Brian Ashcraft

BioShock Takes Cosplay to Infinity and Beyond

Those BioShock titles sure have given us some fancy outfits! And the newly released BioShock Infinite is no exception. That’s probably one reason why people, especially cosplayers, love the BioShock games. Here is some, but not all, of the best BioShock cosplay this side of the internet. Have a look below as you try to…

Blizzard just announced the StarCraft II World Championship Series. More on Battle.net. [Official Site Thanks, Sang!]

It’s Like Temple Run, But with Naked Chinese People and a Sex Doll

Apparently, these photos were recently taken in Beijing. However, it isn’t known who this couple is or what the hell is going on. Well, save for the part about running naked in public with an inflatable friend. We got that part. Warning: This article has content some readers might find objectionable. According to The South…

How to Make My Little Pony Cuter: Give It a Japanese Theme Song

Today, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic finally debuted in Japan. The name of the show is My Little Pony ~Tomodachi wa Mahou~ (マイリトルポニー〜トモダチは魔法〜). That last part means, “friends are magic”. They are! The show is also getting its own theme song, “Mirai Start” (ミライスタート) or “Future Start”. Voice actress Suzuko Mimori, who also voices…

Didn’t Like Hollywood’s Dragon Ball Movie? Well, Neither Did Dragon Ball‘s Creator

Hollywood’s take on Dragon Ball sucked. Sucked badly. If you thought that, you were not alone. Dragon Ball‘s creator Akira Toriyama wasn’t thrilled either. In an interview with Asahi (via 2ch), Toriyama talked about the ill-fated Dragon Ball movie, Dragonball Evolution “At the time of the live-action Hollywood version, the script didn’t really capture the…

Impatient People Make GTA V Box Art [UPDATE]

This weekend, Kotaku posted images of a new mural going up in downtown Manhattan. The unfinished mural seems to show the yet unrevealed Grand Theft Auto V box art. Impatient people decided they couldn’t wait for the mural’s completion. So they finished it themselves. (UPDATE: The mural isn’t done, but the boxart officially is.) Kotaku‘s…

Tokyo Train Station Is Covered in Final Fantasy. And It’s Awesome.

Shinjuku Station is all about Final Fantasy V. Spotted on the Keio Line’s platform, huge V-shaped pillars were draped in FF art. The v-shaped pillars are originally part of the station’s construction. Meaning? Square Enix didn’t add them, but was clever enough to incorporate the pillars into a campaign to promote the FFV‘s iOS release.…

Former Yakuza Injured in Shooting at an Osaka Game Center

In the afternoon of March 31, a shooting broke out at game center in Osaka. According to Jiji Press (via The Tokyo Reporter), a former high-level yakuza was grazed in the left part of his chest. He was taken to a local hospital, and he is expected to recover. The wounded man was apparently a…

Sony is releasing a new DualShock 3 color for Japan: Metallic Gray. It’s out June 20, which is when The Last of Us launches in Japan. Supplies are limited. [SCEJA]

Sony, If This Is Your Future, Count Me Out!

On Sony Japan’s Facebook page, the above image was posted late last month (I added the text). Along with the photo, Sony Japan wrote, “In the near future, maybe a scene like this will become normal?” (近い将来、こんな光景が普通になるかも？) I sure hope not! There are over 700 comments on this photo. People are writing things like, “This…

Game of Thrones “Copied” by a Chinese Liquor Commercial

Just as the latest season of Game of Thrones is starting, a Chinese liquor company figured out a way to recut and rework the show’s opening credits. Jian Nan, a brand of baijiu, substituted the names in the Game of Thrones credits with a quick look at Chinese history. Westeros locations, like King’s Landing and…

Up Close with the iPlay, the Apple Gaming Console That Doesn’t Exist

Today, game website IGN showed the launch trailer for the iPlay. It’s poised as Apple’s effort at video game hardware. And it’s totally made up. That’s right! Check your calendars, folks. It’s April 1. Then admire this iPlay console mock up, and IGN’s tongue-in-cheek trailer. You can watch it in the link below. iPlay [IGN]

In This Japanese Love Hotel, There’s an Effing DDR Arcade Machine

“Love hotels” are Japan’s equivalent of the “no-tell motel”. Rooms are available by the hour, and the hotels cater to people having sex, whether that’s renting costumes, selling sex toys, or streaming adult videos. But, wait! Some people have more varied interests. They like to sing karaoke and play video games. Well, love hotels often…

Nintendo Is Rolling Out a New AR App for Japan

Later this month, Nintendo will start selling pre-paid cards for downloadable 3DS games that come with AR cards for Issho ni Photo: Super Mario (“Photos Together with Super Mario”). It’s a new 3DS app that uses the AR cards to allow you to take snaps of and with the Mario characters. The first set, on…

The Hardest Where’s Waldo Imaginable

Okay, I’ll admit it. I haven’t found Waldo (née “Wally”) in this image. So, he might not even be in the above GIF. That shouldn’t stop you from searching. And if you do, have a look at the slightly sharper version of the above GIF down below. The animated image recently appeared on 2ch, Japan’s…

As of today, Sony Computer Entertainment Japan and Sony Computer Entertainment Asia are now a single unit, Sony Computer Entertainment Japan Asia. This seems to streamline and expand PlayStation operations. [SCEI]

April Fool’s Day in Japan Brings Us a Truly Wonderful Pizza Product. Shame It’s Fake.

April Fool’s Day is definitely a thing in Japan. And here is a round-up of some, certainly not all, of the country’s internet pranks. Many of them are either game or geek related things, but not all of them. And at least one of them should be real. April Fool’s Day or not, I so…

Minecraft Creator: “We Did Not Pay Anyone To Party”

Last night, Mojang, the studio that created Minecraft, hosted a big shindig at the Game Developers Conference, dubbed “.party()”. There were flashing lights, a Skrillex set, and according to rumors, paid companions in the V.I.P. room. Rumors that Minecraft’s creator Markus Persson says just aren’t true. As noted by Misguided@NeoGAF, people—game industry people—are saying that…

Rumor: Ex-Square Enix Developer Writes Defense of Recently Axed Boss

Yoichi Wada, Square Enix’s president, is stepping down. The news came as a surprise. Wada has been Square Enix’s only president since Square and Enix joined forces. Some are happy about this. Others are not. Online in Japan, an individual claiming to have worked, until recently, at Square Enix as a programmer wrote a post…

Hideo Kojima once again says Metal Gear Solid V will be his last Metal Gear. Haven’t heard that one before! More on GTTV