Japan’s Prime Minister Accidentally Tells Women To Die

Yesterday, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe launched a new blog to support women. The wording on the blog is most unfortunate. Above, you can see the top image for the website with Abe’s grinning face. In English, “shine” means to sparkle and glitter. In Japanese, “shine” can be read as 死ね (literally, “shine” written in Roman…

Two Japanese Vending Machines Brutally Murdered

When you think of vending machine robberies, you probably think of folks sticking their arms up into it and swiping a drink. You don’t think of a heartless bastard ripping out the machine’s heart. Well, maybe you do! That’s what recently happened at Samukawa High School in Kanagawa, Japan. Two vending machines, stocked with Kirin…

Should More Video Games Punish Players For Dying?

“You know what they should do in Alien Isolation?” Chris Jager, a Lifehacker Australia Journalist. Perhaps most famous on the internet for the time he created, then ate, a placenta pizza using his daughter’s actual placenta Chris Jager likes video games. He’s also a bit unhinged. Every so often he’ll say something crazy about video…

These Sand Sculptures Will Haunt Your Dreams

Professional sculptor Guy-Olivier Deveau’s latest intricate sand sculpture is a tribute to H.R. Giger. See it in its full nightmarish glory below, as well as more of Deveau’s work, including his tributes to NES classics and Warcraft. Inseminate (H.R. Giger tribute). I Am 8bit. Phasing. Fantasy Castle (inspired by Warcraft Blood Elves’ architecture). Trapped Ifrit.…

Tron, League Of Legends And Redheads

Joon Ahn, who has previously worked at Lucasarts and at Disney on the excellent Tron: Uprising, is now a senior concept artist at League of Legends developers Riot Games. You can see more of his work at his personal site and ArtStation page To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re…

It’s June 24. Which is Ezio’s birthday (if he was both real and alive), so Italian Assassin’s Creed cosplayer Geneva decided to celebrate with some crossplay. Photo by Eliza Russo.

Zelda Ass-Kicker Gets Her Overdue Time In The Spotlight

Impa, one of the Zelda universe’s most under-appreciated badasses (at least in Sheikah form), is getting her due in the upcoming Hyrule Warriors Having only appeared in this guise in two Zelda games (Ocarina and Skyward Sword), she’s got some time to make up for. And by time, I mean killing.

Lego For Girls Makes The Best Mecha

Lisqr made great use of various Lego Friends pieces, creating a giant robot and flying scooter: You can see many more of Lisqr’s Lego creations at Flickr You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

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Few Things On Earth Are Prettier Than Super Famicom Box Art

Long-time readers will know I’m a sucker for good Japanese box art, but this story and gallery really helps drive home how awesome it is, and how awesome it’s always been. In very general terms, Japanese box art – and yes, I know this only really important to artists, collectors and very serious fans –…

Gamers Messed With The Steam Sale, Then Valve Changed The Rules

The best conspiracy theory in gaming this week just might be that Valve fixed the game they built around their infamous Steam Summer Sale. Or the community figured out how to rig it themselves. Or something. Something crazy. If you go to the Steam Summer Adventure 2014 portion of Steam’s forum, you’ll see thread after…

What A Call of Duty In Vietnam Could’ve Looked Like

Remember when rumors were swirling about a Call of Duty game set during the Vietnam War? In 2010, when it seemed like Activision was going to Southeast Asia, the publisher delivered the first Black Ops (which featured a handful of missions set in Vietnam) instead. That game was darkly paranoid but now-circulating concept art, spotted…

Reminder: You Can Totally Dodge The Blue Shell In Mario Kart

Heck, thanks to the new video editor in Mario Kart 8, you can even dodge blue shells with extreme style now. See this epic moment captured by Thomas Puttick? That could be you. He’s using the good ‘ol “boost right before the blue shell hits you” trick, which has been available in a number of…