As Evil Plots Go, LEGO Batman 3‘s Isn’t Too Shabby

The evil Brainiac, seeking to upgrade from collecting cities to collecting whole worlds, harness the power of the Lantern Rings in order to shrink the Earth, forcing DC’s greatest superheroes to join forces with the Legion of Doom to stop him. That’s something I’d like to see. It seems my favorite DC Comics moments always…

Nintendo, You Should Listen To These Diehard Pokémon Fans

Have you ever played a video game in another language? Maybe you understood that foreign lingo no problem and were fine. Maybe it was difficult. Maybe you just wanted to play the game in your native language. Then, you’ll understand these Chinese Pokémon fans. As South China Morning Post points out, there hasn’t been an…

Here’s What a Live-Action Square Enix TV Show Looks Like

You know that Square Enix games have a certain look. The outfits, the weapons, and the hair all look very Square Enix-y. So if you thought a live-action TV based on a Square Enix game would look like, well, Square Enix, then you’d be right. Based on a card battle game for iOS, Android, and…

Inside a Bitcoin Mine in Rural China

Last year, Kotaku showed images of a Bitcoin mining operation in Hong Kong. It was fancy! However, these recent photos of a Bitcoin mine in northeast China are anything but. Website The Coinsman recently published photos of a Bitcoin operation that’s located in the Chinese countryside. [Photo: The Coinsman] The Coinsman reports that the three…

The Swedish Radio Transmission in P.T. Hides A Major Revelation

P.T., the brilliant playable trailer for Silent Hills, continues to deservedly attract obsessive study. One of the demo’s mysteries is a radio transmission in a foreign language. If these fans are correct, it’s in Swedish, and seems to make a major revelation about the game. Translated, the voice says: Close your eyes. Let your ears…

StarCraft’s Queen Of Blades Shrunk, Turned Into Statue

StarCraft’s Kerrigan/Queen of Blades is getting a large (25 inches), detailed and terribly expensive statue that’ll go on sale later this week. Made by Sideshow, it’s a statue, not a figure, so you’re not getting any accessories or alternate parts. Just the statue. But it’s a pretty amazing one (even if, at $380, it’s beyond…

Terminal Cancer Isn’t Your Everyday Fantasy Setting

David Cumbo is a veteran concept artist who has been at Ratchet & Clank and Resistance developers Insomniac Games for the past 7 years. But that’s not his only work. For a while now he’s also been spending his spare time creating Dreamside, a universe based on Sarah, a young girl dying of terminal cancer…

There just isn’t enough Captain Harlock cosplay in the world, especially since the recent movie was actually pretty good. So thanks, Nikita, for helping address this glaring oversight. Photo by Nippon Nation [thanks Cosplay Blog!]

The Morrowind Remake Is Still Happening, Still Looking Fantastic

Some wonderful people have, for a while now, been dragging The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind into the engine used by the series’ fifth game, Skyrim. It’s a long, tough job, but after loads of trailers and environmental fly-bys, we’ve got a good look today at some actual walkin’ around. Note that while the project looks…

Lego Team Fortress 2 Scout

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