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On The Hunt For Skyrim In The Real World

Folkenstal builds weapons and armour, mostly from Skyrim. She is very, very good at what she does. Cataloguing her builds on both Facebookand her personal site, there’s everything from intricate daggers to entire suits of armour. If you like what you see here, know that she does commissions

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These Are Two Of The Best Game Of Thrones Cosplayers. It Is Known.

When René Koiter and Rebecca Watts want to dress as power couple Khal Drogo and Daenerys, they don’t do it half-assed. Instead, they make sure literally a dozen people are involved to get these images, from set coordinators to fitness trainers to a hairstylist. I don’t know what’s most impressive. Rebecca for her ability to…

The Week In Games: Let’s Make Hero Babies

You can have your Trials Fusion and your Final Fantasy XIV for the PlayStation 4. This week I’m making babies in Conception II: Children of the Seven Stars. It’s part Japanese role-playing game, part dating sim, set in a society where teenagers branded by god visit church to sire children. It’s not nearly as suggestive…

This Week In The Business: The Navy SEALs Of Game Development

QUOTE | “We’re looking at it as kind of the Navy SEALs of game development training.” – Veteran game designer and director Warren Spector, talking about the new academic program he’s creating at the University of Texas in Austin Elsewhere in the business of video games this past week … QUOTE | “It’s a good…

Let the age of Bravely Default cosplay commence. Great costume, even if Linda Le has got her characters all wrong (Agnes as a vampire? My Agnes was a performer!)

The Future Of War’s So Bright, You Gotta Wear Shades

Dmitriy Rabochiy is a character artist currently doing some work with Blur. Over the last few years, he’s mainly done stuff for games, mobile and film. You can see more of Dmitriy’s work at his personal site To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you can save…

A Game That Brings 80s Action Movies To Life

And some from the 90s as well, I guess, so long as they love FREEDOM

TV News Steals Cosplay Footage, Thinks Thai People Are Japanese

Using cosplay images without crediting the photographer is not cool. It’s a lot worse, though, when a European news program steals some cosplay footage, edits it then falls into the ol’ “all Asians look the same” trap. This story ran recently on Spain’s Telecinco 5. It’s about Tokyo’s fashion culture, and seems to be little…

Ask Dr. Nerdlove: Why Did She Choose Him Over Me?

What’s up, everyone? Welcome to the latest installment of Ask Dr. NerdLove, the only dating advice column that understands the difference between Tsundere and Yandere and why you should run like hell from both of them. This week, we’re running the relationship spectrum from a young man who thinks he’s been Friend Zoned and another…

Cosplayers, I Mean Students, Weren’t Allowed into University Ceremony

At university entrance ceremonies, you are supposed to wear a suit. Dress conservatively! These kids didn’t get the memo and showed up in body paint. While the Kyoto University seems to be a cosplay free for all, the Hokkaido University apparently wouldn’t let these freshmen into their entrance ceremony. Maybe campus security was worried about…

Fans Bring Warhammer To Life On A Battlefield

In the wilds of the Czech Republic, a massive group of Warhammer fans have gathered, dressed up and gone to war. Not on the tabletop. On a “real” battlefield. Smrtihlav 2014, held on the grounds of Orlík Castle, saw the forces of The Empire do battle with the armies of Chaos in an enormous LARP…

The King Of The Digital Jungle

German indie studio duangle, who are working on the very pretty PC adventure game Nowhere, are made up of only two people. One of them is artist Sylvia Ritter. The other is her husband, Leonard Ritter Sylvia’s art is a nice change of pace from what we normally post here, with abstracts and vectors replacing…

The Internet Reacts To New Smash Bros. Reveals

Yesterday’s Nintendo Direct about Smash Bros was full of news—and much of it was so exciting to fans, they couldn’t help but get pumped about it all. You might even say the Direct got the ‘ol hype train going… (Via viceprinciples) Most of the reactions were about a few key things: Pokemon, Samus, new characters,…

Diablo III‘s Endgame, Cleared Insanely Fast

Reaper of Souls introduced huge, randomized dungeons called Nephalem Rifts to Diablo 3. One run usually takes more than 10 minutes, depending on the difficulty level. Well, here’s one Korean gamer who completes a relatively huge dungeon in under 4 minutes on Torment difficulty. This will make you cry if you’re doing these runs, hoping…

Sad Face, Great Art

Anna Lakisova is a freelance Ukrainian artist who has worked in video games for the last few years. I just…love this stuff. We don’t get to showcase nearly enough stupid cats and egg monsters here on Fine Art. You can see more of Anna’s work at her personal site and CGHub page To see the…

TraumaticCandy gets Hatsune Miku’s colour scheme just right. Photo by Zandra Murray

Leon Chiro and Artemis Entreri bring the Final Fantasy beefcake. Photo by Xenolink

Titanfall Fish Markets Struggling For Business

It’s been two years since we last showcased the art of James Paick. In that time he’s worked on projects like Titanfall, so it’s time to take another look. I love this kind of Titanfall art. Yeah, the giant robots and spaceships are cool, but this environmental stuff does a better job than the game…

And Then X-Men’s Quicksilver Ate A Carl’s Jr. Biscuit Really Fast

In an effort to make me hate the Days of Future Past version of speedy mutant Quicksilver even more, fast food chain Carl’s Jr. went and did this. Note the X-tra bacon. Carl’s Jr., aka Hardee’s, has teamed up with some of the actors from X-Men: Days of Future Past to help promote its new…