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Cosplaying Inside Fallout’s Vaults
Cosplayer Amiko-chan decided to actually stay underground for this Fallout shot. And why not? Let everyone else go above ground and fry and be eaten and shot in the face. There are lunchboxes and working TV sets in the vaults. Photos by Dzeta&Aiger.
By Luke Plunkett Published August 4, 2015 -
CultureTwo Of Halo‘s Best Levels, Now With Dinosaurs
The first Halo was chock full of memorable levels. Know what would’ve made them even more memorable? Goddamn dinosaurs. Modder Spartan464748 decided to turn that weirdly specific fever dream into a reality, creating gorgeous renditions of Halo: Combat Evolved’s second and fourth levels—“Halo” and “The Silent Cartographer”, respectively—in Ark: Survival Evolved. Lots of evolution going…
By Nathan Grayson Published August 4, 2015 -
Culture
The City Of The Future
Derek Weselake is a freelance concept artist and illustrator who works in both the video game and film industries. One of his specialiteis is environment design, and I particulalry dig his takes on a future city: it’s nice seeing something that sits a little more realistically between the two stereotypes of “grimy cyberpunk” and “glistening…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 4, 2015 -
CultureCosplay
Destiny Cosplayer Grinds Endlessly To Create Perfect Outfit
Imagine if cosplay was more like Destiny. You find just the right fabric, walk to the cashier, pay your money…and open the bag to find a packet of nails. Lucky it’s not, then, and Italian cosplayer Fred Props was able to actually make the stuff he wanted for this amazing Hunter outfit. You should check…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 3, 2015 -
Culture
What Are You Playing This August?
Ah, August. The height of the summer, and the graceful slide into fall. Summer might be my favorite time for playing video games. It’s the time when I really feel like I’ve got options—Fall’s frantic keeping-up-with-the-Jonesesness is as far away as it’ll ever be, and we’ve simply got time to relax and play what we…
By Kirk Hamilton Published August 3, 2015 -
Culture
Halo: The Tiny Chief Collection
Back in 2012, we featured the art of Michael Pedro, who had worked on Halo 4. In the three years since, he’s been busy. Having then moved onto the Master Chief Collection, he’s got way more art to show off, both from Halo and other stuff. You can see more of Pedro’s work at his…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 2, 2015 -
Culture
This Week In The Business: A Shitload of Pip-Boys
QUOTE | “We made a shitload of Pip-Boys, and we went back and made more, and went back and made more.” – Bethesda marketing VP Pete Hines, explaining why there won’t be any more of the Fallout 4 accessories QUOTE | “The immediate reaction when someone asks you to take on a Star Wars game,…
Steve Peterson Published August 1, 2015 -
CultureJesus, Batman, What Did You Do To This Guy?
Today on Highlight Reel we have bad guys turned into grotesque monsters, Rocket League assists, drunk missiles and much more! Watch the video above, then link any of your favorite highlights in the comments, and be sure to check out, like and subscribe the original videos via the links below. Destiny – Two Heavy Novas…
By Chris Person Published July 31, 2015 -
Culture
Well, That’s One Way To Fight A War
Ignacio Fernández Ríos is a concept artist from Spain who has worked on games like Castlevania: Lords of Shadow and Clive Barker’s Jericho You can see more of Ignacio’s work at his personal site and ArtStation page To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you can save…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 30, 2015 -
CultureCosplay
Terrific Ciri Cosplay Brings The Witcher 3 To Life
Is it too late to make this the International Week Of Witcher Cosplay? Because only a day after that awesome Yenn comes an equally impressive Ciri. Not only is the cosplay job and photography outstanding, but they went the extra mile to really nail the location, heading out deep into the woods in Washington to…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 30, 2015 -
CultureNew Steam Hit Is Basically Horror Hide And Seek
I just got done playing a few matches of Dead Realm, and I’m shaking. Admittedly, it could be the fact that I’ve consumed waaaay too much coffee in the past couple hours, but the multiplayer horror game’s tension definitely got to me. Currently in Steam’s top ten best sellers, Dead Realm is basically hide and…
By Nathan Grayson Published July 30, 2015 -
CultureClicker Games Are Suddenly Everywhere On Steam
It all started with Clicker Heroes. Or maybe Adventure Capitalist. Now things are getting out of hand. In the past few weeks, there’s been a veritable explosion of clicker games—that is, games where you mostly click on stuff until it dies to progress, slowly but surely leveling up to improve your clicking prowess—on Steam. Among…
By Nathan Grayson Published July 30, 2015 -
CultureWatch A Speedrunner Break The Hell Out Of Earthbound
Did you know that if you press the right buttons in the right order, you can manipulate Earthbound’s random enemies into doing whatever you’d like? No? Now you know. Last night, as part of the annual Summer Games Done Quick marathon, speedrunner Aurilliuxshowed off some of the incredible things he can do in the classic…
By Jason Schreier Published July 30, 2015 -
Culture
Redditor Badwxlf made a BioShock cake for a friend, even doing some research before baking it—by grabbing the three games during the Steam Summer sale and taking screenshots while playing. It has a Big Daddy and a Gatherer’s Garden vendor made out of Rice Krispies, so it’s probably delicious. More photos below. Dayshot is an…
By András Neltz Published July 30, 2015 -
Culture
An Evangelion Masterpiece
Kyonghwan “Tahra” Kim is a freelance concept artist and illustrator from Korea. Good thing he’sgot a book collecting his work already, because it saves me asking for one. You can see more of Kim’s work at his personal site and ArtStation page To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 29, 2015
