It’s Han Solo’s co-pilot, Chewbacca, crossbred with Ash’s buddy, Pikachu. The result? Wookimon? Chewbachu? Pikachewie? Yes, Pikachewie That’s what custom figure maker KodyKoala is calling it—and he should know because he made it. According to KodyKoala: I used a Jakks 2007 Electronic Pikachu and I covered him in Apoxy sculpt and made him look hairy.…
If you go to an art museum, you’re bound to see naked people. That’s okay! That’s art. And when you are talking about artists (well, we are), everyone can agree that Michelangelo is one of the artistiest artists there ever was. His naked people are fine, because they are art Apparently China’s governmental TV missed…
Today in Tokyo, Japanese game maker Nippon Ichi Software revealed a trio of new games. One of the revealed titles was Kamisama to Unmei Kakumei no Paradokusu (The Paradox of God and the Fate Revolution). The game features character designs by Noizi Ito (of Haruhi Suzumiya fame), and follows a high schooler who suddenly turns…
The hair. The tights. The wings—especially ones coming out of her noggin. Since debuting in 1994 Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors, Morrigan Aensland has become one of gaming’s most iconic characters. A fan service favorite, Morrigan continues to attract cosplayers, eager to put on succubus’s revealing outfit. But who dons her duds best? Who pulls off…
In Shizuoka Prefecture, there’s a tomato that looks like a duck. A local restaurant got a bag of produce from a customer, and in it there was this. Part of it had yellowed, forming the bill, and a spot looks like the duck’s eye. The restaurant owners thought it looked too cute to eat, so…
Meet Mr. and Mrs. Akiyama. Now 72 and 68, they first appeared on Japanese television two years ago to show off their love for DanceDanceRevolution. Japan has its fair share of old people. It also has its fair share of old gamers (here, here, here, and here). Recently, Akiyamas appeared on a “where are they…
It hasn’t been a good past few months for Japanese actress Aki Higashihara. Her blog—nicknamed the “Death Blog”—has been on a roll. That’s…not good. Higashihara’s blog is called the “Death Blog” after the Japanese manga Death Note, because her entries seem to make bad things happen. Over the years, her luck has been infamously bad.…
Back in summer 2011, Japanese figure maker Max Factory showed off one sexy Catherine statue. This summer, it’s Art Spirits’ turn with a sexy figure of its own. Thing is, this new figure doesn’t surpass last summer’s effort. Heck, it doesn’t even come close. Website Moeyo had a chance to check out this figure, which…
Good things comes to those to wait—or trophies, rather. MGS4 is finally getting PlayStation trophies via patch. The timeframe isn’t clear, but it could be in August, when a budget re-release of the game hits in Japan. [ゲーム情報！]
Right now in Japan, President Obama is trending on Twitter. It’s not his politics. It’s not something he said. It’s something he’s done. Rather, it’s something his Twitter account allegedly did. In Japan, people are saying President Obama’s official Twitter account is following an anime girl. Make that, an anime girl bot. Okay, yes, Obama’s…
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Street artist MEGX painted this bridge in Wuppertal, Germany to look like it was made out of LEGO. His use of colour and contrast makes the thing look like a hideous Photoshop job, but nope, it’s real. The guy got busy with paintbrushes and, after four weeks on the job, left the world with the…
This is Daniel Cudmore. He’s a Canadian actor who you’ll probably recognise most easily as Colossus from the X-Men movies. You’ll also soon be seeing him play the role of Halo’s Master Chief. Well, sort of. With the sci-fi series’ big-screen adaptation dead in the water, Cudmore will be the first man to play the…
While you naturally think about them while reading the books/watching the show – I mean, they’re right there – it’s not until you see them mapped out in graphs that you realise just how messed up the death rates (and incest rates, and boring food-eating rates) are in the realm of Westeros.
This is a life-size bust of Mortal Kombat’s Sub-Zero. That means, yup, if you held it up to your own head, unless you are a small child (GO TO BED), it’ll be about the same size. Hopefully that’s where the similarities end, though. Because if your face could pull an expression like that, you’d be…
Scottish artist Ian McQue has worked at Rockstar North since, oh, the dawn of time. Over the years he’s contributed art to games like the Grand Theft Auto series, Bully, Manhunt, Agent and even Body Harvest, the studio’s cult N64 game Currently lead concept artist at Rockstar North, the home of the core Grand Theft…
Japanese publisher Capcom has taken a lot of flak this year for its policy of hiding “downloadable” content on a fighting game disc, then charging users to unlock it. Sure, they had their business reasons, but when people spend $50-60 on a game, they expect to own everything on that disc. So it’s awesome to…
Reason #1: They’re really, really hard to find spare parts for (the game forces you to repair a vehicle before driving it). Reason #2: They’re bad for your health. [via PC Gamer]
No fancy trailers here, no live-action distractions, this twenty-minute clip consists almost entirely of gameplay footage from EA’s upcoming Dead Space 3. WARNING: May contain traces of pre-recorded developer hype in some scenes. Dead Space 3 Gameplay Video [GameSpot]
We cover a lot of pop culture stuff in our toy coverage here on Kotaku, so today, let’s look at something a little different. Action figures based on historical figures. Repulsive, dangerous, bloodthirsty historical figures. Let’s begin with a toy company called 3Reich. A company whose sole products are large action figures based on the…
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