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What Does Ichiro Do When He’s Hurt?

11:00PM Brian Ashcraft | He plays Dragon Quest, that’s what. In a recent interview in which he discussed his nine consecutive 200 hit season, the topic of Square Enix’s role-playing-game came up. More »
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The Demographics Of Dragon Quest

5:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Not only did lots of people buy DS role-playing-game Dragon Quest IX at launch, lots of different kinds of people. More »
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How Do Dragon Quest’s Famitsu Scores Stack Up?

6:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Japanese game magazine Famitsu gave new DS title Dragon Quest IX a perfect score — the tenth game to get such a score. But how does it stack up to the others? More »
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You Can’t Escape From This Erotic Dragon Quest Homage

1:00PM Brian Ashcraft | From the folks that brought you Rapelay comes this erotic game: Yuusha kara wa nigerarenai (You Can’t Escape From The Hero). Characters look familiar? They should. More »
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Anyone For Lifetime Final Fantasy Sales Figures?

2:30PM Luke Plunkett | As part of a recent corporate strategy meeting, Square Enix yesterday revealed the lifetime, worldwide sales figures for three of their biggest franchises. More »
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Elderly Actress Wants More Dragon Quest Before Death

4:00PM Brian Ashcraft | We’ve been waiting for Dragon Quest IX for a long time. For most of us, we can wait a little longer for the game to come out, but not 73-year-old Japanese actress Keiko Awaji. More »
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Ichiro Suzuki Uses Dragon Quest To Explain Victory

5:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Japan routed Korea in their first World Baseball Classic match-up. Considering that Japan lost to Korean in the Olympics, defeating their rival in a 14-2 called game must have been cathartic. More »
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What Dragon Quest Female Character Does Akihabara Want To…Ahem?

7:00PM Brian Ashcraft | A recent street survey polled Akihabara folks about which female Dragon Quest character they wanted to get very close with. More »
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Rocket Slimes Made Of Snow

3:00PM Brian Ashcraft | A few days London was blanketed in snow. It was the worst snowfall in 18 years. So Kotaku reader Anneka did what any good Kotaku reader would do: She made Rocket Slimes. More »

This Early Copy of Dragon Quest IX Is So Not Real

12:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Dragon Quest IX might be out until March, but someone on the Japanese internet claims to have obtained an early copy. Thing is, it’s totally fake for two reasons. They are: More »