Every Friday I make a post containing links to interesting articles I have found throughout the week. If you already follow me on Twitter, then you will have probably seen most of the following links. Don’t forget to like the Kotowari Facebook page as well. Enjoy!

• Developers will have the final say as to what parts of their PS4 games will be compatible with the system’s “Share” button.  Also, Shuhei Yoshida is a big Dark Souls fan.  Who knew?
• A huge collection of high-quality anime backgrounds.  It’s surprisingly relaxing to scroll through these…
• This is my new favorite resource for Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate.  The site is massively comprehensive and well designed!
• PaKa Plus, a dating sim where you can become close to an Alpaca.
• Neko Font, a site that allows you to spell any word out with sleepy cats.
• Hilarious Dragon’s Dogma comic from Reddit.
• Having cats on payroll helps businesses in Japan stay afloat, and makes for some great photo opportunities.
• Here is a recipe for Lembas bread, the elvish delicacy from Lord of the Rings that fills an empty stomach with a single nibble.

Hilarious commercial involving a cat.

Bob Ross R-r-r-r-r-r-remix!  PBS actually has a few of these Icons Remixed videos.  Check them out!

Japanese dog refuses to let his owner kiss him.

The trailer for The World’s End, the new film by Edgar Wright/Simon Pegg/Nick Frost.

This music video. Watch it.

Every Friday I make a post containing links to interesting articles I have found throughout the week. If you already follow me on Twitter, then you will have probably seen most of the following links. Don’t forget to like the Kotowari Facebook page as well. Enjoy!

• Ten years after its release and dedicated fans are still combing the world of Shadows of the Colossus for hidden secrets.
• Hideo Kojima says the previously announced Zone of the Enders continuation was cancelled because the HD remake didn’t sell.  What is it about every HD remake being plagued by visual issues that aren’t patched out for up to 6 or more months after release?
  • Um. Zone of the Enders HD Collection is getting a patch for the PS3 where the game suffered from a poor frame rate during boss battles.
• The flawed concept of “Good vs. Evil”, the philosophy of Hayao Miyazaki.  I kinda wish video games designers adhered to this philosophy more… Like.  A lot more.
• A look back at the important relationship between two characters in Persona 3: Junpei and Chidori.
• If you’re like me, you’ve always wanted to know how to clean and prepare an enormous tuna to be sold at the Tsukiji fish market.  Well, now you can practice on this plastic model!
• Leigh Alexander argues that the console wars may be distracting gamers from the real issue: console gaming staying relevant.
• Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen is out now, but a recent patch could corrupt save files.

A trailer for Tengami, a Japanese themed pop-up book will be coming to iPad and now Wii U!

The trailer for the newest Iron Man movie was remade entirely by some fans in Thailand.

Watch as a Japanese children’s show host makes the same pose every episode for four years.

 Every Friday I make a post containing links to interesting articles I have found throughout the week. If you already follow me on Twitter, then you will have probably seen most of the following links. Don’t forget to like the Kotowari Facebook page as well. Enjoy!

• Perhaps this week’s most epic NeoGAF thread: re-imagining video game boxart with Comic Sans and Clipart.
• You know that Mother 3 fan translation?  Well, they’ve offered their script to Nintendo free of charge!
• Silent Hill and Kindergarden Cop take place in the same universe.  Duh.
• Iwata believed the Wii U may be under performing due consumer confusion.  Totally plausible.
  • Nintendo won’t be holding a press conference for this year’s E3.  Rather, they’ll be holding more Nintendo Directs Events and the like.  In all honesty, most press events are some guy in a suit talking about fiscal years with dubstep playing in the background.  I prefer this approach.
  • A Game Cube fan site that hasn’t been updated in over ten years.  It’s like a gaming time capsule…
• Artifical intelligence has beaten Super Mario Bros., and it continues to learn.  How long before something, something Skynet?!
• Kotaku wrote about the exaggerated nature of the character of Dragon’s Crown, and George Kamitani responded.
  • A Gamasutra writer was also offended, not only because “Many of [sic] characters are incredibly over-the-top women in ridiculous states of undress.” but also because of a picture Kamitani posted on Facebook.
• A recent Wii U update has improved the console’s loading times, though not enough perhaps.
• I’ve been excited about the Thief reboot, until this article outlining the issues facing the game’s development.

The Canadian Space Agency shows us what happens when you wring a soaking wet towel out in zero gravity.

I finally found it! The source of that gif of a cat dressed as a shark, chasing a duckling, while riding a Roomba.