Why Composer John Williams Knows More About Star Wars Than You Do

John Williams knows more about Star Wars than you do. I mean, not in the ‘who was R5-D4’s original manufacturer in the Expanded Universe’ sort of way. I mean narratively, and emotionally. This post originally appeared on Gizmodo Australia. It’s fair to say that while The Force Awakens has been received with near universal acclaim…

Just Cause 3‘s Rico Never Skips Leg Day

Someone else has to do the job when Rico is chilling in the main menu. And as it looks like in Tralion’s clip, he isn’t the one leaning on the car. The car is leaning on him. To contact the author of this post, write to: [email protected]

Éomer, Son of Éomund, You Sure Look HD

It’s one thing to draw or paint a character you like, and another to model them in high definition—as Nimlot26’s version of Éomer (his version of the Karl Urban version of Éomer) shows. Nimlot26, AKA Georgian Avasilcutei, a character/environment artist from Romania, first posted about his Éomer project on the Polycount forums in June, with…

When Politicians Campaign with Anime

Over the weekend, Tsai Ing-wen became the first woman to be elected the president of Taiwan. Above is a GIF from her political campaign. Because anime is real. The biggest cornerstone of her agenda is perhaps protecting Taiwan’s own identity, but her campaign did what it could to appeal to the country’s youth by playing…

The Evangelion Popcorn Bucket Is Suitably Insane

At first, I thought the 3,980 yen (US$34) price tag was the craziest thing about this Neon Genesis Evangelion Unit-01 popcorn bucket. Nope! The light-up eyes are. The bucket is available at Universal Studios Japan during the Cool Japan 2016 campaign, which wraps up in late June. This popcorn bucket looks like the Eva Unit’s…

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Giving A TIE Fighter A Firmware Update

Davison Carvalho is an artist from Brazil who currently works at Epic Games. As a specialist in user interfaces—and fictional ones in particular—Carvalho has some interesting ideas on the subject, whether it be for a TIE Fighter’s HUD (oh, what we wouldn’t give for a new X-Wing game) or the menu for a video game…

How A League Of Legends Trophy Is Made

Those big trophies that the winners of League of Legends tournaments get don’t just appear out of thin air. Someone has to design and build them, and in this case, that someone was cosplay/props legend Harrison Krix, of Volpin Props. Going off some sketches made by his friend Tom, Krix had four weeks to build…

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Beaker x Akira, by Ryan Lang (whose work we’ve featured a few times before). It was done for Dan LuVisi’s upcoming book Popped Culture

Please, More Cosplay Documentaries Like This

Well, this looks cool: a bunch of friends who cosplay together as Sailor Moon characters worked with a production studio to make a very slick documentary about their outfits, friendships, challenges and adventures. I wish more cosplayers (or people working around cosplay) did this kind of thing! Yes, it’s nice seeing pictures and videos of…

Fan Updates 2002 GameCube NFL Game With 2015 Rosters

It takes some fiddling, but a dedicated fan has made sure that if you want to use the current roster of NFL players in a GameCube sports game released in 2002, you can. The update for NFL Blitz 2003 (which was also released on PS2 and Xbox) is courtesy of johnz1 over on Tecmo Bowl.org…

Redesigning Star Wars’ Coolest Vehicles (Using LEGO)

Whether it’s Ralph McQuarrie’s original vision or more recent efforts, Star Wars is famous for its sweet vehicle designs. Yet over the past month, talented LEGO builders have been messing with the iconic Snowspeeders and X-Wings, redesigning them to either look more contemporary, or just look cooler. They’re entries in a competition over on From…

The Week In Games: Now We’re Cooking, 2016

It’s nice to see a nice, beefy list of weekly releases again, even if most of it consists of Sony going crazy with the digital downloads. Sony went a bit overboard this week, making up for time lost over the holiday break with some 17 or so releases between its three active platforms. I’d shake…

Garden Warfare 2‘s Coolest New Addition Is The Bit Between Battles

The console beta for Popcap’s Plants Vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 is live this weekend, giving players a tiny taste of the new maps and modes in next month’s shooter sequel. My favorite part so far? The free-roaming playground that’s replaced the first game’s menus. The original Plants Vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare is pretty great.…