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Making Japanese Swords Is Beautiful

The West might have been won with the Winchester. But Japan was ruled with the katana. It’s not simply what the gun is to Americans, the sword is to the Japanese. It’s much more, and then some. As master swordmaker Korehira Watanabe said in the above Esty documentary, the katana can express the soul and…

By Brian Ashcraft Published December 1, 2011

New Vita Commercial. Not Bananas!

Did you see the first Japanese Vita commercial? It was nuts. There’s a new PS Vita commercial for the U.S., and, surprise, it’s totally not crazy. The “coming soon” trailer is actually straightforward and easy to follow. There’s this thing called the Vita. It has buttons and thumbsticks and a camera and video games. Got…

By Brian Ashcraft Published December 1, 2011

This “Model Railway” Took over 500,000 Hours to Build

This is the Miniatur Wunderland, in Hamburg, Germany. It sprawls across 1,300 m², filling an entire warehouse. It consists of over 1000 moving vehicles. It took over 500,000 hours to build. And it’s absolutely incredible I mean, come on. Look at those fire engines driving down the road! And the planes taking off and landing…

By Luke Plunkett Published December 1, 2011

Holy Crap, What Happened to These Anime Schoolgirls?

Yu Kobayashi, that’s what. The Japanese voice actress, known for her twisted drawings, sets her sights on schoolgirl rocker anime K-On!. This is the result. Goodness, this is scary. It’s like her pen channels the soul of Satan himself. For those not familiar with K-On!, this is not what the characters are supposed to look…

By Brian Ashcraft Published December 1, 2011

The PSP Has Put On a Little Weight

Despite the impending release of its successor, the PlayStation Vita, the PlayStation Portable is going out in Europe with one final model, the dirt-cheap PSP E-1000, priced at a ridiculous €99.99. The savings come at a cost, though, as according to a little review of the PSP’s swansong over at Eurogamer, it’s not exactly built…

By Luke Plunkett Published December 1, 2011

This is the Worst Thing Nintendo Has Ever Done. Ever.

Nintendo has done some awesome things over the years, but it’s done some awful things too. But this, this is the worst. Nintendo of America has spent what’s probably a ton of money to get serious airtime in the video clip for a novelty Christmas single. A Justin Bieber Christmas single. To minimise civilian casualties,…

By Luke Plunkett Published December 1, 2011

Saints Row‘s Dildo Bat: More Than Two Million Served

Since its introduction two weeks ago in Saints Row: The Third, the game’s four-foot long dildo bat—nom de guerre: “The Penetrator”—has killed more than two million citizens of Steelport, publisher THQ said in announcing a stat-tracking capability that charts all the mayhem taking place in the open-world crime game. The two million penetrated to death…

By Owen Good Published November 30, 2011

Call It a Hunch, but EA, LucasArts and BioWare Probably Aren’t Making a Rock-Paper-Scissors Game

Australia’s classification board has received an application for an M-rated game entitled “Paper, Scissors, Stone,” to be published jointly by Electronic Arts, BioWare and LucasArts. As amusing as the concept is, this is most likely Star Wars: The Old Republic, which will not include Australia (nor any countries outside North America or Europe) when the…

By Owen Good Published November 30, 2011

Indie Game: The Movie is Heading to Sundance

Lisanne Pajot and James Swirsky’s upcoming documentary Indie Game: The Movie will be making its debut at the well-regarded World Documentary Competition at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. The documentary follows three independant game developers— Fez‘s Phil Fish, Edmund McMillen and Tommy Refenes, aka “Team Meat” of Super Meat Boy renown, and…

By Kirk Hamilton Published November 30, 2011

If You Say The Elder Scrolls Isn’t For Women, This is What Happens…

He said he meant it as a joke. Just a silly line. But when critic Tom Bissell wrote that adult women probably haven’t heard of The Elder Scrolls, he struck a nerve. This is what he wrote in his review of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim for the website Grantland: “If you have no idea…

By Stephen Totilo Published November 30, 2011

Tiger Woods‘ Covers Feature Special Guest Stars

Calamity Jane, the fabled putter of the Augusta National co-founder Bobby Jones, graces the cover of Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13‘s special edition, along with the club’s signature Green Jacket. Oh yeah, some decent golfers also share the packshot of the main product on PS3 and Xbox 360. For the third time* in as many…

By Owen Good Published November 30, 2011

If Anyone Makes Money Off The Old Republic, It’ll Be Lucas, Says Activision Boss

Having done a lot of business with Lucasarts—Jedi Outcast, Jedi Academy, Star Wars: STFU—Activision boss Bobby Kotick knows who comes out ahead in that relationship. It ain’t the publisher, he said, when asked his thoughts on Star Wars: The Old Republic “Lucas is going to be the principal beneficiary of the success of Star Wars,”…

By Owen Good Published November 30, 2011

Sailing Skyrim‘s Seas of Cheese

Another day, another funny Skyrim video. This one’s been making the rounds a bit, but I thought it’d be fun to share—in it, YouTube user STuKKie86 climbs to the top of one of the game’s many mountains, and then, via some sort of in-game console wizardry, casts a spell that prompts the mountain to… vomit…

By Kirk Hamilton Published November 30, 2011

Check Out Mario Kart 7‘s Cool Multiplayer Community Options

Yesterday, I took a look at Mario Kart 7‘s online multiplayer, which is functional and easier to use than any past Kart game. Today, I wanted to show another cool feature of the game’s multiplayer—the ability to make multiplayer communities. Each player can make up to eight separate communities, which can be customized a fair…

By Kirk Hamilton Published November 30, 2011

Here’s Me Struggling through a Couple of WWE ’12 Matches

WWE ’12 is a game that theoretically should have been awesome. Between throwing someone through a table or a totally sweet cage match, this should be a great party/fighting game. Unfortunately, the controls keep amateurs out of the ring and given the way WWE ’12 is designed, you will be explaining what every button does…

By Chris Carolan Published November 30, 2011

I Can’t Stop Playing This Game

Junk Jack | At some point I will be writing this up, but for now I just need to enthuse about my latest iPhone addiction: Junk Jack. It’s a little bit Minecraft, a little bit Terraria Infinity Blade II Improves one of the iPad’s Best Games We hear from some quarters that video games that…

By Brian Crecente Published November 30, 2011

I Want Its Plumage, I Want Its Suspense, My Game of the Year Could Be a Bird Romance

If you’d asked me yesterday morning my pick for Game of the Year, I would probably have said The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Now, having witnessed Quarter to Three‘s Angie Gallant play through the English translation of bizarre bird-based visual novel Hatoful Boyfriend, I’m not so sure. While you can certainly find a Japanese copy…

By Mike Fahey Published November 30, 2011

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Beta is Now Live on Steam

The beta for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is available now on Steam. You’ll need a beta key and a PC to play it. Valve’s limiting the first run to 10,000 players. Two maps are available: Dust and Dust2.

By Owen Good Published November 30, 2011

Midweek Moneysaver: Another Kart-Load of Savings

This Wednesday edition of Kotaku’s The Moneysaver catches all the offers, promotions and bargains that can’t wait until the weekend. The Midweek Moneysaver is brought to you by Dealzon. Software • Sunday Dec. 4 release Mario Kart 7 (3DS) best price is a dollar off ($38.99) at Buy.com. Amazon has a discount of three cents…

dealzon Published November 30, 2011

People Who Just Got That New Amazon Kindle Fire

If the person you are buying a gift for already has a Kindle Fire, they really don’t need a gift from you. They’ve got the hot new thing this Christmas. Or maybe the richer person in your family has vowed to get them the Fire, so you’re just going to be the person getting them…

By Stephen Totilo Published November 30, 2011