Studio Ghibli’s Toshio Suzuki is retiring from working as a producer. Instead, Sports Houchi reports that he will take on another role at the studio: General Manager. Sounds like he’ll still be involved, but is passing the producing baton to the younger generation at Ghibli.

For $400, You Too Can Enjoy Doom Guy Curbstomping Demons on Your Desk

Not as cuddly as his plush counterpart, but undeniably badass. Gaming Heads is putting up a new diorama for pre-order, consisting of Doom’s space marine doing his thing in a style reminiscent of the first Doom game’s box cover. The 12.5 by 17 inch hand-painted statue comes with a light-up base, so it can also…

Bree the V. is killing it as Poison, from Final Fight. Photo by DROO

My New Favorite Thief Review

Sorry Kirk. You did a good job with all those words and feelings, but you’re nae a Scottish man in a plush brown bathrobe and police hat. If you’ve never caught one of Tam McGleish’s reviews before, know that they’re worth watching on two fronts. One, yes, they’re funny, but like Mr. Plinkett’s film reviews,…

The Building Blocks Of BioShock Infinite

Calen Brait worked on BioShock Infinite for five years as lead modeler. Amongst his other roles, he got to engage in some digital architecture and exterior design. These pieces are thus a little different from what we normally see here on Fine Art, looking more like a toy catalogue than an art collection, but that’s…

LEGO Keyboard Actually Works As Real Keyboard

I’m not sure what’s most impressive here. The mere fact this looks like a working keyboard, the fact it works like a real keyboard, or that instead of a “Home” button it’s got a little house that you press. Builder Jason Allemann‘s keyboard is built entirely using existing LEGO pieces, which means that while most…

It’s been real, but it’s time for us to part ways because the weekend has come to a close. The Weekend of Phil was pretty great, though, right? Thanks for being a super chill corner of the Internet.

PS3 Game Box Art Will Soon Look Like PS4 Box Art

Here in the new age, we must try to forget the old age, apparently; Sony is shifting the look of the PS3 game box art for the second time, now to bring it in line with the blue aesthetic of the PS4 and Vita box art styles. IGN noticed this change when given the art…

Teaser Site Hints At Live-Action Titanfall Content

A website has appeared promising a collaboration between Respawn Entertainment and FX house Playfight on “live-action epic” Titanfall content. “We wanted to partner with Playfight, who has a history of delivering movies that meld gameplay, live action and stellar CG into truly entertaining media, for Titanfall,” reads a quote on the site attributed to Respawn’s…

This Web Site Will Count How Many Times You Died in Dark Souls

If you’ve played Dark Souls for any significant amount of time, you’ve probably died in Dark Souls a large number of times. And now there’s a site that will tell you exactly how many times. To, you know, get hyped for Dark Souls II To get your death number, you have to visit the Dark…

Marvel Claims It’s Building a Connected Universe Across Its Games

The Marvel Cinematic Universe initiative has been a massive success for Disney, and the comics giant is allegedly building a similar collective continuity across its games. “You might have noticed that certain similarities and threads touch from one game to the next,” said TQ Jefferson, Marvel’s VP of games, at a SXSW panel on Saturday.…

Listen To This Creepy New Track From Diablo III: Reaper of Souls

One of the locations in Diablo III‘s Reaper of Souls expansion is the Blood Marsh, which sounds like a creepy place from the name, and this preview track Blizzard has put together for us to listen to definitely gives off that vibe with bells, booms and a choir. “The very first time you enter the…

How To Make Your Face Look Like Lightning From Final Fantasy XIII

You may think that cosplaying as Lightning from Final Fantasy XIII is just about getting the hair, outfit and skinny-and-tall body frame right, but in order to nail that look down completely you’ll need to do some face work as well. Enter Emma Pickles, who has made this helpful makeup video tutorial for just that…

The First Details On Telltale’s Borderlands Game

“You never really play what actually happened, you’re playing this Big Fish version of what happened,” Telltale’s Kevin Bruner said of his studio’s Borderlands spinoff, Tales from the Borderlands, at a panel at SXSW on Saturday. As reported by Polygon, the game will include a pair of playable protagonists who narrate the events of the…