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  Splash Damage’s Rad Soldiers is a Turn-Based “Guns with Friends”

  The folks behind Brink pull back on the action but throttle up the style with Rad Soldiers, a turn-based multiplayer strategy game for the iPad and iPhone they’re heralding as “guns with friends”. That’s an idea I can get behind. Mysterious McGuffin Rockets have landed in London, causing a city-wide evacuation, followed immediately by an…

  By Mike Fahey Published April 19, 2012
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  A Look at Some Japanese Video Game Urban Legends

  The gaming world is often full of myths and urban legends. This week, Japanese mag Famitsu covered a few and shed some light on the validity of some, but not all. One such urban legend is the fact that the idea for the game Kingdom Hearts was hatched in an elevator. The legend was born…

  By Toshi Nakamura Published April 19, 2012
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  This Mona Lisa Optical Illusion Will Blow Your Mind

  On your right is Leonardo’s Mona Lisa. On your left is a mirror image of the painting with a manga image stuck in her eye. Move back from your monitor? Does it disappear? If you move further back (like several feet from your screen), the manga will completely disappear into her face. Check out the…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 19, 2012
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  Senran Kagura Sequel Features More Busty Girls in 3D

  Senran Kagura brought boobs, boobs, and… well… boobs to the 3DS. Considering how much fan art (a large portion of it being pornographic) the previous game inspired, was there ever any doubt that there’d be a sequel? Developer Marvelous AQL has announced the sequel to the busty ninja girl action adventure game. Coming to the…

  By Toshi Nakamura Published April 19, 2012
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  Now You Can Have a $250 Alarm Clock

  Because that’s exactly what the world needs, another alarm clock! I wake up to my iPhone, so I guess Sony figured PS Vita owners would want the same. But do they really need to get Trophies for that? Besides a variety of skins, there’s “Mezamashi Doumei” or “Alarm Clock League”. It’s built on the concept…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 19, 2012
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  Let the World’s Best Street Fighter Player Teach You about…Life

  Daigo Umehara is the Guinness World Record holder as “the most successful player in major tournaments of Street Fighter,” and became world famous in 2004 with his amazing comeback victory at the EVO 2004 Street Fighter Tournament. In his new book, “勝ち続ける意志力” (The Will to Keep Winning), Daigo describes his upbringing and experiences as a…

  By Toshi Nakamura Published April 19, 2012
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  Japan Turning KFCs Into Fancy Schmancy Bars

  For decades, KFC has been a Japanese fast food staple. Whether it’s Christmas dinner or baseball superstitions, Japan is enamored with The Colonel. And the country is about to get a really fancy one. A new KFC is opening in Tokyo’s Shimo-Kitazawa. It’s aimed at late night customers in their 20s and 30s, and it…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 19, 2012
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  Cosplay Isn’t Simply Dressing as Video Game Characters

  Or as anime characters. Or manga characters. Or movie characters. It’s simply “costume play”, and Japanese photographer Yuji Susaki explores that in this series of photos, “Cosplay: Made in Japan”. Susaki is perhaps more known for his fashion pics, celeb portraits, or artistic nudes. For this cosplay series, Susaki roped in well-known Japanese cosplayers like…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 19, 2012
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  Drink Gundam Coffee, Eat Gundam Churros, Buy Gundam Things

  Today, Tokyo is getting its second Gundam cafe. This one is in Odaiba, near the Fuji TV building. Out front, there’s an enormous one-to-one scale Gundam—you know, if you can’t find the cafe. Inside, you can guzzle Gundam coffee and munch on Gundam snacks. There is also a Gundam “theme park”, Gundam Front, with attractions,…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 19, 2012
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  What Can We Expect from a Made in China Iron Man?

  China makes, well, everything. And, as recently revealed, the next Iron Man flick is going to be made with a Chinese co-partner. The movie will be shot in China and contain “Chinese elements”—like things the Chinese government wishes to promote? Iron Man 3 Trailer: Made in China [YouTube]

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 19, 2012
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  Watch as This Crappy Comic Disappear from Your Very Eyes

  Akihiro Hino, boss of game maker Level-5, is responsible for Gundam Age. And Gundam Age is a bit crap, so everyone hates it. Want to see just how unpopular it is? CoroCoro Comic is a Japanese magazine filled with manga and aimed at Japanese kids. The most popular manga take up the most real estate…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 19, 2012
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  Developer Program for PlayStation Suite Is Now In Beta

  Sony’s open beta for the PlayStation Suite’s Developer Program is now up and running. Download here

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 19, 2012
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  Call of Duty: Elite Abandoning Japanese

  The much ballyhooed Call of Duty: Elite online service will not be available in Japan. Square Enix, Call of Duty‘s publisher in Japan, revealed that a Japanese version isn’t happening due to localization issues. According to Square Enix, the game’s original publisher, Activision, worked hard to get localized versions of Elite released in different territories.…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 19, 2012
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  Sony Confirms God of War Leak

  The game is real. So says Sony’s Facebook

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 19, 2012
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  Roll Your Monkey Ball All Over This Lady

  This isn’t your father’s Monkey Ball. Actually, maybe it is. For a limited time, Sega is offering “Adult Map” download codes for those who purchase Super Monkey Ball: Tokumori Asobi-ta! for the PS Vita. In it, you can roll all over bikini model Yukie Kawamura. In some parts, the model’s breasts protrude from the map…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 19, 2012
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  Pixar’s WALL-E Is Now Working at a Chinese Restaurant

  Nothing quite says a home cooked meal like a droid cooked one. If you ever find yourself in Harbin, China, head over to “Summer Sky Ocean Robot”, a restaurant staffed with robot waiters and robot cooks. We don’t serve their kind here? No, they serve you! According to reports out of Asia, the restaurant has…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 19, 2012
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  Kotaku East runs from 4am to 8am Eastern. For more info about Kotaku East click here

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 19, 2012
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  Brave Man Turns Dead Aircraft Into Awesome Flight Simulator

  James Price, an air traffic controller at Oakland airport, owns a flight simulator. Not a “buy a joystick and plug it into your computer” flight simulator. A “chop the nose of an actual giant airplane and turn it into a flight simulator” type of flight simulator. Price has, stuffed in his garage, the actual nose…

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 19, 2012
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  Stand in Awe of This Life-Sized Metroid Statue (Made of Paper!)

  I’m hesitant to call this papercraft, since that’s a word we normally associate with little things that sit on a desk. Instead, I’m just going to call this 6’10″ model of Metroid’s Samus Aran a masterpiece. It’s made entirely of paper. Her giant helmet, her giant arms, even her giant feet, all made from paper…

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 19, 2012
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  This Game Uses Not Just Kinect, but the Wii as Well

  And what’s more, it looks awesome, because instead of just asking players to dance to pop music or sing like a teenage girl, it’s asking you to pop, lock and boogaloo your way to awesomeness. It’s called WiiPop, and uses a combination of Wii Remotes (strapped to the player’s body) and Kinect’s camera to, well,…

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 19, 2012