Kids Don’t Trust Luigi Anymore. Thanks Mario Kart 8

Was the notoriety worth it, Luigi? Now that the Luigi Death Stare meme has run its course, the Fine Bros. assess the damage those dirty looks have done. Somebody think of the children! Sure, Mario’s brother never really owned the spotlight, but at least he was beloved by children everywhere. Now Luigi doesn’t even have…

Civilization Revolution Is Getting A Sequel On iOS

Way, way back in 2008, Sid Meier’s strategy game, Civilization Revolution, was released for consoles. It had some rough edges, but ultimately, it was a good Civilization game. Then, in 2009, an iPhone port of the game was released. And now, five years later, iOS is where the sequel makes its debut. Civ Rev 2…

This Boring 7 Star Hotel Wants To Be Removed From Transformers 4

Earlier last week, Chinese property company Pangu holdings abruptly canceled their sponsorship of Transformers: Age of Extinction. Pangu holdings, which owns and operates the Pangu 7 Star Hotel in Beijing, now wants to have its image removed from the movie. The Pangu hotel is huge Chinese and Western outlets such as Variety have reported on…

​College Women Mysteriously Collapse in a Tokyo Street

Students getting drunk and passing out is part of the university experience. But this weekend, something strange and quite possibly sinister happened in Tokyo. Note: This article might contain content some readers find objectionable. On Twitter and Instagram (via 2ch), photos of a group of young women passed out in the middle of the street…

Chinese Video Likens Valve’s Big Dota 2 Tournament To The World Cup

The 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil is in full swing! As with the previous two World Cups, China doesn’t have a team in the tournament. But in the upcoming 2014 Dota 2 International in Seattle, China makes up 1/8 of the 16 teams. China has two teams participating in the 2014 Dota 2 International…

These Trash Transformers Are So Bad, They’re Good!

Chinese bootleg Transformers are a dime a dozen. The “robots in disguise” are so popular here that we can seldom go a few months without another Chinese fan making a legion of the robots, and now we have a set that’s so bad, they’re slightly good! Images of these “trashbots” showed up all over Chinese…

Super Rare Arcade Game Now Playable Like It’s No Big Deal

If the experts are correct then there are only two Primal Rage 2 arcade boards in existence, giving it a near legendary status. Now there’s one sitting inthe Galloping Ghost Arcade ruining all that elusive mystique. This post originally appeared on Kotaku UK Galloping Ghost’s Doc Mack says below that this is an original 0.36…

Don’t Put Digimon Stuff in Your Butt, Please

Your pocket? Yes. Your bunghole? Just don’t. Please. If you didn’t think that was common sense, there was apparently a warning to Digimon players about just that. This week, photos supposedly of a Digimon Mini how-to book show the following warning: “Shiri ni Irenai” (しりにいれない) or “Don’t put it in your butt.” Because these little…

It’s Still ‘Minecraft In Space,’ But It Looks So Much Better

About a year ago, an indie sandbox space sim named Xeno Galaxies tried to gather some development money for itself. Sadly, it didn’t work out. Now, it’s back, and it looks like that year off did it a lot of good. Check out the trailer from 2013. As you can see, the game was literally…

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The Worst Ridge Racer Game Is Basically Dead

Ridge Racer has come a long way since the first arcade game was released over 20 years ago. Sadly, for a while now a lot of it has been downhill. A champion of the earlier PlayStation eras, the game’s been on a sharp decline since its infamous appearance at Sony’s 2006 E3 appearance, culminating in…