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I’m With Leathers
Leathers | TAIPEI, TAIWAN: Sony showed off the PS Vita and Shinobido 2 in Taipei recently. (Photo: Game Watch Impress) Inside a Chinese Hacking Den Located in a South China shopping mall, this shop doesn’t merely “fix” consoles. It fixes them so they can run pirated games. Common throughout the country, the “Chinese pirates hacking…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 8, 2012 - Uncategorized
Idol’s Mother Arrested for “Obscene Acts” with Junior High Student
The 44-year-old mother of singer Minami Takahashi was arrested for obscene acts with a 15-year-old boy. Takahashi, 20, is a member of AKB48, the country’s most popular female pop group and, CNET reported, a US$200 million enterprise. According to Jiji Press (via The Tokyo Reporter), the mother, pictured above, told police, “I was compelled to…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 8, 2012 - Uncategorized
From Mecha Girls to Mecha Men, Fancy Frontier Had It All
A Japanese cosplayer wearing a NSFW costume grabbed all the headlines at the recent Fancy Frontier event in Taipei. But that wasn’t the only game, I mean costume, in town. There were an array of outfits on display that included what must be the first cosplay I’ve ever seen of Sega arcade game Boarder Break.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 8, 2012 - Kotaku East
True Crime Gets a New Name, Lets Sleeping Dogs Lie
After the True Crime reboot was canned, Square Enix brought the Activision title, back from the dead. However, as Kotaku reported back in Aug. 2011, the game, then True Crime: Hong Kong, would not bear the name True Crime Today, in Hong Kong, Square Enix revealed that the game is now known as Sleeping Dogs.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 8, 2012 - Uncategorized
This Asura’s Wrath Figure Will Punch Your Face In
Ah, Asura’s Wrath. The game that allows you to punch heavily armed Buddhas and giant elephants. If you are planning on picking up the game early in Japan, good news. Capcom is giving these statues to lucky customers who buy the game’s first pressing. The figure is limited to only one hundred pieces, meaning only…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 8, 2012 - Uncategorized
Final Fantasy Is Bringing Pricy DLC to the 3DS
While Nintendo’s said it would help ensure that DLC pricing isn’t unreasonable, Square Enix shows us the future. One downloadable song for Theatrhythm Final Fantasy is ¥150 (US$1.95); all 8 tracks are ¥1,200 ($15.60) Not cheap! [忍之閻魔帳]
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 8, 2012 - Uncategorized
Inside a Chinese Hacking Den
Located in a South China shopping mall, this shop doesn’t merely “fix” consoles. It fixes them so they can run pirated games. Common throughout the country, the “Chinese pirates hacking den”, as website China Underground called it, specializes in flashing (modding) Xbox 360 and hacking consoles like the PlayStation 3 and the Wii. Video game…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 8, 2012 - Uncategorized
Truly Nerdy Snow Sculptures
The Taj Mahal built in snow? Aizuwakamatsu Castle? Taiwan’s National Palace Museum in ice? Meh! (Okay, all these are pretty cool, but stick with me.) The Sapporo Snow Festival isn’t only frozen famous landmarks, it also showcases some of the geekiest snow sculptures on Earth. When statues aren’t falling on visitors—a rare occurrence—the Sapporo Snow…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 8, 2012 - Uncategorized
This Rap Video Was Made by Game Artists
Rapper Sole, who we’ve featured once or twice here on Kotaku before, has a new video out with his Skyrider Band (pictured above), and it’s one that might be right inside a gamer’s wheelhouse. Why? The video for the track, Bad Captain Swag, was put together by a couple of game artists – Randy Greenback…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 8, 2012 - Culture
Commander Shepard, You’re Looking Awfully Dangerous Today
Theo Stylianides is a concept artist working in London for Opus Artz, a studio that’s provided content for series like Dead Space, Infamous and BioShock Today, though, we’re looking at Theo’s personal project, Helldiver, which he describes as “pretty much sci-fi-inspired super soldiers selected from the best military forces in the world, brought together to…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 8, 2012 -
UncategorizedGame Blogger Finds Dating Hard with Enormous Dick
You might know Jonah Falcon from his freelance video game articles. Or his Talkin’ Xbox podcast. Or his 13.5-inch dong The video game blogger, who’s also an actor, appeared on TLC last fall (so long ago!) to discuss his love life and to go on a date. He hasn’t had a serious relationship since the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 8, 2012 -
UncategorizedNothing Says “First Wedding Dance” Like the Skyrim Theme
Malukah’s haunting interpretation of the Skyrim theme may not sound like the best thing to stick on at a party, let alone a wedding reception, but given the time and the place here it kind of fits. Boy, two months on and that song still gives me goosebumps. Skyrim Wedding Dance of the Day [TDW]
By Luke Plunkett Published February 8, 2012 - Uncategorized
PS3 Updated to 4.1, Browser Improved
The PlayStation 3’s firmware has just been updated to 4.1. Of interest is a new web browser, which can’t be any worse than the last one! Also of interest is the fact that for many people it’s breaking Netflix.
By Luke Plunkett Published February 8, 2012 - Uncategorized
The PlayStation Vita Slim is Coming. One Day.
Will there be a slimmer PlayStation Vita sometime down the line? Sometime soon? The evidence is mounting. It’s out there. Trust nobody. The Vita Mystery HD [Mega 64] Get More: GameTrailers.com, Mega64 – The Vita Mystery HD, PC Games, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
By Luke Plunkett Published February 8, 2012 - Uncategorized
A Crazy, Paranoid Story From Red Dead Redemption’s Development
A Red Dead Redemption fansite has been holding court with some interesting interviews lately with the Western’s cast, and the latest – with Rob Wiethoff, voice of John Marston himself – is no exception. Wiethoff makes Rockstar, who we normally assume to be a slightly eccentric, paranoid bunch, sound incredibly eccentric and paranoid with the…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 7, 2012 - Uncategorized
LittleBigPlanet Getting its own Kart Racing Game?
I don’t whether to laugh or cry, but word coming out of Sony’s behind-closed-doors Destination PlayStation event has it that a LittleBigPlanet kart racing game is in development. Either somebody at Sony thinks it’s still 2005, or this is a very public admission that nobody has ever really cared about ModNation Racers. Then again, it…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 7, 2012 - Uncategorized
Happy Valentine’s Day! I Got You This Giant Hissing Hell-Cockroach
Aagh! Or maybe yay! Because you think that’s romantic. Who knows? It takes all kinds. Welcome to the nightly open thread, where you can come to chat away about anything you desire. Here, from the internet at large, are some things that might be fun to talk about, or just to check out. Man almost…
By Kirk Hamilton Published February 7, 2012 - Uncategorized
Microsoft “Cares Deeply” About Hijacked Accounts, Asks For “Trust in Us”
Offering the company’s first detailed and dare I say it human response to a recent flood of hijacked Xbox Live accounts, Microsoft’s Alex Garden, General Manager of Xbox LIVE, has issued the following statement: (I’ve bolded what I think are the important bits!) Your Security is Important to Me Since today is Safer Internet Day,…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 7, 2012