Yes, this is Wrestlemania. Yes, this is Xavier Woods’ New Day making their entrance in full-blown Dragon Ball cosplay. Out of a giant, assy box of cereal. An entrance for the ages.
College student Peter Byrne has cerebral palsy, and as a result has been having problems with his new DualShock 4 controller. Or, was having problems, until a PlayStation employee got him sorted out. Byrne wrote to Sony to explain an issue he was having, where his left hand was constantly brushing against the DS4’s touchpad,…
April 1. For some, a day of shenanigans. For most, a day of clenched teeth and tested nerves. To sort the former from the latter, here’s a roundup of the best (and worst) April Fool’s gags for 2016. Originally run March 31. Time to put these babies to bed and rest easy for another year.…
Look, spaceships and guns are fine for hardcore gamers, but when it comes to VR and the masses, you need to start somewhere softer. Like cats. On April 15, Namco Bandai will open VR ZONE Project i Can, a demo and display centre in Tokyo that’s going to let people put on a HTC Vive…
Privisa is an upcoming animated feature film made in Poland, which is all about a kid who just does not want to grow up. From the creators: It tells the story of Wilkan, son of the great hunter Borzymir who is about to get his first haircut. He finds out that the elders of the…
Daigo Umehara is getting his own piece of fancy merch later in the year, when statue company Kinetiquettesreleases this piece commemorating the Street Fighter legend. Flanked by two of his favourite characters—Ryu and Evil Ryu—Daigo’s at the back, just chillin’, holding his arcade stick. The statue will stand around 18 inches tall when it’s done…
Oliver Fetscher is a freelance artist from Sweden. If you ever needed help picturing what Ryan Gosling could/would look like in the new Blade Runner movie, here you go. You can see more of Oliver’s work at his ArtStation page To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so…
Now that the Oculus Rift is out—at least for some—it’s time to put down the games, take off the headset and tear the thing to pieces iFixit got their hands on the first consumer release of the VR headset, and it’s a cool breakdown, because it shows the lengths the Oculus team had to go…
Yes, that Eli Roth. Seems the guy is enough of a Dark Souls fan to convince Namco to let him direct an original short animated film/trailer. I’m not so sure the art style quite fits, but the tone sure checks out. The clip was made by animation studio 6 Point Harness
Track: Sentient | Artist: Perturbator | Album: The Uncanny Valley
WonderCon, one of the bigger cosplay events of the year, went down over the weekend in San Diego. Photographer Martin Wong was there taking pics of some of the best of them Below are some highlights, but you can see the full gallery on Martin’s Facebook page Note: if you know/are any of the cosplayers…
Remember Steven K Smith’slife-size Orc build we featured a while back? It’s now finished, and holy shit. It could literally crush a human. The scale. The detail. The fur. This could have walked onto the set of the WarCraft movie and nobody would have batted an eye. You can see more of Steve’s amazing work…
Inka Shu is an artist based in China who works for Tencent. You can see more of Inka’s work at his ArtStation page To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you can save them as wallpaper), click on the “expand” button in the top-left corner. Fine Art…
One of the highlights of this year’s Sakura Con was this trio of Overwatch cosplayers. Note, just in case someone wants to take up arms, that these pics were snapped before the whole butt pose thing blew up, so this is just a homage to what was at the time a victory pose, not cosplay-as-commentary.…
Mordhau is the latest attempt to try and get first-person melee controls working properly in a video game. If you think it looks like Chivalry, you’re not alone. I had to check that this wasn’t just a rebadged update for the cult melee game. But no, this is new, and while it’s promising to have…
As anyone who’s both played The Division and been to New York can instantly recognise, the developers did a pretty good job nailing the look and feel of the city’s streets. Which is cool for tourists and residents, but what about cartographers? For those concerned with the accuracy of the game’s map (and mission placement…
When I was 13, I picked up the first issue of a new Australian games magazine called Hyper. Inside was a story—predicting the ways we’d all “soon” be having virtual sex—that has lived with me to this day. Partly because of the bold predictions being made. That due to advances being made in the initial…
Track: Into the Wasteland | Artist: Zun | Album: Burial Sunrise
The Biker Scout Helmet Project is a Lucasfilm-blessed charity event which has asked special effects, props and cosplay experts from around the world to design and build custom Scout Trooper helmets. Like this one. It was made by Julian Checkley from Order 66 Creatures & Effects, and his idea—to bring a little Batman to the…
The Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo, or C2E2, ran from March 18-20. Was there good cosplay? You bet your fancy pants there was good cosplay. Photographer Long Thai, aka Mineralblu, was there to take snaps over the weekend, and below you’ll find some of his best shots. There are more at his Facebook page
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