When redditor officialvide showed Minecraft to his dad, his first order of business, after picking up the basics, was to recreate the NYC United Nations Headquarters in-game. Impressive for a WIP, and especially for a first project. Much fancier than a wooden hut, anyway. There are five more renders below. Dayshot is an image-based feature…

Straw Dinosaurs Appear in Japanese Fields, Try To Eat Humans

It’s September. In Japan that means rice is being harvested across the country. It also means straw art. After the grains are harvested, rice straw (“wara” in Japanese) is left behind. In Niigata Prefecture, however, locals have been turning that rice straw into art with a yearly Wara Art Festival Bringing these giant beasts, not…

Dancing Pikachus Sure Are Hypnotic

You thought the marching Pikachus were mesmerizing? They were! And so are these dancing electric rodents. Just. Look. At. Them. These clips were taken at last month’s Pikachu festivities in Japan—with YouTube users swapping out the Pocket Monster songs for pop tunes. To contact the author of this post, write to bashcraftATkotaku.com or find him…

Dressing Up Like Dragon Ball Z Made Easy

Costumes can be hard work. If you really like Dragon Ball Z, want to dress up, and are kind of lazy, here are masks and outfits that require minimal effort. Famitsu reports that the Goku, Piccolo, and Frieza masks go on sale in Japan this month for 5,590 yen (US$47), 4,990 yen ($42), and 4,990…

Metal Gear Fan Does Sony’s Job, Makes Phantom Pain PS3

The PlayStation 4 has a pretty Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Painconsole. The PS3 does not. One person decided to change that. Over on South Korea’s Ruliweb (via tipster Sang), net user NCDinos created this custom painted PlayStation 3, complete with the Diamond Dogs gold emblem and the “Molybdeum” misspelling. [Photo: Ruliweb] [Photo: Ruliweb]…

Dusk. Kyoto, Japan. By Cheng Hoo Sew. 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!

Fallout 4, Reimagined As An Isometric Game

Fallout 1 & 2 were isometric games. Fallout 4 is not. But because the first two were a big inspiration for Stasis developer and artist Chris Bischoff, and because Stasis is also an isometric game, he’s gone and imagined Fallout 4 as one too That fluttering sound you hear is millions of people’s hearts wishing…

Hideo Kojima’s Sad Farewell To Metal Gear

It starts slow, and feels a little self-indulgent. But this Metal Gear Solid V debriefing ends with something of a genuine tear-jerker. Sorta like the games themselves. It’s funny as I was watching this I felt a little frustrated. This 10 minute video was essentially a montage of people telling Hideo Kojima how great he…

Watch Me Qualify For A Heroes Of Storm Rank [Update: Rekt.]

I got rank 40. I don’t want to talk about it. Thank you everyone for watching! /// Alright people. It all comes down to this. I have one shot. Or, technically, five shots. Heroes of the Storm reset its ranking system recently, meaning everyone playing has to go through 20 qualifying matches before receiving a…

Glitch Makes GTA V Look Like An N64 Game

A reader sent this over today, and at first I thought it was a mod. Nope, turns out it’s a glitch in GTA V, one which sucks pretty much all the textures and detail out of Los Santos, leaving one of the best-looking games on the planet looking more like something you’d find on an…

Love At First Frostbite

This isn’t the first time I’ve seen cosplayers make this joke, but it’s definitely the best. Sub Zero is Danquish, Elsa is Deanna Sarkar, photo by Martin Wong (via Dorkly)

The Best Story From Destiny’s Hidden Lore

Destiny’s story has been a punchline since the game came out. Story? What story? Destiny has a story? Good joke! And yeah, okay, yeah. Fair enough. This article was originally published on September 1, 2015. Of course, there is a lot of careful world-building going on in Destiny. You just wouldn’t know it from playing…

Metal Gear Has Had Some Amazing Art, Yo

For nearly twenty years now, the Metal Gear Solid franchise has featured some of the most iconic characters and design in the business. As we say goodbye to Hideo Kojima’s involvement with the series—and maybe the series itself—I figured today was a good time to look back on the best of Metal Gear’s art. Most…

League Of Legends Just Nerfed Azir, Hard

The desert soldier Azir has been a powerful presence for much of League of Legends’ current season, with the mage being picked or banned in practically every major tournament game. Now little more than a month away from the World Championship, Riot is finally knocking the guy down a peg. To those unfamiliar: Azir is…