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Public Nerd Display Shows The ‘Frightening’ Side Of Twitter

Forget people acting like idiots on Twitter. That’s not scary. It’s stupid. What’s scary is just how pervasive — meta, even — Twitter has become.


Sega Wants To Know If We Want This Virtual Idol Rhythm Game In The West

We’ve covered Sega’s Hatsune Miku-powered rhythm game Project Diva – F for the PlayStation Vita and PS3 quite a lot here at Kotaku, but all of that coverage has been from afar. Now Sega’s wondering if the West wouldn’t mind a closer look.


Sega’s Biggest ‘Miscalculation’ Turned Into Viral, Internet Gold

Japanese game maker Sega has screwed up too many times to count. But there’s one thing Sega got so right. But only after it got everything so wrong.


Hatsune Miku On PS3 Lets Players Pick Up Where They Left Off

Hatsune Miku -Project Diva- f has been one the biggest PS Vita titles as of yet. Selling over 159,000 copies in its first week, the PS Vita rhythm game featuring the famous virtual idol will be getting a PS3 version, Hatsune Miku -Project Diva- F. Notice the big F!


Hello Kitty Meat Buns Don’t Look So Cute When Sliced In Half

After seeing cute Dragon Quest Slime and Hatsune Miku meat buns, it was only a matter of time before Hello Kitty hit Japanese convenience stores.

For a limited time only, convenience store chain Sunkus is selling Kitty-chan meat buns for ¥150 ($1.90) a pop.

Japanese site Gigazine ordered a few and took photos for the internet’s viewing pleasure.

Here’s what the Hello Kitty meat bun looks like. So cute!

DEAR GOD MAN WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?! (And cut in half.)

From what Gigazine wrote, it sounds as though the Hello Kitty meat buns taste like yummy pork meat buns. Though, it’s only a matter of time before people begin torturing them.

There’s even a Kitty quiz on the bottom of the paper atop which the buns sit. Here it asks when Kitty’s birthday is: April 1, July 1, November 1, or December 1. Do you happen to know?


Cosplaying Lady Or Not, Blue Noodles Look Disgusting

This weekend in Tokyo’s geek mecca, Akihabara, eatery LittleBSD wheeled out a noodle selling kiosk. LittleBSD isn’t your typical restaurant — it’s cosplay themed. These weren’t your typical noodles — they were blue.


Project Diva F Takes A Few Missteps, But In The Generally Right Direction

As we move toward the end of the year, it can mean only one thing: it’s time for a new game with everyone’s favourite virtual idol, Hatsune Miku. Project Diva f, this year’s iteration in the series, is filled with firsts. There are new game mechanics, new songs, new costumes and a from-the-ground-up graphical revamp as the series moves from the PSP to the Vita.


Hatsune Miku Boosts Vita Sales, But She May Not Be Back For An Encore

It’s no secret that the PS Vita has been struggling. Numbers have consistently shown the portable console to be underselling its predecessor, the PSP, on an almost weekly basis. As has been pointed out in the past, the key to a hit console is to have hit games, and just as if to drive point home, one came out just last week, causing Vita sales to quadruple.


Hatsune Miku: Project Diva Extend Is More Than Just Another Music Game

Hatsune Miku, the virtual idol, is truly a star in Japan. From a lowly beginning as a piece of music composition software, she now does everything from TV commercials to live concerts via hologram — in addition to “singing” thousands of fan-made songs across the internet.


Watch Hatsune Miku Sing And Dance To ‘Call Me Maybe’

Hatsune Miku: Project Diva Extend is a music game starring virtual idol Hatsune Miku. It plays similar to most music games. When a shape lines up with its corresponding shape-outline, press the button on the PSP that matches the shape.


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