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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…
By András Neltz Published March 10, 2014 - Kotaku East
Japan’s Oddest English Book Is Still Wonderfully Strange
For students in Japan, it sometimes seems like many are only studying English to pass tests What fun is that? English is a tough language—especially for Japanese. In school, they learn all these stiff, formal expressions that might not be useful with dealing with “nama no eigo” (生の英語) or “native English.” All of this is…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 10, 2014 - CultureCosplay
Bree the V. is killing it as Poison, from Final Fight. Photo by DROO
By Luke Plunkett Published March 10, 2014 -
UncategorizedMy 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,…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 10, 2014 - Culture
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…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 9, 2014 -
UncategorizedLEGO 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…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 9, 2014 - Uncategorized
Kotaku’s Last Ever Cosplay Roundup (Change Is Coming)
Guys and gals, it’s been a fun three years, but Kotaku’s coverage of cosplay has outgrown a mere weekly roundup. So I’d like to welcome you all to Cosplay. It’s a sister site that’ll be focusing solely and exclusively on, well, costume play (though we’ll still be cross-posting the best of it to Kotaku’s front…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 9, 2014 -
UncategorizedThe Time True Detective’s Director Made A PlayStation Commercial
This PlayStation Vita commercial is nearly two years old. If you live in the United Kingdom you’ve probably seen it before (I don’t, and haven’t). I post it tonight, though, because of who made the clip: Cary Fukunaga. This wasn’t that big of a deal when the commercial was released. It is now. Continuing Sony’s…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 9, 2014 - Uncategorized
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…
By Phil Owen Published March 9, 2014 - Uncategorized
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…
By Phil Owen Published March 9, 2014 - Culture
The Week In Games: You Gonna Die
This is a new week. There are new video games coming out this week. These are those video games. TUESDAY, MARCH 11 Atelier Escha (PS3) Dark Souls 2 (Xbox 360, PS3) Titanfall (Xbox One, PC, Xbox 360) Towerfall (PS4) FRIDAY, MARCH 14 Yoshi’s New Island (3DS) Coming Soon: March 18: Final Fantasy X HD (Vita),…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 9, 2014 -
UncategorizedA Video To Help You Decide If Watch Dogs Got Uglier This Week
This week, Ubisoft finally gave us a new release date for Watch Dogs, and with it a new trailer and gameplay footage. That teaser caused a lot of teeth around the internet to chatter as folks discussed whether how it looks now is a downgrade from how it looked when it was announced at E3…
By Phil Owen Published March 9, 2014 - Uncategorized
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…
By Phil Owen Published March 9, 2014 - Uncategorized
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.…
By Phil Owen Published March 9, 2014 -
UncategorizedMan Uses 17-Year-Old Coupon for Frozen Pizza Bundled With PC Game
The man known as the Lazy Game Reviewer was given by a viewer an old copy of the 1997 combat flight sim Red Baron 2 for the PC, and inside was a coupon for 75 cents off a Red Baron frozen pizza. The coupon did not have an expiration date, however, and so our lazy…
By Phil Owen Published March 9, 2014 - Uncategorized
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…
By Phil Owen Published March 9, 2014 -
UncategorizedHow 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…
By Phil Owen Published March 9, 2014 - Uncategorized
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…
By Phil Owen Published March 9, 2014 - Uncategorized
The Titanfall Collector’s Edition is huge.
By John Struan Published March 9, 2014