According to reports, little kids are finding it “dull”. You don’t have kids, do you? Kaze Tachinu is a fictionalized animated biography of Jiro Horikoshi, who created the iconic World War II fighter plane, the Mitsubishi A6M Zero. Recently, there have…

American McGee Starts New Kickstarter Campaign to Fund The Alice Film

In order to develop a series of animated shorts based on his Alice universe, series creator American McGee, following the cancellation of his most recent Kickstartercampaign, has now launched a new Kickstarter campaign Asking for $200,000, McGee seeks to create “animated short films inspired by the ‘Alice: Otherlands’ concept,” with the ultimate goal of “[developing…

In Japan, People Do Dumb Crap on the Internet, Too

Like watching people fall out of chairs? How about lighting firecrackers in their butts? Or on their faces? Kids, don’t try this at home—because people on NicoNico already have! Of course, Japan’s no different from any other country in that the internet offers a place for idiots and chaos to collide. Nico Nico is, in…

Looks like that “New Title” Namco Bandai has been counting down tois for the 3DS.

If you’ve ever wanted to see one of the world’s best footballers dressed up like a bad Doctor Who villain, all in the name of video games, now’s your chance.

An American Idol Winner Played In A Fighting Game Tournament…

Just when you thought the stories coming out of fighting game tournament Evo were as interesting as they were going to get, along comes a tale for the reality TV/Street Fighter fans out there. Of which there must be at least one Turns out Taylor Hicks, who won American Idol a few years back, entered…

Amazing Cosplay Video Guest Stars Cersei, Danny Glover &…The Hoff

I’ve already mentioned how great the London Film & Comic-Con looked as an outsider, but this video is only making me wish I’d actually been there. It’s a nice vid! It’s got some terrific cosplay! And it’s got Danny Glover in it! And Lena “Cersei Lannister” Headey! London Film & Comic Con – July 2013…

Another Mario Movie For The Call Of Duty Generation

The Mario Warfare series continues after a few months rest/preparation. It continues to be the best place to see Mushroom Kingdom characters fighting with barrels and assault rifles. If you haven’t caught an episode before, you can start catching up here Mario Warfare 3 [Beatdown]

Nintendo’s First Proper Console Was So 80s It Had A Cassette Deck

So, the Famicom turned 30 today. In honour of that, let’s look at one of the coolest accessories ever made for the console, one that sadly never made it out of Japan. In 1984, Nintendo released the Famicom Data Recorder, a tape deck peripheral for the console. Yes, cassette tape. The Data Recorder was a…

Crazy Skyrim Mod Is Basically A Free Expansion

You can keep your wacky texture changes, the best kind of Skyrim mods are the ones where people go all out, adding entire new areas to the map and giving you as much stuff to do as you’d expect from something official, that you have to pay for. This is Falskaar, an ambitious mod which…

Persona Is A Game About Time

I just finished a marathon few months where, having been previously unfamiliar with the series, I burned through Personas 3 & 4, back-to-back. There are so many things I want to write about these fantastic games, so many feelings, but the one thing that’s struck me the most about them is how well they handle…

Zelda Fans, Drop What You’re Doing And Check Out This Art Collection

This. Is. Incredible Fan site History of Hyrule have done an amazing job tracking down all old art from The Legend of Zelda: A Link To The Past from all kinds of old magazines, manuals, products and publications, and have scanned and uploaded the images online. To say it’s a treasure trove of old Nintendo…

How To Survive A Bear Attack, If You’re A Total Spaz

You’re alone in the woods, and you find yourself face-to-face with a bear. He looks pissed! What do you do? According to one reporter, you spaz right the hell on out out. Here’s Rhode Island reporter Julie Trammel demonstrating some excellent tips for surviving a bear encounter. Apparently the answer is, “Put your hands in…

Move Over Fort Max, There’s A New World’s Tallest Transformer In Town

A selection of Hasbro’s San Diego Comic-Con 2013 exclusives arrived on my doorstep today, officially making Fortress Maximus the world’s second tallest Transformer. You don’t have to be a dick about it, Metroplex. Much better. Now kiss. The San Diego Comic-Con Metroplex is just like the one hitting retail next month, except for the chrome…

This Animal Crossing: New Leaf Glitch Lets You Duplicate Items

Tiny Cartridge has found a glitch that I’ve heard lots about recently, as it allows you to duplicate items in Animal Crossing: New Leaf. The method is not exactly what I’d call “safe,” but that’s how it usually is with exploitations like this. To quote Animal Crossing Community’s Heatran: What you do is, drop the…