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The Greatest Cosplay in the World
Last weekend, cosplayers from around the world flocked to the Wold Cosplay Summit. This is more than simply the Olympics of posing and priming in character costumes. Cosplayers perform on stage, giving the competition an air of theatrics. Held since 2003 and supported by the Japanese government, the World Cosplay Summit invites cosplayers from across…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 11, 2011 -
Here, Have a Snack
Fed | TOKYO, JAPAN: 3DS Game idol G-Feed unit visits website 4Gamer. (Photo: 4Gamer) Don’t Blame Grand Theft Auto for the London Riots So, a London cop says something about Grand Theft Auto and suddenly a British newspaper sees fit to blame the series for the riots that have plagued the English city all week…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 10, 2011 -
Want To Be in Prototype 2?
Well, you could be! Maybe not, though, but you might as well try. Radical Entertainment and GameStop are running a promotion with the grand prize of winning a trip for two to Vancouver and appearing in Prototype 2 Customers who pre-order the game at GameStops in the U.S. or Canada between now and September can…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 10, 2011 -
Milla Jovovich Returning to Resident Evil
Actress Milla Jovovich is starring in the fifth RE flick, Resident Evil: Retribution. Paul W.S. Anderson is writing and directing. The film is slated for September 2012 and will take place in Toronto and Tokyo. [Bloody Disgusting]
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 10, 2011 -
This 3DS Price Cut Just Might Work
Nintendo’s decision to slash the 3DS’s price tag was sudden and desperate. Who cares, because from the sound of it, Japanese gamers are becoming keen. According to The Mainichi Newspaper, when the price was dropped, online reservations at Japanese retailer Bic Camera spiked. “It’s going better than we thought,” a Bic Camera spokesperson told the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 10, 2011 -
Living Life with Multiple Sets of Plastic Hair
Figures often have extra hands or arms for collectors to switch out for new poses. Sometimes figures have extra hair, and alternate hairdos are exciting! Take this statue of Rinko Kobayakawa from Konami’s hit love simulator Love Plus. She comes with two different hairstyles—one is her default ‘do, and the other one, the clumpy bangs,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 10, 2011 -
The World Does Not Need This Camera
The world really doesn’t. But Capcom didn’t ask the world. It looked at the Japanese sales for its wildly popular Monster Hunter games and crapped out this camera. It may sound like I hate this 3 megapixel camera. I don’t! It so ridiculous that I cannot help but like it. The camera features a Felyne,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 10, 2011 -
Zelda Designer Dreams of Zelda Movie
Nintendo made one live action movie, the Super Mario Bros. flick. It sucked. That isn’t stopping Zelda designer Eiji Aonuma from fantasizing about making an epic motion picture with everyone’s favorite green-hatted hero. In the August edition of Nintendo Power, Aonuma confessed that he was personally interested in doing a Zelda movie. “I always thought…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 10, 2011 -
Let a Giant Mecha Show You Around
Bandai Namco is releasing a Gundam themed navigational app for the iPhone. Users can selected Earth Federation or Republic of Zeon interface choices and voice guidance. You or your car is represented by a Mobile Suit or battle suit. The more you use the app, the more Mobile Suits you can acquire. While using the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 10, 2011 -
Check Out the Giant Hole Physics
Bugs happen. And since games can be patched and fixed, I personally don’t think a few aren’t that big of a deal. They can be, however, very funny. Take this one, which is what is apparently a recently discovered bug in Gran Turismo 5, a not-so-recently released game. The bug was in Super GT: Eifel…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 10, 2011 -
Fondling Breasts for a Good Cause
If super group AKB48 are idols you can see live on a daily basis, then Marshmallow 3D are idols you can cop a feel from. Forget 3D boob games on the Nintendo 3DS! Later this month during a 24 hour telethon for an adult TV channel, you, me or anyone else can pay ¥1,000 (US$13)…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 10, 2011 -
Gesundheit! Blew My Pants Off. With Snot.
It ain’t easy being green, and it’s harder being a green, mucus filled piggy. Your fellow pigs want nothing to do with you. But when monsters invade your homeland, it’s up to you (and your nose) to save the day. In Gesundheit!, the goal is to lead the monsters into traps, which are monster-eating sandworms…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 9, 2011 -
Sony on Fire
Destroyed | LONDON, UK: Firefighters rush to put out a burning Sony building. (Photo: BBC) If You Want to Stay Up Playing Xbox Games, Don’t Snort Ritalin A teenager from The Hutt Valley, New Zealand, was last week trying to stay up late playing his Xbox 360. Instead of doing what normal people do, and…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 9, 2011 -
Want to Play Final Fantasy XIII-2 Early at Square Enix HQ in Tokyo?
On September 10, Square Enix is letting 40 fans play some of FFXIII-2 before the Tokyo Game Show. Register over at Square Enix Members, and winners are picked via raffle. The catch? Registration is in Japanese. Good luck! [Square Enix]
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 9, 2011 -
This Year’s Sexiest Game Gets One Sexy Statue
PS3 title Catherine is saucy. It inspires saucy cosplay and fan art. And next year, the game is getting a hot figurine. Figure maker Max Factory is offering this 1/7 scale PVC figure. It is slated for release next fall. Price is not yet revealed. Catherine was released this February in Japan and this July…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 9, 2011 -
A Nice Thank You for Portal 2
According to YouTube user Khaff 3, “This is my own way to make my thanks to the creators of Portal 2 for making such a WONDERFUL videogame!” For game creators, it must be nice making games that people like—and even nicer when players make something of their own as a humble way to say thanks.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 9, 2011 -
Want Your 3DS to Look Stupid?
The 3DS and its three-layer cake motif look beautiful. It’s a stunning piece of hardware, and one of Nintendo’s most interesting designs. So why not totally fuck that up? Linx Products is releasing the “Handy Grip” for the 3DS. It supposedly provides better grip for the glossy 3DS. There are even webbed handles to prevent…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 9, 2011 -
Battlefield 3, Meet a Supersonic Jet
At this year’s Gamescom gaming expo in Germany, EA and DICE are bringing a Mig-21 to the Battlefield 3 booth. They used a red semi-truck! Battlefield 3 is facing off with rival title Modern Warfare 3, and unless the Activision booth has, I dunno, more impressive military hardware, chalk up a Battlefield 3 win in…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 9, 2011 -
Eyewitness: Looters Are Stealing Sony Stuff, Like the Wii [Update]
As the riots in London rage on and spread to other UK cities, damage is being to buildings, homes, cars and more. A three-story Sony warehouse in North London was enveloped in flames on late Monday or early Tuesday. “There will likely be some impact on deliveries,” said Sony’s Yoko Yasukochi. “We cannot determine the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 9, 2011
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