Yucky Sounding Desserts from Japan

Would you like some beef with your parfait? What about some raw tuna? Pork? From February 9, an Italian restaurant in Osaka called Del Sole is serving up parfait ice cream desserts with slices of kuro (black) wagyu. It’s part of the restaurant’s special Valentine Day’s menu. According to Entabe, the concept behind the dessert…

Damn, Nintendo Is Selling Lots of Amiibos

People sure do like buying (and collecting) Amiibos. Proof of that: In its latest sales figures, Nintendo announced it’s sold 20.50 million Amiibo figures and another 21.5 million Amiibo cards. In February 2015, Nintendo announced that it had shipped 10.5 million Amiibos worldwide. That’s an impressive number, but the current sales figures are even more…

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My Little Pony Cosplay Is Ready For War

My Little Pony cosplay isn’t just for furries. It’s also for adults who want to pretend that said ponies are actually the the Gods of Ancient Battle. (video by Beat Down Boogie) These photos were all taken by Mineralblu. The cosplayers are all in the pic above, and from L-R are *deep breath*: Lua Suicide…

A Nordic Version Of Harry Potter

A few days ago, JK Rowling announced a whole new range of magic schools that exist in the Harry Potter universe. Which is good timing, because Blizzard artist Even Amundsen—whose work we’ve featured here before—has for a while now had an idea for a new school of his own. It’s called Vølurheim, and it’s a…

Would You Fuck This Video Game Sex Machine?

Well? There’s currently an IndieGoGo campaign running for a thing called VirtuaDolls. It’s some interactive software married to a peripheral that will, through the power of science and crowd-funded manufacturing, fuck a dick. I guess most of what follows is NSFW? If not by definition then at least in spirit. Allow these gifs to demonstrate:…

NBA 2K16 Studio Sued Over Some Video Game Tattoos

If you ever look at your day job and think, self, I could be making more money, then maybe you oughta consider a career in video game sports tattoo litigation. As ridiculous as that may seem, there’s money in it! In 2012, a tattoo artist was awarded over $20,000 when THQ used one of his…

And Now, A Batman Short Story

Studio Goes Broke, Rises From Ashes To Release A Strategy Classic

In 2007, Rob Cunningham (of Homeworld fame) formed a brand new studio called Blackbird Interactive. By 2009, work had begun on an ambitious new strategy game strongly inspired by Homeworld’s art design and setting. In 2013, everyone working there was laid off. That 2009 game was called HARD|WARE, and was intended to be a free-to-play…

Anti-Swatting Congresswoman Gets Swatted

Rep. Katherine Clark has for a few years now been on a crusade against shitty behaviour on the internet, from death threats made against women to hoax calls that send armed police to a victim’s home (also known as swatting). On Sunday night, Rep. Katherine Clark’s home was swatted. The Boston Globe reports that while…

That Time A ‘Gritty’ Tomb Raider Reboot Almost Sank The Franchise

Tomb Raider has been in good hands for the last decade or so, thanks to the steady hand of Crystal Dynamics. Before they took over, though, the series had become a disaster, and Angel of Darkness was its trainwreck. Angel of Darkness was a darker take on Tomb Raider. But when the game bombed, an…

Counter-Strike Player Says Their Fake Hacks Got Thousands Of Cheaters Banned

Counter-Strike has a cheating problem. One player decided to do something about it. Something, shall we say, creative. In a post on Reddit, AndroidL explained that they released a handful of fake “multihacks” that promised everything from wallhacking, to aimbotting, to bunnyhopping, to crazy lean angles. If you can name it, AndroidL’s dirty hack pack…

Spider-Woman‘s Artists Have Been Killing It

Spider-Woman is in the middle of a very fun, unconventional storyline right now, which centers on the pregnancy of its lead character. And the series’ charms are greatly increased by the excellent art on its pages. Spoilers follow. The art team on Spider-Woman consists of penciller Javier Rodriguez, inker Alvaro Lopez, color artist Rachelle Rosenberg…

Rise Of The Tomb Raider’s Big Head Mode Is Pretty Good

Why don’t more games have a Big Head Mode? This needs to become a thing again. You can only activate Big Head Mode in Rise of the Tomb Raider’s “expeditions” side challenges, which let you replay various levels from the game with unusual modifiers and gear. You can only play with Big Head Mode there,…

The Steam Controller, Reimagined To Be More Mouse-Like

Ever since its release late last year, the Steam controller has received mixed reviews. Plenty of people have suggested nips, tucks, and layout changes that might improve it. Hardware hacker Ben Heck decided to just make his own. On the most recent episode of his show, Heck dissected the Steam controller and then proposed his…

Good Job With The Graffiti, The Division

I’ve been playing the closed beta for Tom Clancy’s The Division, an upcoming fantasy RPG about patrolling Manhattan and murdering Black Friday “rioters.” The game’s version of New York City isn’t the most convincing I’ve ever seen, but the graffiti is solid. I’vecomplained about bad video game graffiti in the past, so I like to…