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ABC Local News Has Learned That People Use Curse Words On Xbox Live

ABC Local is on top of its game this week, warning the world that, according to experts, there is cursing on Xbox Live. And racial slurs! And cyber-bullying! The news outlet writes: Imagine exposing your child to racial slurs and X-rated content on a daily basis without realizing it. Experts warn that’s exactly what could…

Call of Duty Cited As Possible Factor in Fatal Shooting of 10-Year-Old Boy

A preteen who killed a friend inside a Georgia home was playing Activision’s popular first-person-shooter before the fatal shots were fired. According to ABC affiliate WJBF, three young boys were playing Call of Duty: Black Ops on the night of March 26th, when the eldest of them picked up a semi-automatic that belonged to his…

The Next PlayStation is Called Orbis, Sources Say. Here are the Details.

While the official reveal of Sony’s next home console could still be months away, if not longer, Kotaku has today learned some important details concerning the PlayStation 3’s successor. For one, the console’s name—or at least its codename/working title—is apparently Orbis. And it’s being planned for release in time for the 2013 holiday season. The…

Talk Amongst Yourselves

Snake? Snnaaaake?! Hello, dear readers, you’ve managed to sneak into Talk Amongst Yourselves, Kotaku’s official forum where you can assemble on a daily basis to discuss all things video game and existential. Want to talk about new games, old games, game where you draw things? Knock yourselves out! Apparently the setting of Vasily Perov’s painting…

Persona 3 Portable And Other Atlus Games Are Now Much Cheaper

You can get the third Persona game for $20 on the PlayStation Network for your PSP. Other discounted games include the first and second Personas, Knights in the Nightmare, and Crimson Gem Saga. [PlayStation Blog]

Milla Jovovich’s New Hairstyle is Video Game Inspired, But Not the Game You’re Thinking

Known for her starring role as Alice in her husband’s Resident Evil films, actress Milla Jovovich is sporting a new look these days, torn from the graphics of one of her favorite games. Which game inspired that asymmetrical undercut? Proving that she’s not a one-game girl, Milla admitted her “strange addiction” to The Sims to…

Wasteland 2 Creator Calls the Publisher/Developer Dynamic “Awful”

With the Kickstarter campaign for his old-school role-playing title already surpassing its goal, Brian Fargo has managed to find a path out of needing a publisher to continue making video games. And that’s good, because, according to an interview Fargo did with Ripten, publishers treat developers like crap. While developers spend the man-hours and energy…

Why Steal Game Consoles When You Can Get a Six-Year-Old Girl to Do It For You?

On Monday employees at a Super CD in Johannesburg, South Africa realized two PlayStation Vita systems were missing from the store’s inventory. That was shocking, but not nearly as shocking as what they saw when they reviewed the closed-circuit television footage and discovered the culprit was a five or six-year-old girl. What happened is pretty…

SimCity Is More Expansive and Detailed Than Ever, Yet Remarkably True to Its Roots

SimCity has always been a game that is viewed from two distances—up close and far away. You would start with the camera zoomed out, able to see the entirety of your creation; a city or cities on a grid, little smokestacks pouring out smoke, tiny airplanes droning over the hills. Zoom in, and you were…

Catching Up with South Korea’s Cosplaying Superstars

Spiral Cats. How and why. Here is the simple answer. The famed cosplay group burst onto the scene a few years ago, and with their picture perfect costumes, professional quality photos, and that subtle charm called allure, people began to take notice online, which coincided with Spiral Cats’ initial goal of raising awareness of the…

Queens Blade MMORPG Has Sexy Women, No Apostrophe, Few Scruples

The new adults only MMORPG by Korean developer LivePlex is called Queens Blade, sans apostrophe. That’s how it’s printed in the upper left hand corner of the game’s homepage, which reads “The Queens Blade is registered trademark of LivePlex.” The game has nothing to do with the Queen’s Blade you may know, but it’s going…

Report: Overworked Foxconn Workers Complaining About Too Much Vacation

Remember when people would complain about those horrible working conditions at Foxconn plants? How employees worked too much? Now, people—well, Foxconn workers—are complaining about something else: too little work. According to China Business News (via TechInAsia), Foxconn workers on the iPad line are suddenly finding themselves twiddling their thumbs with loads of time off. And…

When Did Little King’s Story Get so, Ahem, Sexy?

Last I checked, Little King’s Story was not a sexy game. It was a cute game. Now that Konami is handling the game, it seems different. Have a look at these latest screens! The game, dubbed New Little King’s Story, will be released on the PS Vita tomorrow and has touch-based controls. And ladies in…

Would You Like To Watch a Fat Man Dancing to Cute Japanese Music?

Make that, a fat man in skivvies. And black socks. Sure you would! Here a large man gets down to , a popular remix from a boss battle them in Tohou’s maniac shooter Prefect Cherry Blossom. 日本のテクノダンスと紹介されていた、わら人形に五寸釘おじさん [Zaeega]

When Games Force You to Read Books in Korea

In the top picture, you can see a yellow rubber band running around the case of a Korean copy of Red Dead Redemption. That rubber band came free with a used copy of that game, and it holds together the disc case and a booklet in the back. That booklet is the Korean translation of…

Cosplayers Selling Pics and Posing for Them

Usually when cosplayers pop up at events, they’re just there to pose for photos. But at Romket, they’re they to sell their cosplay discs and pose for pictures. Visitors must pay a ¥2,500 for the standard entrance fee. Coplayers offer their ROM discs for purchase—much like they do at Comic Market if you’ve attended that.…

Relax! Sometimes Hollywood Doesn’t Whitewash *Everything*

Yesterday, it was revealed that Hollywood acquired the rights to the 1970s Japanese manga Lone Wolf and Cub. Upon hearing this, my heart sank. There are already a series of wonderful Lone Wolf and Cub films starring Tomisaburo Wakayama, older brother of legendary Zatoichi actor Shintaro Katsu. My heart sank because Hollywood, no doubt, is…