Man in China Has Spent $32,000 Collecting Transformers

Transformers is quite popular in China. Heck, the latest film is set in the country. There are many diehard Chinese fans. One of them shelled out $32,000 for his collection. According to News 163 (via ShanghaiIst), retired soldier Zhang Wei has been collecting Transformers since 2002. So far, he and his wife have over 380…

You Know What Makes Blind Dates Better? Anime

Dating is tough. It’s not always easy to find a partner into the same things you are. Anime, for instance. Not everybody is into that. Wouldn’t it be great if there were blind dating events for anime lovers? In Japan, there are. Animax, the Japanese television network dedicated to anime broadcasting, is teaming up with…

Making Wolfenstein Move

Markus Hammarstedt worked as a senior animator on Wolfenstein: The New Order. So if you were ever wondering “gee, who actually animated those kinda gross bits where you stab a guy in the neck”, Markus is your guy. That’s his showreel for his work on the game. Below, you’ll find another clip, this time showcasing…

The Guy Behind Two Of League Of Legends’ Biggest Hacks [Update: Court Verdict]

In both 2011 and 2013, the servers of Riot Games, operators of League of Legends, were compromised. It’s easy to think the attacks were the work of a group of sophisticated criminals, but really, much of the work was done by a 21 year-old Australian. UPDATE: A 2016 court ruling has determined that Duffy did…

Still the best optional objectives of 2013.

Camera Crew Leaks Team’s Strategy At $10 Million Tournament

There are millions of dollars up for grabsin this year’s big DOTA 2 tournament, The International. So when a camera crew accidentally leaked one team’s strategy for the competition, that team was understandably pissed A crew from Chinese esports company Gamefy is at the tournament, and despite lacking permission from organisers Valve to do so,…

The Need To Talk About Consent

Last weekend, Max Temkin, co-creator of the popular card game Cards Against Humanity, wrote a blog post about a rape accusation. The post went up somewhat unnoticed, thanks to a combination of EVO, the World Cup, and GaymerX happening all at the same time—but he mentions something that we, as a gaming community, should talk…

​Musical 2048 Is A Marvelous Idea

You may think that if you’ve played one version of 2048, you’ve played them all. But have you played a musical version that teaches harmony? I didn’t think so! 2048, the hugely popular open-source game inspired by a clone of Threes, lends itself to creative re-interpretation. But of all the myriad versions strewn about the…

Portal 2 Looks Fun Even Without Portals

A few months ago, we took a look at Aperture Tag, a Portal 2 mod that replaces the portal gun with a gun that can shoot the blue and orange gels to craft the levels into a bouncy, speedy wonderland. It’s finally out and it’s looking even better than before. The mod adds a whole…

​My Favorite EVO 2014 Matches Were the Ones With the Least Action

There doesn’t need to be a lot of movement to create excitement in a top-tier fighting game showdown. Just look at these EVO 2014 matches from this past weekend. Sure, the Justin Wong Marvel vs. Capcom win was a moment for the ages and Louffy’s string of victories on his way to the championship was…

Weird Al’s New Video Is A Brilliant Grammatical Smackdown

Al “Weird Al” Yankovic has been making music for 38 years. His newest CD—and probably his last traditional album—drops today. Here’s Word Crimes, the wonderful video for his great send-up of Robin Thicke’s Blurred Lines. “You should never / write words using numbers / unless you’re seven / or your name is Prince.” Hear that,…

​Futurama In 3D is Strangely Breathtaking

Look, I don’t want a 3D Futurama movie and neither do you. But I’ll be damned if this test shot doesn’t give me the shivers. In the clip above, artist Alexy Zakharov rendered the iconic skyline from the intro of Futurama in glorious, heartbreaking 3D using 3Dsmax, Nuke, Photoshop and After Effects. He also made…

24 Recap: It’s All Over

PREVIOUSLY ON 24: Cartoon villain Cheng Zhi gets his hands on an override device that can take over the world; U.S. president James Heller tells Jack to go find it before World War III breaks out; Cheng turns out to be working with the Russians; Jack and Mark Boudreau work together to raid the compound…