The Brief Agony Of A Video Game Boss Who Isn’t As Dead As You Think

“Got him!” I exclaimed in a text message to my colleague Kirk Hamilton at 2:33pm on Friday of last week. I’d been fighting a tough boss in the difficult 2D exploration and combat game Hollow Knight. One minute later, horrified, I was sending a follow-up text: “Oh no. Didn’t get him.” Soul Master had been…

The Faces Behind Resident Evil 2‘s Remake Characters

Last month when the Resident Evil 2 remake was announced, some fans weren’t feeling the new faces Leon and Claire. Their appearances changed because Capcom had scanned real people and created character models based on that data. Here are those people. Fashion model Eduard Badaluta was the basis for Leon, which he revealed on his…

Titanfall Online Canceled In South Korea

Late last year, it was announced EA and Nexon were teaming up for Titanfall Online, which was aimed for Asia. The game, however, has been canceled. According to Game Focus (via tipster Sang), development took over three years, and the reaction to the limited-time-only player tests wasn’t so great. What’s more, Game Focus said that…

Eiichiro Oda’s Drawing Of Goku From Dragon Ball

For an upcoming Shonen Weekly Jump, One Piece creator Eiichiro Oda drew Luffy with his arm around Dragon Ball’s Goku. According to website Japaaan, the issue will go on sale July 14 in Japan and features a chat with Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama and Slam Dunk creator Takehiko Inoue Oda, who is a massive…

*NEW MEME COSPLAY* *ME* *OLD MEME COSPLAY* 

I like cosplay. But as we’ve explored recently, I have a special spot in my heart for meme cosplay Especially when it involves actual quality cosplay! In this case- some Sailor Moon buyer’s remorse. Neptune is tanzoir, Usagi is mathildesommer and Uranus is sophieriis

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Them’s Fightin’ Words

Vladimir Krisetskiy is a concept artist and illustrator from Russia. You can see more of Vladimir’s work at his ArtStation page Fine Art is a celebration of the work of video game artists, showcasing the best of both their professional and personal portfolios. If you’re in the business and have some concept, environment, promotional or…

It’s Hard Work Turning A Skyrim Mod Into A Standalone Game

The last time we spoke to Nick Pearce, he was flying on a high: The Forgotten City, a mod that he’d spent more than 1700 hours building, had just won an Australian Writers’ Guild award. It was the first national screenwriting award given to a video game, a staggering accomplishment given it was a mod…

Here’s Super Mario 64 Running At 60FPS In Widescreen HD

Mario tinkerer extraordinaire Kaze Emanuar has come up with an improved way to run Mario 64 at a silky-smooth 60FPS, in widescreen. While that sounds like an easy thing to do —just double the frame rate!—doing that speeds up everything (the game originally ran at between 20-30fps), so Kaze had to do some tricks like…

A $175 Statue For Hanzo Mains

Here you go, Hanzo mains. The only statue you’ll ever buy. Out in Q4 this year, he stands 13″/33 cm. Being a statue, he does nothing but stand there, looking very Hanzo. He’s the fourth in a line being released slowly by Blizzard, which already includes Mercy, Widowmaker, Genji and a $450 D.Va.

The Week In Games: Defiant Treasure Trackers

It’s very hot right now, so I guess it’s time for a hot week of games. There are a lot of thinks I am excited for this week. The Lion’s Song is hitting the Switch, an adventurous Captain Toad is coming to the Switch, and Octopath Traveler is finally coming out, also on the Switch.…

New Vegas‘s Cut Content Shows A Much Different Game

A new video series called “The Cutting Room Floor” delves into the cut content of Fallout: New Vegas, and host Griffin Lambert sorts out information gleaned from strategy guides, patch changes, game files, and dialogue to paint a picture of what New Vegas was meant to be. In the first episode, with is dedicated to…

Speedrunner Raps About Mega Man, And It’s Pretty Good

I experience a lot of secondhand embarrassment when I hear someone in the world of video games attempting to rap, but streamer MelloFlowz really pulls out all the stops with a couple bars about, well, streaming and Mega Man. The link between video games and hip hop is a strong one. Video game soundtracks, especially…

D&D Inspired By Dark Souls Is Incredibly Badass

Dungeons & Dragons campaigns that are housed in other fictional universes are usually pretty cool. If you want a robust, fiddly ruleset, then D&D is very useful. Reddit user SnicklefritzSkad has built up a Dark Souls story inside of D&D, and it is very, very excellent. In D&D, there is a difference between the rules…