Awesome Gundam Models To Destroy Your Eyeballs

Late last week, the big Gundam model expo got underway in Tokyo. And if you like Gundam models or giant mecha, you’re going to love the plastic on display. These models and dioramas were completed by incredibly talented and passionate individuals—many of Japan’s best Gundam model builders. Have a look at the photos below, courtesy…

Arcade Tokens Mistaken for Real Chinese Money

Arcade tokens have always been a form of currency. Oftentimes, they come in the form of smaller or lighter coins with cute, arcade-themed decals; but what happens when an arcade token is minted like actual legal tender? For the buses in Shenyang, China, it means unscrupulous passengers getting free public bus rides. Earlier this month…

You Might Think This Is a Star Wars VII Trailer. It’s Not.

This is exactly how I’d imagine the first trailer for J. J. Abrams’ Star Wars flick to look like. Except with more lens flare. And music from Two Steps From Hell. And some extra scenes with space battles in them. On second thought, it wouldn’t look like this at all. Director Todd Sandler calls his…

Chinese Indie Creates Movember-Inspired Shaving Game

Movember is coming to an end and a shave may be coming up for those that grew their beards in support for men’s health issues. However, for one Chinese independent developer, the shaving has only just begun. Beard Power, a recently released mobile game by Little Big Fun in Beijing, China, is a game where…

Telling the World About China’s Dissidents, One Playing Card at a Time

An entrepreneur in Dallas got in touch with me last month saying he had a product called Political Prisoners of China Playing Cards, asking if I’d like to review them. Chinese political prisoners. Playing cards. Dallas. I live in Beijing. It made no sense. How could I say no? To field test, I got in…

Skyrim Bow Is Real, Because This Guy Made It

Hey, it’s Harrison Krix. He’s built a Nightingale bow from Skyrim. It’s the real deal, yo. Well…OK, maybe it’s not magical, but the wood and string parts are real enough. It’s made mostly from whitewood, and while it won’t freeze enemies like it does in the game, it’s still got a “cool” effect of it’s…

Yes, You Can Design Video Game Weapons For A Living

rmory Nearly two years ago, I wrote a story about rmory Studios, a small team that was setting out to specialise in the design of fake guns for video game characters. Well, in the time since, they’ve managed to do just that. Not only did they work on XCOM throwback Xenonauts, but they even landed…

Track: Goddess | Artist: S:T Erik | Album: From Under The Tarn Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

An Xbox One Kinect Dictionary, For When It Just Doesn’t Understand You

The Xbox One’s voice commands, while generally excellent, have a problem. OK, two problems. The smaller one is they don’t always work. The bigger one is that you need to memorise a chart like this just to be able to use them properly. I will never understand why you say “Xbox on”, but not “Xbox…

Kinect “Inventors” Get Bought By Apple

Israeli company PrimeSense, who did a lot of the heavy liftingin the design of the original Kinect, have been bought out. Not by Microsoft, but by Apple. “Sources” tell website All Things D that the deal went through for around $360 million. While Apple isn’t commenting on why the company was bought, if iOS device…

Reports: The First, Inevitable PS4 + Vita Bundle Appears

According to a report on MCV’swebsite, the UK will be getting the world’s first PS4 + Vita hardware bundle, the two consoles to be packed into the same box and sold in time for Christmas. While the bundle has yet to be officially announced by Sony, Videogamer reports that MCV’s print edition has an advertisement…

If you haven’t bought a PlayStation 4 and you’re looking for one on Black Friday, DualShockers says they’ve spoken to Walmart employees and know the times when additional stock will be made available. They assume the same is true for Xbox One.

Modder Solders His Own Xbox One Headset Adapter

Third party headsets are unusable on the Xbox One until Microsoft releases an adapter, which won’t be until next year. Your Trittons, your Turtle Beaches, your Astros and Afterglows, forget it. Except one audiophile, a guy with a soldering gun and a purpose, wouldn’t let it go. Reader alsybub says he made his Xbox One…

Twitch Taking a Harder Look at PS4’s Playroom After Livestream Mayhem

In light of the recent livestream antics on Playroom, the PlayStation 4 augmented-reality game set in players’ living rooms, Twitch.tv has felt compelled to restate its terms of use, which in effect forbids “non-gaming content.” For those who use Playroom (shown above), it sounds like a crackdown. To recap, the PlayStation 4 allows livestreaming to…