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Video games need a top ten list. Movies have them, music has them, but the video game industry still hasn’t found a solid way to track the country’s most popular video games, according to Michael Gallagher, president of the Entertainment Software Association. “I do think that the movie industry has a significant advantage over other…
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: A Summer Of Limited Screens About a year ago, we moved out of Osaka City into the mountains. There are lots of strange bugs here! Like this. Mrs. Bashcraft found a kuwagata mushi on the wall in Mini-Bash’s room. Then we had him try to pick up the bug. Look…
What is Japan good at? Let’s hear what Super Smash Bros. Brawl creator Masahiro Sakurai has to say. “There’s really a lot of opinions on this and this is just one of those opinions,” Sakurai recently told website Techland. “But, I feel that Japanese game design and game development really isn’t a good match for…
The new PlayStation 3 firmware has gone live. The big thing might be the addition of Sony’s paid online service PlayStation Plus. The cool thing is the totally free video editing software. A Japanese PS3 owner uploaded a 24MB trailer in 1080p of anime Evangelion to the PS3 in three minutes. Using the video editing…
It’s not a real 3DS cradle, but we wish it was. As seen on Tiny Cartridge
Go ahead, make Wii dick jokes. Cynthia Low, 44, has resigned from her position as a financial assistant at the Oklahoma State University’s chemistry department after using a university, tax-payer-funded credit card to purchase lingerie, sex toys and a Nintendo Wii. According to records, she spent tens of thousands of dollars on these items. An…
Final Fantasy Versus XIII was first made public in 2006. Square Enix has shown screenshots and trailers. And now, Versus XIII’s designer is happy to report, the game’s story is finished. In an interview in the recent issue of Dengeki magazine, it was revealed that the scenario for the game is apparently fleshed out and…
Demon’s Souls has only just come out in Europe, after an agonising delay. If you thought the wait would mean most of the target audience would have imported and passed on the local release, though, you’re dead wrong. It seems people were willing to wait (or were convinced to buy it a second time because…
You know, this one. It got a ticket for parking violation, not good taste violation. As seen on AkibaOS
At Wonder Festival 2010 Summer in Japan next month, there’ll be countless custom action figures going on sale. Like these Mega Man ones! Available in strictly limited quantities, they’re selling for around USD$56 per set. And there’s two sets available: one has Mega Man and Date, the other, Tron & Kobun. The last Wonder Fest…
She won’t be alone. Oh, no. Better known for her work in anime K-On!, Satomi Sato, who has voice credits in games like Yakuza 3, GodEater and Queen’s Blade Spiral Chaos, is guesting on television show Culture:Japan, joining the show’s host and creator, blogger Danny Choo, whom Kotaku has previously featured several times (since 2006!).…
Alongside the new PS3 firmware update, the PSP has been updated as well. And it looks like this one brought with it a nice little surprise. Reader Ryan sends us this pic, showing what the games folder on his PSPgo looks like after downloading the 6.30 update. Alongside his regular PlayStation-branded titles, there were now…
Despite the fact it’s played by millions of normal people around the globe, World of Warcraft players still get a bad rap sometimes. Peripherals like this don’t help. It’s the official World of Warcraft “Tap Chat”, which is a one-button pedal. Which you can use to play World of Warcraft. Tap to chat! Tap to…
Transformers: War For Cybertron is good enough to deserve a sequel, but that doesn’t mean the next non-movie game will be another shooter. BotCon, the world’s biggest Transformers fans convention, was held over the weekend, and part of the festivities was a Q&A session between fans and Matt Tieger (High Moon Studios) and Aaron Archer…
People who run big companies, that’s who. As previously mentioned, a new regulation now requires Japanese companies to disclose the previously well-guarded salaries of employees over ¥100 million (US$1.1 million). Executive salaries in Japan are lower than the astronomical compensation execs receive in the West. “Companies owe their existence to society,” says Shizuka Kamei, the…
Alexey Pajitnov, creator of Tetris, may be semi-retired these days, but he still likes to dabble in a bit of game design from time to time. At the moment, for example, he’s working on multiplayer Tetris. “We are working on multiplayer versions for more than 10 years — I’ve been trying to design it. I…
The long-held belief is that Nintendo game designer Shigeru Miyamoto rides his bicycle to work and doesn’t make more money than other Nintendo designers. Part of Miyamoto’s image is that he’s just a regular guy! And that he doesn’t take a larger salary than other employees, as Giant Bomb put it, “in order to prove…
Stephen Gillett was at one time the youngest chief information officer on the Fortune 500. How’d he get there? Playing a ton of World of Warcraft, of course. It’s not the grinding that got him there, nor the neglect of a personal life outside of the game. No, Gillett says it’s the leadership skills developed…
The latest firmware update for the PlayStation 3 isn’t just some regular old update. Oh, no. This update is a big deal! Firmware 3.40 brings players PlayStation Plus, Sony’s new subscription-based service, as well as a new video editor/uploader to the PlayStation 3’s XMB, enabling users to edit and upload movies directly to YouTube and…
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