Two Gamers Are Going To Jail For Stealing $6,405 In Virtual Items

Stealing is bad. Stealing items in online games is also bad, and usually there’s not much that can be done to combat it—so it’s super good news that two Chinese internet thieves have been sentenced to prison terms. According to a report released today, in early April, two men, surnamed Wang and Cai, were each…

A Behind The Scenes Look at Mortal Kombat Motion Capture

Make-up artist Tanea Brooks has released a set of pictures that show actors and actresses dressed up as Mortal Kombat characters, doing motion capture for the Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection With the collection, Midway’s initial plan was to release HD remakes of the original games with new actors, and even though that’s not what happened…

Taipei To Fine People Glued To Smartphones While Crossing The Street

Looking to make crossing the street a little safer, Taiwanese legislators have proposed fining pedestrians who cross the street while “distracted” by mobile phones. The proposed law will fine any pedestrian deemed “distracted” about $10 for each infraction! According to Taiwanese media, there are over 14,000,000 mobile internet users in Taiwan, many of whom are…

There’s already been a Persona 4 animated series. Now there’s another one, adding in the extra content seen only in the Vita re-release of the game.

EVE Online’s Real-World Monument Has Already Been Vandalised

The real, physical monument to EVE Online players hasn’t even been open for a week, but already it’s been vandalised. A player tweeted over the weekend that they’d visited the monument and scratched a player’s name off the landmark. That player is Xenuria, someone with a…controversial past in the game. While well-known (and a well-known…

Steam’s Store Is A Hot Mess

Steam is great for so many things. Online play, copy-protection, update management, silly sale prices. You know what Steam’s not great at? Being a store. I’m not talking about knowing knowing what game you want to buy, opening up Steam and buying it. That’s easy, and not even Steam’s gross design and cluttered UI can…

Meet The Guy Who Says He Buried The E.T. Cartridges

Last month, thousands of copies of ET (along with other Atari games) were found buried beneath the New Mexico desert. James Heller was the man responsible for that. In an interview with KBOI2, the former Atari employee says that the rumours about the dumping being some secretive, midnight affair are untrue. With 750,000 unwanted game…

The Week In Games: Stories Of The Shinsengumi

It’s the perfect week to curl up in an air conditioned room with a pair of remastered visual novels for your PlayStation 3. It’s a week filled with remasters and re-releases. We’ve got Borderlands 2 for the PlayStation Vita, but only if you buy a system bundle — otherwise you’ll have to wait a week.…

A Hack That Gets You The Most Taco Bell Food For Your Money

It’s late at night, you’ve got a pocketful of crumpled bills and coins, and your hunger exceeds your self-esteem. Thanks to a clever hack, now all you have to do is send your budget to a special email address to generate a maximum calorie Taco Bell menu. The Taco Bell Disrupt, created during the hackathon…

Weekend Deals: Star Wars and More

Your weekend deals come from a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away… Star Wars Deals Movies Star Wars Episodes IV-VI ($32) | Amazon Star Wars Episodes 1-III ($32) | Amazon Star Wars: The Clone Wars seasons 1-5 ($29/each) | Amazon Family Guy Star Wars Trilogy ($19) | Amazon Books Over 50 Star…

100 Days Of The Same Dance, All At Once

For more than 100 days, YouTuber Project One Life performed the same dance routine in his bedroom. Then he spliced all of the footage together into a two minute video. The result is downright inspirational. He’s got some killer dance moves, this guy, though that’s coming from someone whose only dance move is the ‘sit…