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Japanese FemShep Statue is Surprisingly Unsexy
Kotobukiya, one of the world’s top collectible companies, has a line of pieces it calls “Bishoujo”. What that normally means for fans are statues of female characters rendered in anime style and with, um, disproportionate proportions There’s a market for that kind of thing, I’m sure, but for many it’s a little much. Which is…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 24, 2012 -
DOTA 2’s Official Replica Weapons Are Blowing My Mind
Unlike some of its other series, Valve isn’t going for massmarket appeal with its official DOTA 2 merchandise. Instead, it’s teamed up with special effects house WETA for a range of statues and replicas that is very fancy. Available for pre-order from WETA’s online store, there are two swords, a shield (all life-size) and a…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 24, 2012 -
An Adventure Game That Should Have Been Called Milhouse: The Later Years
Anna’s Quest is a new episodic adventure game series from indie developer Dane Krams, with a cute little art style. It gains added weight, though, when you see the poster/art for the game, and notice it features what looks like a 70 year-old Milhouse. Good to see he got over Lisa Simpson and moved on…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 24, 2012 -
The History of Music. In Animated Gif Form.
Those lacking the will to read up on the history of music, or even watch a nice documentary, here: the history of music, presented in the form of animated gifs. They’re the work of musician Joshua Carrafa, and what I like best isn’t the fact they’re genuinely educational (in a “Trivial Pursuit card” kind of…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 24, 2012 -
New Trailer For The New Kingdom Hearts Game…Collection…Thing
Square Enix was really weird about Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 Remix at the Tokyo Game Show. Kept saying it was a “video work”. We’re sure there’s going to be game in there somewhere, probably a lot going by the footage here, but just how much, we won’t know until Square stops being so weird. Anyway,…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 24, 2012 -
From Mass Effect to…Death Metal Horror Movies
Richard Boylan, a cinematic artist at BioWare, has spent his waking hours for the last few years working on the Mass Effect series. All that synth, and white walls, and clean space stations…it’s enough to drive a man to make a death metal horror movie. So, you know, that’s what he’s done. Boylan has written…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 24, 2012 -
When Brilliant Scientists Also Have Amazing Toy Collections
Dr. Mark C. Glassy’s official bio reads like this: Dr. Mark C. Glassy is the Chief Executive Officer of Nascent Biologics, Inc., the Director of and Professor at the Integrated Medical Science Association Foundation, and is on the faculty of the University of California, San Diego in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department and Bioscience…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 24, 2012 -
Animal Crossing Only Makes Break-Ups Worse
If you’ve ever played an Animal Crossing game, you’ve surely done it at least once: name something, or somewhere, after a friend or loved one. It seems a good fit, bringing the real world into your clockwork virtual one, but that door swings both ways. What seems cute or appropriate when things are going well…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 24, 2012 -
A Week of Cosplayers Doing What They Do Best
While all eyes were on Japan this week at the Tokyo Game Show, where cosplay is almost as big a draw as the games themselves (at least on the weekend), those engaged in the art elsewhere quietly had one of the most impressive weeks we’ve seen in a while here on Fancy Pants. Seriously. If…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 24, 2012 -
The World Would be Cooler if it Was Made Out of Polygons
Designers Jeremiah Shaw & Danny Jones have set up a site called Geo a Day. The idea is simple. It’s a “daily exercise in exploration of shapes and form”, meaning every day we get a new image made entirely out of geometric shapes. It’s like children’s television, video games and graphic design got together and…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 24, 2012 -
This Brand New Neo Geo Game Will Make You Move Your TV
From the same guys who brought you Gunlord, comes NEO XYX, a shooter for the Neo Geo that…yes, this will be a Neo Geo game. On a cartridge and everything. Because it’ll only be made in a small run, and because it’s being made for a dead console that uses expensive cartridges, don’t be too…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 23, 2012 -
“He Threatens to Stab me if I Don’t Give Him a Copy of This New JRPG”
Website CollegeHumor has a section called Works Sucks. It’s a place where the downtrodden and downbeat can swap stories, comparing how awful their jobs are and hopefully finding solace in the fact their shitty job isn’t as shitty as someone else’s. Amidst all the complaints from factory workers and IT victims, this one popped up…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 23, 2012 -
One of These 17 Beautiful Screenshots is Your Next Desktop Wallpaper
Joanne, aka PixieGIrl4, is a video game “photographer” in the same vein as guys like Duncan “Dead End Thrills” Harris She is very, very good at what she does. Below you’ll find some of her best “screenshots” (click to embiggen), which are captured using tools and tweaks that can – and often does – melt…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 23, 2012 -
Murdered EVE Online Player Was a CIA Agent, According to the Infinite Wisdom of Glenn Beck
Continuing his blossoming love affair with the video game community, conservative pundit Glenn Beck has waded into the tragic events surrounding the death of State Department employee Sean Smith in Libya earlier this month Not to pay his respects, though. He’s bringing it up to accuse Smith and his colleagues of either working with the…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 23, 2012 -
GTAIV Brings the Curtain Down on Gangnam Style Videos
OK, I think we’ve all had just about enough of this Gangnam Style business. So let’s tie it all off neatly with what really should have been the first video game parody of the lot: Grand Theft Auto IV’s. GTA IV – GANGNAM STYLE [YouTube, via Rockstar]
By Luke Plunkett Published September 21, 2012 -
Dragon’s Dogma Gets Expansion Pack [Update]
Capcom today announced the first major expansion for its RPG Dragon’s Dogma, called Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen It’ll be out next year on 360 and PS3. I’d tell you more, but at the moment there’s not much more to tell other than what’s in the trailer up top! UPDATE – Still no info on the…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 21, 2012 -
Rapper Can’t Use Computer, Freaks Out at Computer
Rapper DMX is, by some accounts, a handy guy with a knife, a gun, drugs and a mic. Before you go proclaiming him some renaissance man, however, watch him try and use a computer. Note that he’s not being asked to render something in 3D Studio Max, or code a web page. Or even using…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 21, 2012 -
Some Halo 4 Campaign Screens to Start Your Friday
We’ll have more on Halo 4‘s campaign mode later in the day, but for now, here’s a collection of screenshots from the game, some in first-person, others not, all of them looking very purple Good to see 343 have at least stayed faithful to that particular aspect of the Bungie legacy.
By Luke Plunkett Published September 21, 2012 -
This Isn’t Scribblenauts, it’s a New Game From the Second Life Guys
Wow, Linden Labs, what gives. You’re meant to be that place responsible for Second Life and all the weirdness that comes with it, not cool and interesting games like Patterns and Creatoverse We showed you Patterns yesterday, but it’s one of two games Linden is currently working on. The other is Creatoverse, an iPad game……
By Luke Plunkett Published September 21, 2012 -
Disney Accused of Stealing Chiptune Music
Earlier this week, chiptune band Anamanaguchi got a little upset when they saw a clip from a Disney app called PIXEL’D. The song used for the video sounds a lot like Anamanaguchi’s Jetpack Blues Sunset Hues I’m no copyright lawyer, and this is a messy area at the best of times, but I’d say they’ve…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 21, 2012
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