The very talented Marinko Milosevski looks back at Super Mario 64 with his latest poster. As usual, you can acquire a print through Marinko’s website—but if you’d prefer to just look, you can find the poster in its full glory below. Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing some of the prettiest,…

‘Jackie Chan’ Translation Fails Are the Best Translation Fails

Everybody knows Jackie Chan. He’s a martial artist, an actor, a filmmaker, a singer, and more. What he is not is a bus stop in Sichuan, China. As noted by Austin Ramzy (via Eric Jou) on Twitter, the bus stop named “The University Jackie Chan Campus Station” is apparently a computerized translation fail. The institution…

Naruto‘s Son Has a Silly Name. Here’s Why. 

Boruto? Really? We’re really going to run with this? This is…”Boruto.” He is Naruto’s son, and first appeared in Naruto: The Last Movie. Now, as recently confirmed, he’s getting his own spin-off movie. It’s called Boruto. As announced this week, it will be out August 7 in Japan. Actually, the title is Boruto: Naruto The…

Mewtwo from Super Smash Bros. Compared with Mewtwo from Melee

Want to see how each version of Mewtwo stacks up? How was the character’s Smash Bros. incarnation changed? Let’s find out! YouTuber Master0fHyrule made this comparison, using Super Smash Bros. footage from the most recent Nintendo Direct. Until the character is released on April 28, this should give you a pretty good idea how the…

Japanese Game Exec Has Disappeared, Nobody Can Find Him

Tokyo-based Imageepoch made its name with role-playing games like Arc Rise Fantasia, Luminous Arc, and Last Ranker. This week, Imageepoch’s websites went offline, and no one can find company president Ryoei Mikage. Imageepoch was founded in 2005, and as this 2009 GameSetWatch interview shows, the company had ambitious plans. Above, you can see a photo…

League Of Legends Should Keep Its Ridiculous April Fool’s Joke Going

A single balance update or new feature isn’t usually enough to rev up the whole League of Legends community. This week, though, the entirety of the vocal League-playing internet collectively lost its shit. Why? Because the game made a joke too funny for its own good. “Ultra Rapid Fire” mode, better known as “URF,” was…

Here Is A Thing That Happens In Bloodborne

It’s pretty gross. Wanna see it? Sometimes in the game, if you sneak up on an enemy or hit it just right in combat, you’ll open it up to a brutal special attack. Some of the enemies in the game look like giant pigs. At one point, you come upon one who is facing away…

Players Built An MMO Inside of Second Life, And It Looks Wild

Woah. This trailer for Remnants of Earth is about as Second Life as you can get, but still—it’s an MMO inside of an MMO, and it looks bonkers. Via New World Notes, Remnants of Earth is a cyberpunk game within Second Life. The developers explain: [Remnants of Earth has a] heavy basis around classic pen…

Sci-Fi Trailer Is Star Wars vs Halo vs Star Trek vs Mass Effect

Galactic Battles is a short film that laughs at the idea of a mere cameo. It’s also a copyright lawyer’s worst nightmare. Or dream day on the job, depending on who they’re working for. In case that gif—which crams Halo, Star Wars and Star Trek into around two seconds of footage—doesn’t make it clear, Galactic…

Miiverse Reacts To Super Mario 64 On Wii U

Now that Super Mario 64 is out on the latest Nintendo console, lots of people have picked up the classic yet again. Some people are even playing it for the first time—and it’s heartwarming to see what these players have to say about Super Mario 64 Here are some highlights of the Super Mario 64…

Ask Dr. Nerdlove: Am I Being Harassed At Work?

Hello, Internet! Welcome to Ask Dr. NerdLove, the only dating column that helps you answer the call of LFG for your love life’s MMORPG. This week: one reader’s dealing with a co-worker who won’t take “no, go away” for an answer… so what’s he supposed to do about her? Meanwhile another reader wants to know…

The Best Smash Bros. Character Requests

Yesterday, Nintendo revealed the Super Smash Bros. ballot, a tool for requesting new Smash characters that will definitely be helpful for Nintendo and will certainly not be abused at all. (“Please limit your vote to one per person,” the site reads. Ha ha ha.) So in addition to some great serious suggestions—Geno, Bayonetta, Goku—the world…

GameStop Struggling To Handle The Amiibo Craze [UPDATED]

If you wanted to buy the new waves of amiibos at GameStop in real-life or online, that doesn’t seem to be possible right now. Their website is down and in-store registers aren’t working. Pre-orders for the new amiibos began today at GameStop, Target, and other retailers. Reservations started at 3:00 p.m. EST for Ness, Robin,…