In the West, Reddit says it’s the front page of the internet. But in Japan, it’s not. The internet in Japan is dominated by 2channel. It’s where news—whether that’s political or video game news—disseminates. It’s the center of online culture. And apparently, drugs. That’s perhaps why today drug charges were brought against Hiroyuki Nishimura, 2ch’s…
Remember that insane Metal Gear bento? Well, game creator Hideo Kojima decided to use his new game engine, the Fox Engine, to capture the bento, and then have Big Boss hold it. Because if you could, you’d do it, too. Above is the result, courtesy of Kojima’s Twitter Perhaps you think this is a huge…
In fact, it’s usually one of two days. The first being in January 1999, when this issue of German mag Video Games hit news stands, and the second being… today. Video Games [VGJunk]
A few months back, I gasped in horror at the sight of a third-party Wii U pad that, from the hideous photoshop promotional image, looked to be a sin against everything Nintendo held dear about controllers. Well, for the past week I’ve been using the thing. It’s called the Controller Pro U. Combining the functionality…
To cash in on the upcoming release of God of War: Ascension, Sony Japan will be releasing this custom Kratos-themed DualShock 3 controller. It’s not exactly subtle, but I actually like the skin-tone shade they’ve gone for, makes a nice change from the bolder stuff companies normally choose for controller colour schemes. The pad will…
Don’t get me wrong, I loved Far Cry 3. It’s a magical game. But at the same time, the further I got through the game’s story, the more uncomfortable it made me feel. Yeah, there’s the racist stuff, but also just the sense that, oh dear, one of the best games of the year is…
If you’d asked me as a kid what my dream job would have been, getting paid to draw pictures of Star Wars would have been right up there. So yeah, Amy Beth Christenson has quite the day job. A former senior concept at Lucasarts for over a decade, she now works at Lucasfilm, and since…
Team Fortress 2 just got itself a big Christmas update. I’m so far past playing this game that the significance is lost on me, but hey, that giant Godzilla poster is awesome. Mecha Update [Team Fortress 2]
The world of Diablo III is a little less mechanical today, with Blizzard having made recent steps to ban a ton of people who were using bots. It wasn’t a handful of folks, either. It was “several thousand”, all in the name of rooting out those causing “technical problems with the game” and “undermining the…
The ability for the PC version of Jet Set Radio to import images as graffiti reaches its logical conclusion with these pics, titled “Paint the Town Gaben”. Paint the Town Gaben [billosmiley]
The War Z has quickly become the week’s most interesting, and hilarious, news item. Between the bad press, the worse press and the fact the game’s been taken down from Steam, most of you are probably yet to actually play it. Well, over the past few days, I’ve been playing it. So you don’t have…
Hang around me too much, and I’ll start drumming on something. My legs, my desk, actual drums… it’s only a matter of time. I’ve probably drummed on some beets in my day, too, but I don’t believe they ever made a sound quite like the BeetBox by Scott Garner. Check them out in the video…
Only one of these exists in the world. And that, my friends, is a tragedy. LEGO builder Zane Houston put this beast together for a contest, providing some back-story as to why Bowser has given up on air power and turned to bipedal mechanised killing machines: Years of battling Mario and Luigi has taken its…
I’ve been having a lot of fun with Dunwall City Trials, the first downloadable add-on to October’s fantastic stealth game Dishonored. I’ve beaten the core game almost two times now, and while it’s such a brilliant bit of design, I’d found myself hungry for new, different challenges. It’s always felt like the game would benefit…
Square Enix returns to the well one more time next year with another Final Fantasy XIII spinoff, this one called Lightning Returns. Below, the game’s first trailer. That’s… quite the outfit change you’ve had there, Lightning. You can read a lot more about the game in this exclusive interview we had with its creators back…
You might associate the holidays with decorative lights, presents, warmth and cheer. But that’s not the way to get into the spirit of the season, oh no. Thankfully, Capcom’s PR sets the record straight with their holiday greeting this year. Shared by Polygon, the greeting features Devil May Cry’s Dante, and boy, these scantily clad…
2012 was a banner year for stealth games. From January up through December, we got to play a healthy variety of games involving dozens of different types of sneaking, skulking, lurking, and sklurking. (It’s a thing.) You could say that these games… crept up on us. We really… didn’t see them coming Jason and I…
Jason Rubin, the president of beleaguered publisher THQ, has penned a plain and, for the average consumer/fan, incredibly helpful summary of just what happened to his company today While the word “bankruptcy” is enough to cause alarm, as it should, Rubin reminds us that along with that move, the company has also been sold (tentatively,…
This Wednesday edition of Kotaku’s The Moneysaver catches all the offers, promotions and bargains that can’t wait until the weekend. The Midweek Moneysaver is brought to you by Dealzon. Software Amazon Digital Holiday Deals offer a giant arsenal of individual titles at their lowest prices ever, as well as bundles in the second list below.…
If you detach the sound of pain from its source, I’m willing to bet the result sounds kind of uncomfortable. Here is a whole Tumblr dedicated to what women in games sound like when in pain. These can sometimes err toward sounding sexualized. Personally, that’s not surprising—my family listens to a whole lot of Spanish…
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