Don’t Become a Thing, Freaky Furby Make Up

For years, big anime-style eyes have been popular in Japan. Now, one Japanese fashion mag is introducing “doll style make up.” Please don’t catch on. Please. The make-up is designed to make your eyes look like a plastic doll’s. The image, via Twitter user @yun___yu, is from Popteen, which is one of Japan’s most popular…

If You Like Space Operas, You’ll Love Yamato 2199

In 1974, before Star Wars, Battlestar Galactica, Gundam, and Macross, there was Space Battleship Yamato (or Starblazers as it was known in the U.S.). Now nearly four decades later the series has returned with the reboot Space Battleship Yamato 2199—a reboot that easily makes for the best space opera in more than half a decade.…

Don’t Hold Your Breath For Nintendo Games On iOS (Or Android)

When recently asked if Nintendo was planning on putting out titles on smartphones, company honcho Satoru Iwata replied, “Nobody knows the distant future. Or if I’ll be president. However, what I can say is, ‘At present, no.'”

Dragon Quest is coming to smartphones in a big way. Square Enix is bringing Dragon Quest I to Dragon Quest VIII to iOS and Android. Look forward for the onslaught to start this winter when Dragon Quest I is re-released in Japan. Subsequent sequels to follow. No word about a Western release.

I Dare Hollywood to Pull Off a Stunt Like This

These days movies are all about CG graphics. They’re closer to video games than good-old fashioned analog film. So we’ll leave it to real life to accidentally dazzle us with amazing stunts. This black box video was taken in a South Korean parking lot. It starts slow, but please, stick with it. 서커스를 하시는 김여사…

Japan Discovers The Secret Of Unlimited Chocolate

Remove one piece of chocolate from a chocolate bar. Swap two other pieces, and voilà, you have what sure seems like an endless supply of chocolate. Of course, it’s not. The above GIF, created from this video by YouTube user Mariano Tomatis, shows how the trick appears to result in the same-sized chocolate bar. However,…

If Pokémon Had Been A Western Cartoon…

First airing in Japan in the 1990s, Pokémon is a very, well, Japanese cartoon. Let’s imagine for a second, though, that it had been released in the 1990s in the United States. Instead of King of the Hill. Or inside King of the Hill. Pretty sure I wouldn’t need another show on TV. Poké-King-of-the-Mon-Hill [YouTube]

Smug Lady Mocks Robot, Will Surely Be The Death Of Us All

The guys who made the terrifying Amnesia are making a new game, a game with robots in it. We know little about it, but it does not look like things will be going well Why? Because this is the kind of video you see as evidence, after the robot repairs itself and someone else finds…

Some Of The Most Beautiful LEGO In The World

Beautiful LEGO is a new book by Mike Doyle that, well, you can probably guess what it’s about. Doyle has interviewed some of the world’s best LEGO builders for the book, and its 260 pages are packed with all kinds of different works, from intricate buildings to pop culture homages to original designs. For the…

I For One Welcome Our New Robot Overlords

Last week, the guys at BLR (with help from some WETA artists) released one of the most incredible pieces of sci-fi animation this planet has ever seen. Keloid. Let’s bask in the afterglow, then, with some art from the guys who designed the killer robots. While some of the design was handled in-house, two WETA…

Two Companies Go To War Over A Neo Geo Handheld

On the weekend, SNK issued a press release saying that the Neo Geo X handheld – a re-release of the company’s famous home console – was done for. Only a few days later, the company licensing the handheld from SNK says nope, we’ll keep selling it. In case you couldn’t tell from the original SNK…

GTA: Australia Has The Same Old GTA Problems

Weird animation issues? Check. Crazy civilians? Check. Australians buying drugs and…wait a minute. Only once has the GTA series left American shores. I can’t see it happening again, and if it did, it won’t come to Australia. But a man can dream. And so can these guys. The Thing About GTA V… [Max & Sam]

Just How Much Crap Can A Video Game Character Carry?

The short answer is “too much”. The long answer is: over 800 pounds for a Grand Theft Auto character, and when it comes to Minecraft, holy shit. If you didn’t know that you could carry 25% of the total gold ever mined by the human species on your back, well, now you know. How Much…

It’s Cosplay Time. Deal With It.

When will the internet tire of cosplay from Avatar, Skyrim, League of Legends, Attack on Titan, Zelda, Portal and Assassin’s Creed? Never, that’s when. Below is the best cosplay from the last week. Enjoy! (Top gif from Epic Win Bros video.) To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough,…

My New Favourite Thing: 100 Cars Exploding In GTA V

Put explosions and decent physics in a game and you can be sure people will spend a lot of time making some very impressive things blow up. In this case, over 100 cars at a time, in what we can call a fiery display of metal-and-upholstery fireworks. If you’re wondering how it was done, creator…

Neil deGrasse Tyson: Famed Astrophysicist, Total Gravity Buzzkill

If you recently watched Alfonso Cuaron’s marvelous outer-space odyssey Gravity, you probably walked out of the theater with your mind just a little bit blown. Or, if you’re renowned astrophysicist and science distributor Neil deGrasse Tyson, you came out and decided to kill everyone’s buzz by nitpicking the film. Heads up, some of these tweets…

No, It’s Not Official Pokemon X & Y Art. But It Could Be.

Mark Avila may not be able to play Pokemon X & Y until later this week, but that hasn’t stopped him from drawing a bunch of kickass art of the new Pokemon in the meantime. It’s so excellent, you could almost mistake it for the official art. Like the recently-revealed Mega Charizard X, pictured above.…

The Splendor Of Deep Space Starships

EVE Online is a big, big game about big, big ships. The ships are bigger than even the biggest competing sci-fi starships. But still, it’s not all that common to see them looking this nice. Thanks to Dead End Thrills, we can take a moment to appreciate these massive space-cruisers in all their high-res glory.…

Cafe Girl With Fake Superpowers Freaks New Yorkers Out

Have you ever had someone spill a drink on your laptop? It happened to me once, and I got pretty angry. If only I’d had telekinetic powers… This whole thing might just be a big promotional stunt for the new Carrie movie, but it’s still pretty fun to watch. (Via Matt Zoller Seitz, who makes…

What Is Disgaea? A Beginner’s Guide To Tactical Role-Playing Bliss

Years after everyone has caught all the latest Pokemon and the credits roll on Ellen Page, people will still be playing tone of this week’s more low-profile release — Disgaea D2: A Brighter Darkness. What is Disgaea, you ask? Let me explain. If you’re unfamiliar with Nippon Ichi Software’s ten-year-old PlayStation-centric series, don’t feel too…