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Kotaku EastLittle Deviants Is a Game You Will Never Play in Public
Vita launch title Little Deviants is a portable game on a portable system. But some mini-games in this collection aren’t exactly suitable for your average morning commute… Little Deviants was released in Japan on Dec. 15, 2011 for the PlayStation Vita. It will be released in North American and PAL territories on Feb. 22, 2012.…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published February 14, 2012 - Kotaku East
Japanese Kids Don’t Walk Much These Days (Video Games Blamed)
According to a Tokyo Metropolitan Board of Education poll, today’s Japanese kids walk 30 percent less than they did 30 years ago. Experts attribute this to video games and other indoor activities. [Yomiuri]
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 14, 2012 - Kotaku East
Man Gets Hello Kitty Haircut To Amuse His Father
When your loved ones are down, you’ll do anything to cheer them up and make them laugh. For 50 year-old Hu Han-yan, getting his father’s spirits up meant one thing: a Hello Kitty haircut. According to Taiwan’s TTV News, the man’s 84 year-old father was feeling ill before the spring festival. Hu, a successful businessman…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 14, 2012 - Kotaku East
Move Over Romance, It’s Time for the Killers
The Romance of the Three Kingdoms was a Chinese historical fiction novel written in the 14th century, and it wasn’t about romance at all—well not romance as in love. It is a story about the struggles of three kingdoms and their battle for power and dominance over China. The story is full of treachery and…
By Eric Jou Published February 14, 2012 - Kotaku East
The Girls Are Fake. The Sausage Party Is Real.
Today is Valentine’s Day in Japan. The day is slightly different from its American counterpart—2012, more so. Early this morning, gamers lined up so they could spend the day with someone special: their virtual girlfriends. Love Plus is a dating simulator. New Love Plus, released today for the 3DS, is the latest in the series.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 14, 2012 -
UncategorizedKyuss: Whitewater
Warning: things are about to get a little personal. This is my favourite song of all time. No, really. It’s my favourite song on my favourite album from my favourite band, ever It’s Kyuss at their best. Epic. Cruisey. Yet also bringing a rolling thunder. If Scott Reeder (bass) and Josh Homme (guitar) died tomorrow,…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 14, 2012 - Uncategorized
Mario Propaganda Keeps Bowser’s Home Fires Burning
Fernando Reza, who floored us last year with his set of Mushroom Kingdom propaganda posters, is back in 2012 with another set, again showing the conflict from the bad guys’ point of view. If you’re interested in picking any of these up, they’re actually available from Fernando’s store, linked below. WW2 PROPAGANDA PRINTS [FRO DESIGN…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 14, 2012 - Uncategorized
This Skyrim Costume Turns Dovahkiin Into DovahCuddle
Legendary Crafts make beards. And helmets. And make them all out of yarn. Crocheted by hand. Their crochet skill is maxed out at 100. This particular offering is based on the trademark appearance of the Dovahkiin from Skyrim, with his horned helmet and braces. The beard, well, that’s user-defined, but if you’re not making giant…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 14, 2012 - Uncategorized
The Very Best In Cosplay: Lindze
Kotaku’s journey around the very best cosplayers in the world continues this week with a look at American costume builder, model and make-up artist Lindze. A make-up artist by trade, Lindze is an example of quality over quantity: while her portfolio may not be packed to the gills like many other prominent cosplayers, when she…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 14, 2012 - Uncategorized
There Might be an LA Noire Sequel. Some Day.
With its original developers shut down and with a story that ends rather conclusively, you wouldn’t think Rockstar’s LA Noire would be in line for a sequel. But it might be. Maybe. A Rockstar representative writing on the company’s official site has posted “don’t count out the possibility of a new game in the L.A.…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 14, 2012 - Uncategorized
Wait, it Costs $40,000 to PATCH a Console Game?
Well, this is bananas. According to Double Fine’s Tim Schafer, the cost of getting a patch up on a modern console (presumably he means the Xbox 360 and/or PS3) is $40,000. That’s not to upload downloadable content. That’s just for a patch “Those systems as great as they are, they’re still closed”, Schafer told Hookshot.…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 14, 2012 - Uncategorized
Hideo Kojima Thinks He’s Ryan Gosling Now
The man? That’s Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima. The jacket? That’s a replica of Ryan Gosling’s from the movie Drive. With Hollywood’s big night looming, a little Oscar party cosplay, perhaps? [Twitter]
By Luke Plunkett Published February 14, 2012 -
UncategorizedWatch Someone Play Mass Effect 3 for 60 Minutes
Many people already have access to the Xbox 360 demo for Mass Effect 3, so naturally, there are people recording the thing like crazy and uploading videos to YouTube. Here are just a couple of them. The first clip will get you some character creation and the intro. The second clip will get you the…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 14, 2012 -
CultureTotal RecallThe Amazing Place Where Mario & 80’s Pro Wrestling Came Together
That amazing place being the Super Mario Bros. Super Show, which in these episodes below went all-out and brought in both Sgt. Slaughter and Rowdy Roddy Piper as guest stars. Aside from their wrestling fame, you may know the Sergeant as a GI Joe character. You should also hopefully know Piper as one of the…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 14, 2012 - CultureTotal Recall
Winter Isn’t Coming, It’s Already Here
The real stars of video games aren’t the characters. They’re awfully fickle, and easy to kill. But background art? It’s forever. Welcome to Background Story, which will run most days as part of our new, expanded Total Recall programming block [via noirlac]
By Luke Plunkett Published February 13, 2012 - Uncategorized
Total Recall Starts Here
Total Recall is evolving! Gone is the once-every-day-or-two single feature about the history of video games, replaced with a daily block of posts running between 11pm and midnight ET. Confused as to what the hell these “blocks” are? See here!
By Luke Plunkett Published February 13, 2012 - Uncategorized
The Dothraki Have No Word For ‘Valentine’
Greetings, camp Kotaku, and welcome to the evening open thread. Have you had an enjoyable Monday? We sure have. We’ve debuted a couple of our new programming blocks, and I thoroughly enjoyed both of them. And hey, there’s a third one coming up in 30 minutes! In the meantime, here is a thread in which…
By Kirk Hamilton Published February 13, 2012 - Uncategorized
Why You Can See Morrowind From Skyrim
Last year, intrepid tinkerers on the PC version of Elder Scrolls V found the game didn’t just include the landmass of Skyrim. You could also, with a little work, visit other parts of Tamriel, like Morrowind and Cyrodiil, the settings of Elder Scrolls III & IV respectively. It was…a little odd. So we asked the…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 13, 2012