Nintendo’s big fall Zelda “Symphony of the Goddesses” concert will be touring through the following cities, according to a press release the game maker just sent out: Sept. 15: Toronto; Sony Centre for the Performing Arts Sept. 22: Minneapolis; Orpheum Theatre Oct. 12: Dallas; AT&T Performing Arts Center Oct. 18: Boston; Wang Theatre Oct. 25:…
Japanese people have the reputation of not saying what they mean. That’s not exactly accurate. Plenty of Japanese people are very good at saying exactly what they mean. Yet, the Japanese game industry—and the country’s corporate culture—often bent on stifling that. So people are happy to tell you how they feel in private, but worry…
Got your pantyhose on? Sure ya do! After Japanese nerds began covering their cars, motorcycles, and bicycles with geeky images, it was only time before they moved to stockings. “Ita” (痛) refers to “pain” in Japanese, and the cars covered in geeky stickers were originally called “ita-sha” or “painmobiles” due to the pain they inflict…
She’s one of gaming’s biggest action stars. She’s iconic. She’s Lara Croft. How many video game characters can say Angelina Jolie played them in a movie? While gamers might argue over whether or not said Hollywood movies were any good, they cannot dispute her mark on popular culture—and more importantly, that’s she’s appeared in some…
Japanese manga artist Hiro Mashima (Rave, Fairy Tail) was blown away by Raiden at the recent Metal Gear Solid event. So, he decided to do his take on the character—see above! The result looks younger—like a manga character should—and quite different from the way Konami’s in-house artist and character designer Yoji Shinkawa draws the character.…
Game localizer and co-author of the newly recently released Yurei Attack! Matt Alt took one for the team and filmed himself by playing (peeing?) Sega’s toilet video game, Toylet. See the footage that dribbled out, above. Spray and Pray [AltJapan] Kotaku East is your slice of Asian internet culture, bringing you the latest talking points…
We’ve already seen Old Snake—heck, we had a whole game with him. While the promotional artwork for Metal Gear Sold: Ground Zeroes shows a younger looking Snake (Naked Snake), the game’s debut footage seems to show an older looking one. Or does it? Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima attempted to clear up the confusion on…
A gentleman surnamed Liu of Jinan, Shandong Province loves Transformers. But, he always felt that all the Transformer toys didn’t really transform or really move. So he decided to build his own. Six month and 70,000 yuan (around US$11,000) later, Liu created his own Transformer. Outfitted with hydraulics, the machine can lift itself up, transforming…
Square Enix has a very bad habit of showing games way too early. Its latest reveal, Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII, is only thirty percent finished. Meaning? It’s 70 percent unfinished. So unless Square Enix works faster than it has in the past, it could be a while before, wait for it, Lightning strikes again.…
There’s a new Japanese meme in town. It’s a four-legged critter that’s hardly innocuous. Some might even call it offensive. Say hello to the crawler. In Japan, the meme character doesn’t quite have a name yet—it’s that new. In a pure visual sense, the character is cute, but this isn’t a purely visual character. It’s…
Actual Battlestar Galactica games have been pretty awful. Most fan-made mods never end up being finished. But Diaspora, one of the more promising attempts to put players in the cockpit of a Viper (or a Raptor), has actually made it to the finish line, and is now available for download. You should get it. Now.…
For the last few years, Ubisoft’s attempts at battling piracy have been something of a running punchline, seeming to achieve little but annoy the company’s actual paying customers. Looks like all the protests have finally sunk in, because the publisher has told Rock, Paper, Shotgun it’ll be rolling back most of its most offensive methods.…
If you’ve played Fallout: New Vegas, you may have come across Lanius. Second Legate. Military commander of all Caesar’s Legion’s forces in the field. Sharply-dressed badass. Well, a group of Aussie filmmakers are trying to bring the man to the big screen, roping in a bunch of talent that includes former WETA effects men, professional…
This is “Dog”, supposedly an Australian sniper who’s been brought in to advise Electronic Arts on development of the new Medal of Honor. Make sure the game is an “authentic special operations experience”. I’m guessing by “authentic” they mean “we got the uniforms right”. Because last I checked even special ops soldiers can’t go into…
I look at this trailer for Broforce, and I see Terraria. Being blown to pieces Due out next year from South African devs Free Lives, it’s a blast, and I know this because you can download a playable build right now People keep talking about making the video game equivalent of The Expendables…how about somebody…
I’m not normally a fan of Funko’s Pop! figures, being as they’re just another take on older, existing styles like Munnys, but that was a view formulated before they got the rights to make some Game of Thrones pieces. Which look great. It’s an interesting choice of characters – we get The Hound and Khal…
I’ve talked about classic fighting game World Heroes here on Total Recall before because it’s amazing. But this, this is something else entirely. It’s called World Heroes 2, but it’s not the official sequel to SNK’s game. It is instead a 1994 pirate Famicom game, one which throws together the biggest video game stars of…
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Text adventures have a long, proud history, one that dates back to the very beginning of PC gaming, before computers could really even do graphics It’s a history that hasn’t had many new entries in the past 30 years, though, as advances in horsepower and the advent of first visuals then colour visuals rendered the…
Battlefield 3’s new Armored Kill expansion, out later this month, reminds me why I only play maps that have tanks in them, and why I only drive tanks when I’m on them. I mean, um, sure, you could be that tiny little man running around an enormous map with your skin just sitting there all…
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