Batman: Arkham Knight Delayed To 2015

“Awesome takes time,” the ever-ebullient Dax Ginn recently told a group of reporters in explaining why his studio’s new Batman game, the first from Rocksteady since 2011, is no longer scheduled for a late-2014 release. If this news sounds a wee bit familiar, it’s because a whole bunch of games seem to be slipping to…

First Person Smash Bros. Is Just As Gruesome As You Might Think

Dodging and edge-hogging would be 100% more dramatic in Smash Bros. with a first-person view. YouTuber pipocaVFX gives us a sneak-peek featuring Link, the Master Hand and a scary third special someone at the end. We’re lucky that the clip is not from Super Smash Bros. Wii U. I just don’t want to see Animal…

This Is Not Aquarium Porn. It’s Art.

For the past few years, Hidetomo Kimura has been dazzling fish lovers with his high-concept aquatic displays. Called “Art Aquarium,” they are probably like nothing you’ve ever seen. As Time Out Tokyo notes, Kimura, a self-styled “art aquarium producer,” creates kaleidoscopes as he references traditional Japanese motifs and culture. In the video below, you can…

When Sushi Turns into Beautiful Boys, You’re Gonna Have to Date Them

I’m no stranger to odd dating sims. In the past, I’ve dated pigeons and even had a homosexual relationship with a piece of meat—so dating sushi seems right up my alley. Love! Sushi Rangers -Choose your target (sushi?)!- is an iOS/Android Otome game—i.e., a game where you play as a girl surrounded by a group…

College Student Called the Cops Over a Cockroach

Taiwan is a tropical country. And as in most tropical places, cockroaches are bad news. But are they worth freaking out about and calling the police? SET News reports how Taiwanese cops must deal with things like geckos, but answering a call about a roach is a bit ridiculous. The news channel reports, as does…

For a Pop Star, This Lady Kicks Ass at Wrestling

Yui Yokoyama is a member of cutesy Japanese idol group AKB48. And she can probably dropkick you silly. Typically, you probably don’t think of popstars, male or female, being particularly good at wrestling. Then again, you probably don’t typically think about who would be good at wrestling or who wouldn’t. Maybe you do! I really…

Here Are the Oldest Pants in the World

Apparently! That’s according to Science News. These trousers were recently discovered in Chinese tombs and radiocarbon dating says they are over 3,000 years old. Researchers are calling these the oldest pants in the world. A graveyard excavation in Yanghai, China turned up two ancient herders wearing wool trousers designed for horseback riding. Their trousers were…

A LEGO Batman Love Story

If you’ve got a spare seven minutes to end the day with, here’s a touching love story in which two people are brought together by something a little sweeter than a desire to avenge the murder of a young boy’s parents. The short is called Lichen and, DISCLAIMER, was actually made by a friend of…

The best days are the days you see someone cosplaying as Kiki. Model is KinokoArthLiddell, photo by Ivan Calderoni.

Girls Claim Slender Man Is Real, Accused Of Stabbing Friend 19 Times

Two 12-year-old girls from Waukesha, Wisconsin are facing attempted murder charges following a brutal attack on one of their classmates. An attack they say was inspired by their devotion to internet horror myth Slender Man. The accused, Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weier, are alleged to have invited a friend over for a sleepover, during which…

EA Game Sale Makes Fun Of Steam

If you visit the Origin homepage right now, this is the first thing you’ll see. And when the bulk of Steam jokes run with the premise of people buying a ton of cheap games that you’ll never play, this ad seems like a clear jab at Steam. Maybe the entire thing seems ludicrous to you,…