The Tumblr safehouse of Kotaku, a website about snack food, cosplay, the Japanese internet and comic books. Oh, yeah, and video games.Tumblr (3.0; @kotakucom)http://updates.kotaku.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/44e3d66f37e3c74c6fc6e7edda0f8694/tumblr_mnbcmvfbYv1qd4q8ao1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://vgjunk.tumblr.com/post/51244001097/metal-slug-neo-geo">vgjunk</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><em>Metal Slug</em>, Neo Geo.</p> </blockquote>http://updates.kotaku.com/post/51258502939http://updates.kotaku.com/post/51258502939Fri, 24 May 2013 19:20:38 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/9609ec06bab2981ecfef3caf21c1933c/tumblr_mnboej78TN1rk5dgco2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/14341ba3410e50adf91c86f6313eb393/tumblr_mnboej78TN1rk5dgco1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/aa3d0e2392fe95ae9a13dd72fbfbc988/tumblr_mnboej78TN1rk5dgco3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/b3bc6fc3437912f21025d682d4dbf99e/tumblr_mnboej78TN1rk5dgco4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/3d07315707f0524dc9b7c78f418327dc/tumblr_mnboej78TN1rk5dgco5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/a0f21003adcfcafc496a3fcce70f78f1/tumblr_mnboej78TN1rk5dgco6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Jesse van Dijk’s concept art from Destiny, Killzone 3 and beyond. <a href="http://kotaku.com/some-of-the-best-video-game-concept-art-on-the-planet-509641108">Beautiful stuff</a>.</p>http://updates.kotaku.com/post/51251867898http://updates.kotaku.com/post/51251867898Fri, 24 May 2013 17:44:43 -0400destinykillzonekillzone 3concept artgaming<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a86e7791fb6b6061796b141ae0cc79ed/tumblr_mnawpyWFhx1rk5dgco1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/1699861425a91c7296055af3857b0134/tumblr_mnawpyWFhx1rk5dgco2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/96aef6350e8d9e795d4012a142cb67fe/tumblr_mnawpyWFhx1rk5dgco3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Grid 2 has a special edition up for pre-order that <a href="http://kotaku.com/this-might-be-the-most-expensive-pre-order-ever-509681260">costs £125,000</a>. It gets you <em>an actual car</em>.</p>http://updates.kotaku.com/post/51219177528http://updates.kotaku.com/post/51219177528Fri, 24 May 2013 07:46:00 -0400grid 2gamingcodemasters<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/7b650c47a5a0b3b2d90573c9a8fdfab8/tumblr_mnascum75k1rk5dgco3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/2eb9b555b727c58e0a5e86619dc2b979/tumblr_mnascum75k1rk5dgco2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e69848b22a2677369dba0436fb92c6a0/tumblr_mnascum75k1rk5dgco5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e4b484b106e90daba8df57c22b84dd0f/tumblr_mnascum75k1rk5dgco1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/3d3d6624408eb9cd77598a7453278bc7/tumblr_mnascum75k1rk5dgco4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Japan has neat <a href="http://kotaku.com/behold-japans-geekiest-taxi-cabs-509677609">sticker-covered taxi cabs</a> you can ride in. So jealous.</p>http://updates.kotaku.com/post/51216321543http://updates.kotaku.com/post/51216321543Fri, 24 May 2013 06:12:30 -0400itashajapantaxianimejpop<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/3dd13da8850e7612ab4cb11adb5f6e6c/tumblr_mnaosmWSRq1rk5dgco1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/531c49f01954a7bb4b82a0476f169251/tumblr_mnaosmWSRq1rk5dgco2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>A mother in South Korea wanted to improve the looks of her baby daughter. So she <a href="http://kotaku.com/korean-mother-remolded-her-daughters-face-with-a-spoon-509673088">massaged her face daily</a>. With a spoon. For sixteen years.</p>http://updates.kotaku.com/post/51214392572http://updates.kotaku.com/post/51214392572Fri, 24 May 2013 04:55:34 -0400wtffashionsouth korea<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/f02eda816df2e461ebdef057dbb996ac/tumblr_mn94mjBrMW1rk5dgco3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/09581e8761e6737c6d6a96cb2b734c80/tumblr_mn94mjBrMW1rk5dgco1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/42c336c3ab6b1749c4d6b12aa6fcfb5f/tumblr_mn94mjBrMW1rk5dgco2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Even when out of uniform, Japanese college students <a href="http://kotaku.com/clothing-stereotypes-exist-in-japan-too-509475244">all look the same</a>. At least, that’s what netizens in Japan think.</p>http://updates.kotaku.com/post/51144628147http://updates.kotaku.com/post/51144628147Thu, 23 May 2013 08:42:19 -0400japancollege<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/6ecac9081af179641b40c8ff666299fb/tumblr_mn8xorJZ6G1rk5dgco1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/62fc73bc25b89ee6252233d3e0043244/tumblr_mn8xorJZ6G1rk5dgco2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/b5df6193735c169b7bc9e7a9d00e763a/tumblr_mn8xorJZ6G1rk5dgco3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Zoki64 paints consoles as a hobby. This time, he’s prettied up a Twin Famicom; a console from Sharp that’s essentially an NES with a floppy disk drive.</p>http://updates.kotaku.com/post/51139690256http://updates.kotaku.com/post/51139690256Thu, 23 May 2013 06:12:27 -0400gamingconsolesNESnintendoart<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/9767e77c81b7d7bd3dc30a091cf43f9e/tumblr_mn86bzKSUj1rkj1lno1_r5_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b3ee024ec074e91f01088bbe90f04946/tumblr_mn86bzKSUj1rkj1lno2_r2_500.png"/><br/> <br/><p>Ocarina in a nutshell…</p>http://updates.kotaku.com/post/51133328796http://updates.kotaku.com/post/51133328796Thu, 23 May 2013 02:28:57 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/a52a82b19843f19c73378777fa921933/tumblr_mn5pm8xIVR1qzcv7no1_250.gif"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://stream.pleated-jeans.com/post/50996053090/via-edit-gif-source">pleatedjeans</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/1err2o/super_mario/">via</a> | edit: <a href="http://www.hobolunchbox.com/post/50989135889/super-mario">gif source</a></p> </blockquote>http://updates.kotaku.com/post/51078867223http://updates.kotaku.com/post/51078867223Wed, 22 May 2013 13:09:35 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/b33593f4edb3ee75d5824fefcbe09832/tumblr_mn6cwpCRMI1s62ty0o1_500.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/b0a3d338a3bc702abf5375bd04868d4e/tumblr_mn6cwpCRMI1s62ty0o2_r1_500.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/aeb142ff59a9adc9fe4ce82ee354b3df/tumblr_mn6cwpCRMI1s62ty0o3_r1_500.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/1e9e4530136ab6fcce435a88395aeeca/tumblr_mn6cwpCRMI1s62ty0o4_r1_500.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ce2d0f227aa0ad6ec0e888802b1497f5/tumblr_mn6cwpCRMI1s62ty0o5_r1_500.gif"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://www.uvula.jp/post/51034154569/i-found-some-old-images-when-i-tidied-up-hdd">nodo-chinko</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>I found some old images when I tidied up HDD. These animated GIF were used for a presentation of Experimental GamePlay Workshop 2004 at GDC. And that was my first trip to a foreign country:)<span><br/></span></p> </blockquote>http://updates.kotaku.com/post/51078504968http://updates.kotaku.com/post/51078504968Wed, 22 May 2013 13:02:58 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/8ab722e3af42f8921d18d8b8b1f1e775/tumblr_mn7b89grEx1rk5dgco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Chinese newspaper Global Times has <a href="http://kotaku.com/chinese-newspaper-confuses-the-japanese-military-with-509258501">uploaded pictures</a> of this helicopter on one of their websites, writing that it is a concept for <em>“a Japanese Self Defense Force armed helicopter made by the Japanese military complex.”</em> What they failed to notice, however, was the DeviantArt URL at the bottom of the pictures. Whoops.</p>http://updates.kotaku.com/post/51067229467http://updates.kotaku.com/post/51067229467Wed, 22 May 2013 09:09:00 -0400chinamilitaryjapanwhoops<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/f764b1f1b006f70f2c85dce9cecfb376/tumblr_mn77wvsP7h1rk5dgco1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/7840f323ecd65d70081798fb96baece5/tumblr_mn77wvsP7h1rk5dgco2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Japanese netizens found out that <a href="http://kotaku.com/origami-gives-you-instant-derp-509251198">folding manga covers</a> is fun.</p>http://updates.kotaku.com/post/51064482083http://updates.kotaku.com/post/51064482083Wed, 22 May 2013 07:58:00 -0400japanmangawtfgintama<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/lOOyL_2zE7g?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Painting on the iPad is certainly a thing, and Seikou Yamaoka from Shizuoka, Japan is <a href="http://kotaku.com/japanese-artist-paints-amazing-finger-art-on-an-ipad-509243688">really, really good</a> at it.</p>http://updates.kotaku.com/post/51060363889http://updates.kotaku.com/post/51060363889Wed, 22 May 2013 05:48:00 -0400japanartpaintingipadiphone<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/ec98ea7a2fdcef1810dce5f0ad802a6a/tumblr_mn70khABWj1rk5dgco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>well…<a href="http://kotaku.com/its-a-clock-a-radio-an-alarm-the-new-xbox-is-all-in-509244595">it’s a start</a>. </p>http://updates.kotaku.com/post/51059615942http://updates.kotaku.com/post/51059615942Wed, 22 May 2013 05:19:29 -0400gamingxboxxbox onemicrosoft<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/36f676d6dc7fc115e522a216c8954f68/tumblr_mn6xz72Nzv1rk5dgco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>oh god <a href="http://kotaku.com/biosloth-infinte-sweater-is-at-the-top-of-my-christmas-509196699">must have</a></p>http://updates.kotaku.com/post/51058174370http://updates.kotaku.com/post/51058174370Wed, 22 May 2013 04:23:31 -0400gamingbioshock infinitebioshockslothssloth<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltti56vBUf1qc5dpuo1_r3_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>fuckin’ a lemmy</p>http://updates.kotaku.com/post/51056014443http://updates.kotaku.com/post/51056014443Wed, 22 May 2013 03:09:47 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/d4c3f6c8ad36c520378bd509af080a13/tumblr_mn6q6hTXi51qmf2zwo1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://updates.kotaku.com/post/51055231253http://updates.kotaku.com/post/51055231253Wed, 22 May 2013 02:47:26 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/de1f13c40c55d1c62025e22239de761f/tumblr_mn68jrj1711rk5dgco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The new Xbox One: needs an internet connection, won’t play used games without a “fee”, is very square.</p> <p>Here’s<a href="http://kotaku.com/the-next-xbox-is-called-xbox-one-509069410"> everything we know</a>.</p>http://updates.kotaku.com/post/51024262479http://updates.kotaku.com/post/51024262479Tue, 21 May 2013 19:14:15 -0400gamingxbox onexboxkotakumicrosoft<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/7ef341f4b35da8c4d0561d307df81a86/tumblr_mn5c1xAsFU1rk5dgco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>One person pieces together <a href="http://kotaku.com/here-are-the-only-images-we-have-of-the-ps4-so-far-508892300">the fragmented PS4 images</a>. Could be close. Could be nowhere near it. Could be Daft Punk guest starring on The Simpsons.</p>http://updates.kotaku.com/post/50983184726http://updates.kotaku.com/post/50983184726Tue, 21 May 2013 07:32:21 -0400gamingps4playstation 4sony<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/0040864289e42ba1e7b91721104acd0f/tumblr_mn591oHXJr1rk5dgco2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ac7d320951a6054aad42f6a914a4f9f1/tumblr_mn591oHXJr1rk5dgco1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/ea44bff3b488b90b6b197673a591ae0f/tumblr_mn591oHXJr1rk5dgco3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/07de80eff7594e8d2c3a859e6103cf95/tumblr_mn591oHXJr1rk5dgco4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/bf89d796e0384adedeab9d3a46879077/tumblr_mn591oHXJr1rk5dgco5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a href="http://kotaku.com/3d-coffee-art-reaches-new-dizzying-heights-509019180">Kazuki Yamamoto’s back</a> to entertain us with more awesome-looking works of 3D latte art.</p>http://updates.kotaku.com/post/50981029929http://updates.kotaku.com/post/50981029929Tue, 21 May 2013 06:27:00 -0400gamingjapanlatte art