The movie adaptation of Tokyo Vice, the non-fiction crime opus by Kotaku buddy Jake Adelstein, will be directed by Anthony Mandler, in his feature film debut. Playwright J.T. Rogers is penning the script. And Daniel Radcliffe stars as Adelstein. Filming is slated for mid-2014.

The Sea Giving You Trouble? No Problem, Just Shrink The Moon

First-person puzzle game Scale, where you solve problems by shrinking or growing stuff, is coming along nicely. By “coming along nicely,” we mean “becoming more and more insanely awesome,” in this case. Just look at the video above. Look at it. Swimming is no longer an acceptable way to find treasure underwater. Incidentally, Scale‘s Kickstarter…

Some of the Strangest Japanese Games Are Erotic Games

They really are. Forget the sex and all that nonsense—it’s not for everyone and not what this is about. Because intentional and not, these games have truly odd images. Previously, Kotaku covered some peculiar adult games images. Here’s another round of scenes and art from various Japanese computer games, whether they are straight up erotic…

Buried in the PS4 launch details for South Korea is the news that the PS Vita TV will go on sale there on January 16. It’s priced at around US$120 for the console only. [Thanks, Sang!]

Accused Child Predator Allegedly Used Nintendo’s Swapnote Service

On October 31, Nintendo suddenly announced it was ending its SwapNote service for the 3DS. Nintendo said Swapnote had been “actively misused” to transmit “offensive material” among system users, including minors. Now we know how offensive and unsettling some of that material was. Japanese newspaper Mainichi reports that charges for child pornography have also been…

The Kiki’s Delivery Service Live-Action Movie Looks Horrible

Totally horrible. Awful. Rotten. The latest teaser trailer, which is the first to show footage, is bad. The movie is a live-actionadaptation of the book, which was adapted into a terrific anime by Studio Ghibli. The live-action movie is not connected to Ghibli. And no, Hollywood is not involved. This is a Japanese production. As…

Help Make A Game With The Greatest Star Wars Writer Of Our Time

There are only a handful of people who have ever made something as Star Warsy as the original trilogy felt. A handful of Lucasarts games like Dark Forces, maaaybe some comics, and the books of author Timothy Zahn. Who, it turns out, now wants to make a video game. Not a Star Wars game, but…

What If The Thundercats Had Been Real Cats?

Not a question that may have ever kept you up at night, but it might now, when you consider how much more interesting the show would have been if it had been about cat problems, and not cat people problems. In this video by Animation Domination, we see what would have happened if Lion-O and…

You Could Own A Very Pretty White Xbox One

I’m coming around to the look of the black Xbox One, but like the original Xbox, I think the console looks betterin white. Sadly, the only white consoles in existence have been destined for the homesof Microsoft employees. All except for one. It’s being auctioned on eBay, with proceeds going to the children’s charity GamesAid.…

A Guy Had To Protest Outside A Blockbuster To Get A PS4 Refund

Adam Sibley had preordered a PlayStation 4 from his local Blockbuster. He later decided to cancel that preorder. It turned out to be an even worse idea than preordering from Blockbuster in the first place. Sibley’s local store, in Dunstable in the UK, had initially refused his request for a cash refund on the money…

Sounds Like Destiny Probably Won’t Be Coming To PC

I wrote a headline in May that read “Destiny Might Actually Come To PC“. So today is a total downer. While there was initial hope that the 360/PS3/PS4/XB1 shooter would make the jump to the personal computer, a lot of that has been extinguished last week following comments from Bungie community manager Eric Osborne (as…

A German Shepard Steals The Show In The New Call of Duty

Sure, Call of Duty: Ghosts could sometimes feel kind of eh, but it wasn’t all bad. In fact, the levels where you got to hang out with Riley the dog, if not play as Riley, are excellent. Hell. Riley straight up stole the show. I mean, look at the bugger. He’s charming. The first time…

Five Things You Might Not Know About The NES

You think you know everything about a NES? Well, think again. In the video above, Vsauce3 shows you a few facts you might have missed about the Nintendo Entertainment System, presented in wonderful stop motion. Do Gameboy next! Vsauce3 via Viral Viral Video To contact the author of this post, write to [email protected] or find…

​One-Man Chrono Trigger Musical Performance Gets Surprisingly Epic

We’ve seen it plenty of times: A guy sits in a room with a bunch of instruments, performing music from a cartoon or video game. Sometimes the performance is only decent. Sometimes, it’s excellent. This is one of those second times. Here’s Collarblind Music with a one-man performance of Yasunori Mitsuda’s Millenial Fair theme from…