Later this morning, Apple users will deliver over 250,000 signatures to the Apple Store in NYC’s Grand Central Station, demanding that Apple end Chinese worker abuse. [Change.org and SumOfUs]
If you’ve been playing online game Final Fantasy XIV, you know there are 18 in-game worlds. That is going to change. Soon there will be 10. More »
A hacker collective named SwaggSec claims to have hacked Foxconn, the world’s largest electronic components maker. Foxconn assembles hardware for Apple as well as game consoles, such as the PS3, the Xbox 360 and the PS3. According to SwaggSec’s open letter, the hack appears to be retaliation for Foxconn’s notorious working conditions. More »
You thought the Kitty-chan dentist office was cute? It is. The Hello Kitty plane, though, isn’t just cute. It’s cute that flies. More »
Kotaku has posted tons of cosplay over the years. Yet, I cannot remember any pieces the site did on cosplayers who cook, let alone camp. Tifa — that’s her name — does both. More »
Spotted at an Indonesia game shop by Japanese site Game Watch Impress. All these Wii games are priced at Rp20,000 or around $2. More »
Early last year, pro gamer Linda Liao made waves when she joined Team Razer’s competitive gaming team. Lao isn’t only a pro gamer. Oh no, she’s much more. More »
The cake might be a lie, but this 1/1 scale Portal gun looks as real as one can get without being able to shoot holes in walls. More »
Located in a South China shopping center, this shop doesn’t merely “fix” consoles. It fixes them so they can run pirates games. Common throughout the country, the “Chinese pirates hacking den”, as website China Underground called it, specialises in flashing (modding) Xbox 360 and hacking consoles like the PlayStation 3 and the Wii. More »
Disney’s upcoming Wreck-It-Ralph is “the story of an arcade game Bad Guy determined to prove he can be a Good Guy.” Rich Moore, an animation director whose credits include The Simpsons, Futurama and The Critic, is directing. John C. Reilly, Sarah Silverman, Jack McBrayer and Jane Lynch are lending their vocal talents to the flick, with Reilly playing the bad guy Wreck-It Ralph. More »
