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Lindsay P is a cosplayer, make-up artist and props builder. You can see more of Lindsay’s work at her Behance page

Our Favorite Cosplay From Fandemic Houston 2018

Fandemic—a con that tours the country, and which has already visited Sacramento this year—was in Houston earlier this month, as was some fantastic cosplay from attendees. All photos below were taken by Mineralblu

Here’s Another Adidas x Dragon Ball Sneaker: Shenron

Adidas keeps rolling out looks at the official Dragon Ball sneakers that’ll start releasing soon, and the latest is probably the best of the bunch: Shenron. These shots froms.sam.group show that the EQT Support ADV Primeknit Shenron’s shoe is based on has had its colour palette sharpened up to match the dragon’s appearance, while there’s…

Flotsam Is Waterworld: The Strategy Game

Flotsam is an upcoming town-builder on PC set in a desolate future where everything has sunk beneath the waves. Players are left to scrounge the surface (and the depths) for construction materials, while avoiding things that are trying to trash your floating settlement. This could be a total downer, but developers Pajama Llama have wisely…

$200 Overwatch Sword Is Not Messing Around

Blizzard is selling a $200 replica of Genji’s sword, and anyone willing to practice with the blade while everyone else plays Overwatch will at least find it full of techy features. In addition to looking like the actual in-game weapon (except for the fact this is made of plastic), it also lights up, and has…

And Now For Some Videos From The Telltale Archives

With adventure studio Telltale closing up, former employees are starting to share and upload all kinds of stuff from their time with the company. One of those is Jake Rodkin (now at Campo Santo/Valve, but was key to the success of Monkey Island and Walking Dead S1), who is uploading all kinds of old videos like…

Game Of Thrones’ Concept Artists Have Designed Unseen Areas Of Westeros

In 2015, over 40 of the concept artists working on HBO’s Game of Thrones got together and decided to put on an exhibition, aimed at illustrating the wider world and history of George R. R. Martin’s universe. With the author’s backing, and after three years of hard toil outside the job of actually working on the…

Achtung! Cthulhu Tactics is what happens when someone decides to go and make “XCOM meets Hellboy”. It’s out on Steam next month

Police Arrest Dad Who Sent Toddler Inside Prize Machine To Steal Nintendo Consoles

The father who sent his young daughter inside a vending machine to steal some Nintendo consoles has been arrested and charged after turning himself into police. The Union Leader reportsthat Anthony Helinski, a 34 year-old from Lawrence, Mass, “surrendered himself, accompanied by his lawyer, after a warrant was issued for his arrest Wednesday.” He has…

Periodic: A Game of The Elements is a new science board game where the board is literally the periodic table of elements.It’s up on Kickstarter now and has already blown past its funding goal

Steam Introducing Community Comment Moderation

Beginning on September 25, a moderation team at Valve “will start reviewing reported discussion posts in all game hubs on Steam.” Developers can opt out of this universal system if they like, but otherwise any time a user reports a comment in a game’s community area, it’ll be “added to a queue for our moderation…

The Art Of Destiny 2: Forsaken

A look behind the scenes on Destiny 2's latest expansion

Microsoft’s Custom Charity Consoles Are Great

Xbox and Make-A-Wish are teaming up again for their Consoles For Kids charity drive, and the 2018 batch of custom-designed celebrity consoles are looking very pretty. How pretty you find them may depend on your feelings towards a particular celebrity, since many of them just have someone’s face plastered over the front, but there are…

Sephiroth Cosplay Rises From The Flames

This isn’t photoshop: cosplayer Leon Chiro went all out on this Sephiroth getup, sitting himself in a ring of fire to make sure everything was as evil and brooding as possible. The fire photos were taken by Muffin Geek Production, while the others are by EoS Andy and Tobias Schmelzer. The shoot was part of…

Sony Just Announced The $100 PlayStation Classic Console

If Nintendo can do it, Sony can too: the company just announced the PlayStation Classic, a small retro console that comes bundled with a range of the original console’s best/most popular games (including Final Fantasy VII). It’ll be out on December 3 in the US, Canada, Europe, Japan and Australia, and includes games like Final…

Start Your Engines

Mustafa Lamrani is an artist at Starbreeze (Riddick, Syndicate) who has also worked for companies like Ubisoft. You can see more of Mustafa’s work at his ArtStation page

Emilie Gauvin is a cosplayer from Montreal who specialises in costume and fashion design. Here she is as Haru from Persona 5. Panther by luxlocosplay, photo by Erik Paredes

Adidas’ Dragon Ball Sneakers Are Trying The Ol’ Collect-Em-All Trick

Adidas is coming out with a whole line of Dragon Ball sneakers, and while the shoes themselves aren’t great, the sportswear giant is hoping that the boxes they come in are reason enough for fans to drop hundreds of dollars on the set. Each pair of sneakers will come in a box that represents only…

LEGO And The Nintendo Switch Go Very Well Together

Nintendo’s Labo system was designed for use with cardboard, but LEGO designer Vimal Patel (like, he actually works at LEGO designing) has other ideas. He’s taken (via Gamasutra) some of Labo’s existing cardboard tools, like the piano and handlebars, and built them out of LEGO Technic instead. Which is more complicated and less accessible than…

Stormy Daniels Says Donald Trump Has “A Dick Like The Mushroom Character From Mario Kart“

Stormy Daniels, the adult performer at the centre of one of President Donald Trump’s larger personal scandals, has a new book out next month, and somehow there is room for an excellent Nintendo/dick reference in it. An early copy of the book—called Full Disclosure—has been obtained by The Guardian, and amidst all the other details…