Drink up! Starting this summer, Ubisoft’s Raving Rabbids are appearing on Coca-Cola Zero cans in France as part of a “Lapins Crétins” (stupid rabbits) campaign. French site Gamalive.com was sent these Splinter Lapin, Lapin of Persia and Lapin Creed II cans in a cardboard fridge. Available in stores, the Rabbids-branded Coke Zero is 2.59€ ~…
This may be the first post on a mouse pad I’ve ever done. Then again, it’s also the first mouse pad I’ve seen you can cook a burger on. Rude Gameware’s “Fierce Teflon” pad is designed for the serious PC gamer, with the pad packing a steel base and a teflon surface. While this means…
Fresh off hosting E3, the Los Angeles Convention Center was turned into this year’s home for the Anime Expo late last week and over the weekend. And you bet there were cosplayers. Here is a look at some of the game cosplayers, courtesy of website Japanator.com. AX 10: Cosplay gallery part 1, AX 10: Cosplay…
On Sunday, a family from Victoria in Australia’s south-east was involved in a car crash, when the driver rolled the vehicle trying to avoid a kangaroo. There were five people in the car – three children, their mother and her partner – and after the crash, the mother became trapped in the wreckage. Staying calm,…
There has been concern that the Microsoft’s motion controller Kinect could require a significant amount of space — more space than the average Japanese living room has. Microsoft, however, has refuted these claims. “We know that living rooms come in all shapes and sizes,” Microsoft told Kotaku back in March, “and have conducted numerous play…
The Engineer update in Team Fortress 2 continues. As promised, with the first 25 golden wrenches unlocked by players, a new weapon for the support class player has been unveiled by developers Valve. It’s a new shotgun called “Frontier Justice”, which trades magazine size and random critical hits for ties to the Engineer’s turrets; as…
When kick boxer Yuichiro “Jienotsu” Nagashima dresses up, he likes to dress up as girls from bullet hell shooter Touhou Project. In his most recent bout, he wore something very different. Before we get to that, here is Nagashima a couple days before the bout. He was photographed with all the other fighters. Can you…
Shaun White and his ginger locks may be world famous millionaires, but life isn’t all smooth sailing for the snow/skateboarder. He was once in a video game. And it was the worst experience of his life. “That was terrible. It was the worst experience of my life, cause I was so excited, I’m like 13,…
It’s not a drastic change, so don’t freak out. In The Land of the Rising Sun, the current and official name of Microsoft is “Microsoft Co., Ltd.” That doesn’t sound very Japanese. On February 1, 2011, the company will change its name to “Microsoft Japan Co., Ltd.” According to Yasuyuki Higuchi, president of Microsoft Co.,…
Do you think you could beat a pro-gamer from Korea at Starcraft or Warcraft? You can’t. You won’t. You don’t have a chance in hell This clip is from the excellent documentary The Hax Life, which takes a look at some pro gamers competing in the Korean capital, Seoul. It’s at times touching, at times…
On October 21, the PlayStation Move will hit Japanese retail. That’s not all as there will be Move games as well. Sony Computer Entertainment has released a list of those games. The following titles will be available starting October 21: EyePet (¥3,980 or US$45), Sports Champion (¥3,980 or 3,980 or $45), Beat Sketch! (¥2,980 or…
These aren’t the games we think are the best of 2010. They’re the games that a system designed to track scored review averages thinks are the best of 2010. Metacritic, a site that aggregates review scores from major media outlets, has posted 2010’s half-yearly report card, revealing the highest-ranked titles across each platform. It’s been…
Why Shooting Down Cat-Callers Isn’t as Satisfying As You’d Think Comment by: PunkyChipsAhoy Nominated by: Gord-a-tron There was once a bus of a high school team of something full of girls [I’m guessing Volleyball] and I remember the thing perfectly because a gigantic school bus parked right next to me as I was filling my…
There are new versions of the PlayStation 3 coming, with new hard drive sizes and new colours. And as is custom, they’re hitting Japan first. First things first: in Japan, the PS3 will cease to be made available in 120GB and 250GB sizes, and instead come in 160GB and 320GB versions. These new models will…
If you have a pair of 3D glasses in the house, go get ’em, then settle in and see what it’ll look like when Nintendo starts to raid its back catalogue and re-release old classics on the 3DS. This is Mario 64 and Starfox in 3D. Well, it will be when you click on the…
Irrationally excited for the return of Twisted Metal to the PlayStation? The PS3 sequel won’t be out until some time in 2011, but United Front Games’ ModNation Racers is going to make the wait slightly easier. Mr. Tooth will be joining the list of paid and fully authorized racers in the “Play. Create. Share.” PS3…
There’s an achievement in Red Dead Redemption for tying a woman to the traintracks, ala old silent films. There isn’t one for tying 19 people to the tracks. That didn’t stop this enterprising player from performing the feat, though, finding a spot where train tracks pass close to a busy road then getting busy with…
Somewhere else, that’s where. Rock Band 3 lead designer Dan Teasdale is leaving Rock Band developer Harmonix. In his blog, he states why. “Working on something like Rock Band basically allows you to auto-complete most of the achievements on your life list,” he blogged late last week. “‘Make a game with unique controllers’, ‘Make a…
Drink mead, World of Warcraft fans? If you don’t, you may want to start, then start drinking from one of these. It’s a new entry in Taverncraft’s line of steins and tankards (they’ve done Warhammer Online ones previously), and rather than go the dignified route and emblazon it with heraldry and heroic deeds, they’ve slapped…
The “behemoth”, eh? As seen by reader Ray
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