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Our First Real Look At Actual Gameplay In Mad Max

For the past few weeks, you’ve probably seen a non-stop deluge of trailers for the upcoming Mad Max movie, which comes out next month. Now it’s time to get a real look at the game, too. This new Mad Max, developed by Avalanche Studios (best known for Just Cause), is mostly a third-person action game,…

By Jason Schreier Published April 23, 2015

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Mechanical LEGO Display Is Another Level Of Awesomeness

You don’t often see clever builds like this Technic Dot Matrix Display by AncientJames from New Zealand. As the reel starts rolling, the patterns on the cards inside correspond with the patterns on the display and can show anything that fits into a 5×5 square. The creator’s video is titled, “Everything is awesome”. Well, this…

By Gergo Vas Published April 23, 2015

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Pokémon Artist Creates “2.5D Manga,” and It’s Incredible

Manga is flat. It’s on printed paper. It’s two-dimensional. This manga is somewhat different and totally wonderful. As pointed out by Get News, this “2.5D manga” was created by an artist named Muneo Saito. Besides working as a manga artist on several comics published in Weekly Shonen Sunday and CoroCoro Comic, Saito did the manga…

By Brian Ashcraft Published April 23, 2015

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Yakuza Movies Don’t Get More Bonkers Than This

Vampire yakuza, minigun-toting trucks, a guy in a flying fuzzy frog suit… Sounds like Miike Takashi all right. Miike, of course, is the filmmaker behind such movies as Ichi the Killer and Audition. Gokudo Daisenso (極道大戦争 ) or roughly translated, “The Great Yakuza War” is an upcoming movie from director Miike Takashi that’s about… it’s…

By Toshi Nakamura Published April 23, 2015

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How to Become Pokémon World Champion

Se Jun Park won the Pokémon Video Game World Champion Master’s Division last year. You’d think preparing for a tournament that has the words “world” and “champion” in it would require months of dedicated prep beforehand. You’d think. “Actually, I spent less time playing Pokémon in 2014 than I ever have ever since I really…

By Toshi Nakamura Published April 23, 2015

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The Gold Darth Vader Helmet You’ve Always Wanted

The Dark Side of the Force? Oh no. This is the bling side. Tokyo’s Ginza Tanaka has covered a Darth Vader helmet in gold. According to The Wall Street Journal, the jeweler won’t divulge how much it cost to create this glittery Vader and isn’t offering the mask for sale. Instead, as Reuters adds, the…

By Brian Ashcraft Published April 23, 2015

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The Latest Idolmaster Anime is Somewhat Lacking

Cute anime girls on stage singing and dancing… S’okay, but I feel I should be more entertained than I actually am. The iDOLM@ASTER: Cinderella Girls is the spiritual successor to The iDOLM@STER anime. Where The iDOLM@STER was based on the Xbox 360/PS3 game, Cinderella Girls is based on the smartphone spin-off. While both shows supposedly…

By Toshi Nakamura Published April 23, 2015

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Bloodborne Loads Way Faster After New Update, Hooray

Bloodborne’s biggest flaw has now been fixed thanks to a new patch. Instead of suffering through 45+ second load times, now you can enjoy 10-15 second load times. Think of all the deaths you can fit into every session now! You can see the new load times in the video above. The exact time it…

By Patricia Hernandez Published April 23, 2015

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Kpop Group As Told By Twitter Doodles

The group Exo has racked up a staggering 18 million views for their latest video. It’s not even a month old! No wonder the group has a rabid fan base. It also has some terrific fan doodles. Twitter user ExoDoodles has been doing regular updates of, well, Exo doodles for the past few months, pleasing…

By Brian Ashcraft Published April 23, 2015

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That Awkward Moment When Hideo Kojima Doesn’t Appear

Yesterday, the biggest game magazine in Japan, Weekly Famitsu, held an awards ceremony. In the past, Hideo Kojima has attended the Famitsu Awards. This year, he did not. Many other famous creators were on hand to go on stage and receive their awards. [Photo: Famitsu] Like Level-5’s Akihiro Hino, creator of the incredibly popular Yokai…

By Brian Ashcraft Published April 23, 2015

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If Your Time Warner Cable Internet Isn’t Working Tonight, Try This

Are you stuck with Time Warner Cable? Did your internet get all funky tonight? Don’t worry: you’re not the only one—and you may be able to fix the problem pretty easily. Starting a few minutes ago, TWC subscribers across the United States began complaining of widespread internet issues, and the terrible cable company was quick…

By Jason Schreier Published April 23, 2015

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Assassin’s Creed Cosplay, Sans The Assassin

We’ve seen enough Ezio. The world needs more Shay cosplayers, and Italian cosplayer Shivais only too happy to oblige.

By Luke Plunkett Published April 23, 2015

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Life Is Strange Cosplay!

Remember: you don’t need to cosplay as a character from a blockbusters series. A quaint littleadventure game series is also awesome. Cosplay by LadyxZero, photo by DevilxLady

By Luke Plunkett Published April 23, 2015

Culture

Please Enjoy These Halo Stabbings

So, yesterday, I posted some animation work and saidwe needed to do more of it here on Fine Art. Tonight, then: more awesome animation work from people who make video games. Up first is Dave Gibson, who worked on Evolve before recently moving to Blizzard: Next up is Will Christiansen, who is currently working on…

By Luke Plunkett Published April 22, 2015

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Man Executes Computer With 9mm Handgun

Oh, don’t tell me you’ve never wanted to do the same thing. The LA Times reports(via Daily Dot) that Colorado man Lucas Hinch has been given a citation by local cops after taking his PC—which had been giving him blue screens—outside and literally executing it, pumping eight rounds into the side of the computer with…

By Luke Plunkett Published April 22, 2015

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Why Some Japanese Games Had Such Terrible English

It’s easy to make fun of classic Japanese video games (JRPGs especially) for their poor English, and assume the reason for this was simply one of neglect. Which is kinda true, but there are other reasons behind it as well, and they’re really interesting! In a big interview with Edge magazine last month, American Alexander…

By Luke Plunkett Published April 22, 2015

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When Luke Skywalker Sucked at Being a Jedi

In the original Star Wars trilogy, we saw Luke Skywalker pull off amazing shit. Destroying the Death Star. The cool-ass sequence where he stormed Jabba the Hutt’s skiff. (That somersault!) We saw him struggle a lot, too. But, the newest issue of the Star Wars comic gives us a glimpse at how bad his self-doubt…

By Evan Narcisse Published April 22, 2015

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If you were worried that the announcement of Total War: Warhammer (why not Total Warhammer?) is coming at the expense of proper Total War games, Creative Assembly has told PC Gamerthe Warhammer title is being developed by a “completely separate team. The historic thread goes on uninterrupted.” Phew.

By Luke Plunkett Published April 22, 2015

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GTA Player Knows How To Break The Law In Style

Now this is how you pull off a cool heist. Watch as RisingJake makes good use of the new Rockstar Editor on the PC version of GTA V in this machinima about a well-planned robbery/getaway: Not a woman you wanna mess with!

By Patricia Hernandez Published April 22, 2015

Culture

Oreo Trick Shots Are An Impressive Waste Of Cookies

How many Oreo cookies have to die before this man’s thirst for tricksy rebounds is sated? The man in the video is YouTuber Peter Bamforth, who will go down in history as one of snacking’s greatest monsters. His skills are impressive, but this is a video, and videos are edited to keep people from seeing…

By Mike Fahey Published April 22, 2015