How to Identify the Basic Types of Anime and Manga

When talking about anime and manga, there are a lot of Japanese terms thrown around that may be more than a little confusing to the uninitiated. But perhaps the most important of these to know refer to some of the different types of anime and manga. This is basic stuff! Long time fans will know…

We knew that JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle was coming to the West, but we didn’t have exact dates. Now we do. Bandai-Namco’s fighter hits PS3 in Europe and Australia first, on April 25, with the US release following four days later, on April 29.

Azure Striker Gunvolt is a new 3DS game from Keiji Inafune and Inti Creates. Headed to the Nintendo eShop this summer, Azure Striker Gunvolt was revealed earlier today.

“It does feel like a double standard, a little bit. We weren’t willing to change the content… as long as we could make a joke out of the fact that they made us cut this, that was fine.” South Park co-creator Matt Stone, in an interview with The Guardian, on the censoring of South Park:…

Watch Us Build Death Traps and Brutally Murder Heroes

In Deception IV: Blood Ties you play a demon princess whose castle is being constantly invaded by heroes. Your only recourse? To build Rube Goldberg-style traps to kill the trespassers. Check out the video above to see exactly what it is like in action. Deception IV: Blood Ties was released in Japan for the PlayStation…

Assasins Creed FIVE: Great LOL Sounds Like an Amazing Game

“Connor goes to revolutionary France, but doesn’t take part in the revolution, just wanders the countryside + eats cheese and wine.” Not much needs to be said here. This is a parody of leaks, Assassin’s Creed, and, well, the game industry as a whole. A redditor named koobaxion came up with it, and it’s brilliant.…

Maintain Your Own Consoles (And PC) Like A Boss

iFixit, the website that loves to take things apart, has come up with their own electronics refurbishment kit. And I really want one, even though I’d have no idea what the hell I’d be doing. Priced at $120, it includes pretty much everything you’d need to not just perform some basic repairs on something, but…

No New Wing Commander Games? Let’s Remake The Music Instead.

Here’s a Kickstarter that’s speaking directly to both my 14 and 33 year-old self: composer George Oldziey is looking for the money to go back and re-record a bunch of Wing Commander music, and this time do it right Oldziey composed the score to games like Wing Commander III & IV, with III’s theme particularly…

Razer Headphones That Aren’t Even Meant For Video Games

Well, this has been a strange week. I was down to review a couple of new sets of headphones from Razer. I was expecting to be testing them on my PC and consoles, but ended up spending most of the week using them on my phone and 3DS. Which, it turns out, is what I…

Forget Barbie, Here’s A Doll Based On Real Humans

Criticisms of Barbie’s unnatural proportions and (usually) vapid lifestyle are nothing new; believe it or not, it’s been twenty years since Lisa Lionheart took on Malibu Stacey on The Simpsons. But there’s never been a rival doll that’s looked quite like this before. There’s currently a crowdfunding campaign going on to raise funds for “Lammily”,…

Humans Are The Worst, So We’re Sending Them To Die In Space

The UnEarth Initiative is an indie management/strategy game that puts you in command of a small group of humans trying to survive on an alien planet. What’s interesting about it is that the humans suck. The game’s got a humorous slant, so instead of giving you an experienced platoon of veteran space marines and engineers,…

Why Watch Dogs Was Delayed (According To The Guys Who Made It)

Watch Dogs was supposed to be out last November! Now, it won’t be out until May. Allow Ubisoft to explain, at least in Ubisoft’s public words, why that is. Senior Producer Dominic Guay sat down with the company’s official blog and gave his version of events. Those looking for catastrophic tales of mmismanagement or technical…

Naughty Dog Denies Uncharted Writer “Forced Out” By Last Of Us Makers

It was a bit of a shock earlier this week when we heard that Amy Hennig – creative director and writer on the Uncharted series – had left developers Naughty Dog. It was also a shock to read an initial report from IGN that claimed she had been “forced out by The Last of Us’…

A Collection of Painful-Looking Parkour Fails

Usually, when we show you parkour, it’s footage of successful, awe-inspiring runs. The point is to highlight finesse in movement. But actually getting to that skill level takes a lot of practice—and failed runs. And boy, do those failed runs look painful judging from this compilation video by Uniformedia. I couldn’t help but cringe at…

Gun Smuggler Uses Xbox 360s To Hide Illegal Weapons

Joseph Bunger, 34, faces up to 25 years in prison after pleading guilty to smuggling firearms internationally, with the parts hidden inside Xbox 360 consoles. He was arrested last year after Australian customs authorities opened one of the consoles he’d shipped from the US to find “a 9mm pistol, gun parts and two empty magazines.”…