Game Lets You Run a Pro Counter-Strike Team

CSManager (via PCGamesN) is basically Football Manager, but replacing football with the competitive world of Counter Strike This post originally appeared on Kotaku UK Having seen what the original football version can do to some people, and knowing how passionate Counter-Strike players are, this is vaguely terrifying. As the manager of a virtual team you…

Weirdness Ensues When 32 Fans Re-Animate The Pokémon Intro

You’ve got two types of animators here, basically: the ones doing straight-up recreations of the first Pokémon opening’s iconic shots, and the ones with… different ideas. Inspired by the similar Moon Animate Make-Up project, Pokémon ReAnimated comes from an Ottawa-based group of 32 animators, headed up by Spencer Moreland, who also edited the whole thing,…

The One Piece “Mistake” People Are Talking About

The latest One Piece manga is out in the new issue of Weekly Jump. And in the above image from the magazine, there is what looks like an artist mistake. Try spotting it. Go on. Do it. Here’s the full image,. [Photo: onepiecesokuhou] For those who weren’t able to notice the mistake, Twitter user Takumi…

The Up All Night Stream Plays Kirby and the Rainbow Curse [All Done]

Back on the Wii, you saw everyone’s favorite pink blob turned into a ball of yarn. So now join me in his new Wii U adventure where he is a ball of clay. Update: The stream is now over but you can watch it in its entirety below. Watch live video from BiggestinJapan on Twitch…

Final Fantasy Kitchen Knives Deal Critical Damage To Fruit, Vegetables

Yes, I know. I want them too. But, much as I’d like to own some rad Final Fantasy cutlery, these were custom-made for one specific super-fan. We can ogle them from afar, though, and ogle we shall The Super-Fan Builds team enlisted the help of the ever-talented folks from Man At Arms to construct four…

If Only Lego Skyrim Were A Real Video Game

Batman has a Lego video game. So do Lord of the Rings and Star Wars and Indiana Jones and a million other series. That’s nice. That’s cute. Whatever. I want Lego Skyrim, and I want it yesterday. The Guildmaster Studio put together a painstaking re-creation of Skyrim‘s opening scene using Lego blocks and stop-motion, and…

DOTA‘s Early Days Were Rough

DOTA 2 is one of the biggest games on Steam. It’s also the centerpiece of one of the biggest annual tournaments in all of eSports. And yet, once upon a time its most dedicated players resigned themselves to the idea that they’d probably never make a cent off it. Pro gaming behemoth Na`Vi put together…

Cancelled Driver Game Involved Blowing Apart San Francisco

Before Driver: San Francisco, Ubisoft tasked Sumo Digital with making the next Driver game. Unseen 64 has unearthed details and concept art on the abandoned project, which apparently would have involved the Bay Area and tons of explosions. Split/Second: San Francisco? I’m a sucker for reading about cancelled games, and wish more game companies were…

Looks like the line-up of Titans live-action series might include Barbara Gordon. The redhead known as both Batgirl and Oracle might be part of the twentysomething Titans TV show, according to a report on Nerdist.