Worried About Your Face Ending Up Online? These Glasses Could Help.

With the rise of the internet, social networking, and camera phones, there’s a good chance your mug (yes, your) is somewhere on the internet. Not everyone is cool with that. Japanese researchers have come up with a way you can protect yourself. And look like a goofball. Last December, researcher Isao Echizen at the National…

Manga Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure teamed up again with Gucci, with 70 store windows worldwide getting the Jojo treatment.

The Difference Between Japanese and American Vending Machines

In Japan, drink machines seem to be everywhere. America also has lots of vending machines. But there’s one key difference between the two. A huge difference if you drink coffee (canned coffee ain’t bad!). Image courtesy of I Love Coffee Why I Like Japanese Vending Machines [I Love Coffee via A One Year Project]

This Nerdy Explanation for Pokémon X/Y Might Blow Your Mind [Update]

At first look, the titles for the new Pokémon, Pocket Monsters X and Pocket Monsters Y, sound like its creators are out of ideas. They sound like a joke—no wonder why they were perhaps suggested as such in 2008. But dig a little deeper (way deeper!), and things get interesting What if X and Y…

Jackie Chan thinks America is “the most corrupt country in the world.” No, he didn’t say it in Jeremy Clarkson’s voice

A Game Developer’s Take on Japan: the Myths and the Reality

One well-received and much commented-on blog post I wrote many years ago covered the “stages of living in Japan”. These are the 5 stages I have witnessed, again and again, in myself and in others, and though your mileage may of course vary, they seem pretty spot on. I daresay they could be applied to…

Gaming Industry Had a ‘Productive and Candid’ Chat With Joe Biden

What did the Vice President of the United States and the leaders of the video game industry talk about today at the White House during today’s meeting by the VP’s Sandy Hook task force? Other than Blastman III? Considering that representatives from any of the game publishers who attended either don’t respond to requests for…

White House Responds To Death Star Petition: ‘The Administration Does Not Support Blowing Up Planets’

The White House has turned down a popular petition to begin construction on a Death Star in fairly hilarious fashion. “The Administration shares your desire for job creation and a strong national defense, but a Death Star isn’t on the horizon,” writes Paul Shawcross, chief of the Science and Space Branch at the White House…

The Commodore 64 Game Bad Cat Had Some Pretty Amazing Music, Too

After I posted about how much I love the music for Time Surfer, game developer Steve Gaynor tweeted this music at me. I have never played Bad Cat (it looks, well, like a Commodore 64 game), but if this incredible music is anything to go by… maybe I should?

Sounds like Double Fine is interested in buying back a couple of games it made for THQ when the company goes to auction.

A Gearbox-Developed Call of Duty Could Have Happened. Imagine That.

Am I the only one that’s a tad bewildered by the idea? Apparently, Gearbox—the developers behind Borderlands 2—had the opportunity to make a Call of Duty game according to a translated Krawall interview. Nothing official, but they were in a position to consider it. Obviously, they didn’t go for it. Here’s why, according to IGN.…

Alleged Screenshots Surface Of A Long-Cancelled Half Life 2 Episode

For years now, there have been rumors and reports of a now-cancelled Half-Life 2 episode called Half-Life 2: Return to Ravenholm. The project, an overview of which can be found at the Combine Overwiki, was to be a collaboration between Valve and Dishonored-makers Arkane, and would, presumably, take players back to the creepy, zombie-infested village…

“Katamari news from 2005″

This is a tip we received today from someone we must now dub a Katamari Damacy expert: Hi, I have two items of news. One is that I have discovered a phrase that when Googled returns no results. The second is that in We

Sick Of Game-Crashing Walking Dead Bugs, Some Fans Want Their Money Back

The Walking Dead is a very buggy game, and despite the critical acclaim (and non-stop Game of the Year awards), some fans who bought it haven’t even had the chance to play the whole thing. A number of Walking Dead PC and Mac players are flocking to the forums of developer Telltale Games to complain…

GameFly Prevails Against Postal Service Once Again, If Anyone’s Still Renting Discs by Mail

In court today, GameFly triumphed once more in its seemingly never-ending fight against the U.S. Postal Service, which GameFly alleges has shown favoritism in how it sorts Netflix mail going all the way back a time when people actually rented movies by mail. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia told the…

A Fond Farewell to the Gaming App of the Day

It’s been two years since we started posting the Gaming App of the Day here at Kotaku, shining the spotlight on a single Apple, Android or Windows Phone game that stood out in their respective crowded marketplaces. It was a good system, but it’s one that doesn’t work anymore, so it’s going away. Late last…

Blonde Twins Playing Rolling Stones Music On Harps While Standing In A Cemetery

This video brought to you by Camille and Kennerly, the marvelous musicians behind such classics as Blonde Twins Playing The Elder Scrolls Theme On Harps While Standing In A Forest, Blonde Twins Playing A Metallica Cover On Harps While Standing In The Desert, and most recently, Blonde Twins Playing Final Fantasy Music On Harps While…

Joe Biden Sat Down With Gaming’s Leaders Today, And One Of Them Brought A Copy of Blastman III

This afternoon, U.S. vice president Joe Biden met with video game representatives to talk about the Sandy Hook shooting. Here’s a picture of the meeting in action. Hopefully it went well. Wondering who’s who? The AP’s caption: Vice President Joe Biden, center, speaks during a meeting with representatives from the video game industry in the…

Here’s The Chilling Teaser For Game of Thrones Season 3

If you have read the books, you might recognize this song as “The Rains of Castamere.” You might also know what’s coming this season (which starts March 31). Please don’t spoil anything for people who don’t know what’s coming. Get ready.

Fox Reporter Tries Hard to Get Gaming Expert To Attack Violent Video Games

Ready for an incredibly uncomfortable 3:39 of financial news? This schizophrenic clip from Fox Business starts off with a mention of Vice President Joe Biden’s meeting with video game industry representatives today and, from there, seems like it’s supposed to be a straightforward rundown of how sales trends are shaking out. But the numbers and…