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Nintendo Doesn’t, Shouldn’t Fear the iPad

Gaming for Apple is an estimated half a billion dollar industry, but the company behind the iPhone, iPod Touch and now the iPad still seems reluctant to embrace the popular diversion. Despite launching the”magical and revolutionary” iPad with more than 700 new games this past weekend, gaming gets little face time in the ads and…

Manga Creator Blasts CNN For Being “Offensive” And “Insulting”

CNN reporter Kyung Lah recently filed a story on out-of-print erotic game Rapelay. One Japanese manga creator has taken her to task in an open letter. The game was released in 2006 and a controversy of the game was caused in the West in spring 2009. Oddly, CNN decided to revisit the game late last…

This Post is Not About The iPad

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Will The Nintendo 3DS Screen Look Like This?

Late last week, Japanese electronics maker Sharp showed off its new 3D touchscreen display. As a Sharp spokesman explained, the company would like to replace the LCD screens in mobile phones, smart phones, video games and digital cameras. Video games, hey, wait a minute! Nintendo has announced a “Nintendo DS” successor, the Nintendo 3DS, a…

Twenty Years Late, Tremors Gets A Game Adaptation

Tremors, a 1990 comedy/horror film about underground monsters terrorising a small town in Nevada, is about the best thing Kevin Bacon ever did. It’s also the best flash game I played all weekend. The aim of the game is simple: much like the movie, you need to assemble a cast of survivors, then elude the…

Resident Evil 4 Shambles Onto The iPad

Resident Evil 4 was great on the GameCube. PS2 as well. On the iPhone, though, it wasn’t so great. Could an iPad version be any better? Part of the reason it sucked was because the iPhone’s tiny screen and feeble horsepower neutered much of the game’s atmosphere, one of its most important aspects. But the…

Quentin Tarantino So “Not Interested” In Video Games

Whether it be comic books, exploitation cinema or cheesy TV, Quentin Tarantino might be a pop culture connoisseur. There is one type of pop culture he is not interested in, and that’s video games. “I cannot get myself interested in video games,” the 47 year-old filmmaker told Telegraph. “I’ve been given video game players and…

Let’s Watch An iPad Dissection

Now that the iPad has been released, that means it’s time for taking it apart and seeing what’s inside. Oh, what wonder awaits! It’s twenty minutes long! It starts off with the idea that it might be possible to put it back together, but then it ends with everyone feeling slightly melancholy. iPad Autopsy Video:…

Stay On Target, Space Invaders

The force is strong with this one, so increase speed, drop down, reverse direction! As seen on RedBubble

NSFW: Gaming Accessories, For Strippers

Pasties past·ies pl.n. “A pair of adhesive patches used to conceal a woman’s nipples and worn principally by exotic dancers or striptease performers.” Lady Tornade isn’t only a French burlesque strip-teaser performer from Paris, she also makes stripper gear like these Super Mario Bros. Power-Up Mushrooms pasties for women to glue to their chests and…

Resident Evil 4 iPad Screens

Curvy Plug Suit Bottles You Can Hold

And drink from! These torso water bottles from Japan’s Mokku (the same company behind the Hello Kitty versions, among others) has designed these two bottles, which are based on the plug suits of Neon Genesis Evangelion characters Asuka Langley and Rei Ayanami. Bottled with mineral water from Kagoshima, they’ll be available in Japan starting this…

Star Wars, Like You’ve Never Seen It Before

Star Wars games have often tried to paint the franchise in a different light, from Super Star Wars’ over-abundance of bad guys to LEGO Star Wars’ fondness of plastic dismemberment. But these animation shorts, these are different These short clips, made late last year, are part of the excellent “Star Wars Uncut” project (which we’ve…

Osaka Considering Regulating “Boys Love” Manga

After some of Japan’s biggest manga creators voiced opposition, Tokyo’s virtual child pornography bill has been delayed — leaving many to believe it is dead. However, Osaka Prefecture has decided to consider the ban, but with added provisions. Osaka Prefecture is also “considering the regulation of women’s comic magazine and Boys Love materials”. Known as…

Red Faction Movie Wants To Smash Earth With A Giant Hammer

Just because a game isn’t a AAA franchise doesn’t mean it can’t work as a movie. Take Hitman, for example. OK, bad example. How about Red Faction! Publisher THQ is looking to get a movie adaptation of the franchise off the ground, figuring it’s been long enough since Total Recall for the world to embrace…

Starcraft 2, Meet Tetris, Tetris, Starcraft 2

How do you make Tetris better? Or, for that matter, PC strategy series Starcraft? You could always try playing a combination of the two, using Terran buildings in the Starcraft 2 beta. You might want to turn off the sound, since the Tetris jingle can’t drown out the mechanical cacophony, but that’s OK. You don’t…

Who Bought an iPad?

This weekend, the iPad went on sale in the United States. Did you hear? Many people bought it. There were lines. Hoopla. A review! And pants stuffing. Did you buy an iPad? Or did you buy something else? Like a sandwich. Here is our fancy poll for our lovely Kotaku readers. Answer it if you…

One Hundred and Four Weekends

To: Luke From: Owen Re: Happy Early Easter Today marks my second year anniversary with the site since Brian hired me. Back in 2008, needing a weekend editor, he called me out of the blue and asked if I’d seen his post calling for applicants for the job. I was too ashamed to admit at…

Super Street Fighter IV Confirmed for Arcade Release

Although unlikely to get an official release in North America, Super Street Fighter IV will get a cabinet in Japan, Capcom said at the recently concluded Japanese championships. Producer Yoshinori Ono confirmed the arcade release after presenting console copies of the game to the winners of 3-vs-3 tournament for original Street Fighter IV. You can…