There Are Japanese Temples for Boobs

There are several festivals in Japan dedicated to the phallus. At the very least, it’s only natural that there would also be a religious sites for breasts. This is Mama Kannon (formally “Ryuuon-ji”), and it’s a Buddhist temple in the Joudo sect. Kannon (aka Guanyin) is the Buddhist Goddess of Mercy. Located in Aichi Prefecture,…

Jean-Claude Van Damme Does His Epic Split… Between Two Trucks

Van Damme’s still got it! The ad says this video was made to demonstrate the stability of Volvo trucks, but deep down, we all know it was set up to show how awesome Jean-Claude Van Damme and his famous split are. This time, he does it between two reversing trucks. This is incredible, but using…

See Just How Small the Vita TV is

Yesterday you saw how Sony’s newest console stacks up to the competition but what about its little brother, the Vita TV? According to my tape measure, this little guy is only 10.5 cm x 6.5 cm (around 4 in x 2 1/2 in). Having problems imagining that? Well let’s compare it to some other video…

Here’s an Unsettling 8-Bit Horror Game. Sleep Well!

This is Survival Horror Story: Catequesis, an 8-bit horror game with religious undertones. It’s… pretty scary. Above we have the newest trailer for SHS, which, as you might recall, stars Daniel, a boy trying to rescue his girlfriend. As you can see, the game is aiming for a good, dark atmosphere rather than graphical fidelity.…

72 Year-Old Grandpa Paints Anime Art for Grandchild

In Japan, most little girls watch the magical girl anime Pretty Cure. Many adore it! One Grandfather decided the best way to delight his grandchild was to paint it. In watercolors. What a darling painting! So cool to see a grandfather go the extra distance to delight his grandchild. The watercolor depicts the characters from…

Watch Dogs Comes to Life in a Wildly Impressive Fan Flick

For me, watching this is like seeing Watch Dogs’ trailer for the first time again Seriously. This fan film is as good at hype as the trailers. We have the group Infectious Designer (whom we featured before) to thank for this awesome, awesome flick, which depicts a typical day in the life of Watch Dogs’…

Smash Bros. Creator Is Always Being Recorded At Work and He Hates It

You wanna see video of Smash Bros. creator Masahiro Sakurai in his day to day work overseeing game development? Apparently, there’s tons. Sakurai is hard at work on the upcoming Smash Bros. games for the 3DS and Wii U. According to his column in Weekly Famitsu, generally whenever he talks about editing and changes at…

A Graphics Card That Will Melt At High Temperatures

Don’t go overclocking this LEGO graphics card. It’ll melt into a puddle of rainbow goop. Builder Nick V even made an accompanying specs sheet for it: >>PowerBuild CRLMRM IRON HD 1640 9IB 64-bit HNSL DVD Extreme x32 HD Ready ABS Support Video Card Get ready for the latest development in plastic-based video card technology! The…

Look At This Giant Machine. Just Look At It.

I never grew out of that childhood thing where giant vehicles are just the best. So when I saw images of this thing today, I nearly lost it. On Thursday, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will be destroying over six tonnes of ivory goods, seized over the years in violation of an illegal trade.…

This Xbox One Takes Around 13 Seconds To Boot Up

Microsoft’s Larry Hryb has posted a short clipshowcasing how long it takes an Xbox One to boot up from a Kinect voice command. I timed it at 13.3 seconds. That’s going from the moment he stops talking to the point where the dashboard pops up ready for user input, which seems to me the most…

Epoch was a really good shooter for the iPhone (and, later, other platforms). Well, it’s now got a sequel, and it’s availableon the App Store.