Anime’s Dance Sequence Looks Similar To A YouTuber’s Choreography

Melochin has been uploading his dances to YouTube for years. Recently, he noticed that the ending sequence for this season’s anime Stars Align looks like a routine he uploaded back in 2016. Judge for yourself in this comparison Melochin made to see how the anime’s sequence compares to his work. Here is his original upload.…

First Look At Nausicaä‘s Live-Action Kabuki Version

Hayao Miyazaki turned down Hollywood but OKed an official kabuki adaptation of Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind. Via Sports Hochi, here is a first look at actors Onoe Kikunosuke as Nausicaä and Nakamura Shichinosuke as Princess Kushana. It’s interesting to see how the character’s costumes were changed for the kabuki version, especially Nausicaä’s…

Nintendo Tokyo, the first official Nintendo shop opening in Japan, will of have a slew of exclusive merch. Of course, it will! Above is a first look—the t-shirts and the tote bag are quite nice! The shop opens next month.

The Internet Reacts To The Ghost In The Shell’s Full-3D Anime Style

Next spring, the new series Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 is coming to Netflix. The show is in full-3D animation, which is a first for the series. There is a range of reactions, but for the most part, many are either lukewarm or put off entirely. Shinji Aramaki (Appleseed) and Kenji Kamiyama (Ghost in the…

Kenrokuen Garden. Kanazawa, Japan. By Suman Kugadasan JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line!

Old Arcade Games Had Just The Most Beautiful Typography

Hey, so we’re going to look at something different tonight in Fine Art. We’re not looking at environments, or characters, or weapons, or user interfaces, or animation, or any of the other stuff we normally feature. Instead, we’re looking at typography Read-Only Memory have released a book called Arcade Game Typography, which they describe as…

ArtFormer is a Prince of Persia-inspired action-platformer about the history of art. Each section of the game is in a completely different style, beginning with cave drawings and then progressing into Egyptian papyrus, Greek pottery, and Roman mosaics. They each come with their own stories and themes, too. It’ll be out in early access next…

Madden Is Full Of Useless Stats To Make Players Feel Better

NFL players often complain to EA Sports about their Madden ratings when it comes to attributes like speed, but I had no idea there’s a subset of complaints that come in every year about stuff that most people at home will never actually get to see or use. This Banner Society story details a long…

WWE 2K20 Is Broken In Every Possible Way

Before WWE 2K20‘s release this week, fans were already feeling antsy. Behind-the-scenes tumult and some unflattering early footage left them with a gnawing fear that this year’s professional wrestling game wouldn’t be up to snuff—or even on the same level as the not-exactly-beloved series entries from the past few years. Those concerns turned out to…

Woman Killed After Witnessing Robbery While Playing Pokémon Go

21-year-old Cayla Campos has been shot and killed after witnessing an armed robbery in Albuquerque, New Mexico, last Friday. Campos had been playing Pokémon Go in her car when the shooting occurred. As local station KRQE report, Campos and her boyfriend had a regular Friday night routine where they’d get in their car, drive to…

Code Vein Has A Lot Of Unused Voice Lines About Pizza

Dataminers recently discovered a treasure trove of unused voice lines in the anime-flavored action game Code Vein. These types of assets can often shed light on storylines or character motivations that just didn’t make it into the final game, but the strange dialogue supposedly unearthed by fans instead focuses on various characters extolling the virtues…

The Long Dark‘s Third Episode Gives You People To Live For

The first two story episodes for The Long Dark, a survival game set in a wintry wilderness, came out in August of 2017. In December 2018, studio Hinterland released a “redux” version of the episodes, adding voice acting to the cutscenes and overhauling the narrative flow. Today, The Long Dark finally releases its third story…

Migos’ Offset Mourns The Loss Of Call Of Duty Player Who Got Him Into Esports

Up-and-coming Call of Duty competitor Eric Pedro Cruz, who played under the names “Philosophy” and “Losophy,” passed away on August 18. Though he was just 18 years old, he left behind a legacy in the world of esports, which included forming connections with superstars like Migos rapper Offset. “I used to play the game and…

Love To Log Into Overwatch And Play Some Tetris

Someone made Tetris using the Overwatch workshop. It’s pretty incredible. The Overwatch workshop allows players to make custom modes by altering in-game scripts, and players have already been making some nifty things with it. To me, this latest creation is more than just nifty. This is Tetris. Somebody put a whole-ass other game in this…

A Mario Maker Remake Perfectly Captures The Moodiness Of Hollow Knight

Mario Maker isn’t all that great if you’re craving something moody. The game has proven itself to be an incredibly flexible tool for making clever video game levels that are quite unlike standard Mario designs, but it’s only got a few ways to tinker with mood or tone. That means player CerulanOak has a hell…

I Want To Play Trails Of Cold Steel III But Can’t Force Myself To Skip The First 2

The third game in Nihon Falcom’s The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel JRPG series finally arrives in North America for the PlayStation 4 today. Picking up a year and a half after the events of the previous game, Trails of Cold Steel III stars a compelling mix of new and old characters and…

Finally The Sims 4 Gets College, And ‘Juice Pong’

The Sims 4’s college expansion pack, Discover University, is coming to PC on November 15th and consoles on December 17th. Simmers everywhere can now breathe a deep sigh of relief that one of the most longed-for expansion packs is soon to arrive. Discover University comes with a new world, Britechester, where Sims can enroll in…