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Monster Hunter Cannot Quit the PSP
Even though the PS Vita could really use a Monster Hunter game, the next spin-off installment in Capcom’s monster hit series is PSP bound. In Japan, Monster Hunter has been key in the PSP’s success. Like Monster Hunter Diary: Poka Poka Airu Village, the game is a spin-off and features those fictional cat people. The…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 25, 2012 - Kotaku East
Lady or Stabby Stabby? Find Out If You Are a Positive Person or a Negative One.
Quick! What’s the first thing you notice? The lady? Or the knife she’s carrying? According to this manga on mental health, positive people notice the lady, because they like to have fun! Negative people notice the knife. They are so not fun. Boo. But what if you’re simply not interested in ladies? Not everyone is!…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 25, 2012 - Kotaku East
Capcom Making Two New Sengoku Basara Games. Both Are…Eh…
Hey, you like Sengoku Basara? You know, those samurai games Capcom makes that are wildly popular in Japan and aren’t exactly historically accurate? Well, good news. And bad news. The good news? Capcom is making two new Sengoku Basara games. The bad news? They are a card-based mobile phone game and a browser game. Oh.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 25, 2012 - Kotaku East
Foxconn Workers Use Suicide Threats as Bargaining Tool. Again.
In China, workers’ rights kind of suck! So when the folks who make your game consoles and electronics want to protest, they take to the roof and threaten to kill themselves. Lovely. Earlier this month in Shenzhen, while the world was watching how their iPads really got made, a group of approximately twenty Foxconn laborers…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 25, 2012 - Uncategorized
Another Real-Life Mai Shiranui Has Appeared!
It’s the battle of the ladies cosplaying as iconic fighting game character Mai Shiranui. Earlier this year, Taiwanese model Yoyo appeared dressed as the jiggly ninja to promote her new picture book. This time? This time it’s Chinese model Li Mengtian, who also goes by the moniker Shan Shan Maity. Earlier this spring, she released…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 25, 2012 - Kotaku East
Colonel Sanders Is Ready to Destroy Your Stomach Samurai Style
In front of (almost) every single KFC in Japan, there is a life-sized Colonel Sanders statue. And for the past few springs, the Colonel Sanders in Akihabara has been covered in samurai armor to mark May 5, the Boy’s Day celebration. In late April and early May, families with sons display miniature armor in their…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 25, 2012 - Kotaku East
From God of War to The King of Pop, Here’s Dragon’s Dogma‘s Character Creator
Whenever a new game or demo hits, Japanese gamers love to fire up the character creator and see which celebrities they can reproduce. So when the Dragon’s Dogma demo hit, that’s exactly what they did. In the above gallery, you can see an array of celebrities—from real life ones to in-games ones. In some, the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 25, 2012 - Kotaku East
A Most Perverted PS3 Game Got Cancelled
In puzzle game Dancing Eyes, the goal is to cut out swatches of cloth from young girls’ clothing. Namco planned to do a hi-def remake of the game, but now, it seems the Tokyo-based game company has cold feet. The upcoming issue of Japanese game mag Famitsu reveals that Namco decided to pull the plug…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 25, 2012 - Kotaku East
Why Are Chinese (and Japanese) People Sniffing Their iPhones?
Folks in China are apparently putting their iPhones under their nostrils and giving them a good old sniff. What do they smell? Pineapples. Yum. Many Chinese are saying the iPhone’s headphone jack smells like pineapple while charging. Online, thread after thread confirms the odor, with some even claiming that the iPhone emits whiffs of peach,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 25, 2012 - Kotaku East
A Bar for Power Rangers (And Those Who Love Them)
In Japan, the Power Rangers are called “Super Sentai”. For decades, they have entertained kids, especially young boys. But young boys grow up and become interested in other things. Like booze. Never fear! Former Power Ranger actor Masaru Shishido is here to save the day with cheesy memorabilia and alcohol. Phew! In Tokyo’s Tachikawa, Shishido…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 25, 2012 - Uncategorized
Hasbro Threaten Nerf Gun Blogger, Act Like Total Dicks [Update]
Toy giant Hasbro, for reasons known only to Hasbro, do not like the fact that Aussie Martyn Yang runs a blog about Nerf Guns. What they’re doing about it will make you wonder what’s come of this world. Yang’s blog, Urban Taggers, exists to showcase Nerf Guns. People post images of guns they’ve bought, they…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 25, 2012 -
UncategorizedYup, the New Counter-Strike has Surfing in it
“Surfing” is a strange little quirk that’s long been available in the Counter-Strike series. Those wondering if it’ll make the jump to the latest version, Counter-Strike: GO, yes, it has made the jump. Player MitchellS has ported venerable CS map surf_greatriver_remix to Global Offensive, and has made it playable for those in the beta. You…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 25, 2012 - Uncategorized
Making Pokémon a Little Crazier, a Little More Stylish
I’m not as big on either anime or Pokémon as I used to be, but there are always exceptions. Like when Kiwi artist Tien Lee takes Pokémon and mixes it with the badass Tekkonkinkreet Two of these three images get Tekkonkinkreet’s style – a 90s manga turned into an amazing 2006 anime – down perfectly,…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 25, 2012 -
UncategorizedThe US Air Force Wants Batman’s Grappling Gun
Batman’s got some wonderful toys. Perhaps best of all, though, is his grappling gun, most recently (and commonly) seen in the last two Batman video games. In those games, to use it, you…equip it. Easy! In the real world, it’s a little harder. Mostly because grappling guns don’t really exist in the real world. Not…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 25, 2012 - Uncategorized
This Season, Women’s Fashion is Inspired by…Video Games
Well, this might be the best thing I’ve seen all week. Console to Closet is a blog taking the stars of the video game world and creating fashionable outfits based on them. It isn’t cosplay. These are real clothes. It’s fashionable cosplay. Fashplay? Yes, I like that. From Samus to Lara Croft, Phoenix Wright to…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 25, 2012 - Uncategorized
And Now, For Some Awesome Box Art
Yesterday we showed you what will surely be 2012’s worst example of box art. So it’s only fair that today we cleanse the palette with what could easily be 2012’s best. Far Cry 3, take a bow. Well, not you, WTF head-in-the-sand guy. You just sit there. Isn’t it great? Once you get past WTF…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 25, 2012 - Uncategorized
Report: Steam Still Coming to Linux
Tech guru and Linux fan Michael Larabel says he was at Valve yesterday. And that while he was there, he was told that the company’s Steam platform is on its way to Linux operating systems. While further details are to come later today when he has a chance to write everything up, Larabel did at…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 25, 2012 - Uncategorized
If Soundwave and Cobra Commander Made Babies…
Look, I’m not saying it’s possible. Even in cartoon land, there are certain laws of nature that have to be abided. But if we suspended those, just for a moment, and pretended there could be an unholy union between a giant talking tapedeck and a terrorist leader, here’s your end result. Custom toy builder Airmax…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 25, 2012 -
UncategorizedThis NBA Kinect Game is a Joke, Right? Right?
Majesco has tonight unveiled a teaser trailer for an upcoming game called NBA Baller Beats. It is…look, just watch the clip. That’s rapper Common narrating the trailer. The aim of the game is to bounce a basketball – in your living room – in time with the music, then when certain prompts appear, perform some…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 25, 2012