Hyper-Realistic Angry Birds Look Ready For Murder

No doubt inspired by his previous work on the franchise, Rovio recently commissioned artist Sam Spratt to whip them up some paintings of some Angry Birds. They’re as expressive as you’d expect from our former in-house artist, and unlike the mildly cranky birds you see in the game, look genuinely furious at…something. “ANGRY BIRDS ARTIST…

Hey iPhone App! You’re an Annoying Orange Game

Hey! Hey! I’m late to the Annoying Orange party, I know. As much time as I spend online, I really didn’t know about Annoying Orange until recently when I saw the character’s YouTube clips featured on Japanese TV. One thing led to another, and the next thing I know, I’m playing the Annoying Orange‘s iPhone…

Wargaming A U.S.-China War

As if the U.S. and China don’t have enough problems, now they’re eyeing each other like two high school jocks competing to be Big Alpha Male on Campus. Oh, they’re not exactly enemies. Actually, they’re kind of friendly with each other. One loans the other money, and the other uses that money to buy cigarettes…

Reminder to Arkham City Players: Talk to Calendar Man Today… For the Last Time!!

Today is Halloween Thanksgiving Christmas New Year’s Day Valentine’s Day St. Patrick’s Day April Fools’ Day Mother’s Day Father’s Day The 4th of July something called The Feast of St. Roch Labor Day. So if you’re playing Batman: Arkham City and you don’t believe in cheating by changing your system’s internal clock, go talk to…

Mario Taught Me Typing. He Should Teach Me Texting and Internet Stalking, Too.

Middle school was a drag for most of my pre-teen classmates—unless it was computer class. Computer class felt less like the boring, uninspired rote that the rest of our education was and more like a gateway to a technological wonderland. Most of us couldn’t even afford computers, so that was our one chance to mess…

The Best Monsters I’ve Seen So Far in Resident Evil 6

There’s something to be said about a well-designed enemy, and Resident Evil 6 has that in spades. They’re not just the old-fashioned, shambling zombies of yesteryear. They have personality and visually communicate what their purpose is even from far away. I ended up really growing fond of them! With that in mind, here are some…

Those Very, Very Early Copies of Resident Evil 6? Stolen, Says Capcom.

In late August, months before launch, retail copies of Resident Evil 6 appeared in Europe. Kotaku wondered if these were stolen goods, and according to Capcom, they were. “Capcom is currently undertaking a thorough investigation into reports that Resident Evil 6 is being sold ahead of its official October 2 release date,” Capcom told Eurogamer…

Heroic Father Makes iPhone Game for His Daughter

To see his four year-old daughter smile and giggle, 31 year-old Nanjing resident Fang Peng decided to create a game for his daughter to play. Realizing that all the games on his tablet and smartphone were games more geared towards adults, Fang aimed to create a game so simple that even a baby would be…

Middle-Aged Man Dies During Marathon Gaming Session

In Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, a 48 year-old man was found dead this morning at an internet cafe. The man, whose last name was Liu, had been playing for seven hours, when he slumped over at his keyboard. He had paid for a ten-hour block. The net cafe tried unsuccessful to wake him, before calling the…

Pokémon‘s Epic Yarn

Arts and crafty individual Mochillery is a master of amigurumi (あみぐるみ)—the Japanese craft of knitting plush toys from yarn. Her latest work is a set of unbelievably cute Pocket Monsters. Can you believe how cute they are? No, no you cannot. If you feel like you must have one, Mochillery will be offering these through…

Why Sina Weibo Is Better Than Twitter (Even Though They’re Pretty Much The Same…)

In 2008, Facebook was banned in China. Almost exactly a year later, Twitter was banned as well. With the removal of the two biggest social networking companies from China, many imitators tried to fill the void. No single one social network was able to completely fill the void left behind by the forced departure of…

JRPG Characters Grow Up, Too

This fall, Tales of Xillia 2 will be released in Japan. Familiar faces will return, but the game takes a year after the first Xillia. Thus, some characters have aged—notably, Jude Mathis. A year is a long time when you are a teen, especially a teen in a JRPG. In Tales of Xillia, Jude was…

This Topless Paper Lady Makes Sushi Unappetizing

Nyotaimori—the practice of eating sushi off a woman’s body—is not really a thing in Japan. That isn’t to say it doesn’t exist, but you’d probably have an easier time finding a nyotaimori place outside Japan. For example, there’s an Italian sushi chain that’s apparently happy to help you live out those dehumanizing food fantasies. According…

iPhone-Stealing Monk Sentenced to Prison

Last year, a young monk in his early 20s was arrested in the Qingpu district of Shanghai for stealing from another monk. Among the items he took, was an iPhone. According to recent reprots, this monk was sentenced to one year in prison and fined 6,000 yuan (about $946). According to court documents, the young…

As Superannuation points out, Sony has filed a new Last Guardian trademark registration.

Want an iPhone 5 Mock-up? Got a Few Bucks?

While the inevitable iPhone 5 reveal is right around the corner, some companies cannot wait (and already have Android versions). Others, however, are happy to produce—and sell you—a mock-up. If you want to impress your friends (and really, who doesn’t?), then here are a handful of fully assembled iPhone 5 mock-ups that are available throughout…

How to Annoy Metal Gear‘s Creator: Ask Him About Project Ogre

Remember when Hideo Kojima jokingly told Kotaku readers to petition Konami so that he didn’t have to make Metal Gear Solid anymore? Good times. But as the stunning debut trailer for the newest Metal Gear Solid, the open world game MGS: Ground Zeroes, proves, yes, Hideo Kojima does have to make Metal Gear Solid. That’s…

Hey, It’s Ico on a Sony Dude’s Vita

Shuhei Yoshida is a Sony dude. The guy oversees all of Sony’s software development. When he’s not doing that, he’s using the internet to tweet and post photos. Photos like this. This is classic PlayStation 2 game Ico running on Yoshida’s Vita. It might not be his Vita—it could be someone else’s. But, yes, it…

Push Kong Suni’s Tummy, And Watch Her Fart

Meet Kong Suni. She doesn’t just wear cute frocks and eat all the food you shovel in her mouth. Oh no, she’ll also toot—because tooting is cute, and so is poop. In Korea—as well as elsewhere in much of Asia—doo-doo is often shown as adorable when presented to kids. This, of course, is to encourage…

Black Ops II Is So Classified It Won’t Run On Windows XP

You knew it was coming, XP users. Every operating system has to call it a day sooner or later, and 2012 – the year Windows 8 is released and DX11 becomes mainstream – looks like it’s the end for perhaps Microsoft’s best-loved gaming OS. I say this now because Call of Duty: Black Ops II…