Imagine Getting Your Head Chopped Off With the Oculus Rift

With the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset in developers’ hands, the fresh ideas are flying faster than a head tumbling away from the executioner’s axe. We’ve seen how much fun surviving can be in VR, now let’s check out dying, Ned Stark-style. André Berlemont, Erkki Turmmal and Morten Brunbjerg created this guillotine simulator in two…

You’re Just In Time For A Game Boy Micro Unboxing

In 2005, Nintendo shut the door on the original Game Boy with the miniscule Game Boy Micro, a brilliantly-engineered two-by-four-inch rectangle of compromise. It wouldn’t run original Game Boy or Game Boy Color titles — just Game Boy Advance games — but boy was it pretty. Many people hated it. I just bought a new…

Another Horrifying Thing to Do to Celebrities’ Faces

You’ve probably seenActresses without Teeth. Or Celebrities Without Eyebrows. Or Small Face Celebrities. Now, There’s Pin the Face on the Celeb. Lovely. On 2ch, Japan’s largest internet forum, a net user uploaded a series of “Pin the Face” style images of celebrities. Like the game Pin the Tail on the Donkey, physical features are being…

I Want China’s World of WarCraft Mahjong Set

NetEase, World of WarCraft’s China operator, has just started pre-order sales for a limited edition WoW: Mists of Pandaria Mahjong set. The set looks like two of China’s biggest names in gaming have combined and spit out a baby. According to NetEase’s homepage, there will only be 1000 of these special Mahjong sets available world-wide.…

“Attack on Coke” Will Melt Your Mind

Japanese anime Attack on Titan has a powerful anime opening—it’s something Kotaku has covered before. But imagine something else for a minute. Something like…Attack on Coke. This video, courtesy of tipster Sang, is called “Attack on Coke”. Edited by a Korean fan of Attack on Titan, the parody sure is interesting! It features re-cut footage…

Check Out China’s ‘New’ “Genuine American-Style Zombie Shooting Game”

Earlier this month, Chinese gaming giant Tencent announced a “brand new” game that will be released later this year. The game, War of Zombies, isn’t exactly a new game per se — it’s actually been talked about since 2010. Developed by Korean publisher Vertigo Games, WoZ has actually been around since 2010 but never released.…

Rumor: Nintendo Wants To Modify the Wii U to Run Smartphone Apps

Has it really come to this? According to Kyodo News, sources say that the Kyoto-based game maker is trying to modify its game hardware so it can run smartphone apps. “The game console and software maker has offered professional-use conversion software to application developers so they can produce smartphone games that can be played on…

To Fund Gaming Habit, Two Teens Steal Electrical Cables

There’s no doubt that China is currently going through an industrial revolution of sorts. Pretty much every city in the country is undergoing a construction boom. Taking advantage of this “boom”, two teenagers in east China’s Jiangsu province stole over 300 meters of construction grade electrical cable to fund their gaming habit. JsChina.com first reported…

Japanese Plastic Figurines and Dioramas Sure Are Cool

For decades, Osaka-based collectible maker Kaiyodo has been churning out plastic statues and figurines. At a new “Figure World” exhibition, Kaiyodo marks its 30th anniversary of making figurines and is putting a whole slew of plastic on display in Shibuya. At the exhibit, which nearing its end, there are Japanese and Western characters, with the…

Gorgeous CG Trailer Showcases The Majesty of Monster Hunter Online

China’s online-ified, CryEngine 3-powered version of Monster Hunter, fittingly dubbed Monster Hunter Online, got a fancy CG trailer last month. Recently, it has made its way to the Internet for our viewing pleasure. No gameplay, but plenty of epic moments. [Thanks, tipster Matthew Weathers!]

Japanese Person Picked Zelda‘s Triforce for Tombstone, Apparently

In Japan, there are family crests called “kamon” (家紋). They’re similar to a coat of arms in the West. One Japanese Twitter user claims to have changed his family’s crest to a familiar mark: The Legend of Zelda Triforce. Apparently, the iconic symbol even ended up on the family’s gravestone. According to Twitter user @mahosyouzyo,…

Geeky Caffè Latte Art Goes 3D, Continues To Blow Minds

Last year, Kotaku featured a Japanese “latte artist” named Kazuki Yamamoto. Taking inspiration from games and anime, he became famous for drawing characters in steamed milk. And now, he’s doing that in 3D. Forget drawing flowers and leaves! What makes Yamamoto’s milky coffee creations so much fun is how aware of geek culture they are.…

Chasm, that ambitious retro-styled PC Metroidvania we mentioned a while back, has met its Kickstarter goal with five days to go. Well done!

Now This Is How I Imagine Samus Looking

It always baffles me when people go out of their way to make Metroid’s Samus look “beautiful”. As if that matters. There’s a reason her gender was kept secret for the first game, and that’s because the point was she was a badass, not that she was a she So I love this pic by…

This Is The Sega We’d Like To Remember

Amidst all the rubbish Sonic games and Hatsune Miku, it’s easy to forget that Sega was, once, cool. Very cool. It’s something artist Oggy hasn’t forgotten, with this tribute to the company’s vehicular heyday that I wish my wife would let me paint all over our living room wall. レトロゲーム [PIXIV, via VGJunk]

Gunpoint Sticks Stealth Gaming’s Finger In The Light Socket

Tom Francis, by day a writer at PC Gamer, is by night the main man behind Gunpoint, an upcoming stealth game for the PC which I’ve been playing for the last few days (and looking forward to for the last few months). Gunpoint is, like last year’s Mark of the Ninja, less of a blockbuster…

X-Wing Tabletop Game Pays Awesome Tribute To Dark Forces

The X-Wing Miniatures tabletop game, which I like very much, has a new line of tiny little spacecraft on the way. Joining the eight units already available (Xwing, A-Wing, Y-Wing, TIE Fighter, TIE Interceptor, TIE Advanced, Slave One & the Falcon) are four new ships. They are the B-Wing, Lambda-Class Shuttle, TIE Bomber and HWK-290.…

When Famous Horror Directors Play Terrible Games Based On Their Movies

Here’s a treat. Popular YouTube gamer The Angry Video Game Nerd managed to sit down and play games with the one and only Lloyd Kaufman, co-founder of Troma and the director of classics like Toxic Avengers. The game he played? The various versions of Toxic Avengers. Which, well, yeah. Weren’t great. Toxic Crusaders – Angry…

LEGO Helm’s Deep Redefines The Term “Epic Battle”

This isn’tthe first time we’ve seen the wettest battle from the Lord of the Rings trilogy recreated in LEGO, but it’s easily the most impressive, at least in terms of scale. I don’t know how he got so many minifigs to pad out the scene, and I don’t want to know. All I know is,…

Aussie Star Wars Isn’t Exactly Canon

This is Aussie Star Wars: Episode IV: A New Bloke. For those living outside the antipodes, think of it as anthropology meets popular culture, because just about every reference they drop in this thing is perfect Aussie Star Wars – Episode IV: A New Bloke [YouTube]