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Songstress Unloads Racist Rant on Twitter

America-based singer song-writer Jenny Hyun made a name for herself penning tunes for Girls’ Generation, one of Korea’s biggest pop groups and Nintendo DSi product pitch girls. But this week, Hyun made a bigger name for herself with a racist twitter rant. On Feb. 16, Hyun loaded on Twitter, apparently spewing a diatribe of hate…

By Brian Ashcraft Published February 21, 2012

Kotaku East

Playing the 3DS with…a PlayStation Controller?

For Monster Hunter, the Nintendo 3DS has a mostly great extra slide pad. Screw that! One Japanese gamer figured out how to use a PlayStation Controller instead. The mod shows just how easy playing Monster Hunter with a dual thumbstick controller is. A snap! 3DS モンスターハンター専用　改造スライドパッド [YouTube via HighGamers]

By Brian Ashcraft Published February 21, 2012

Kotaku East

Cyclops Girl Is the Stuff of Nightmares

Spotted by Danny Choo of DannyChoo.com, this cosplayer popped up at the recent Wonder Festival, etched herself in our brains, and haunted our nightmares. For more photos, check out Danny’s site below and here for more Wonder Festival cosplay. Wonder Festival Cosplay [DannyChoo via I Heart Chaos via FashionablyGeek]

By Brian Ashcraft Published February 21, 2012

Kotaku East

Witness Arcade Button-Mashing Madness

Last weekend, Kotaku East scoured the Amusement Operators Union (AOU) trade show for the craziest game coming to Japanese arcades in 2012. And what we found is a game as fun and simple as it is crazy. Speed of Light is an arcade consisting of nothing but a wall of buttons and a digital counter.…

By Richard Eisenbeis Published February 21, 2012

Kotaku East

George Lucas’ Daughter Could Kick Your Ass

She really could. She could kick a lot of people’s asses—not just yours. That’s because Amanda Lucas is a mixed martial arts superstar. Lucas began MMA in 2008 after taking Brazilian jiu-jitsu classes. The former dance instructor’s first fight was in May of that year. “I got beat up pretty bad,” Lucas told Sports Illustrated.…

By Brian Ashcraft Published February 21, 2012

Kotaku East

Wii Video Service Ending. Bye Bye!

Launching May 2009, Wii Channel “Wii no Ma” offered videos and family-oriented programing. Today, Nintendo revealed the channel was ending on Apr. 30. Not a surprise with the Wii U coming out. [Wiiの間]

By Brian Ashcraft Published February 21, 2012

Kotaku East

Fighting with Swords and Shields Isn’t Berserk, It’s Awesome

Exercise is important. Some jog. Others play tennis. In Tokyo, a group of folks don medieval armour, wield swords, and beat the tar out of each other. Welcome to Castle Tintagel, a Middle Ages oasis in a hyper modern metropolis. And when Jay Noyes, Castle Tintagel’s founder, isn’t teaching students the finer points of medieval…

By Brian Ashcraft Published February 21, 2012

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By Brian Ashcraft Published February 21, 2012

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ARGH, a Half-Life Barnacle for your HOUSE

German artist Daniel Ritthanondh is the man to thank for this Half-Life-inspired lamp, which will simultaneously light up your room and darken your dreams. As big a Half-Life fan as I am, I could not own this. Wherever it went, I couldn’t walk under it. Ever. That or I’d come home one day and creep…

By Luke Plunkett Published February 21, 2012

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Thug PSP Attacker Facing “Long Time in Prison”

Last August, the shameful attack on Malaysian student Ashraf Haziq—carried out as part of the riots sweeping London at the time—captured the attention of the world and left him with a broken jaw and a stolen PSP. Haziq received small consolation at the time, being given a free PSP and some games by Sony and…

By Luke Plunkett Published February 21, 2012

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Crusader Kings II: The Kotaku Review

I was playing as the King of England. I ruled for over thirty years, sometimes a tyrant, other times a hero. When I died, I could keep playing, because I was now controlling his son. Who, it turns out, not only had a lisp, but was gay, whose arranged wife hated him and wanted him…

By Luke Plunkett Published February 21, 2012

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Bored Soldier Recreates Modern Warfare Box Art

Note the “bored” was the words of Reddit user Travissimo, not me. I can’t picture soldiers serving overseas having enough spare time to approach being bored, let alone bored enough to engage in box art cosplay. Of sorts. But hey, he must have had a little spare time, because he does a damn good job…

By Luke Plunkett Published February 21, 2012

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Have You Ever Seen This Many Zelda Games at Once?

First Mega Man, then Street Fighter…there’s a video game collection arms race going on, and The Legend of Zelda just joined in. Reader Andy “thought this would be pretty cool to show on the site”. He’s damn right it would be. Note he doesn’t just have every game. For many he’s got multiple editions. Look…

By Luke Plunkett Published February 21, 2012

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We’re Off to Find the Seven Cities of Gold

If you thought this would be about the cartoon series The Mysterious Cities of Gold, sorry! It’s about the same basic premise, though: a bunch of European types heading to the New World in search of riches. And carnage. In my Total Recall piece on Dani Bunten last week, Cities of Gold was mentioned as…

By Luke Plunkett Published February 21, 2012

CultureTotal Recall

Sunset, Big City

You know, last week, I was so excited to be posting awesome Metal Slug art as part of our first Background Story that I forgot to say it was from Metal Slug. Which, turns out, only made it more fun. So let’s do it again. Guess the city and you’ll be halfway to guessing the…

By Luke Plunkett Published February 20, 2012

CultureTotal Recall

The Laziest Box Art in Video Game History

I have a fetish for old Sega Master System box art. If I could have that pattern made into a tablecloth, curtains and bedsheets, I would, and when my wife complained, I would just stare at her, like what is wrong this stuff is perfect. Some of my favourites from the system, though, are also…

By Luke Plunkett Published February 20, 2012

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So That’s Why People Pirate Game of Thrones Episodes!

Hello Kotaku, and welcome to a new week of video games, news, and video game news. Also, co-existing as humans, and fun, and learning. And so much more. I finished Ghost Trick last night. Wow, what an ending on that game! Anyhow, here is your evening open thread. I’m so glad to have you here.…

By Kirk Hamilton Published February 20, 2012

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Vita Firmware Upgraded to v1.61

Most people still don’t have a Vita yet, but when you do, in true PlayStation fashion there’ll be a new firmware update just waiting for you to download and install. [PlayStation]

By Luke Plunkett Published February 20, 2012

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Sony Working on its own Kinect

A patent filed in late 2011, but which has only been published this month, reveals that Sony is working on its own version of Kinect, Microsoft’s popular motion-sensing peripheral for the Xbox 360 (and now PC). Of course, the argument could be made that Kinect was Microsoft’s own version of Sony’s EyeToy (indeed, this new…

By Luke Plunkett Published February 20, 2012

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How Not to Do PVP in Guild Wars 2

After spending the weekend playing Guild Wars 2 with select members of the press, I felt I had gather enough knowledge to create a video guide to the game’s standard player-versus-player combat. Then I played this round. The more hardcore alternative to Guild Wars 2 highly-accessible world-versus-world combat, the PVP in ArenaNet’s upcoming MMO is…

By Mike Fahey Published February 20, 2012