Diablo III With WoW’s Camera Looks Like a Totally Different Game

Diablo III and all its predecessors have a fixed camera with an isometric view. We can zoom in, but basically that’s it. Monstrousd3 messed a bit with the camera angles and made a short clip showing how the game would look from a different perspective, similar to World of Warcraft’s. It certainly looks a bit…

Nine steps to creating awesome Zelda fanart. EternaLegend’s piece, titled “A Hero’s Hardship,” depicts the Hero of Time with “bad memories haunting [him] well after his adventures are over.” The finished, high-res painting can be found below—check out EternaLegend on Tumblr here and on DeviantArt here for more. Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs…

The Man Who Brought Solid Snake To Life

Solid Snake is one of gaming’s iconic characters. And in Japan, his voice is as iconic as his look – if not more so. While the West has David Hayter, and now Kiefer Sutherland as the voice behind the character, Japan has Akio Otsuka, a veteran voice actor whose name has become almost as synonymous…

Big Surprise, Japanese Gamers Like Final Fantasy XV’s Demo

Final Fantasy XV: Episode Duscae came out last month and most people who got it have probably had enough time to process their feelings about it. Japanese gaming mag Weekly Famitsu released the results of their user survey on the Final Fantasy XV demo. What were you looking forward to going into the game? Going…

Test Your Anime Knowledge (Again!)

Earlier this year, Kotakuposted an image showing different the eyes of different anime characters. Maybe you thought that test was too hard. Perhaps you’ll find this one easier. Maybe not! Below, you can see an anime eye test that recently popped up on Japanese bulletin board 2ch: In the comments below, go ahead and list…

Damn, That Curry Looks Delicious

Curry rice is one of Japan’s most popular—and beloved—dishes. On one side, there’s rice. On the other? Curry. But in some parts of Japan, you can order “dam curry.” You heard me, dam curry. The dish can be found at some sightseeing spots near major Japanese dams, hoping to cash in on both people’s love…

116 Cosplayers Dressed Up As Pokémon’s Misty For April Fools’ Day

April Fools’ Day is a minefieldof misinformation and terrible unfunny pranks. Every now and then, however, something hits the mark perfectly. For April 1 2015, precisely 116 cosplayers decided to completely troll their audiences. At the exact same time, on the exact same day, every single one posted a photograph of themselves cosplaying as Misty…

Japan’s New Fire Emblem Has Four Versions, Is Crazy

The last Fire Emblem—which was amazing—was available in a single version. The next one, Fire Emblem if, is available in four (at least in Japan), and it’s both hilarious and horrifying to see it all written down in the one place. Bear with me here. And note that everything I’m about to show you has…

Beautiful Fantasy Art That Deserves To Hang On A Wall

Eve Ventrue is a concept artist from Germany who has worked for games companies like Applibot and film effects teams like Aaron Sims. A lot of the art I post here is the kind of stuff ‘d love to use as desktop wallpaper, or something to put on a print and hang near my PC.…

Let’s Try To Get Goku In Smash Bros., Guys

Guys. This is our chance. We can get Goku from Dragon Ball Z into Smash Bros.…maybe! Today during the Nintendo Direct, a new Smash Bros. initiative was unveiled. Turns out, Bandai is now taking suggestions for who to include in Smash Bros., presumably as a DLC character. You can vote for pretty much anyone you…

The First Five Seconds Of Super Mario Bros. 

What deep insight can you glean from a classic video game within the first five seconds of pressing start? Not much, as it turns out. So I went ahead and recorded another video for Super Mario Bros., upping the limit to 300 seconds instead of five. Man, what a difference. I know you’ve likely seen…

A Complete Directory Of The Classic PC Games You Must Play

After our readers so enthusiastically took to the idea of listing the best classic PC games of all time, I wanted to pull out the alphabetical directory in order to make it easy for everyone to find their favorite games. Updated over several weeks in September of 2013, the list has an absolutely absurd number…