The Most Interesting Games at E3, Day 3

I played 59 video games, demos and prototypes at this year’s E3, a mere 16 of them on the expo’s third and final day. Mirror’s Edge: Catalyst or Just Cause 3 would have made it an even 60, but EA took close to 90 minutes of my two-hour booth tour to get me through Star…

StarCraft II Legend “MC” Retires

Korean Jang Min-chul (a.k.a. MC) is one of the most consistent pro players in StarCraft II. Make that was, because he announced on Twitter that he’s retiring. He’s not just skilled, but has been a very entertaining personality (a rare thing to have in esports). So, this announcement is a quite the shock. MC rightfully…

Stormtroopers Make Sure Japanese Children Plant Rice

The rice planting season has wrapped up in Japan. Imperial Stormtroopers ensured everything went as planned. [Photo:cinematoday_stf] As noted on Japaaan and Game Over, the children were from a local nursery school in Aomori Prefecture, and they were enlisted for the day to help plant rice for rice paddy art. This is actually a publicity…

The Newest Ghost in the Shell TV Show Is an Utter Mess 

Over the course of 2013 and 2014, four hour-long Ghost in the Shell: Arise episodes were released in theaters. This past anime season, these were broken up into eight episodes—along with an extra two new episodes that continue the story—in Ghost in the Shell: Arise: Alternative Architecture. The result is a mess. Alternative Architecture is…

This Man Bought So Much Batman Stuff

This is the Batman collection of Somchai Nitimongkolchai. It’s the largest in Thailand, and Nitimongkolchai thinks it might be the biggest in the world. Ten years ago, he began collecting Batman toys after seeing Batman Begins. According to Coconuts Bangkok, he liked that Batman, unlike Spider-Man, doesn’t have any super powers. Now, his collection is…

The Controversy Surrounding Konami’s New Music Game

Konami just unveiled a new music game for arcades called Museca. Isn’t that exciting? Sure it is! But, as some folks claim, it might look familiar. Look at all the people lined up in shit Tokyo weather to play the game at today’s location test. [Photo:9c5s] Famitsu was also on hand to check out the…

Rhythm Heaven’s Remix Stages Are Genius

The normal levels in the Rhythm Heaven series are good, but it’s the Remix Stages that make the games great. The Rhythm Heaven games are essentially musical mini-game collections. But unlike most music games, you aren’t playing music per se. Rather you are pushing buttons in time with the beat based on the aural cues…

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Concept Art From Some Of E3’s Biggest Games

The reveal of big games is sometimes accompanied by the release of some of their concept art, and this E3 has proven to be no different. Inside you’ll find concept and promotional images for games like Horizon: Zero Dawn, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, Dishonored 2 and Fallout 4 To see the larger pics in all…

Eight Things You Should Know About World Of Final Fantasy

Moments before stealing the show at Sony’s press conference by announcing the Final Fantasy VII remake that may make it in time for the PS5, Square Enix whipped out World of Final Fantasy, a chibi-sprite game that promised to be “adorably familiar” and looked like something made for kids. On Monday night, most of us…

And with this trailer, Y2K has become one of my most anticipated titles of 2015. From the YouTube description: YIIK is a Colorful 3D JRPG set in the 1990s, about eight strangers, a mysterious woman who vanishes in an elevator, and weaponized Panda plashes.*When recent college graduate Alex Eggleston returns home from college, he finds…

25 Minutes Of Deus Ex: Mankind Divided

Here is Deus Ex: Mankind Divided’s entire E3 gameplay demo. It’s pretty hot. Normally in order to view this demo before, like, a week from now, you’d have to go crawling through E3’s vents and stain your sensation-less mechanical arms with the battery acid-infused blood of countless Square Enix employees. But not now, not today.…

Destiny Clan Honors Member Who Passed Away

On June 8, Joshua R. Stokell passed away. He was 36 years old. Josh was a member of a Dads of Destiny (DoD) clan, and following his passing his friends in the game put together this touching tribute. Known as TheSquashPhD in Destiny, Josh had Cystic Fibrosis, which he’d devoted himself professionally to helping cure;…

Look At Uncharted 4‘s Fucking Mud

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How Cosplay Helped Save A Man’s Life

In 2011, just a week before Christmas, Jason Isenberg was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. He was 31 at the time. Staring down years of illness, treatment, stress and medical bills, Jason and his wife Cheryl needed a release. They found it in cosplay. Just two months earlier, the couple had attended their first Dragon Con,…

The PlayStation Vita Is Forgotten, But Not Gone

The PlayStation Vita is a handheld video game device manufactured by Sony Corporation. It was first released in Japan in December 2011. In 2015, some new games will be released for it. This may come as a surprise to anyone who doesn’t own a Vita, and who hasn’t heard the handheld’s name spoken aloud in…