Manga Offers Smart Commentary on Modern Video Games

Every now and then, some excerpt or scene from a manga or movie or TV series will make the rounds on the internet that will pique my interest. In most cases, that one scene or excerpt will be the most notable thing, with everything else paling in comparison. Literacy of Nana was one of the…

Three Years Later, the PSP Gets a Firmware Update

Today, Sony released firmware 6.61 for the PlayStation Portable. Um. What? According to Sony, the update improves system software stability. For those keeping score, the last time Sony updated the PSP’s firmware was in August 2011. The update, however, is currently only for Japan. It will be announced for elsewhere at a later date. Keep…

Becoming a Japanese Animator Is Hard

There’s been a deceptively difficult question on the test to get a job at Toei Animation. Below, you can see a drawing that, according to a 2ch user, has appeared on the studio’s employee entrance exam. Toei, of course, is famous for an array of anime, and some of Japan’s most famous animators, including Hayao…

It Takes 7.5 Hours To Solve This Giant Rubik’s Cube

Look at that thing. I can’t even get my head around how it works, let alone how you’d solve it. Fortunately Kenneth Brandon (via Geek.com) has done it instead, compressing 7.5 hours of twisting into a 6-minute video. This post originally appeared on Kotaku UK According to Brandon there are 66.9 quinquaseptuagintacentilliard positions in a…

This Is Not How I Remember Perfect Dark On N64

Remember Perfect Dark? The N64 spy shooter that was a lot like Goldeneye because it was basically a sequel to Goldeneye? Someone’s gone and made it into a horrifying glitched out hellscape. Vinesauce, renowned master of glitchy, unpredictable “corruptions,” put his personal spin on Perfect Dark. The result is equal parts deranged and hilarious. People’s…

‘Swatter’ Gets Five Years Jailtime

Jason Allen Neff, who last year pleaded guilty to a variety of crimes related to his role in a group who thought “swatting” was a fun time, has this month been sentenced for his crimes. He’ll be spending five years in a federal prison. Neff was arrested back in 2011 (for crimes dating back a…

Hotline Miami 2 Has Been Basically Banned In Australia [Update]

Well, not banned, more like refused classification, and…hey, wait a minute, weren’t we supposed to be over this shit? Turns out that, nope, despite the Australian government nominally approving the creation of a strictly adults-only classification rating for video games, some titles are still being deemed by officials as being too much. The latest example…

Hearthstone Master Loses To Low Rank Player With Starter Deck

OK, time for a game of fill in the blank: “Pride goes before a ____.” Jason “Amaz” Chan is not a Hearthstone player to be trifled with. In addition to being one of the online collectible card game’s most popular streamers, he’s won multiple tournaments including last year’s Numericable Millennium Cup and IEM Shenzhen. He…

Pro StarCraft Player Suspended After Longest Match Ever

There are many ways to win a StarCraft II match. Countless tactics, schemes, and ways of naming each of your beautiful baby zerglings that you love dearly I mean what no that’s crazy nobody does that. This, however, is probably not a strategy you should ever employ. No, that time stamp is not wrong. The…

It’s All Fun And Games Until Mom Shows Up

The comments on this False vs. Keitaro matchup and the ensuing Reddit thread make it clear that nobody’s suggesting that the “Gamer” stage from Smash Bros. should make it in to serious tournaments. I know. But at the same time…why the hell not?? Crazy random events are what make the casual Smash game so much…

Dying Light is supposed to be a big game. But just how big? This new PlayStation Access video shows what it’ll be like to walk from one end of the map all the way to the other. Needless to say, there are plenty of zombies in-between. We’ll have more on Dying Light closer to release,…

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Xenoblade Chronicles X Sure Looks Impressive

Oh hey there, new trailer for Xenoblade Chronicles X. You’re looking oh so fine. I’m still not sure how the folks at Monolith Soft are managing to eke so much out of the frustratingly underpowered Wii U, but hey, I’ll take it. I mean, just check out that video footage. It looks wonderful. Hopefully they…

Our First Look At Majora’s Mask 3D In Action

We haven’t seen much of The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask for 3DS, but with the release date only a few weeks away, that’s changing. A new 16-minute video provides our best look yet at the remake, which includes a number of gameplay changes to make it more approachable. Unfortunately, the video is in Japanese,…