Dumb Japanese News Show Falls for Angry German Kid Video

Last night, a weekend news show hosted by Beat Takeshi covered the dangers of internet addiction. To illustrate that, the program, called Jouhou 7 Days News Caster, showed a clip from the infamous Angry German Kid video. For proper context, you can see the whole segment below, which is on “internet dependence.” Note the ominous…

How Popeye Inspired Pac-Man, And Other Interesting Pac-Man Facts

Like how the famous Pac-Man Google Doodle cost the US economy over $120 million. Yikes. DYKGaming, the undisputed master of all gaming-related trivia, is back to tell us about one of the most influential, popular, and… well, fun, games of all time, Pac-Man. Have a look below, if for nothing else than to check out…

One Piece and Dragon Ball Destroy Tokyo Street

The front of department store Shibuya Parco in Tokyo is a mass of rubble! One Piece’s Luffy threw a massive punch into the pavement. Just wait until Goku unleashes that kamehameha! This sculpture will be on display until March 23 and was installed to promote manga fighting game J-Stars Victory Vs. Check out the photos…

The Newest Street Fighter Character Is…

The fifth and final new fighter to be added to the upcoming Ultra Street Fighter IV will be Decapre. She’s new, while also being not new. It’s weird. She’s not a new character, having first appeared briefly in Street Fighter Alpha 3 as an NPC (which you can see in the intro to the video…

Stuff got 12 of the 13 Steam Machines due for release this year together, took them apart and tested them out. Then got them all together for this family photo. Check it out for rundowns (and 360-degree gifs) of every machine except Valve’s own unit.

Trolling This Dating Service Should Be Cruel, But It’s Great

As Bart Simpson has shown, trolling people looking for love is usually a dick move. The trick, then, is to keep it short, keep it simple, and make it funny. Hello Let’s Date is a Tumblr that chronicles the text adventures of a Tindermember who…well, he’s about what you should expect from a dating service…

Indie Shooter Inspired By Badass Battlefield Gifs

You know, as important as it is to have games taking inspiration from classic literature, philosophy and the human spirit, sometimes it’s nice to hear a developer say you know what, screw it, we made this game because we were playing two other games that were awesome. So it is with Jetgetters, a game that’s…

The New Godzilla Movie Will (Sadly) Not Look Like This

Mike K runs eleventhphotograph, a cosplay photography studio. He was most recently snapping pics at Katsucon last month, and those pics were great You can see a selection of them below, with a lot more at Mike’s site Living in Canada, Mike works in TV as a producer and is a freelance photographer in his…

The Week in Games: Second Son Of A Second Son

Every week video game publishers release video games into the retail and digital marketplace. What makes this week different? Nothing, really. Oh look, it’s Infamous: Second Son! Nice. TUESDAY, MARCH 18 Deus Ex: The Fall (PC) Final Fantasy X-X2 HD (Vita, PS3) Luftrausers (PC, Mac, PS3) Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes (PS4, Xbox One,…

Happy 15th Anniversary, EverQuest

On March 16, 1999, Sony invited players to venture into the world of Norrath for the first time. EverQuest has been changing lives ever since, including mine. I’m not just talking about my bout of addiction, which I chronicled on Kotaku years ago. The original EverQuest changed the way I interacted with people. By giving…