Nintendo

The Nintendo 3DS Will Soon Come In ‘Misty Pink’ For The Ladies

Designed to appeal to the fairer sex — it’s pink, you see — Nintendo will release the “Misty Pink” version of the Nintendo 3DS on October 20 in Japan, said president Satoru Iwata.


April 29, 2010
In Real Life

Girls Or Tekken – Which Gets A Gamer’s Attention?

Certainly tamer than Russian strippers grinding on Counter Strike players.


March 18, 2010
News

Shocking Study Finds Video Games Interfere With Schoolwork

Direct from the We Could Have Told You That department, a recent study determined that introducing young boys to video games has a direct effect on their academic performance. Introducing a major distraction interferes with learning? Who’d have thought?


December 15, 2009
News

Boys Can’t Play Majesco’s Dance Sensation!

Young girls can live out their dance fantasies in their living room with Majesco’s Dance Sensation! for the Nintendo Wii. Young boys will just have to keep hiding their passion for creative movement from a world that just wouldn’t understand.


October 2, 2009
News

Littlest Pet Shop Online Has Cutest Hourglass Ever

Why spend your evening waiting in an queue to play Aion when you can watch an hourglass spin around in EA’s new MMO, Littlest Pet Shop Online?


September 30, 2009

How To Dress A Tokyo Game Show Booth Lady

“They look cute,” says 20-something-year-old Takahiro Yamaguchi. “So cute.” He’s spent a good chunk of his day taking booth companion photos. “It’s not just how the girls look,” he explains, “but what they’re wearing. That’s what I’m taking pictures of.”


September 3, 2009
News

Tetris Gives You Thicker Brain Meats

A study conducted by neuroscientist Richard Haier has determined that performing a “challenging visuospatial task” like Tetris can actually alter the structure of your brain.


August 23, 2009
In Real Life

Booth Babes, Cosplayers And Mascots: You’re Not Doing It Right

Gamescom has a lot going for it but, with a few admirable exceptions, cosplay and booth babes shouldn’t be included in that list.


December 19, 2008
Uncategorized

Warning: Producer of Metal Gear Solid touch *is* Female

This week’s Famitsu has an interview with Hideo Kojima and Metal Gear Solid Touch producer Yasuyo Watanabe. The headline for the story is very careful to accentuate that Watanabe is female. How careful, you ask?


August 25, 2008
Uncategorized

More Girlfriend + Team Fortress 2 Madness

Kotaku AU

Simon Cottee once again subjects his better-half to the rigours of Team Fortress 2, this time after the Heavy update. Laughter, silliness and high-pitched girly screams (mostly from me) await.

GF TF2 Heavy Update [Lavalevel]