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Thank website Doodle of Boredom and be glad Vader is out of the ladies room and back where he belongs: riding a Pocket Monster. More »
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One of Australia's most iconic muscle cars is coming to Forza Motorspot 4. In Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior, it was the Pursuit Special, a tuned and customized 1973 Ford XB Falcon GT. More »
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R2-D2, the helmet. Created by Philadelphia-based artist and illustrator Jenn, this a do-it-yourself original. The force is strong with this one. More »
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Some people love Mario. Others love Mickey. But I love Doraemon, that blue robotic cat from the future, with a pocket full of gizmos and a fear of mice. And now, the manga artist who created Doraemon, has his own museum. More »
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Old people play video games. By old, maybe that means sixty years old? Seventy? How about 99 years old. More »
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The Nagoya-based auto maker is already going after Western otaku with its bizarro take on virtual idol Miku Hatsune. Next up? Japanese otaku. More »
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Might be! Developed by Thatgamecompany, Journey is set in a wind-swept desert. You are a traveler, making your way over sand dunes and through ruins. More »
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YouTube user sonaje is talented. When he's not recreating game tunes and sound effects with his guitar, he's doing it with his mouth. More »
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Based in Tokyo geek mecca Akihabara, Clone Factory is just that: a factory that makes clones. More »
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And joining the spaceships from Star Wars and a Gundam MS-06 Zaku II helmet are mechs from Sega's Cyber Troopers Virtual-On. More »
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Why, you'd play video games on it, just like NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. did at the Charlotte Motor Speedway. As website Joystiq points out, it took 57 workers four months to complete the 332.5 ton, 720p screen, which is comprised of 9 million LEDs. More »
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At any geek event in Japan, you'll see them: cosplayers. Convention centers are not ideal backgrounds for the fantasy of fancy costumes. Amateur photographers who aren't happy with the shitty con setting even rent private spaces and hire cosplayers for more professional looking photos. More »
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Understated Aloha shirts are for classy island residents. Gaudy ones for the tourists. But Hawaiian shirts covered in anime girls? More »
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Kamen Rider is an ass-kickin' Japanese hero. Adults and kids alike enjoy the long-running character's latest incarnation Kamen Rider 000. More »
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Everything is now digital. This sentence, for example, doesn't exist in tangible space. But there was a time when you could reach out and touch everything. There was a time when paper was king. More »
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Insanity! This is the latest trailer for Akai Katana, the latest shooter from famed arcade developer Cave. More »
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Designed by gamer shop Meteor, these iPhone 4 cases are supposed to look like the backsides of retro Famicom and NES catridges, complete with warnings on what not to do with the carts. We think they look pretty nice. More »
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Spring is in the air. You can feel it. The birds are singing, and the bees are a-buzzing. It's a perfect time to go outside. But, I'll let you what, you go outside. I'm going to flop on the sofa and play Frog Minutes. More »
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Fuji-Q HighLand, a theme park at the base of Mt. Fuji, is running an exhibition based on the hugely successful Neon Genesis Evangelion, complete with an enormous 1/1 scale Evangelion bust. More »
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In the days following the Tohoku Earthquake, Japanese people across the country began doing what they could for the relief efforts by rolling up their sleeves and giving blood. Just days after the quake hit, the Japanese Red Cross blood donation centers were running at a surplus. More »
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In July 2010, internet person Akula started a new project - and a very ambitious project at that. Akula wanted to turn video game Battlefield Bad Company 2 into a tabletop game. More »
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Noted for her detailed and highly realistic cosplay, Omi Gibson is a regular at events like the Tokyo Game Show. But there's one thing she does better and more passionately than any other female cosplayer. And that's Metal Gear. More »
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Artist Ken Taya, who's currently at 5th Cell, debuted his last creation at Giant Robot's Game Over 4. More here at his blog. More »
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Instructables user dd1714d created this 1.86 meter paper craft of No More Heroes protagonist Travis Touchdown from a 3D model he created himself. More »
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In 2011, the protagonist of 1980s crime saga Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Tommy Vercetti, would be 55. More »
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This is the city of Lethbridge, one of the largest in Alberta, Canada, circa 1987. It is amazing. More »
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Programmed in the early 1960s, Spacewar! is the granddaddy of video games. It's inspired countless other games and has stood the test of time. You know what else has stood the test of time? The game's source code. Here's how. More »
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I often get emails from readers, asking where they should go while visiting Japan. There are the obvious answers like Akihabara or Den-Den Town. But one place I usually recommend, a Nintendo-funded museum in Kyoto, is closing its doors. For the time being, at least. More »
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On February 26, the Nintendo 3DS is going on sale in Japan. It's hitting North America in late March. That might sound like the future. Technically, it is. But it's hardly the future. More »
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I.materialise is 3D printing company. For years, the company churned out concept cars. "We make a lot of concept cars using 3D printing but we're never allowed to talk about them," says i.materialise's Joris Peels. This time is different. More »
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Kinect music videos are not new. There have already been a few like this one from Echo Lake. But while impressive, it's not nearly as impressive as this. More »
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Twenty-five year-old StarCraft II player Kim Won Gi took the South Korean gaming world by storm last year. Some might know him by his pro-gaming handle "Cool", but to many, he's "FruitDealer", one of the best StarCraft II players there is. More »
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Ikaruga, the 2001 shoot'em up, is a gorgeous looking game. So if an Ikaruga model is going to be an accurate reproduction, it needs to be gorgeous. This finished model does not disappoint. More »
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From the man who brought you the Yoshi mecha and the Mario mecha comes the, wait for it, Luigi mecha. More »
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Angry Birds didn't sweep the nation, it swept the whole damn world. The game's popular enough to merit more than stuffed animals, a board game and an animated series. It's popular enough for a slingshot that you can shoot things with. More »
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Vietnam games and movies often rely heavily on old chestnuts like "Paint It Black" or "Fortunate Son" to capture an era. One Vietnam game enlisted some dude from Sweden instead. More »
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OK, so since she IS a computer, Portal's GLaDOS wouldn't exactly need a rig of her own. If she did, though, it'd look exactly like this. More »
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Your eyes do not deceive you. Long assumed to be the natural successor to World of Warcraft, this is an MMO built around the Starcraft universe. Only...it's been made by some fans, and it's been made using Starcraft II. More »
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For fans of stealth series Metal Gear Solid, the name of "Yoji Shinkawa" is nearly as important as MGS creator Hideo Kojima. It's Shinkawa who's responsible for the game's visual look. Something he recreates right here. More »
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