Ever wondered how Konami built that large Jehuty statue and then put it on a building in Tokyo? No? Well, here’s a photo montage that might clue you in. Kotaku East is your slice of Asian internet culture, bringing you the latest talking points from Japan, Korea, China and beyond. Tune in every morning from…
In Japan and most of Asia, documents require a seal. The Japanese word for these stamps is a typically “hanko” (判子) or inkan (印鑑), and they’ve been used for over a thousand years. People’s names are carved onto them, and take the place of a signature when doing things like opening a bank account, getting…
Over the course of this generation in gaming, more than a few Nintendo-published Wii titles have never made it outside of Japan—despite it being the best-selling console of the generation. One of these unfortunate titles is Kiki Trick, a video game based completely around listening. Somewhat resembling music title Rhythm Heaven in both style and…
Meet Kazuki Yamamoto. He’s a latte artist. You’ve probably seen the work of latte artists before and how they can draw things like hearts or leaves in steamed milk. But you’ve probably never seen anything like this. Yamamoto draws anime, manga, and video game characters in latte—as well as celebrities and animals. Whether it’s Pokémon…
According to a Chinese newspaper, Apple will apparently start trial production next month for the iPhone 5S.
In the Stargate universe, there are these giant rings called, well, Stargates, that are portal devices that allow quick travel through space. In China, there’s this. Located in Fushun, it’s called the “Ring of Life”. According to Reuters (via The Atlantic), the structure is 157 meters tall, is built using 3,000 tons of steel (not…
Six years after the death of Saddam Hussein—just a couple of days ago—I decided to watch the video of his death for the first time. I did this because in Call of Duty: Black Ops II’s attempt to explain its plot, I was shown a brief glimpse of a YouTube video showcasing the director of…
A sex scandal may have prompted David Petraeus to resign from running the CIA last Friday, but the new Call of Duty predicts that he’s got a really bright future. The new first-person shooter features the former general as the Secretary of Defense in the year 2025, serving loyally to a female President who looks…
When something “arrives”, in a popular culture sense, it’s never to the tune of trumpets and a standing ovation. Nothing can ever be that spontaneous. Instead, you just wake up one day and realise that something which used to exist around the fringes, which people may have been aware of but were never that into,…
The debut footage for Star Citizen, which sees Wing Commander creator Chris Roberts return to space games after a too-long absence, looked awesome. It was also short on raw gameplay footage, something this test clip makes up for. Is it boring? Yes. But boring can be good, because boring is also real, and that’s what…
I tend to like most of my peripherals—as I would, since I paid good money for them—but of all the gear plugged into my PC, I think I have the softest spot for my keyboard. It’s a Corsair K60, and it looks like it could kill a man just for looking at it funny. I’d…
Some people in some parts of the world already have a copy of Black Ops II. Know what that means? Yup, they’re finding awesome glitches. This is the “snake”, a returning issue from the first Black Ops, which while hardly fair does at least redeem itself by looking stupidly hilarious. Now all we need is…
Continuing his epic look behind the scenes of Blizzard’s early games, former exec and WarCraft developer Patrick Wyatt educates younger fans on the quaint nature of online play in the franchise’s early days. And makes me feel very old in the process. The making of Warcraft part 3 [Code of Honor]
I haven’t played much of Assassin’s Creed III. I put the 360 version down around an hour in, figured I’d wait and play it on PC instead. So I have no idea who the guy above with the sharp uniform and the tiny dog is. But I like him These images are all the work…
Sony’s Wonderbook copped laughs at E3 because it’s for kids, and grown-up gamers on the internet simply can’t abide that. But just when you thought the fancy book-and-wand set was only of use for wee ones, here’s a video from GameSpot’s Danny O’Dwyer showing its more… adult uses. In case the saxophone kicking in immediately…
A few hours ago, Microsoft’s Larry “Major Nelson” Hryb tweeted the following: Sounded largely unexciting, but then we got an email from a reader around the same time with these images, of a console his friend just got in the mail, emblazoned with Xbox Live 10th birthday graphics. In addition to a special box and…
Artist and reader Adam Vian certainly has a different art style. It’s more what you’d expect from the opening credits of a French movie from the 70’s than a major Nintendo video game series. Which is exactly why this looks so lovely. Star Fox Team [Adam Vian]
Most have been so excited to get their discs open they haven’t been noticing, but Engadget have spotted something weird on the Wii U’s proprietary disc format: the discs’ edges are rounded. Because these are special Nintendo discs, and not DVDs or Blu-Rays, I guess the company needed to do something to differentiate their product,…
That’s a headline I never thought I’d be writing, but it’s a funny old world we’re living in. Musician Trent Reznor, of Nine Inch Nails fame, has as we know lent his talents to the soundtrack for Black Ops II, with a theme song you can now listen to courtesy of the video above. It’s……
Sometimes that’s really all you have to say: Guy builds Bilbo Baggins’ house out of balloons. And there you have it. The guy in question here is BallonGuyEnt, who makes Bag End out of balloons. At least when Gandalf hits his head in here, it won’t hurt as much. How’s everyone doing? Have a good…
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