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UncategorizedA Post-Apocalyptic RPG With Hip Hop Artists
Artist Dominick Rabrun gives us a glimpse in his video what a post-apocalyptic JRPG with hip hop artists such as Kanye West or Tyler the Creator would look like. His short clip features one of those ‘calm before the storm’ moments almost every JRPG has, and man, a game like this would have a moody…
By Gergo Vas - Kotaku East
Man Photoshops Himself Into Girlfriend’s Childhood Photos
Sure, I’ve engaged in a little bit of creeper-like behavior with a few of my former girlfriends in the past, as shocking as that may be—but this is something else. Spotted on China’s Twitter-like microblog, Weibo, and plastered all over China’s various media photo slideshows, is a series of photos of a photographer named Wan,…
By Eric Jou - Kotaku East
Chinese Man Makes $2,400 A Month Selling Smartphone Screen Protectors
Let’s face it, modern smartphones, with their giant glass screens, are in constant danger! Those glorious screens can be easily scuffed. To protect them, people often put on screen protectors—and in China, applying screen protection might actually be a profitable livelihood. Currently trending on China’s Twitter-like microblog Weibo is the story of a young man…
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UncategorizedComparing a Beautiful Racing Game With… Real Life
I guess when your game looks that good, you’re limited when it comes to comparisons YouTuber ADRIANF1esp, to showcase the graphics of— you guessed it—Project CARS, took camera footage of a BMW doing a lap on the Laguna Seca Raceway, and put it next to an in-game run on the same track, using the same…
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The $75k Pac-Man Hot Rod (And The Toy Version)
This is a Pac-Man hot rod built in 1982 by Larry Powell for a claimed $75,000. Click through for more photos, including one that’s slightly NSFW: The brief article is from the Kentucky New Era newspaper. The car was a popular companion for pin-up photo shoots: And it inspired this scratch-built model: Via Raiders of…
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The $22k Official Monster Hunter Guitar Looks Genuinely Dangerous
Celebrate Monster Hunter’s tenth anniversary with this official $22,000 guitar, modeled after the game’s Rathalos Flamesword. Click through for more information, as well as guitars based on Doraemon and Ultraman. The guitar is by ESP Guitars and preorders should be available this summer: BODY : Alder NECK : Hard Maple 3P FINGERBOARD :Honduras Rosewood , 24Frets INLAY :Lioleus SCALE :628mm(Medium)…
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UncategorizedThe Origin Of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater, Starring Bruce Willis
Fresh off developing the Bruce Willis-powered PlayStation game Apocalypse, developer Neversoft used the pre-built Willis model as the first rider in the prototype for Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater. That’s just one of many fun facts in Did You Know Gaming?‘s look at the king of skateboarding games. While I still maintain the sequel was the…
By Mike Fahey - Culture
The Week In Games: Spins A Web, Most Any Size
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 might be the most high-profile game dropping this week, but that doesn’t me the next seven days aren’t full of smaller gems. It just means Spider-Man gets to be in the top image. Everybody but the folks who decided the Xbox One/Vita combination was a good idea will get a chance…
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ReviewsDoritos Jacked Mystery Flavors: The Snacktaku Review
Because there’s nothing better than eating food blind, Frito-Lay has sprung a trio of mystery Doritos Jacked flavors on the public, challenging us to be purchaser, taster and executioner. I have tasted all three, and I know which two deserve to die. “There’s nothing as bold as stepping into the unknown, and crunching into an…
By Mike Fahey - Culture
The Next McDonald’s Happy Meals Have Pokémon Inside
McDonald’s has been kicking child-sized value meal ass as of late. Fresh off of a double team of Skylanders and My Little Pony and now in the midst of an Amazing Spider-Man 2 adventure, the fast food chain’s next choice is Pokémon X and Y. Not only are we getting a nice little selection of…
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UncategorizedThe Elder Scrolls Online MMO Log: I Suppose I Should Be Playing
In preparation for our full review of The Elder Scrolls Online, each week I’ll be presenting a journal of what I’ve been doing in the game. Except for the previous two weeks, because those logs would have been boring. There’s a simple explanation for why I hadn’t played enough of The Elder Scrolls Online to…
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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Excavated Extra-Terrestrials
Did you hear? They found tons of unsold copies of E.T. for the Atari 2600 in that New Mexico landfill, as foretold by prophecy. What else did they find? That’s up to our crack team of Photoshop experts. I’m actually a little bit disappointed. Hooray, the “urban legend” we were all pretty sure was true…
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Microtransactions Coming To Garden Warfare This Week. Thank Goodness.
Were I a much younger man with tons of free time and no family to worry about, the fact that soon players will be able to purchase coins in Plants Vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare might annoy me. But alas, I am absolutely thrilled. In an EA blog entry posted on Friday, producer Brian Lindley confirmed…
By Mike Fahey - Culture
Sunday Comics: Exit Through The Gift Shop
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 April 26. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published April 21. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and…
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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: The Easter Bunny Goes To Hell: The Winners!
Last week I asked Kotaku‘s image manipulation community to send an innocent holiday icon to hell. Since then I’ve been having nightmares involving rabbits. So yeah, probably a bad idea. Some of you went with the classic shooter, Doom. Others took the Diablo or Silent Hill route. There was even a Flappy Bird entry in…
By Mike Fahey