In the online game Lineage, you can “enchant” in-game items to enhance them. If you’re unsuccessful, though, the item perishes. In South Korea, one gaming granny tried to enchant an extremely rare sword, but failed. So she sued the game’s maker. According to Inven (via tipster Sang), a 64 year-old woman sued NCsoft earlier this…
A Square Enix trademark for “Lost Crusade” has popped up in Japan. Any ideas on what it could be? That is, besides a trademark…
You are looking at, wait for it, crab and mango sushi. It’s from U.K. based chain Yo! Sushi, which claims to offer “authentic Japanese food.” A Japanese sushi chef begs to differ. On Japanese TV show Gaia no Yoake, a Yo! Sushi spokesperson recently claimed, “Our cuisine is authentic Japanese food.” The above two images…
Looking forward to Keanu Reeves in Cowboy Bebop? In a recent Reddit Q&A (via ANN), Reeves said, “Cowboy Bebop does not look like it is going to happen with me in it.” Reeves added that the script was “great and amazing,” but would “cost like a half a billion dollars to make.” Now, he’s trying…
Steins;Gate is one of the most popular visual novels in recent years. It spawned not only several other side-story games but also an anime (and sequel movie). But that’s not all. This past week saw the close of the Steins;Gate live-action play. And like the anime before it, it proved to be an excellent adaptation.…
They’re making a new Pocket Monster game. And apparently, it stars Pikachu! Here is a very brief glimpse at the in-development title, courtesy of broadcaster NHK. NHK program The Professional follows producer Pokémon Company honcho Tsunekazu Ishihara and offers a behind-the-scenes look at an upcoming title. In the clip, you can see Ishihara saying that…
A police station in Seoul, South Korea is filled with more than just cops. There are two feline friends on duty—namely, sleep and snack patrol. It’s a heartwarming story how they got there. Meet Mango and Mango Kobun. According to the Seoul Police, a young man brought Mango to the station this past June. The…
Two years ago, we featured a video called Mac ‘n’ Cheese, an animated short heavily inspired by two characters from Team Fortress 2. Today, we’ve got a sequel. And it’s terrific. The “Scout” and “Heavy” (not actually them, but…come on) are down on their luck, so get jobs at a local supermarket. Things do not…
Then let’s pretend it looked this cool. OK, so the buttons down the bottom look awkward, but just the thought of being able to carry around a Nintendo phone, packed with as many NES, SNES, N64, Game Boy, DS and (maybe) GameCube games as I could fit on there, puts a smile on my face.…
Don’t let the graphic fool you. We’re not here for the back of Placido Domingo’s head. We’re here for the gentleman on the right. That’s Sony boss Kaz Hirai, just chillin’ on the starting grid at the Japanese Formula 1 Grand Prix. Lookin’ sharp, Kaz. Also lookin’ like a kid in a candy store. @paulmccarthy…
Like every other artist on planet Earth, Tyler Jacobson has worked on the gorgeous mobile card game Legend of the Cryptids. He’s also done stuff for Magic: The Gathering, Dungeons & Dragons and advertising clients like Toyota. You can see more of Tyler’s work at his personal site and blog To see the larger pics…
This isn’t the first Attack on Titan figure I’ve seen, but it is the coolest. A 1/6 scale version of Mikasa, she won’t be out until July 2014. Pity. When she does hit, though, she’ll cost around….USD$240. Which is a lot for a figure, yeah, but hey, at least it’s an incredibly detailed one, with…
Penn Jillette, from Penn & Teller, wants to make a “smart” horror movie with buddy Adam Rifkin. So he set up a crowdfunding campaign. A campaign that just got quite the boost from Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford. Pitchford, himself a bit of a magician, kicked in $25,000 to the campaign (which is asking for just…
The DualShock 4 marks the first time in over a decade that substantial changes have been made to the design of a PlayStation controller. But what we ended up getting is nowhere near as drastic a change as we could have got. In a great piece on VentureBeat examining the development process behind the DualShock…
Sometimes, you look at British newspaper stories about video games and shake your head. And then there are days like this The Metro reports that Jason Martin, 41, from Dover, has been jailed for seven years after chomping on a man’s penis following a video game dispute earlier this year. A former (no shit) friend…
And you thought guys only got into esports for the chicks Carlos “Ocelote” Rodriguez is 23 years old, and plays League of Legends for SK, a professional team from Europe. He’s good, very good, but he’s not one of the world’s best Not that it matters. According to a report on Spanish news site ABC,…
Quantic Dream, the studio behind Heavy Rain and Beyond: Two Souls, are about as polarising as a developer gets. Some people hate their games. Some people love them! I’d like to think there’s one aspect of their output we can all get behind, though: the way they include some of the world’s best animation shorts…
It was only a matter of time before the lovable punks at Mega 64 took on Beyond: Two Souls for some real-world mockery. And lo, they have done so, and it’s pretty funny. Guess what: people don’t appreciate it when a dude with a camera goes around knocking crap over.
Boy howdy, the ability to take selfies in Wind Waker HD is the gift that keeps on giving, isn’t it? Just being able to take selfies in of itself is amazing in this game, provided the right commentary, sure. Nevermind when you add hip hop to the selfie mix—yes, we technically already knew how great…
Video game pricing in South America has been outrageous for years, but it’s taken a recent backlash against the Brazilian PS4 to convince Sony to weigh into the matter publicly. And their statement is a surprising one. Instead of providing some vague justification for the exorbitant price and hoping we all just get on with…
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