Just another adventure for Calvin and Hobbes. This eight-inch-tall figure was sculpted and hand-painted by Emily Coleman of emilySculpts.com. The piece took Coleman 25 hours to complete, who noted that “sculpting comic strip characters is very very hard.” Head over to her DeviantArt gallery for more sculpty goodness. Commission: Calvin and Hobbes [emilySculpts@DeviantArt] Dayshot is…

Spider-Man, Hanging Out in Cairo

You ever wonder what Spider-Man gets up to in Cairo? He takes the train, does his laundry, and enjoys a good smoke. Welcome to the world of Hossam Atef, a young photographer with a nice portfolio of portraits as well as viral pics like his recent Spider-Man series. Atef told Cairo Scene that the idea…

The China-Only PS4 Has a Dragon Paintjob

The PlayStation 4 is finally launching in China. The console will go on sale next January 11. And when the PS4 does, it’s getting a special version, just for China. This is the Special Dragon Edition, which will be available at launch along with the Jet Black and Glacier White 500GB PlayStation 4. The hardware…

Becoming a Champion with the Worst* Pokémon in ORAS

Magikarp is sad. Pathetic. He sucks. Yet, one brave gamer apparently became a Poké champ with what is largely considered to be the worst Pocket Monster around. Wielding a shiny Magikarp, Twitter user Nakano Official defeated the Elite Four in Pokémon ORAS before taking down the champion to be crowned champ himself. Nakano Official live-tweeted…

More Very Cool Smash Bros. Stage Creations

We’ve already posted some of the coolest Super Smash Bros. stage creations so far. Many of the stages were created by Western games, so now, let’s have a look at what Japanese Super Smash Bros. players are sharing online. As previously mentioned, the game’s new level editor allows folks to create custom stages and then…

Guns, Guns & More Guns (And Knives, And Bows)

Far Cry 4’s guns didn’t just fall into the game by accident. Someone had to build them. And one of those people was Ubisoft artist Greg Rassam. In addition to the last few Far Cry games, he’s also worked on Ubisoft series like Prince of Persia and Rainbow Six. You can see more of Greg’s…

Father Makes Son Play Through Video Game History, Chronologically

For the last ten years, Andy Baio has been performing an experiment on his son. It is equal parts cruel and fascinating. Rather than let him play whatever video game he wanted, Baio made his boy work his way to modernity by playing through the history of video games chronologically. Starting with 1979’s Galaxian. His…

Hooray, That Awesome Cyberpunk Game Is Back From The Dead

Once upon a time (read: a couple years ago), a crazy pretty cyberpunk game called 5734L3R—aka Stealer—took our un-cybernetically enhanced simian world by storm. But then, just as quickly as it appeared, it got canceled. The end? Hardly. It lives again, and this time it needs your help. A glitched out cyberscape painted in warm…

Been a while since I played Crusader Kings II. I must have missed the patch notes about this.

Man Has 203 Simpsons Characters Tattooed On His Back

Michael Baxter, an Australian prison guard, has more Simpsons characters tattooed on his body than I can either remember or recognise. His entire back is covered in a collage of the cartoon’s cast, with the Simpson family themselves flanked by everyone from Guntherto Kent Brockman, who resides just above Baxter’s asscrack. The tattoo forms part…