A Stranger Things Anime Is Not The Worst Idea

A young girl with mysterious powers, nerdy kid heroes, a grizzled old cop, a creepy older brother…swap out Toto and Foreigner for some J-pop and you’re practically there. This piece and everything below are the work of Yuan Lan, an artist from China. You can see more of Lan’s work at his personal site and…

Ash From Pokémon Just Had The Battle Of His Life  

In the latest episode of Pokémon XYZ, Ash faced off against Alain for the Kalos League Championship. Since Ash has been doing so well this season and since he’s become somewhat of a cooler character, victory seemed possible. [Note: This article has spoilers] This was Ash’s big chanceto win an official Pokémon League. Here is…

Report: Bleach Is Getting A Live-Action Film

Just as the manga is ending, there is apparently a live-action Bleach film in the works. The news was revealed via leak from next week’s upcoming Weekly Shonen Jump (via 2ch). What appear to be authentic magazine scans are floating around online; however, the upcoming Weekly Shonen Jump won’t be available until early next week…

Wedding at Meiji Shrine. Tokyo, Japan. By Christian Astorga 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!

Anyone For A $27,000 Super Mario Bros. Watch?

Anyone? No? Designed by Swiss watchmaker Romain Jerome—who has done this sort of thing before—there will only be 85 of these made, and they’ll only be available during the rest of August as part of a “World Watch Fair” at Japan’s flagship Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi store. And no, that headline isn’t a typo. They’re selling for…

Cosplay For Fans Of Old Lara Croft

2016’s take on Tomb Raider has a lot going for it, but there are still folks out there—cosplayers included—who remember the original Lara Croft. Russian cosplayer Anastasya Zelenova is one of them, and while she’s actually cosplayed as the modern Lara (and the Underworld version), it’s her 90s takes that are the best. You can…

Gremlin D.Va Is Now Overwatch Canon

Gremlin D.Va, one of Overwatch’s most beloved fan creations, is canon now thanks to a new emote on the game’s test server. She’s got her Doritos, Dew, and a custom stream overlay. She’s the hero we deserve and need right now. (Thanks, David!) Here’s a video, courtesy of Seba: This is the most overt instance…

Geraltina of Rivia

Czech cosplayer Alzbeta Trojanova might have Ciri’s hair, but she’s got Geralt’s steel. We’ve actually featured her Witcher cosplay before, but these new shots were so good I figured they were worth a second look. She had some help this time, with Baty Alquawen playing the part of the Bruxa. Photos by Lifestalking

Biggest Counter-Strike Betting Site Drops Betting

After Valve’s cease-and-desist letter, the owners of CSGO Lounge held out as long as they could. They even tried to get an official gambling license. It apparently didn’t work. They announced the pendulous pivot in an update post: “Today we are announcing that we are closing our virtual items betting functionality with immediate effect. Depositing…

Pewdiepie To Overeager Fans: “Don’t Come To My House”

This seems like common sense, right? Don’t be weird; don’t put people in an uncomfortable situation, no matter who they are. And yet… YouTube’s biggest star says that he constantly has to deal with the problem of fans visiting his house, even though he’s moved multiple times across the years: “I’ve even had parents coming…

Overwatch Test Patch Nerfs Genji, Buffs Mei And Mercy 

Overwatch’s competitive season two patch just hit the public test servers, and it’s a doozy. Nerfs, buffs, laughter, tears of delicious, delicious salt—it’s all here. The centerpiece of this PTR patch is, of course, competitive season two. The skill rating system has been overhauled and divided up into tiers, and sudden death is dead, unloved…

Serious D&D Player Chugs Wine Underwater To Settle Rules Dispute

Game Masters can be nit-picky sticklers with wands up their butts. It’s a respectable mode for navigating the endless charts and dice rolls and idiosyncratic mechanics of tabletop RPGs. Seriously, I respect you, stickler GMs. Without you, I wouldn’t know the difficulty class for reaching across the table and grabbing a Cheeto. Is that a…

Watch Us Play The Dream-like PS4 Game Bound

Bound is a visually striking game that comes from small Polish studio Plastic. It’s out this week on PS4. It’s a little plain in terms of gameplay but looks fantastic. It has a great in-game photo mode, and with good reason. Every scene in this game is a stunner. There’s a story being told in…

Majora’s Mask In-Game Ocarina Is A Surprisingly Versatile Instrument

I wasn’t initially impressed with PuppetMaster9‘s compilation of popular tunes played using the in-game Ocarina from The Legend of Zelda: Major’s Mask for the 3DS. Then he got to “Baker Street.” Such a sucker for that song. You may have seen some of PuppetMaster9’s performances when they started blowing up on Twitter back in March.…