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What Do Predator, Mortal Kombat, Dragonball Have in Common? This Guy.
This guy is Mike La Jute Blanche. He’s a French cosplayer, and holy crap, he is good. Just look at his work. The outfits and make up are incredibly impressive, and he does a great job of capturing Predator, Dragonball‘s Piccolo, and Motal Kombat. The hip-hop Piccolo is especially wonderful. Sure, his Kratos cosplay needs…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 15, 2012 -
Kotaku EastYou Want Your Final Fantasy VII HD Remaster? Well Here It Is!
One of the greatest things about PC gaming is the ability to modify games. Since Doom, fan-made sprites, levels, and even tweeks to gameplay can be found for any number of classic and modern PC titles. Recently, games like Mass Effect 2 and Dragon Age have received amazingly detailed texture packs for all their characters,…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published May 15, 2012 - Uncategorized
Game Breaking Bug Discovered in Diablo III
Players are reporting a game breaking bug in newly released Diablo III. The bug kicks players off Diablo III servers, bringing up an Error 3006 message. The bug is triggered when players interact with the Templar follower early in the game, equipping the Templar with a shield. Players on Blizzard’s Diablo III forums are reporting…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 15, 2012 - Kotaku East
From Beautiful Actress to Horrible Monster In Seven Hours
As a kid, I grew up fascinated by movie make up. Even to this day, with all the CG there is in film, I still prefer good old fashioned make up effects. Above, actresses Zhou Xun and Vicki Zhao appear in a promotional still for upcoming supernatural fantasy flick, Painted Skin: The Resurrection. To achieve…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 15, 2012 -
Kotaku EastWhen Your PS3 Becomes a $400 Paperweight
The PlayStation 3 had been out for several months when I started looking into buying one. My PS2 was making loud grinding noises and I feared it was on its last legs. Moreover Sony had just announced that PS2 backward compatibility would be cut from the next model of PS3, so it seemed as if…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published May 15, 2012 - Kotaku East
Kyoto’s Newest Cop? A Cat in Uniform
There’s a new cop on the beat in Kyoto’s Miyazu City: a four legged one. And he’s ready to help squash fraud. The cat was discovered as a two week-old stray, and the local police station eventually took the feline, named “Iemon”, in. And this past April, the cat joined the force. Iemon helps with…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 15, 2012 - Kotaku East
No Fox News, The Entire Nation of Japan Isn’t Going Extinct
This year marked the first year in Japan that the sale of adult diapers surpassed baby nappies. The country’s population is declining. The country isn’t going gray. It already is. What it’s not doing is going extinct. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, there was a huge youth boom in Japan that reflected a baby boom.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 15, 2012 -
UncategorizedIt’s Like Metal Gear, Metal Gear…Pomeranian
This last weekend, Sony kicked off a nationwide promotional tour for the June 7 release of Tokyo Jungle at Yodobashi Camera in Akihabara. While the event consisted of little more than a spokesperson and two demo stations, I was able to spend almost a half hour with Sony’s newest big name PS3 title. The demo…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published May 15, 2012 - Kotaku East
Hollywood + Pokémon = … Pokéwood?
The homepage for the upcoming Pokémon game for the DS, Black and White 2 has been updated with some news and new features of the game, including movie making. The starter pokémon is the same as its previous version; Snivy, Tepig, and Oshawott. But instead of Professor Juniper greeting you in the beginning, it will…
By Toshitaka Tachibana Published May 15, 2012 - Kotaku East
The Real Weapons of Modern Warfare
Earlier this month, Astana, Kazakhstan played host to an international military equipment expo. You know, like E3, but with real guns, real tanks, and real fighter planes. So nothing like E3, then. Still, there were grenade launchers, sniper rifles, and an array of combat vehicles and aircraft—basically, a bunch of stuff you can see in…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 15, 2012 -
Kotaku EastThis Looks Like a Japanese RPG, But It’s a First-Person Shooter (No, Really!)
Japanese games get pigeonholed: Young characters with big eyes swinging big swords. Screw swords, give them guns! Independent game developers Ayaemo Research Institute’s latest project, The Legend of Alfur, is a PC first-person shooter. There are shades of Sega’s Valkyria Chronicles, which was a third-person shooter. But make no mistake, The Legend of Alfur is…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 15, 2012 - Kotaku East
South Korea Set Ablaze with Fancy Diablo III Outfits
At the Diablo III launch in Seoul, the country’s most famous cosplayer collective, Spiral Cats, was on hand to help kick of the game’s Korean release. Spiral Cats donned Diablo III outfits and appeared at a stage show for the game. In the world of Korean cosplay, the group is about as big as they…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 15, 2012 - Uncategorized
Well, I’d Say This Stupid Error Message About Sums It Up, Diablo III-Wise
Hey, I know that server errors are to be expected when an online game launches. That doesn’t make it any less annoying that I’ve been trying (quite diligently!) to log in to Diablo III for the last half-hour to no avail. I don’t even want to play with other people! I just wanted to click…
By Kirk Hamilton Published May 15, 2012 - Uncategorized
Come On, a Card Game About Tentacle Rape? [Update]
Tentacle Bento is the name of a card game currently up on Kickstarter seeking funding. As of posting, it has received twice as much money as it originally said it needed. Which is a bit of a bummer, since it’s a game about raping girls with tentacles. Yeah, you can say this is a fetish,…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 15, 2012 - Uncategorized
Sega’s Greatest Hero Had an Action Figure
If you think I mean Sonic, get out. And don’t come back. I mean Segata Sanshiro, Sega Saturn ad man and star of easily the greatest video game commercials ever made During the height of his popularity in Japan in the late 90s, Takara released this figure based on Sanshiro (played by former Kamen Rider…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 15, 2012 - Uncategorized
Diablo III is now LIVE
After eleven years, the next entry in the Diablo series is now unlocked, open and ready to go. Or, at least, it should be. If you’ve got the client installed, have at it! And if you have any problems, comments or excited thoughts, please, leave them below. UPDATE – And whaddya know, people are having…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 15, 2012 - Uncategorized
Batman Figures Pull a Knife on Arkham City’s Finest
There are two kinds of Batman: Arkham City action figures. There are the standard ones, and there are the expensive ones. These are a new line of the standard ones, but before you let that put you off, some of them look pretty great. DC Collectible’s third series of Arkham City toys include six figures.…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 15, 2012 -
UncategorizedKingdom Hearts 3D Trailer is so, so Cheesy
Here’s an English-language trailer for the upcoming Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance, for the Nintendo 3DS. Throwing Disney and Square Enix is still resulting in pretty much exactly what you’d expect it would.
By Luke Plunkett Published May 15, 2012
