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You Can Wear This Freaky Cat Head in Tokyo
Live in Japan? Got plans for this weekend? You know, you can always put on this large, unsettling cat head. As reported on BuzzMag and Togetter, this “Real Cat Head” will be on display starting this Saturday at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum. It will be part of a larger, free exhibit that will run…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 15, 2015 - Culture
Nice Town. It’d Be A Shame If Something Happened To It.
Rhys Griffiths is a freelance concept artist and illustrator from Melbourne. You can see more of Rhys’ work at his personal site and ArtStation page. To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you can save them as wallpaper), click on the “expand” button in the top-left corner.…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 14, 2015 - CultureCosplay
Building Badass Destiny Hand Cannons
Say what you will about Destiny, I think it’s one of the best-looking games in years, with some very cool weapons just lying around for people to cruelly and unfairly pick up. My personal favourite is the hand cannon, because I am a Titan, and that’s just how I like to get shit done. Normally,…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 14, 2015 -
UncategorizedMMA Star Says Mortal Kombat Likeness “Cannot Be A Coincidence”
As far as Mortal Kombat characters go, Cassie Cage is pretty fun. She chews gum, kicks ass, and takes selfies with the jawless corpses of her victims. She also bears an odd resemblance to UFC fighter Felice Herrig, something Herrig thinks is more than a coincidence. Herrig, who fights on this weekend’s UFC on FOX…
By Nathan Grayson Published April 14, 2015 - CultureCosplay
When A Cosplay Rookie Takes Awesome Cosplay Photos
Mario Giancini is a professional photographer who until April 2015 had zero contact with the cosplay scene. Not that you’d know it by looking at these sweet photos. Being a big gamer, and with MegaCon 2015 going down ten minutes away from his house, Giancini went along with his camera and shot the cosplaying attendees.…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 14, 2015 - Uncategorized
PC Case Costs More Than Most PCs
It’s taken three years, but that ridiculously expensive PC case we showed you a while back has finally entered production. And no, it hasn’t had a price cut. Formerly called the MURDERBOX, it’s since been rebranded as something more fitting for an expensive piece of PC hardware: the XFORMA MKII, which has just the right…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 14, 2015 - Uncategorized
An Adventure Game Built For The Apple Watch
Did you panic last week and stay up late to preorder a first-generation Apple Watch like some idiot? Me too. And here comes developer Wayforward Technologies to mildly justify it with Watch Quest. Launching April 24, hopefully the same day my Apple Watch Sport arrives in the post, Watch Quest is an adventure game that…
By Mike Fahey Published April 14, 2015 - Culture
Titan Souls Is An Infuriating Game, But I Love It
“FUCK,” I shout, as I stomp my foot in anger. I hope my housemates can’t hear me, but they probably can. I’ve lost to this Titan Souls boss for something like the 25th time in a row. Some of the losses came after minutes that felt like they stretched on for hours, grueling dances where…
By Nathan Grayson Published April 14, 2015 -
UncategorizedMortal Kombat X‘s Familial Fatalities Have Got Me Down
No parent should ever outlive their child. They definitely shouldn’t tear open their child’s chest while quoting a classic horror movie and hamming it up for the camera. As a long-time fan of the Mortal Kombat franchise, I have no problem with the franchises brutal signature finishing moves. Thelatest batch might be gorier than most,…
By Mike Fahey Published April 14, 2015 -
UncategorizedThe GTA Ghost That Became An Obsession
I don’t remember how I came across the clip. Maybe someone sent it to me. Maybe I had opened it earlier in the day, while looking for something else. It was just… there, in the middle of a sea of other browser tabs. “GHOST CAUGHT IN GTA,” the title promised. Of course I watched it.…
By Patricia Hernandez Published April 14, 2015 -
UncategorizedSquirrel Girl Versus WonderCon 2015? No Contest.
What happens when Marvel’s most powerful hero takes on Anaheim’s annual comic book convention? That’s a silly question. FromD Piddy, that guy who is Deadpool all the time, comes the thrilling tail of cosplayer Zerggiee’s trip to WonderCon in the guise of Squirrel Girl, champion of all that is wholesome and nutty. The ensuing carnage…
By Mike Fahey Published April 14, 2015 -
UncategorizedThe New Mortal Kombat Is Fun, Y’all
I’ve been playing Mortal Kombat X since late last night and I don’t want to stop. Honestly, I’m a little annoyed that I have to stop playing NetherRealm’s newest installment of the long-lived martial-arts series to actually write about it. Whether it’s been in the snarkily self-aware Story Mode or playing against another human online,…
By Evan Narcisse Published April 14, 2015 - Uncategorized
Today’s Destiny Patch Fixes Raids, Adds More Vault Space
This afternoon, Bungie released a new patch for Destiny, a video game in which players must travel the galaxy fighting against powerful adversaries like the Fallen, the Vex, and Bungie. In addition to expanding the vault (as seen above) and fixing a bunch of crippling raid bugs like the mysterious vanishing Crota sword, this new…
By Jason Schreier Published April 14, 2015 -
UncategorizedAlmost All of Mortal Kombat X‘s Gory Fatalities in One Place
You want to see, like, 95% of the blood-gushing finishing moves from Mortal Kombat X? Here you go. YouTuber theRadBradhas uploaded a video that features almost all of MKX’s Fatalities, with the exception, he says, of the ones performed by unlockable character Shinnok. Players get him at the end of Story Mode. (It’s not clear…
By Evan Narcisse Published April 14, 2015 - Uncategorized
The First Five Urine-Soaked Minutes Of Domestic Dog Simulator
Piss on everything. If that doesn’t work, there’s always plan number two. From Surreal Distractions, markers of surreal distractions, comes a game about being a random dog-like creature with a nose for trouble and a bladder-full of justice. Or urine. It’s probably urine, though one of my dogs was peeing black liquid, which brings its…
By Mike Fahey Published April 14, 2015 - Uncategorized
Google vs The Pony Express
The latest Google Doodle video game celebrates the 155th anniversary of the Pony Express. You ride across America, collecting letters. To play, click the Google logo at google.com. It’ll take you about a minute. More back-story about the Pony Express and the five developers who made the game here
By Stephen Totilo Published April 14, 2015 - Uncategorized
’90s Video Game Ads Were All That And A Bag Of Chips
From fish-eye lenses to Big Dog-style one-liners, 1990s video game ads had it all. And by “had it all” I mean “were absolutely ridiculous and almost hurt to look back on today.” This gallery of ‘90s ads, put together by Flickr user jonathantaylorthomasfan and passed along to us by a couple of anonymous tipsters last…
By Jason Schreier Published April 14, 2015