Final Fantasy characters sure are stylish. Maybe it’s their razor thin body types. Or the hair. But they look like models. And now, they don’t only look like them, they are. The latest issue of Japanese men’s fashion mag Arena Homme Plus features Final Fantasy XIII-2 characters modeling Prada’s summer collection. These are clothes for…
North Korea seems rough. It might be a wonderful place to visit. I’ve never been, so I honestly do not know. The Vice documentary on visiting the secretive country didn’t exactly make it seem like a good time. This video, however, does its best to get you packing your bags and ready for a trip…
It’s springtime. And when you say “spring” in Japan, images of cherry blossoms and picnics leap to mind. Screw that. You should be thinking about illuminated, dancing robot girls. Japanese pop group Perfume, whom Kotaku has featured before, is releasing a new single called “Spring of Life”. The video turns the leggy trio into dancing…
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Olan Rogers wants to make three movies before he dies. One is a Star Trek flick. Another is a Samurai Jack movie. The third is a Mega Man film. Well, that’s one down! Shot for $700 and with the help of some unpaid actor volunteers, it won’t win any Oscars. But for fans of Mega…
It’s not the first time we’ve seen FIFA 12’s misfiring physics engine go bananas, and it probably won’t be the last. But for now, this is easily my favourite example of how something so busted can also be something so beautiful Unbelievable FIFA 12 goal! [YouTube, via Reddit]
Let’s pretend, just for a moment, that mobile juggernaut Angry Birds and social darling Draw Something weren’t products of the 21st century, but the 20th. That they weren’t delivered wirelessly, but on floppy disks. This is what they’d look like. I doubt I’m alone in thinking they look better Squirrel Monkey [Squirrel Monkey, via Gizmodo]
Thought Square Enix was stopping with Mass Effect suits for Final Fantasy XIII-2 downloadable content crossovers? Nope! The latest issue of Japanese game magazine Famitsu shows an Ezio Auditore da Firenze Assassin’s Creed outfit as DLC. The outfit apparently is available for Noel Kreiss, Final Fantasy XIII-2‘s male protagonist. It looks to be Ezio’s outfit…
Back when Jenna Jameson was still doing porn, she appeared in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City as blue movie actress Candy Suxxx. As recount in the new book Jacked, Jameson showed up to the recording session with her father. For the session, Jameson was motion captured as she was on her back, feigning intercourse. Vice…
Some people may think this Skyrim music video is “epic”. Others will think it looks like something you’d see as an intro to a song on Eurovision. Whichever side of that dragon-sized divide you fall, you’ve got to admire the work that went into this performance of the blockbuster RPG’s main theme. If the violinist…
Hot Toys brings the creepy realness once more with this Terminator 2 figure, which aside from some cute little zippers has a likeness to Arnold Schwarzenegger that borders on the terrifying. Standing 12.5″ and coming with a ton of accessories (including gloves, alternate hands, four guns and a detachable hole in his head), the thing’s…
On April 14, a fighting game tournament called Fight For Youth will be going down in Norwalk/La Mirada, California. Up for grabs is not fame, or even internet fame, but the chance to lend a very practical, helping hand to local kids. Proceeds raised from the tournament – being put together by prominent fighting game…
There’s a common complaint with a lot of nerd rappers, and it’s one I for the most part agree with: that weak production and sloppy rhymes often get a pass because of the subject matter. Not here. This is freestyle rapper Surgeon General showing that he can go through the Mortal Kombat roster on the…
The first-party fighting game it seems Sony is almost certainly working on doesn’t have a proper name beyond a working title of “Title Fight”. Most people just call it “that Sony Smash Bros. game”, since in concept it sounds almost identical to Nintendo’s famous brawling franchise. Going by these images though, it looks like Sony…
It was over three years ago that we got our first look at the Star Wars Battlefront game that never was. Now some more footage has surfaced, and it’s of a much better quality. Obtained by website Past to Present Online, there are both decent-quality screenshots and some video footage of an early build of…
As writer John Hodgman once said, President Obama is America’s first modern nerd President. He’s a huge Trekkie and loves Superman. A certified nerd. So when Nichelle Nichols, perhaps best known for her groundbreaking role as Uhura in Star Trek, visited the White House for Black History Month last February, the President and her didn’t…
Thirty Years ago today, Atari had the balls to proclaim an entire day, hoping to lift its iconic Pac-Man character alongside the likes of other people who have their own day. Like, you know, Martin Luther King. And Jesus. The fact it was only celebrated by video game fans and Atari employees for that one…
It’s one of those things you probably never bothered to think about. “GameStop” sounds like something it took three seconds to come up with. But there’s surprisingly a bit more of a story behind the name. Executive Chairman of the company (and also founder and former CEO) Dan DeMatteo has told Reuters that he named…
Aah, The Cardigans. I’m sensing a theme with this week’s open threads. Anyhow. Hello, Kotaku! Welcome to the Tuesday open thread. Lots of stuff to talk about tonight, so I’ll get out of your way and let you at some random stuff you may wish to discuss. An old, but very funny review of Sex…
EA is no stranger to allowing users to pay for upgrades most people earn the hard way. It’s been doing it since the dawn of the DLC era. But a new set of unlocks for Battlefield 3 is beginning to take the piss. Called “The Ultimate Shortcut Bundle”, it costs 3200 Microsoft Points, and basically…
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