Heroes Of The Storm Inspired A Character Change In Diablo III

Heroes of the Storm is a Smash Bros.-style mascot brawler for Blizzard’s iconic PC games, meaning the rockstar PC developer borrowed tons of ideas from its other games when crafting HOTS characters. The latest patch for Diablo III shows that creative inspiration works in the opposite direction too. Datamining experts that they are, Blizzard fans…

Paul Krugman Will Punch Your Fucking Teeth In

I wish all articles on economics had Street Fighter style GIFs. Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman gets turned into retro-style arcade animations in a sharp-looking Bloomberg piece. Walter Newton did the illustrations—the amazing, amazing illustrations. I have to agree with Boing Boing’s Rob Beschizza, because I just ended up staring at them slack-jawed. [GIF: Bloomberg]…

Why It’s Hard To Be The Leader of Pokémon‘s Team Rocket

There are huge issues in Pokémon’s villainous group Team Rocket’s internal communication as Dorkly’s recent comic shows. And you might’ve thought Jesse and James were stupid… To contact the author of this post, write to: [email protected]

The Truth About World of Warcraft‘s End Game

Disorganized raid groups, an empty PvP zone, and the ever-growing need for Apexis Crystals. Mooclucking’s funny guide to fresh max level characters seems about right. Patch 6.2 is out for a few days now so we’ll see how things change. Fingers crossed for a fixed Ashran full of people doing PvP! To contact the author…

Nothing Says Intel and Computers Like Anime Art

As part of an promotional effort, Intel is holding a “personification contest” online in Japan. You know, see which anime style characters be resemble computers that run Intel. Or something. But! This kind of thing isn’t that unusual in Japan. Microsoft, for example, has hadseveral anime style mascot characters. The idea here, though, is that…

Japan’s Most Popular Characters for Children Are…

For the first time in thirteen years, the most popular children’s characters in Japan are not from that bread-headed superhero show Anpanman. They’re the characters from Yokai Watch According to Asahi.com, Bandai Entertainment revealed the results of its annual poll of adults with children between zero and 12 years old, announcing that Yokai Watch has…

The Up All Night Stream Plays Fire Emblem Fates

Want to know my dirty little secret? I’ve never played a Fire Emblem game. So let’s fix that by playing some of the newest game in the series, Fire Emblem Fates: Conquest Update: The stream is done but if you want to see it, you can click the video below for 3 and a half…

An Incredible Look at Japan Through the Eyes of a Little Box Robot

This is Danbo. A cardboard robot. And it’s out to explore the lush beauty in Japan. On 2ch, a recent thread with Danbo photos from late last month show provide a stunning look at Japan’s quieter, more reserved side. The little Danbo figure is hardly new, and there have been Danbo action figure photos for…

Pokémon Credit Cards Exist in Japan

There are Pokémon playing cards, so really, why shouldn’t there be Pokémon credit cards? Today, a Pokémon Visa credit card was announced in Japan, along with two pre-paid Visa cards. One of the prepaid cards is limited edition and features Pikachu along with Hoopa from Pokémon the Movie: Hoopa and the Clash of Ages. Since…

Humble Bundle Confusion Leads To World Of Warships Anger [Update]

Earlier this month, those helping test the upcoming World of Warships were offered a sweet deal: pay a few bucks for a Humble Bundle and they’d get some swag for the game, including one of its better ships. Loads of fans jumped on the chance. Ten days later, though, the deal has been altered. UPDATE:…

Nyaahh, He-Man, Nyaahh

Guillaume Menuel is a concept artist at Ubisoft Montreal. Guillaume Menuel’s art is fucking amazing The clean, comic book lines on those He-Man and WW1 images are just…making me feel real good. In his time at Ubisoft he’s worked on series like Assassin’s Creed and Rayman, and right now is helping out on For Honour…

New Portal Fan Campaign Is Awesome

Portal Stories: Mel was not made by Valve, but it’s probably the closest thing we’ll get to Portal 3 for a while. The long-in-development Portal 2 mod just launched on Steam, and it looks damn impressive. Boasting a 6-10 hour standalone storyline and puzzles every so slightly more challenging than Portal 2’s, it aims to…

Laura Sindall, a fabricator and sfx artist in the movie business, is also one heck of a Lord of the Rings cosplayer. Here’s her Tauriel cosplay, with pics taken in the Black Forest near Pinewood Studios in England.

Some Cosplayers Just Want To See The World Burn

I…just…wow. Joker cosplay by Jesse Oliva, photo by York in a Box