Japanese High School Student’s Miniature Room Will Amaze You

A boring photo of some kid’s messy room, right? Wrong. A seventeen-year-old student in Tokyo who goes by “Mozu” created this 1/6 scale diorama of his bedroom. [Image: Mozu] Mozu introduced his work on the Japanese webforum 2ch and impressed the hell out of everyone. [GIF via yabukarabou] Here’s a miniature he did of a…

In The New Disaster Report, You Can Go to The Bathroom

The fourth installment of the Disaster Report series, Disaster Report 4: Summer Memories,is back from the dead, and it looks like the developers are aiming to show another side of natural disasters. Contrary to what has been theorized about the influence of Japan’s earthquake in 2011, the original Disaster Report 4 wascancelled due to then…

Chrono Trigger’s Millenial Fair Looks Great in 3D

Chrono Trigger started out with a boy and a girl running into each other at a fair. Only, the fair I remember was way less 3D. This piece of 3D fanart, built in Unreal Engine 4 by 3D modeler Michael Barrington, is a handpainted recreation of the main and portal areas of the Guardia Millenial…

Japanese Samurai Brought To Life in Living Color

Color might not make everything better, but it sure does put a new spin on old images. A hundred years ago, people would hand-paint color into black and white photos. Flash forward to the 21st century, and people are still painting color in old images, but just with better tech. The terrific subreddit ColorizedHistory has…

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The Concept Art Behind Rise Of The Tomb Raider

Tombs, snowy mountains, sunken ships, bad dudes with guns, Lara looking ready to kick some ass…yup, this is Tomb Raider (which Evan thought was pretty good) On Friday, Titan will be relasing a Rise of the Tomb Raider art book, which is hardcover and runs around 190 pages. You can get it here In the…

The Patent On Loading Screen Mini-Games Is About To Expire

For twenty years, Namco Bandai has held patent US 5718632 A, which has given them ownership of the idea of a loading screen minigame. On November 27 (this Friday), that patent expires. This is a big deal! For two decades, companies that wanted to keep players busy during load times (likeRidge Racer’s amazing Galaga) either…

The Latest Warhammer Game Is Turn-Based Tactics Gone Brutal

It’s all fun in games in the PC version of classic Warhammer tabletop game Mordheim until somebody loses a limb—or their life. In Mordheim: City of the Damned, players create a war band and then pray they stay alive through enough missions to grow powerful and prosperous. It’s not an easy task, maintaining a group…

Gabe Newell Is In A Cooking Commercial, Gets Coffee Stolen

Ever wonder what Gabe Newell does with all those mountains of Valve money? Well, one outlet was investing in a cooking company called ChefSteps back in 2012. “They talked to me like a scientist, like an engineer, and this isn’t how I thought people in the cooking world talked” Newell told Eater in an interview.…

Fantastic Star Wars Cosplay Hasn’t Forgotten KOTOR

Is Knights of the Old Republic even canon anymore? Ah, who cares, this terrific cosplay is now Star Wars cosplay canon. Saphirais Satele Shan, Blood Spider is Darth Revan. Photos by So Say We All And just so you know, no, they’re not real lightsabers.

The Steam Controller Just Got A Great New Feature

If you’re a fan of action-RPGs, strategy games, or MOBAs, the Steam controller just became a much more viable option. Currently an opt-in beta feature, the Steam controller’s new Mouse Region functionality works like this: “This lets a touchpad be mapped to a configurable, fixed region of the game window, such that touching the pad…

League Of Legends Fan Makes Emotional Tribute To Older Version Of His Favorite Character

Poppy, one of League of Legends’ oldest characters, is about to be retired from the game. And while she’ll be replaced by a newer, better version of herself, fans of the original Poppy are feeling pretty sad right now. One such fan knew this day was coming, so he prepared a video to celebrate the…

Why So Many People Are Yelling About Dead or Alive Xtreme 3

It never seemed clear that Dead or Alive Xtreme 3, a brand-new entry in the sexy fantasy spin-off series, would leave Japan. But when publisher Koei Tecmo made one poorly translated comment on Facebook about why it wasn’t happening, the Internet exploded into another heated debate over censorship. No one would blame you for not…

Heroes Of The Storm’s New Map Ditches The Old Formula

Blizzard added its latest battleground into its rad new MOBA Heroes of the Storm this week, and boy is this map a weird one. Called “Towers of Doom,” it takes some of the most sacred principles of the genre and either throws them out the window or distorts them beyond recognition. It’s a bold experiment,…