Schoolgirl Singers Promoting Kinect In Japan

In Japan, schoolgirls are often the default characters for product pitchmen. They pop up in sports drink ads, life insurance ads, bicycle ads — you name it. One of the main reasons for this is that their youthful image is healthy, happy and spirited, but they are also able to appeal to a cross segment…

Screw Fancy Graphics, Let’s Just Play Russian Roulette

Not much to this one. You sit across from a man and you play Russian Roulette until one of you is dead. It’s a simple premise, but the fact the game is so damn empty makes it a lot creepier than it should be. All you need to do is hold down the space button…

Taito: Maker Of Games, Builder Of ROBOTS!

During the 1980s, game company Namco started making awesome robots. Robots! But Namco was not alone. Space Invaders developer Taito also took the know-how it attained from the arcade business and funneled that into building its own bots. In 1983, Taito created a walking, talking bot named “Yumemaru” as well as a guitar-playing robot. Yumemaru…

The Science Of Fallout

Fallout 3 (and New Vegas) are set in a bleak, post-apocalyptic world, where mankind lies despondent after a devastating atomic holocaust. Fantasy it may be, but it’s based on real science; question is, just how real is it? Futirist and TV personality Dr. Michio Kaku explains in this short clip for Spike which, whackjob political…

What’s Up With The Tentacles?

The latest trailer for Japanese survival horror game The 3rd Birthday features phallic looking tentacles. Tentacles, again with the tentacles. What gives, Japan? One of the earliest (if not the earliest) pieces of tentacle erotica is The Dream of the Fisherman’s Wife (NSFW) by Edo-period artist Hokusai, who is one of Japan’s greatest artists. The…

Surviving Your First Day (And Night) In Minecraft

Friends bugging you to try Minecraft? Just got it and have no idea what to do? Here. Watch this. So that’s getting your act together during your first day in Minecraft. For your first night? Keep that door closed, and whatever you do, keep away from it until the sun comes up… If you’re unable…

A Week In Comments

A Game About Insurgency Comment by: Kogo Nominated by: DunnCarnage A real game about “insurgency” would require some form of subscription payment. The subscription cost would get higher and higher, the longer you play. These escalating payments would, however, come with mailings, emails or messages that the subscription cost would soon end and, indeed, be…

A Visual Guide to Castlevania: Lords of Shadow

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow’s E3 trailer introduces us to the cast and characters of Konami’s newest adventure. This extended trailer goes deeper into the gameplay mechanics of Lords of Shadow. Almost every big boss encounter will be preceded by a lengthy talking to, with some Lord of Shadow telling Gabriel what a fool he is…

Watch 15 Minutes Of The Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood Beta

With Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood’s multiplayer beta currently underway on the PlayStation 3, we’re given our first good look at how the series’ first foray into multiplayer actually works. And…it looks a lot like singleplayer does! Only with more flashing clutter on the HUD. Also, there’s an awful lot of other players skulking around all wearing…

President Obama Is On Fire (In NBA Jam)!

Continuing a tradition set by the original versions of NBA Jam, which included political figures like Bill Clinton and Prince Charles, EA’s latest game in the franchise will feature some more contemporary characters, like President Barack Obama and Sarah Palin. They’re just the start, though; the American political spectrum is being represented in force with…

Is A Man Not Entitled To A Fantastic BioShock Case Mod?

sirleechalot wanted to build himself a new PC, one with a BioShock twist, so he did just that. The twist being almost the entire thing is submerged in liquid While it looks like water, it’s in fact mineral oil, which many endorse for its cooling benefits, but which sirleechalot just wanted to use because it…

Rock Band’s Song List Reaches Major Milestone

Harmonix’s Rock Band will add its 2000th song—not including songs from The Beatles—on Tuesday, October 12 with the addition of “Are You Experienced?” by The Jimi Hendrix Experience. Rock on. [IGN]

Rock & Roll & Invisible Jets

Greetings, regular Kotaku readers. I trust you had a good weekend and are ready to engage in our nightly discussion, where video games aren’t the only topic, but nerdier things still reign supreme. Good, then let’s get to it. This weekend, I not only played some Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, I also revisited…

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Grand Theft Auto IV: The Complete Edition Coming Soon

Latecomers to Rockstar Games’ bombastic crime epic Grand Theft Auto IV will be able to enjoy the stories of Niko Bellic, Johnny Klebitz and Luis Lopez on the cheap later this month with the game’s “Complete Edition.” Or so says Amazon.com, which lists a new version of Grand Theft Auto IV for the Xbox 360…

The Jungle: Official Info On Panasonic’s New Online Handheld

Panasonic’s new portable online games machine, The Jungle, is out of the bag and now 100% official. What’s the company line on the handheld designed exclusively for online gaming and MMORPGs? The Jungle’s official web site calls it a “new mobile device concept designed specifically for online gamers,” a “mean little machine features a kick…

Exploring The Jungle: Do We Need A Handheld MMO Player?

While a portable gaming device specifically created to provide MMO players gaming on the go might sound like a spectacular idea, Panasonic’s Jungle might be more trouble than it’s worth. The Jungle really does sound like an excellent product at first glance. What’s not to like about a handheld computer gaming device that folds up…

New Red Dead Redemption ‘Undead Nightmare’ Screens Have Something On Their Face

Hey, Zombie Abigail, you’ve got a little schmutz right below your mouth. Presumably just like every other bloodthirsty undead fiend in Rockstar’s zombie adding expansion to the brilliant Red Dead Redemption. While I preferred the more human side of Red Dead Redemption and its hero, I’m at least curious to see how well zombies integrate…