Recession? What recession? Liverpool, England’s Stuart Hughes likes to cover electronics in gold, call them SUPREME (his caps, not mine), and ask INSANE (my caps, not his) prices for them. More »
Yes, yes, what do they have in common? Possible spoilers ahoy. More »
It’s Tokyo’s geek mecca – Akihabara. Games shops, arcades, manga, anime, figurines and maid cafes. You name it, they just might have it. A Japanese TV program gave filmmaker Michael Moore a tour. More »
Final Fantasy XIII is released only on the PS3 in Japan — as seen on 2ch. More »
For a Western FPS with a subpar localisation, Modern Warfare did extremely well in Japan. Compared to the rest of the Western world, it didn’t. More »
Kotaku columnist Tim Rogers gave us a fetishistic video look at just how long it can take to open Final Fantasy XIII — here is a slow, static look at the unboxing of the FFXIII box. Entirely shaky cam free. More »
Once again proving that lining up for video games is a national pastime, Japan came out cued up for Final Fantasy XIII. More »
It is the tenth anniversary of Konami’s Silent Hill series, a franchise that has focused more on the psychological side of horror than its peers. The latest, Silent Hill: Shattered Memories, delves further into the psyche than ever before. More »
There are two kinds of co-op. The kind where you play through the whole game together, and the kind where you play custom missions together. Splinter Cell: Conviction is one of the latter, and this is how it works. More »
