Back when we first covered the "Snoopify" app—which lets you stamp Snoop Dogg-themed stickers on personal pictures—it was hard not get stuck on just how much a digital joint sticker cost. Last night, Snoop Dogg showed off the app on Conan, and he explained why it costs so much.
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11 Dec 20:23
Snoop Dogg Explains Why His Virtual Weed Costs Nearly $100
by Patricia Hernandez
DsiderWell you know, selling digital weed makes about as much sense to Snoop as singing a weird song about Tekken. Perfect sense.
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11 Dec 19:45
YouTube Channels Crippled By Copyright Claims
by Stephen Totilo
Numerous video game-related YouTube personalities have spent the last day digging through piles of copyright claims suddenly filling their inboxes, claims that they say are messing with their ability to produce and profit from videos they post online.
11 Dec 18:44
50 Years Of Popular Holiday Toys, All At Once
by Mike Fahey
Every year it's something. Some colorful construction of cloth or fluff or plastic or silicon, the big holiday toy that no actively loved child can do without. Graphic designer Abby Ryan Bennett tracks the trend for 50 years, from the Easy-Bake Oven to the Wii U.
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11 Dec 18:43
How To Play Project M, The Best Smash Bros. Mod Around
by Patricia Hernandez
DsiderSaving this as a contingency plan should the darkest possible timeline come to pass.
As of yesterday, you can download the newest version of a mod called Project M for Super Smash Bros. Brawl that improves the game so much, it practically seems new. But how do you get it to actually run on your Wii? Good question.
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11 Dec 18:42
Final Fantasy XI welcomes back players with special 11th anniversary promotions.
by Mike Fahey
DsiderSquenix once again displaying its INCREDIBLE LOGIC AND REASONING SKILLS.
Final Fantasy XI welcomes back players with special 11th anniversary promotions. No it doesn't. Just give it up, Square Enix. You made a much better game, and now everyone wants to play that. No free activation of old accounts from now until December 23 and other special activities are going to change that.
11 Dec 18:38
A Weird Game You Can Play Across Three Different PlayStations
by Stephen Totilo
DsiderI was kinda curious until I read "creator of Sega cult classic Toejam & Earl." I didn't get that game then, and I don't get it now. All I know is they're completely OP on Saltybet.
You can play Doki Doki Universe on PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 or PlayStation Vita and, no matter what, you're going to have a strange time. You will learn about yourself, fly through the cosmos to understand what it means to be human and you will meet a toilet who dislikes poop. This is my kind of lunacy.
11 Dec 18:34
The Pirate Bay (Domain) Flees To A Volcanic Island
by Luke Plunkett
Torrent trackers The Pirate Bay have had the authorities tightening the noose around their operations for years now, but this week things have taken a twist for the absurd/awesome.
11 Dec 17:51
Microtransactions don't work exactly like this in NBA 2K14, but this parody video by GoodGameBro cle
by Owen Good
Microtransactions don't work exactly like this in NBA 2K14, but this parody video by GoodGameBro clearly communicates how ridiculous some find the practice when it intrudes on their favorite sports game. Actually, you can purchase dunks, they're just signature animations for your created MyPlayer.
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10 Dec 14:14
A Relaxing Stroll in 800-Pound Iron Shoes
by Brian Ashcraft
Everyday, I take a walk. It's good for health, I think. While I wear sneakers, Beijing factory owner Zhang Fuxing wears iron shoes.
10 Dec 12:01
Lego Mecha Pokémon. LEGO. MECHA. POKEMON.
by Patricia Hernandez
DsiderYES! YES!
What would be cooler than commanding fierce beasts to battle against other beasts, as you do in Pokémon? Easy. If the beasts were lego mechs instead—mechs which can be piloted.
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10 Dec 12:00
The Most Surprising Mii That I Ever Met
by Stephen Totilo
DsiderAnd naturally other crazy ones in the comments.
I StreetPassed with this person some time in the last two days. I've never met a Mii this... creative.
09 Dec 18:57
"Bravely Second" RPG Gets First Screens and Details
by Joseph Luster
DsiderI can't tell you how jarring it is to see that shrimpy 3d model right after the full illustration. I really hope I can enjoy the first game when it comes out here next year. The combat system is what's keeping me interested.
Bravely Default: Flying Fairy is getting a sequel in Japan in the form of Bravely Second, and Square Enix has a handful of screens, artwork, and details for the game following its initial announcement.
Bravely Second takes place in Luxendarc several years after the events of the first game. A new structure of magic has been developed, and scholars and students around the world flock to the new "Magic University Town" of Istantarl to study.
You also might remember the new character pictured along with the reveal, who sports a whopper of a name: Devil King Buster Magnolia Arch. The "Devil Buster who came from the moon" is the last survivor of the moon nation, and appears in unexpected places.
A couple more screens and images from the upcoming sequel:
Via Gematsu
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Joseph Luster is the Games and Web editor at Otaku USA Magazine. His blog can be found at subhumanzoids. Follow him on Twitter at @Moldilox.
09 Dec 16:21
Compare The Size Of Every Colossus From Shadow Of The Colossus
by Luke Plunkett
With artist AndyDaRoo on the pens and NormalColossus on research duty, we now have this striking image showing the scale of every colossus from Team Ico's classic Shadow of the Colossus.
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09 Dec 16:19
China's Internet Cafes Are Disappearing. What's Going On?!
by Eric Jou
DsiderThis is kinda what happens when your clientele keeps killing themselves out of stupidity.
China, the middle kingdom. The Orient. The place where the legality of game consoles are suspect has always been the home of internet cafes. The number of internet cafes, which served as dens to many of China's netizens, has suddenly gone down over the course of 2011-2012—by as many as 10,000.
09 Dec 14:14
Megane Mikasa Promotes "Attack on Titan" PC Reading Glasses
by Scott Green
DsiderMikasa with... glasses... sorry I need a minute.
In their latest anime promotion, JINS glasses, which are supposed to block blue light from televisions, PCs and Smartphones, have teamed up with Attack on Titan. Eren and Levi models are available with high contrast, brown-ish lenses, reducing 50% of the light, or the clearer 35% reduction lenses, while Mikasa and Hanji models are available with the 35% lenses.
The unisex glasses go for 4,990yen with special bookmark case and bromide.
The straight lines of the Eren frame are supposed to reflect his personality, while the brown color is supposed to look like his titan form
The Levi glasses have a shape that suggests fastidiousness, with a color scheme reflecting his dark past
The look of the Mikasa glasses are supposed to balance the character's warrior spirit with her femininity
Hanji's are supposed to reflect the color of her hair as well as the researcher intellect
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Scott Green is editor and reporter for anime and manga at geek entertainment site Ain't It Cool News. Follow him on Twitter at @aicnanime.
06 Dec 21:19
Squall Reacts To Final Fantasy VIII On Steam
by Jason Schreier
DsiderI got what I expected. Except for my favorite line of his: "A speech? Forget it. Cut the mic!"
05 Dec 17:18
See The Sword Art Online World Through Kirito’s Eyes On Vita
by Spencer
DsiderFirst I was like, "Hmm..."
but then I was like "sigh"
Can you guess when that happened in this article?
You can do more than step into Kirito's shoes in Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment. The PlayStation Vita game lets you switch between two view points a normal camera and a first person view.
Read See The Sword Art Online World Through Kirito’s Eyes On Vita on Siliconera!
05 Dec 16:56
A History Of Movie Archers, From Robin Hood to Katniss Everdeen
by Kirk Hamilton
DsiderI don't think I need to say anything else about this one.
In video games, it's been the year of the bow for almost two years now. But games aren't having all the fun - movies have been right in the thick of it.
05 Dec 14:18
Prankster Attempts to Prove All White Guys Look the Same
by Brian Ashcraft
DsiderImpostererer
Is that tennis legend Roger Federer? No, it's not. It's YouTube user Donnie Does pranking the people of Shanghai.
05 Dec 14:17
How Pokémon Battles Are More "Realistic" in the New Anime
by Brian Ashcraft
DsiderA nice effort, but I stopped expecting realism in the pokemon anime way back in the first season, when Pikachu could beat a Cubone for no goddamn reason.
It's a subtle change. If you're watching the new Pokémon anime, Pokemon XY, you might not have even noticed. But the battles are a little more "realistic."
05 Dec 14:07
Ketchup? Ha! Dip Your Fries in Chocolate
by Brian Ashcraft
Dsiderwat
05 Dec 14:05
Confusing U.S. Military Lingo Explained
by Brian Ashcraft
DsiderDidn't know most of these, but yeah that's because I have neither served nor played any of those games.
Before Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 made "Oscar Mike" ("on the move") famous, I confess that I'd never heard the expression before. But that's just one phrase in a rich vocabulary of U.S. military slang.
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05 Dec 14:00
The Strangest Wii U Peripheral of 2013 Looks Like a Toilet Plunger
by Brian Ashcraft
DsiderOh god it's starting again
05 Dec 04:48
YouTube Users Overreact To Its New Comment System
by Patricia Hernandez
The fact that not everyone is happy with the way YouTube comments work now isn't news—not everyone wants to use their real names online, and Google Plus doesn't feel like its taken off. Still, it's amusing to actually hear some of the ridiculous reactions to the new comment system.
05 Dec 04:44
Cops Show Up Live on Warcraft Stream After Troll Phones In Fake Report
by Owen Good
DsiderSeriously, what the fuck is wrong with these people. Someone needs to be made an example of.
A popular Twitch.tv livestreamer had some unwanted guest stars yesterday evening—the Seminole County, Fla. Sheriff's Office, summoned by a troll who phoned in a report of someone threatening others with a knife. You can see it play out here.
05 Dec 04:11
You Can Spend $140 On One Car In Gran Turismo 6
by Mike Fahey
DsiderUh
Gran Turismo 6 is coming to the PlayStation 3 on Friday, bringing with it the first real-money microtransactions in franchise history. It's a game where five bucks can buy you 27 1998 Mini Coopers, or 2.5 percent of a '66 Jaguar XJ13.
04 Dec 21:08
What The Inside of a Pokéball Looks Like
by Patricia Hernandez
One of the greatest mysteries of the Pokémon universe has to do with Pokeballs, the devices used to capture and store your personal pocket monsters. You can't help but wonder: just what in the world does a Pokemon experience while inside a Pokeball?
04 Dec 20:18
Titanfall, Witcher 3 Highlight This Year's Spike VGX
by Jason Schreier
DsiderNot sure if I should still be drinking out of the Jack Daniels bottle for this one or not. We've confirmed the awards are legit now, but...
The Spike VGAs are now the Spike VGX. This year's annual award show is happening this Saturday at 6pm Eastern, and although it won't be televised live, we'll have the whole three-hour extravaganza streaming here on Kotaku for you.
04 Dec 18:22
Why Everyone Still Talks About Dark Souls
by Kirk Hamilton
DsiderThis is a wall, nay, a fortress of text, so only read as much as you feel like.
Dark Souls, man. It's always there, at the periphery of so many conversations about great games. This game is like Dark Souls, and that game wishes it were as good as Dark Souls, and hey, have you played Dark Souls?
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04 Dec 18:05
The elevators in Battlefield 4?
by Gergo Vas
The elevators in Battlefield 4? They're fine, as long as you ignore stuff like this, straight from a horror movie. But glitchy elevator physics is the price we have to pay for collapsing buildings and levolution moments.