Sponging Down Sweaty Attractive Men (The Other Side of Fan Service)

Japanese games are well known for targeting a straight male audience with their overly sexualized (i.e., incredibly busty and scantily clad or moé) female characters. In some games, this fan service is the entire game’s focus. Of course, while fan service tends to be aimed toward males, this doesn’t mean that there aren’t games with…

Bad news! If you were looking forward to the June release of Devil Survivor 2‘s 3DS port, which is known as Devil Survivor 2: Break Record, you going to wait until this fall in Japan. The game has been delayed, reports Japanator. To contact the author of this post, write to bashcraftATkotaku.com or find him…

Batgirl (Almost) KOs the Joker in the Newest Injustice DLC Trailer

Last week, they promised to show us what Batgirl looks like in action as Injustice’s second DLC fighter (after Lobo). They delivered. Here’s the Batgirl, beating the living bejesus out of the Joker. The Batgirl DLC will be available sometime soon, at a price of $5, or free for season pass owners.

As reported by Nikkei, Ken “The Father of the PlayStation” Kutaragi is joining Marvelous AQL an “Unaffiliated Director“. How…marvelous. To contact the author of this post, write to bashcraftATkotaku.com or find him on Twitter @Brian_Ashcraft Kotaku East is your slice of Asian internet culture, bringing you the latest talking points from Japan, Korea, China and…

Write with Cats. Actual Cats.

Helvetica. Arial. Comic Sans (LOL!). These are some of the most famous fonts you can find online and in print. Let’s add another worthy contender to that list: Cats. Yes, cats. As pointed out by Japanese sites Togech and Weekly ASCII, the upper and lower case characters are called “Neko Font” (ねこフォント), which is Japanese…

Single Man Turns Alpine Hillside Into Giant Space Invaders

Simon Beck likes to make art in the snow. Not little snow angels or snowmen. Enormous pieces that can take up the side of a mountain. The results are often beautiful, like crop circles for the snow, and keeping with that alien art theme, Beck has done this enormous Space Invaders piece that spans a…

A Moving Tribute To Garry’s Mod

Because it’s often so silly, here’s a surprisingly touching ode to Garry’s Mod, maybe the best thing there is about PC gaming OK. Maybe it’s mostly touching. Ode to Garry’s Mod [Freddie Wong]

Boy Band Pays Tribute To…Steam Sales & Indie Games

New Zealand “boy band” (read: StarCraft tribute act) Viva La Dirt League have released this track called Indie Game Anthem (Thrift Shop). It’s an ode to both the affordability of indie games and the fact you can buy them en masse during Steam sales. It is amazing. I don’t know what we need to do…

Turtles With Guns Are Top Of The Evening’s Food Chain

Based in Germany, Markus Lovadina currently works as both a freelancer and in the advertising business, but has previously helped out companies like Ubisoft, Activision and Acclaim. Lovadina’s done everything from environments to character design, so there’s a nice mix of styles and types of work below. To see more of his stuff, you can…

Chinese Game Accused Of Stealing From World Of Tanks

Two Chinese companies are being taken to court by developers Wargaming.net, accused of stealing intellectual property to complete their game Project Tank. Wargaming – who are behind one of the biggest games in the world, World of Tanks – have made the accusation in claiming Project Tank is “disturbingly similar” to their own title, and…

A Video Game Manual That Costs Over $1000? Believe It.

It’s rare enough that a video game costs over a grand, but a video game manual? As crazy as it sounds, that’s exactly what the instructions for this old N64 game are worth. Clay Fighter Sculptor’s Cut is an old limited edition of the vintage fighting game that was exclusive to Blockbuster rental stores. Meaning…

Photographer Finds Ruins Of Luke Skywalker’s Original Desert Home

While there are some attempts at preserving them for future generations, the fact is most of the sets used in the Tunisian desert for the Star Wars films – either the classic or prequel trilogy – have fallen into disrepair. Something that New York photographer Rä di Martino has captured beautifully in these photos taken…

This Batman Tumbler Cost Over $1 Million, Is Going To Race

What you’re seeing here is not a toy. It’s not a movie prop. It’s a custom-built Tumbler from the Chris Nolan Batman trilogy, one that not only moves, but moves fast enough it’s being entered inthe famous Gumball 3000 rally Commissioned by a team from Saudi Arabia, it cost $1.6 million to put together, has…

These Sad Cats Are So Sad

They’re so sad, these cats. They might be the saddest cats ever. And thanks to Ze Frank‘s narration, “Sad Cat Diaries” can stand as a tribute to their melancholy. That’s pretty much all I got for tonight’s off-topic. Sad cats. Hey, not every night’s got to be a wandering discussion of saxophone ligatures, you know?…

Nearly Every Item From The Original The Legend of Zelda, Printed Out

Bless 3D printers, which let people fulfill dreams of owning items that previously didn’t actually exist—provided they know how to model them in the necessary software, that is. In this case, Hyrule Foundry set out to print, in full color, all the items from the original Zelda. These are the designs used to print the…

Too Human developers Silicon Knights are “down to just a few employees”, and have “sold off office equipment and game assets”, according to a report on Polygon

What’s Your Least Favorite Game of 2013 So Far?

Yesterday, we talked about our favorite games of 2013. Now comes the hour of our discontent. It’s time to vent, to get mad, to talk about sadness and disappointment. Hooray? As we catch our breath during the comparatively slow month of May, it’s a good time to take stock. Now that you guys have articulated…

Iron Man Would Totally Wear This Power Glove

Clearly, every superhero needs a power glove. Or something. Check out these awesome prints by Josh Ln—they’re rad superhero-themed Power Gloves, which you can purchase here. Iron Man Batman Wolverine Spider-Man The Thing (Via it8bit)

Oh My God, This Sesame Street Game Can Be Horrifying

Having Elmo’s Letter Adventure glitch out like this on me would have scarred me as a child, dear lord. Now this compilation of an effed up Sesame Street game by vinesauce just makes me crack up. Oh, glitches, I love you so [Vinesauce] Vinny – Sesame Street Corruptions [vinesauce]

The Best NES Game Endings

Video game endings back in the 80s and the early 90s were never really all that complicated. A short animation or a few screens, sometimes text only. But, hell, it still felt so rewarding when we were able to experience it for the first time after beating a hard game. Given the fact that some…