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  Where One Piece Smashes into Japanese Religion

  During typical Shinto festivals, you expect to see gods like Ebisu. You don’t expect to see One Piece characters smashing into each other. Then again, this isn’t your typical Shinto festival. Here, you can see a festival float (山車 or dashi) with Ebisu holding a sea-bream. [Photo: yae-mottoshiritai] This is the kind of imagery that…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published October 16, 2014
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  Giant Murderous Martian Cockroaches are Coming to the 3DS

  Japan’s grizzly sci-fi action manga is getting a video game adaptation. Following in the footsteps of the hit manga series, Attack on Titan, the manga series that has bug-powered humans fighting giant Martian cockroaches,Terraformars is getting its own 3DS game. Labeled as a single-player “3D battle action” genre game, Terraformars: Battle on the Crimson Star…

  By Toshi Nakamura Published October 16, 2014
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  Super Smash Bros. Isn’t Finished Being Made

  With Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS out, creator Masahiro Sakurai’s job is only half done. When one fan asked him how it felt to be done with the development on Super Smash Bros., he replied, “I’m not done yet…” “Game development is very hard.” Sakurai went on in his column in Weekly Famitsu. “You…

  By Toshi Nakamura Published October 16, 2014
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  Tetsuya Nomura Is Busy with More than Kingdom Hearts III

  Now that he’s no longer helmingFinal Fantasy XV, Tetsuya Nomura seems to have a lot of free time to work on other projects. The Nomura version of Japanese virtual idol, Hatsune Miku, is currently on display in New York until the 19th as part of a Hatsune Miku art exhibit. Asked by Weekly Famitsu in…

  By Toshi Nakamura Published October 16, 2014
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  How The New Nintendo 3DS’s C-Stick Works in Super Smash Bros.

  Oh, and Monster Hunter. Let’s not forget that. Very important! Perhaps the most noticeable addition the New Nintendo 3DS brings to the table is a second thumb controller: the C-Stick. Two of the first games to take advantage of it are, of course, Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Monster Hunter 4G I the…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published October 16, 2014
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  For a $1,000, You Can Buy Realistic Attack on Titan Gear*

  Open up those wallets! Here is a one-to-one scale Three Dimensional Maneuver Gear from Attack on Titan. It looks just like the real thing (*save for the flying bit). The replica is made from aluminum, silicone, and resin. The whole contraption weighs 10 kilograms or 22 pounds. Try getting airborne with that on your back.…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published October 16, 2014
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  Let These Amusing Japanese Internet Photos Brighten Your Day

  Hey! It’s Thursday. Which means it is almost Friday. This has been a long week. Maybe it’s been good. Maybe it’s been bad. Let’s unwind with some silly photos. It’s been a while since we’ve taken a look at goofy photos you can find online in Japan. All these images were taken from funny photo…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published October 16, 2014
• Culture

  In The Future, Human Eyeballs Are Endangered

  John Mueller is a veteran video game artist who has been working in the business for around 20 years now, with companies like Epic and id. He’s most recently taking a swing at Kickstarter with his own project, BEDLAM, which we featured recently You can see more of John’s art at his personal site

  By Luke Plunkett Published October 15, 2014
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  Pictures Of The World’s Biggest Ship Being Built

  This is one of Maersk’s Triple-E cargo ships. When it’s done, it will be the single largest ship on the planet. So yeah, seeing it under construction is pretty cool. From Homeworld’s shipyards to Star Wars to, well, the real world, there’s something awe-inspiring about seeing giant vessels under construction. it gives you a real…

  By Luke Plunkett Published October 15, 2014
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  Dark Magic Brings Video Game Weapons Into The Real World

  Because video game items are made using 3D models, turns out it’s not that hard to rip them out of a game and get them working with a 3D printer. And from there, bring something that previously only existed on the screen into the real world. Angus from Maker’s Muse has made this video showing…

  By Luke Plunkett Published October 15, 2014
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  The Art Of Building Real Video Game Weapons

  Cosplay isn’t just about wearing costumes. A lot of the time stuff like weapons and armour is required, and it’s times like that you need to call a guy like Bill Doran. Bill – a cosplayer himself – works under the name Punished Props, and makes a living (yes, this is his job) building and…

  By Luke Plunkett Published October 15, 2014
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  The New Pokémon Remake Demo, In 30 Minutes

  For most of us, the Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire demos don’t drop until October 21st—and even then, it’ll only be available to folks who are a part of the Pokémon Trainer’s Club. But you don’t have to wait to see what the demo holds, if you don’t want to. Here is GameXplain playing through…

  By Patricia Hernandez Published October 15, 2014
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  Hot Toys T-800: The Kotaku Review

  Having done Terminator 2 a while back, Hot Toys have turned their exposed, blood-covered robot eyes towards James Cameron’s original sci-fi classic. What they’ve come up with will not stop until your wallet is dead. WHAT YOU GET IN THE BOX The figure, an extra head, some hands, a pair of sunglasses, a base and…

  By Luke Plunkett Published October 15, 2014
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  Sonic The Hedgehog, Is That You? You’re Looking… Different

  Something’s off. Maybe it’s the hulking mountain range of muscles rippling across your entire body. Or maybe it’s the fact that you won’t stop screaming all the time. Also I didn’t know you were a League of Legends character. Oh, you’re not Sonic at all. That explains it. YouTube user Dippen made a Sonic The…

  By Nathan Grayson Published October 15, 2014
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  Dude Opens Magic Card Deck, Finds $30,000 Card [UPDATE]

  This video, made by a Magic: The Gathering fansite, was meant to show you some of the cards available in an old 1993 starter pack for the game. It was not meant to show you what happens when a grown man finds a Magic card inside it worth up to $30,000 As is explained at…

  By Luke Plunkett Published October 15, 2014
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  In The Future, Paid Promotions Are Scary

  The recent Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor promotional scandal got me thinking: What would the future of YouTube be if this was allowed to continue? What’s the line between promotion and critique? It’s not fair to push YouTubers—or anyone, really—into advertising a game under the guise of a critical review. You can see more about why…

  By Leo Wichtowski Published October 15, 2014
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  I Bet Kanye West Uses Yoshi In Smash Bros., And Other Guesses

  Whenever I talk to a Smash Bros. player, the first question that inevitably comes up is “who do you main?” The characters you pick and play the most, after all, reflect you and your playstyle. More than that, mains say something about your personality. People who play Captain Falcon, for example, are sort of doofy…

  By Patricia Hernandez Published October 15, 2014
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  Samsung Tests New 5G Network That Delivers

  If you’ve got a smartphone, chances are good that you’ve also got access to one of the many 4G networks. At the best of times, these networks can hit speeds of 10-20 megabit per second. But Samsung’s got a new experimental networkthat can push 1.2 gigabits per second at highway speeds That second part is…

  By Dan Starkey Published October 15, 2014
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  Play This: A Horror Game About That Uncle Who Works For Nintendo

  Remember when your best friend told you he or she had an uncle who worked for Nintendo, and that’s why he/she knew all about how Mario would be in the new Zelda game? Well, someone’s made a game about him. “The uncle who works for Nintendo,” a text-based horror game by programmer Michael Lutz and…

  By Jason Schreier Published October 15, 2014
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  People Already Figured Out How To Use Borderlands‘ ‘Unusable’ Gun

  Remember that Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel gun nobody could figure out how to use? Yeah, well somebody figured out how to use it. That didn’t take long. Possible spoilers and all that. Admittedly the person in the above video, KnowledgeFX, went into the game file and tampered with their stats so they could yank Excalibastard from…

  By Nathan Grayson Published October 15, 2014