The Minecraft Server Where You’re Greeted by The Joker

Actually two Jokers and one Harley Quinn, but eh, details. The Joker-themed statues and structures were created for the spawn point on one of the servers in the Arkham Minecraft server network. It was a team effort between three builders, SNIP3RxPC, JazzyZ401 and Plutouthere, and took three days to finish in total. Check out some…

New Pokémon Game Takes Place In The Real World

Today, the Pokémon Company unveiled its latest Pocket Monster experience. It’s called Pokemon Go “The day has finally come when Pokémon appear in the real world,” Pokémon designer Junichi Masuda said of the ambitious project. Here’s the debut trailer. The game is being developed by Niantic, a former Google start up known for it’s augmented…

Giant Sushi Floats Through Osaka

Damn. That’s some big effing sushi. But, you cannot eat this sushi. Not only is it too big, it’s inedible. Sorry! It’s an art project called “Rolling Sushi” designed to look like conveyor belt sushi. This week, Rolling Sushi was floated through Osaka’s iconic Dotonbori river. [Photos: Rolling Sushi | Facebook] Fitting, because in 1958,…

Cosplay Makes Your Last Day of Work Better

If you are planning on leaving your job, be sure to leave it in style. Kamen Rider style. According to Jefusion, Shafiq works (well, worked) for a company in Malaysia called M-Mode Berhad. On his last day, he decided to come in dressed as Kamen Rider Dark Kabuto. [Photos via Jefusion] Bless him. And his…

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How To Stealth In Metal Gear Solid V

Best tip: put the guns away. Use your fists. Well, fist. (via juza-the-cloud). Dying at that last guy with the flashlight.

Get This Awesome Free Book From Nintendo

Nintendo’s Japanese website launched a big update for Super Mario Maker today, and part of includes a neat surprise: a free pdf version of the fancy little coffee table book that otherwise comes with boxed copies the game. The relevant section on the site can be found here, and once you get there, click here…

A Very Cool Darth Vader Redesign

Ario Murti is a freelance illustrator from Indonesia. I’m loving how clean and poster-y all his stuff is, but that Darth Vader redesign in particular is just the fucking coolest. You can see more of Ario’s work at his personal site and ArtStation page To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if…

Don’t Forget The Dreamcast’s 16th Birthday :(

Sony has spent the day reminding people that it’s the 20th anniversary of the original PlayStation’s launch in North America, and that’s cool, but let’s not forget that today is also a special anniversary for another old console. On September 9, 1999, the Sega Dreamcast was released in the USA. While it’s sad that the…

Heroes Of The Storm’s Rexxar/Misha Combo Is A New Kind Of MOBA Character

Heroes of the Storm added the Warcraft duo Rexxar and his pet bear Misha to its character roster yesterday. Like all new MOBA characters, the Manbearpig team feels pretty, well, new! But they feel new for a better reason than most heroes do. Rexxar and Misha are a unique, novel addition to the whole genre.…

Metal Gear Solid V‘s Joke Weapon Can Actually Be Pretty Useful

As with previous games in the series, Metal Gear Solid V is full of goofy easter eggs. One of them, however, is actually pretty handy. (Minor Metal Gear Solid V spoilers ahead.) Steam user Akutare put together a Very Serious Guide for one of MGSV’s least serious weapons: the water pistol. It is not—despite what…

Two Very Australian Things The Mad Max Video Game Got Right

Chris didn’t think much of Mad Max. I, on the other hand, am having some fun with it, though it might help that being an Australian who already lives in an interior wasteland I’m a little closer to the source material than he is. There are two little touches in particular I’m appreciating, both of…

Circa Infinity Is A Puzzle Game That Makes My Head Hurt

Circa Infinity isn’t quite like any other puzzle game I’ve played. Now I understand why PewDiePie dug it so much Circa Infinity just launched on Steam, and it’s hard. Hard on the reflexes, tougher on the brain. The idea is that you’re moving through a series of concentric circles, and there are two ways to…

Snacktaku Regrets Trying Canada’s ‘Do Us A Flavor’ Chips

Butter chicken. Scalloped potatoes. Cowboy BBQ beans. Montreal smoked meat. The four flavor finalists for Canada’s Lay’s Do Us A Flavor competition are good on paper. Not so much my mouth. Just as its done for thepast couple of years in the U.S., Lay’s brand hosts an annual competition in Canada in which citizens of…

Apple’s So-Called Gaming Console Is A Major Bust

For six years now, soothsaying analysts and bloggers have predicted that the rise of easy, affordable iOS games would dominate the gaming market and render consoles obsolete. Nintendo is dead, too, they’d say. And PC gaming. Even today, as the PC thrives and the PS4 and Xbox One have outperformed most game publishers’ expectations, the…

Creator of ‘Hardest Super Mario World Level Ever’ Says Copyright Crackdown Gutted His YouTube Channel

Some of the most impressive Super Mario creations took years to make—and now they’re gone, at least on YouTube. Earlier this month, speedrunner Alex “PangaeaPanga” tweeted that his YouTube channel had been “wrecked.” Taking a closer look, I noted that even the popular video titled Item Abuse 3—which was billed as the “hardest Super Mario…