Finally! A Cooking School for Japanese Nerds

Tokyo’s Akihabara is soon getting a geeked out cooking school. Dubbed Kitchen A La Mode, it’s a moé style cooking class, aimed at otaku. “While I’m an otaku, I like cooking,” Kitchen A La Mode’s manager told Japanese site Akiba Blog. “Even if there are otaku who cook, there are those who do not cook…

No Sensible Person Would Ever Do This

Boy, this is depressing: a 3DO and a Dreamcast box with Mr. Sega on it chucked out along with pots, pans, an old rice cooker, plastic bottles, umbrellas, and various other crap. With cords coming out of the Dreamcast box, it’s safe to assume there is a console in it. “I discovered this scene the…

Japan is making a live-action Gatchaman movie.

Nothing Says Windows 8 Quite Like Anime Schoolgirls

Microsoft and anime girls are not strangers in Japan. In fact, you could say that Microsoft and Japanese anime girls are a thing. And not a new thing at that! For Windows 7, Microsoft had an OS character—or OS-tan, as they’re called. OS-tans are anime personifications of operating systems that are created online by fans.…

Hollywood, Let’s Fix This Small Mistake in The Wolverine Movie

Hollywood movies usually get Japan wrong. There are exceptions, sure, but generally speaking, they fail miserably. It’s either hiring non-Japanese actors to play Japanese characters or doing a bad job of recreating the country. The Wolverine, which takes its titular hero to Japan, seems to be doing a solid job of avoiding those pratfalls. There…

In Preserving Old Arcade Cabinets, This Man is Doing God’s Work

Richie Knucklez is an arcade gaming legend. Not only is he the world record-holder in Space Invaders, but he also runs a fantastic business that locates, repairs and restores old arcade cabinets. He does good work, important work, so it’s only fitting that someone has gone and shot a documentary about him. The King of…

The Hobbit’s New LEGO Sets Are Looking Mighty Precious

In addition to its Ninja Turtles reveal, LEGO has also been showing off new sets and figures from its Hobbit line at the New York Comic-Con. The two playsets are The Goblin King Battle, which will sell for $100, and Riddles for The Ring, which will sell for $10. They’ll be out in December, just…

These Water Bottles Deserved to Die

When he’s not making playthroughs of video games on YouTube, Will Keith is killing water bottles. Killing them with flair In case you couldn’t guess from his Twitter handle @Fatswordsman, Keith has all kinds of sharp and dangerous weapons, and it looks like he knows how to use them. Against a collection of water bottles…

Uwe Boll’s Latest Trailer is a Masterclass in Hilarity

Infamous director Uwe Boll, who’s remembered around these parts mostly for his terrible video game adaptations, has a new movie out soon, called Zombie Massacre Whether it’s based on the obscure 1998 Amiga game of the same name nobody seems quite sure, but one thing I am sure of is that this clip is awesomely…

Hey, Aliens Can Have Kraken Too, You Know

This isn’t the only planet to have water on it. There are likely countless other worlds out there covered in the wet stuff. So don’t go assuming we’ll be the only civilization to have ever come up with the idea of giant sea monsters! That piece above, plus all the others you’ll see in this…

The Number of People Who Play League of Legends Just Blows my Mind

Because it exists in something of a bubble, outside of the normal video game release schedules and news channels, it’s often difficult for outsiders to grasp just how freaking huge PC game League of Legends has become. So here’s a reminder: it is freaking huge Developers Riot Games have released some user data for the…

Capcom Harnesses the Power of the Xbox 360 and PS3 to Simulate a Crummy Television [Update]

ttp://youtube.com/Hfq9cmEs6PQ&hd=1 Good news, everyone! Darkstalkers is being re-released! Bad news, everyone! It looks like complete garbage. Due out in “early 2013” on XBLA and PSN, Darkstalkers Resurrection is actually a bundle containing two games: Night Warriors: Darkstalkers Revenge and Darkstalkers 3 It’s got the stuff you’d expect (and even some new features), like online play,…

Missing a Leg? Have a “Medieval Face”? You Could Star on Game of Thrones!

A casting agency has put out urgent calls for extras, who will feature in the third season of HBO’s Game of Thrones, currently filming in Northern Ireland. They need male cellists, who have “medieval or period faces (i.e long hair & beard)”, and they also need men who can film at night, appear in a…

Whoah. This Is One of The Best-Looking Games I Have Ever Seen

Sorry, Battlefield 3. Sorry, Crysis 2. Upcoming driving game Project CARS is here to kick your ass and take your crown. The crowd-funded (and developed!) racing game has celebrated its one-year anniversary with, what else, but a fan-made trailer. I know, this is footage from its PC version (it’s also due for 360, PS3 and…

One Man’s Continuing Quest to Fix George Lucas’ Star Wars Screw-Ups

In case you’ve never come across the project previously, Star Wars Revisited is one man’s personal quest to gently sneak in and “fix” the Star Wars series. Not with re-shoots or drastic edits. Just by painstakingly looking at each frame of the films and touching up the little things that George Lucas overlooked when he…

Holy Cow, It’s A Ton Of New Persona 4 Golden Videos

Have I mentioned that I’m excited about Persona 4 Golden? Honestly, it’s the one reason I’m thrilled to have a Vita, and one of the games I’m most looking forward to this fall. And would you look at that? Atlus has dropped a ton of new videos of the game on their YouTube channel I’ve…

Nothing Brings a Family Together Like NBA 2K13

On his ass is Doc Rivers, of the 1986 Atlanta Hawks. Putting him there is his son, first-round draft pick Austin Rivers (25) of the New Orleans Hornets. And at the sticks for this wonderful family get together is Austin’s little brother, Spencer. “My little bro just crossed my dad in 2K13 with me,” said…

Microsoft is saying that the interactive polling during the Xbox Live VP Debate stream currently isn’t working.

Pile Of Industry Awards For Star Wars: The Old Republic a Sad Reminder of the Game That Might Have Been

The Game Developers Choice Online awards exist to give folks in the gaming industry a chance to highlight and celebrate the work of their peers in online games. This year’s award ceremony took place last night in Austin. The full list of winners includes nods to Diablo III for best audio and League of Legends…

The Great Kotaku Gaming Headset Roundup

Forget graphics—for my money, audio is the most vital aspect of a video game. It’s the thing that makes me get lost in a game’s world, that makes my pulse pound and sucks me in. But in order for a game to sound good, you’ve got to have the right equipment. So much video game…