I do not own an iPad. If I did, I’d probably cover it with Portal decals like this. It’s not just that I don’t own an iPad, these Reddit user created decals are not yet for sale. Shame! It’s the best use of the Apple logo that I’ve seen in a while. Portal-themed iPad Decals…
Nintendo’s pre-Tokyo Game Show press conference was in Japanese. Now, weeks later, Nintendo of America has subtitled the bit in which Shigeru Miyamoto talks up The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword Miyamoto’s Presentation [Edge] You can contact Brian Ashcraft, the author of this post, at [email protected]. You can also find him on Twitter, Facebook, and…
During a round of Call of Duty: Black Ops, 46-year-old Mark Bradford (pictured) was snuffed out during an online match by a 13-year-old player. Instead of respawning and trying to avenge himself in-game, Bradford went to the boy’s house and choked him. “I’d been playing the whole day and he was baiting me and baiting…
One Piece: Kaizoku Musou is an upcoming collaboration between Namco Bandai and Koei Temco. It’s the Musou hack-and-slash series, but with a One Piece spin. In years past, Koei and Namco Bandai collaborated to create Gundam Musou, a Gundam meets hack-and-slash Dynasty Warriors style game. The quality for the embedded trailer above isn’t so hot.…
Nielsen, the American market research people, has a list of the top twenty games that are the most anticipated titles of 2011’s holiday season. According to this consumer tracking survey, the top twenty games consist of titles going on sale between August and November for the PS3, Xbox 360, and the Wii. Nielsen interviewed 5,000…
In Geek Girls, adult video game actresses talk about their favorite games. After that, they do other things “I’m into it because I don’t know how not to be,” said Misti Dawn, one of the film’s stars, in an official statement (via Banana Syrup Company). “Gaming was engraved in me at a young age. I…
The PS Vita is getting an array of memory card sizes. They range from a 4GB Memory Card (¥2,200 or US$29) to 32GB Memory Card (¥9,500 or $124). With that in mind, will Sony be restricting download size? Initially, yes. According to Sony, 3G downloads will be restricted to 20MB a pop, but that could…
Ninety-nine percent of buses are boring. But there’s always one one percent of them too cool for school. This bus is one of those. Wrapped in Fate/zero, this Tokushima City bus is for upcoming nerd event Asobi Machi. Fate/zero is a light novel that’s the result of a collaboration between Type Moon and game developer…
Maid cafes are a dime a dozen in Tokyo geek mecca Akihabara. They’re totally normal. Cafe t.t.t. might be in Akihabara, but it’s zip codes are way from normal. Cafe t.t.t. is a kigurumi cafe. Literally, “Kigurumi” is a mash of the Japanese word “kiru” (“to wear”) and “nuigurumi” (“plush toy”). In kigurumi cosplay, people—often…
It began, as so many things do, with sweaty men in tight underpants. And they wore masks. Let’s not forget the masks. Lucha Libre masks. Those masks might have started in Mexican professional wrestling, but they live on in Japan, whether that be in fashion, manga, pornos and, yes, video games. “You want to know…
Flying | JACKSONVILLE, FL – The Eagles relaxed in the stands in Feb. 2005 during the annual Media Day. (Photo: Shephan Savoia | AP) Going to War Like Only Nintendo can Even though Zelda has killing and even Mario has head-stomping, when you think about it, nearly all of Nintendo’s first-party properties are harmless affairs.…
Dammit, Nintendo. Just when everyone is ready to write you off and declare the Wii as totally irrelevant, you do this This, of course, is The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. The Wii is showing its age, sure, and, yes, the graphics have jagded edges. But this is a proper Zelda game, and it shows…
The upcoming PSP version of the popular online juggernaut Ragnarok is offering a demo that allows players to finish the game’s first ending. According to Famitsu, that took the publication around 16 hours to do. Sixteen hours, for free! The game has multiple endings, so this does have a whiff of freemium content (neat to…
Level-5 rented a big space at this year’s Tokyo Game Show, but then got cold feet and missed the biggest TGS ever. Doh. Instead, Level-5 is holding its own event, which is called Level-5 World. It will run from Oct. 15 to Oct. 16 at Tokyo Big Site. Admission is free. Honestly, I cannot ever…
Toriko is a Japanese manga that follows a “Gourmet Hunter” named Toriko who is on the hunt for rare food. This is an ad for a “Toriko Snack Pulverizer”. You put snacks in it, pulverize them, and then sprinkles them on food. It’s totally awesome. This summer, Bandai Namco released a new Toriko game, which…
It’s hard. Just ask StarCraft II player Kim Shee-Yoon, aka “Eve”. StarCraft is huge in Korea. Pro gaming is big, too, but it’s dominated by male players. Eve isn’t the first female professional player, as e-sport has already seen the likes of ToSsGirL According to website The Mary Sue, Eve was selected for Korean StarCraft…
Its beginnings were humble. During the late 1970s and early 1980s, Japanese fans went to manga and anime conventions dressed as their favorite characters. There’s a long history of people dressing as their favorite characters in the West, too—notably, Trekkies. Those were innocent times. As the 1980s wore on and turned into the 1990s, the…
Square Enix, maker of Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest, is joining forces with Yahoo! Japan’s mobile game division for a new project. Smart money says it’s a some sort of social or browser game, sure. According to the teaser site, which will reveal the new work on Oct. 5, the two are collaborating on a…
Flying | LOS ANGELES – At the 2000 E3, Sega held a rock climbing contest. (Photo: Access Communications, Vince Bucci | AP) Baby’s Anime Name Thrills Some. Baffles Others. Names are important. You have them from the moment you are born until the day you die. That is, unless you change it to “Cary Grant”…
During this year’s Tokyo Game Show, Japanese website Inside Games thought it would be a good idea to film this year’s booth companions. Maybe it was. Inside Games also thought it would be a good idea to film them with a 3D camera. Meaning? Meaning if you have a 3D television, a 3D smartphone, a…
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