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Kotaku EastTaipei To Fine People Glued To Smartphones While Crossing The Street
Looking to make crossing the street a little safer, Taiwanese legislators have proposed fining pedestrians who cross the street while “distracted” by mobile phones. The proposed law will fine any pedestrian deemed “distracted” about $10 for each infraction! According to Taiwanese media, there are over 14,000,000 mobile internet users in Taiwan, many of whom are…
By Eric Jou - Kotaku East
No, China’s Depressed Youth Do Not Keep Cabbages As Pets
Imaginary pets are cool. I’m not knocking them down. Kids with pet rocks, you keep on trucking. What I’m here to say today is that the latest weird photos coming out China are not a trend. Lonely Chinese youths aren’t walking cabbage pets. It’s unknown how Western media outlets such as the UK’s Metro and…
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UncategorizedExactly The Colorful 3D Platformer I Was Looking For
Whenever I get to feeling nostalgic about the 3D platformer-saturated days of the Nintendo 64 and PS1, Gears for Breakfast’s upcoming PC game A Hat In Time arrives to cheer me up with a new trailer and fresh screens. I’ve yet to get my hands on A Hat in Time, unlike the completely smitten Patricia…
By Mike Fahey - Culture
The Week In Games: Stories Of The Shinsengumi
It’s the perfect week to curl up in an air conditioned room with a pair of remastered visual novels for your PlayStation 3. It’s a week filled with remasters and re-releases. We’ve got Borderlands 2 for the PlayStation Vita, but only if you buy a system bundle — otherwise you’ll have to wait a week.…
By Mike Fahey - Culture
A Hack That Gets You The Most Taco Bell Food For Your Money
It’s late at night, you’ve got a pocketful of crumpled bills and coins, and your hunger exceeds your self-esteem. Thanks to a clever hack, now all you have to do is send your budget to a special email address to generate a maximum calorie Taco Bell menu. The Taco Bell Disrupt, created during the hackathon…
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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Star Wars The Next Generation
Earlier this week we met the cast of Star Wars Episode VII, an intriguing mix of old and new faces. Now it’s up to our Photoshop-savvy readers to take those actors and put them into some Star Wars. We could leave it up to J.J. Abrams, but he has important lens flares to place, so…
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Uncategorized100 Days Of The Same Dance, All At Once
For more than 100 days, YouTuber Project One Life performed the same dance routine in his bedroom. Then he spliced all of the footage together into a two minute video. The result is downright inspirational. He’s got some killer dance moves, this guy, though that’s coming from someone whose only dance move is the ‘sit…
By Mike Fahey - Culture
Sunday Comics: An Amazing Honor
Welcome to Kotaku‘s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira. Published May 2. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published April 28. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and…
By Mike Fahey
