As seen at this year’s GDC speakers party by Kotaku’s Stephen Totilo.
Kishidan, a Japanese pop group, showed up on MTV wearing Nazi-style outfits late last month, drawing international criticism. Kishidan typically dresses as high school thugs from the 1970s, wearing bosozoku (biker gang) style outfits. Kishidan is tongue-in-cheek look at Japanese gang culture from days gone by. Their music is poppy and fun and is known…
Remember, when you go into Anpanman’s house at Namcoland TAKE OFF YOUR SHOES. Is Left 4 Dead Getting Ripped Off? Survival shooter Left 4 Dead features a whole cast of memorable zombies. So does upcoming zombie game Yakuza: Of The End. Thing is, I remember them being in Left 4 Dead first. The 3DS Battery…
This past weekend marked fifteen years of Pokémon. Fifteen years! And what better way to say that than with a free album of Pok&eacut;mon chiptunes. As website Tiny Cartridge points out, the album has 28 different arrangements from 24 different artists. Be sure to listen to the Jigglypuff song at the end of the clip.…
Recently released Way of the Samurai 4 doesn’t come on your typical game disc — makes sense as it’s not your typical game! The fourth installment in The Way of the Samurai series looks…ahem…different. It’s another samurai game, but this time peppered this time with heavy S&M imagery. There are NSFW scenes of men in…
Survival shooter Left 4 Dead features a whole cast of memorable zombies. So does upcoming zombie game Yakuza: Of The End. Thing is, I remember them being in Left 4 Dead first. The demo for Yakuza: Of The End shows some of the zombies that appear in the game. They seem to be either homages…
Beating Ninja Gaiden on the Nintendo Entertainment System takes about an hour. That’s with a controller. How long does it take with a dance pad? Well, apparently it takes over eight months. That’s exactly what YouTuber DJ17Nario has been trying to do for the past 8 months. And now, it seems he’s done it. If…
For nearly a week, I’ve been playing with the 3DS. And during that time, I’ve asked one question over and over again: How’s the battery? It’s pretty much what Nintendo said it is. According to the Kyoto-based game company, the 3DS’s battery can last anywhere between 3 to 5 hours and up to 8 hours…
Catherine, a new adventure game for the PS3, might be a harsh mistress, but this cosplay is anything but. Japanese cosplayer Omi Gibson, noted for her Metal Gear Solid and No More Heroes cosplays, takes on Catherine with gusto — and wine glasses. Anyone who hopes to cosplay as Catherine for any future gaming expos…
This is the city of Lethbridge, one of the largest in Alberta, Canada, circa 1987. It is amazing. Made by Lawrence Krysak and Jarrett Duncan for a mapping project, the original is 24 inches wide and features details that don’t transfer over at lower resolutions. “The idea for this map was to represent The City…
Hikari Yamaguchi first captured Japanese gamers’ eyes with her bikini pin-up photos. She captured their hearts as one of the hosts of Xbox Japan’s Inside Xbox program. Right now, she needs all the love she can get. According to paper Sports Hochi, Yamaguchi slipped on the balcony of her home on February 19, resulting in…
Three games in, and Sony’s quirky rhyme game isn’t done evolving. Patapon 3 brings fresh twists on the Patapon formula. “When we started work on the game,” Sony Japan producer Junichi Yoshizawa tells Kotaku, “we wondered what we should do.” That lead to the developers to revamp the Patapon for its third outing. The game’s…
The first beast lumbers in the distance. My sword is drawn as a I race ahead, jumping and then plunging it into his back calf. Blood spurts out towards me. I’ve been here before. It was beautiful then, but nothing like this. Two of the most visually stunning games of the PlayStation 2 era are…
Japan is in a funk. Too many sequels, too many character-based titles and not enough original games. Fumito Ueda is once again bucking that trend. The 39-year-old is working on his third game, The Last Guardian. The game tells the story of a young boy and a large bird-like animal named Trico. It’s anything but…
“Project Trico” flashes on the screen, followed by “Sony Computer Entertainment”. There’s a low rumble, and Trico, the bird-like dog creature, slumbers. This isn’t The Last Guardian’s opening, but whatever it is, it looks great. Sony tells the room of assembled press that we are looking at a “vertical slice”—a demo that is designed to…
H.W.C. is a great, great song — one of the best songs on Liz Phair’s self-titled album. It’s also about, well, cum. No matter, the shopping mall I stopped at today thought it was perfect parking garage music. Because when you think of parking cars, you think of…yeah What The 3DS Comes With Is Pretty…
Programmed in the early 1960s, Spacewar! is the granddaddy of video games. It’s inspired countless other games and has stood the test of time. You know what else has stood the test of time? The game’s source code. Here’s how. “In 1997 we posted a playable version of the Spacewar!, the first graphical computer game,”…
The nuttiness continues, with Street Fighter producer Yoshinori Ono “caught” red-handed trying to steal from rival studio, Namco. As see on Katsuhiro Harada’s Twitpic Gameface is a photographic celebration of the people who make, play and love video games.
Today in Japan, the 3DS got its first update. Much of the update is typical firmware stuff, fixing bugs and improving the network connection. But there was also a special treat included. Nintendo sent out a 3D clip of the Super Mario Bros. theme being performed by the song’s composer Koji Kondo at this year’s…
Let’s face it. The 3DS launch line-up is so-so. But more than dark horse Steel Diver or the Japan-only Professor Layton title, there is one 3DS title you should get. This is that game. Super Street Fighter IV: 3D Edition is the 3DS version of console-turned-arcade-game Super Street Fighter IV. It’s…Street Fighter. You fight other…
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