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Mario Levels Made Out Of Real Animal Skulls. Creepy.
Made by artist and designer Tobias Wüstefeldfor the We Love 8 Bit show in Austria this month, these two pieces are…animal skulls. Turned into floating Super Mario Bros. levels. Right. It should be macabre as hell, but really, you barely notice the fact they’re the skulls of dead animals. Maybe. Just think of them as…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 18, 2013 -
Xbox One Checked Into Late Night TV Once In The Last 24 Hours
Microsoft’s Phil Spencer comes across as more of an infomercial guy than a talk show guest here in this stint on Jimmy Fallon earlier tonight, but hey, he’s not the focus here. The Xbox One and some games are. Namely Killer Instinct and Forza 5. Not sure they were the two best games to bring…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 18, 2013 -
Animal Crossing’s Smash Bros. Crossover: Food For Thought
After the PS4 beatdown, the next-biggest thing amongst internet gif makers last week was the announcement of the Animal Crossing villager for the new Smash Bros. game. He was portrayed as everything from a psycho to a…psycho, something which may have made you laugh, but did anyone think of his feelings? He’s just a kid,…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 18, 2013 -
This Is A 90’s PlayStation JRPG, Only New (And For The PC)
Soul Saga is described by its developers as “A love letter to J-RPG classics from the Playstation era like Final Fantasy, Breath of Fire, Suikoden, and Persona.” Which means, in case you hadn’t got that far on your own yet, some Westerners are looking for money on Kickstarter to make a new “classic” JRPG. Most…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 18, 2013 -
How Garrus Learned To Calibrate
What, you think he took classes? Years of college just so he could say a few lines in a video game? No way. Dude did the bare minimum and hoped you wouldn’t find out. Whoops. Other cosplay highlights this week include a Terry Bogard who should really be called Terri, some unbelievable Assassin’s Creed costumery…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 17, 2013 -
Video Game Beards (And Hair) Are More Interesting Than You Think
Know why Eidos and AMD made such a big deal about Lara’s hair in the new Tomb Raider? Because video game hair is normally pretty ugly, and something incredibly hard to get right. The Last Of Us gets it about as right as the current generation probably can, though, with all those wavy curls and…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 17, 2013 -
That’s Quite The Capcom Action Figure You Have There
Lost Planet 2 is one of those games time simply stomped all over then punched out of your memory, but with a sequel on the way, the franchise has one more (last?) shot at relevancy. Which is as good a reason as any I can think of for this amazing Lost Planet 2 figure to…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 17, 2013 -
DOTA 2 Match-Fixing Shows E-Sports Still Learning From Real Sports
Gaming network Starladder TV has handed out a number of serious punishments, including a lifetime ban, for a group of DOTA 2 players caught match-fixing for cash. It’s alleged that Alexey ‘Solo’ Berezin, from the team roX.KIS, bet money on his own team losing a match, which they did in what’s been described as a…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 16, 2013 -
A Monster Hunter Game More People Might Actually Play
Look, I know there’s this underground movement trying to get Monster Hunter going in the West, but most people – myself included – just aren’t feeling it. Mostly that’s down to the combat and reliance on party multiplayer, but I’m starting to wonder if the game’s looks don’t have something to do with it. At…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 16, 2013 -
All Game Of Thrones Needed Was An 80’s Training Montage
Violence! Witty banter! Politics! Nudity! Fancy dresses! Lemon cakes! Game of Thrones has just about everything. Everything except an 80’s movie training montage. Fixed. If you need to know who that is on vocals, it is Australia’s greatest treasure, John Farnham. And it’s from this movie. God, this might be the best paragraph of links…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 16, 2013 -
Beautiful Custom PS3 Consoles Exist To Make You Super Jealous
Sony has a long-running tradition of customising PlayStation consoles, sometimes giving them to celebrities, a tradition that continues to this day. One of the men responsible for these amazing one-of-a-kind machines is Javier Riquelme. Over the weekend he shared examples of some consoles he recently had made for Sony, and they will make you look…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 16, 2013 -
Microsoft Can’t Tell Us If The Xbox One Is Region-Free Or Not
Microsoft has this week released some confusing statements and policies regarding how the Xbox One will work around the world. We’ve tried to get to the bottom of them, with no avail. Earlier in the week, a guide on pre-ordering the Xbox One was published by Microsoft. Saying that the console is only launching in…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 14, 2013 -
There’s A $90 Steam Game, And People Are Freaking Out
Strategy game Planetary Annihilation, which looks awesome, went live on Steam this week. Sort of. The game isn’t finished, but anyone wanting to play it now, ahead of schedule, can do so. For $90. That’s a lot of money, sure, for what’s essentially an alpha of the game, but in addition to access now it…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 14, 2013 -
Because E3 Needed Giant Bugs To Blow To Hell
As sure as the sun will come up tomorrow, there will always be a new Earth Defense Force game to look forward to. Blowing up everything on the screen, from giant ants to giant robots, never gets old. This is the E3 trailer for the latest game in the series, Earth Defense Force 2025. If…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 14, 2013 -
Battlefield 4 Won’t Support Mods. Sorry.
Developers DICE never officially sanctioned the use of mods in Battlefield 3, fearing it could lead to stuff like exploits in multiplayer matches (which, you know, happened anyway). So has the studio reversed that decision for the upcoming Battlefield 4? Of course not. Speaking with PC Gamer at E3, DICE general manager Karl-Magnus Troedsson broke…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 14, 2013 -
Culture
Sure, A Giant Floating Whale, Why Not
A skywhale flew near my house once. True story Xavier Etchepare is a senior concept artist at Ubisoft Montréal, where he’s done stuff like character art and storyboards. He’s worked on games like the Just Dance series, but most of the stuff you’ll see today is either personal or from old/abandoned projects. You can see…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 14, 2013 -
The Oculus Rift Now Does 1080p
If there was one complaint about the early development kits for virtual reality headset Oculus Rift, it’s that the low-res display gave everything a kind of “screen door” effect. Fixed. Newer units of the headset now feature full 1080p support, doubling the number of pixels available, which is quite the feat considering how close these…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 14, 2013 -
Boy Thinks He’s Meeting Iron Man, Meets Actor Instead, Gets Very Sad
Jaxson Denno, who is 18 months old, is a huge Iron Man fan. So when his parents found out Iron Man himself Robert Downey Jr. was nearby shooting a movie, they arranged the meeting of a lifetime. Like only an 18 month year-old could, though, Denno burst into tears when introduced to Tony Stark, because…he…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 13, 2013 -
Goodbye, E3 2013. It’s Been Fun.
That’s a wrap, folks. The doors are closed and E3 2013 is done for. At least for the people actually there. For you, reading at home, good news! It’ll continue for a few more days. We’ve still got plenty of impressions and interviews to come from the show, which we’ll be posting tonight, over the…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 13, 2013 -
A Slightly More Convincing Reason For The Xbox One’s Forced Online
There’s a very good argument that Microsoft’s biggest failure this week was not its Xbox One policies, but its messaging. The way gamers were lumped with obligation, instead of opportunity Take the console’s mandatory online check-in. For nearly every single one of you, that will never be a problem, at least on your end (should…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 13, 2013
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