Final Fantasy Turned into a Religious Experience

The Ise Grand Shrine is one of Japan’s most important Shinto Shrines. This week, as the Emperor and Empress visit, the shrine is launching a new web animation with music from Final Fantasy composer Nobuo Uematsu. The tune might sound familiar. The composition closely resembles the Final Fantasy “Prelude”—if it’s not, you know, simply that…

Puzzle Platforming Has Never Looked So… Pleasant

Yes, it’s another quirky indie puzzle platformer. With physics and stuff. But come on, just look at it. I want to frolic amongst the twirly grass things. The Land of Eyas has apparently been languishing on Kickstarter for quite some time, even though it looks, well, not phenomenal, but nice. Simple. Clean. Satisfying on a…

Japanese Man Spends $150,000 To Look Like Michelangelo’s David

Meet “Alan” (アラン or Aran). He’s 20 years old. And in one year, he’s spent a fortune to look like an ageless beauty. But it wasn’t Alan’s money, because he doesn’t have a job. Older women forked out the cash. Above, you can see a comparison of Alan last year, at the age of 19,…

Good Night, Everyone

Saskia Gutekunst is a German concept artist who has worked on stuff like the World of Warcraft card game and Sega’s Kingdom Conquest Games. Normally ther stuff we post here, by virtue of this business, is dark and dreary. Fantastic work, to be sure, but not exactly the cheeriest stuff. Saskia’s character style and colour…

Borderlands Salvador genderbending by Its Raining Neon. Photo by Cozpho

The Simpsons predicted Facebook’s purchase of the Oculus Rift

Oculus Rift + Facebook on The Simpsons (slightly modified).

The Iron Throne of Nightmares

Winter comes to the stage of history with this sculpture Soul Calibur sculpture by Hector Arce

The Deus Ex Short Film Is Awesome

Never mind the fact this is a fan project. Human Revolution is a Deus Ex short film that’s easily on par with anything we would have expected from, say, a commercial TV network. It’s been teased for a while now, but the full thing is now finished and ready for viewing. It runs for about…

Oculus Rift: From Rags To Riches

A timely reminder: This Kickstarter, asking for a measly $250,000, was just two years ago. My, how times (and bank balances) change

The Internet Reacts To Facebook Buying Oculus Rift

Now that Facebook is buying Oculus Rift, people have all sorts of opinions. Unsurprisingly, reactions have been rather negative: Oculus was supposed to be the future of gaming! Now that Facebook is involved, everything is ruined! Or something like that. You don’t have to browse for very long to find reactions like this—one of the…

Facebook Buys Oculus Rift For $2 Billion

Facebook has just announced that it’s buying Oculus Rift for $2 billion. Seriously. “Mobile is the platform of today, and now we’re also getting ready for the platforms of tomorrow,” Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg says. “Oculus has the chance to create the most social platform ever, and change the way we work, play…