Life-Sized Mario Can Be Yours for Nearly $3,000

It’sa him, Mario! Witha you, person who just spent almost three grand. As New Launches points out, this 150 cm (4.9 ft) Mario statue is available on Amazon Japan. It was launched a few years back and is priced at 285,000 yen, which is around US$2,900. This seems like something designed for retail displays—or people…

After a Bad Experience, Former Konami Employee Had To Fight Depression

In an interview with the Asahi News, one of Japan’s largest newspapers, a forty-something year-old man recalled his time at Konami and an alleged unfortunate experience which led to bouts of severe depression. Asahi reports that the man worked at Konami in game development. However, in late 2010, apparently the man’s boss abruptly told him…

American McGee’s Five-Year-Old Grimm Series Seeks New Life On Steam

Back in the summer of 2008, a game called American McGee’s Grimm debuted on GameTap—an episodic action-adventure written by R. J. Berg, who also worked on American McGee’s Alice. In the following one and a half year period, Grimm received 22 additional episodes. And now, it’s on Steam Greenlight. In Grimm, your task is to…

There’s a Macross Game on the Oculus Rift

When I was a kid, I had a poster of an F-14 Tomcat hanging on my wall. It was my favorite airplane. Then I watched Robotech and saw my favorite plane transform into a giant robot as well. I dreamed about flying one. Now, two decades later, Oculus Rift has helped me get as close…

How a Japanese Radish Became an Internet Hero

Last fall, a most unusual radish was unearthed in Japan. The vegetable walked—no, raced—from that farm and into our hearts. The result was TV appearances, a calendar, toys, and even a photo book. Behold the world’s most successful radish. If you are not familiar with daikon radish, they are rather large and look like this:…

A Big TV In The Back Of A Car Turns The 360 Into A Portable System

It’s a bit much, in a Pimp My Ride kind of way, but if you’ve got a back seat with room to spare – or kids in need of silencing – check out this guide to installing a 19-inch TV and games console in a car. Put together by Instructables user rochassassin, who was facing…

Anyone For A Fifth Element Cyberpunk Taxi Game?

The official Fifth Element game was bad. So it’s nice to see that, 15 years after the movie’s release, we’re finally getting something that looks like it can recreate at least part of the experience. Collateral is a racing game currently up on Kickstarter (and Steam Greenlight) that has you driving a flying cab around…

Homeless Man Is A Walking Street Fighter Wiki

Meet Emanuel. This homeless gentleman is going to talk about one thing today: Street Fighter Art director Ken Lin filmed this interview back in 2010, but recently located it on a hard drive. Explains Lin: “I ran into this homeless guy named Emanuel Swanson who was yelling “Sonic Boom!” to himself. Being a Street Fighter…

What The Sports Games Of The Future Should Look Like

Know what I hate most about sports games? The fact they’re so focused on recreating the broadcast experience of a sport, and not what it’s like to actually play one. I was one of the four people on Earth who used NFL2K’s first-person camera view, I loved Backbreaker for its more immediate viewpoint, and I…

Breaking Bad Images So Good You’ll Think They’re Photos

Based in Osaka, Riccardo Minervino is an Italian CG artist who works for Capcom. Meaning, Yeah, these Breaking Bad shots aren’t screengrabs from the show, they’re 3D models. You can see similar shots of a similar amazing quality here Most of the images you’ll see below are terrific 3D images, then, but I’ve also included…

I Can’t Believe One Man Is Making This PC Strategy Game

Ede Tarsoly today announced Meridian: New World, an old-school RTS game that, he says, is the product of a development team that includes…Ede Tarsoly. Seems he’s been working on the game for two years now. It’s pitched more at the StarCraft II crowd than the Company of Heroes crowd, as he calls it a “traditional…

Child Cosplay Could Be Cruel (But This Is Just Damn Cute)

This is Boo. Earlier in the month Boo went to her first ever PAX, in Melbourne, Australia. Boo spent the weekend as a cosplay clotheshorse for her parents. Over the course of the event she was everything from a tiny little Ezio to a tiny little Claptrap from Borderlands. As you can guess, photos with…

I Don’t Know Why This Breaking Bad/Weird Al Mashup Works, But It Does

Who would have thought that a Breaking Bad clip-show would fit so well with Weird Al’s “Albuquerque?” Not me! But there you go. YouTuber ibrews has uploaded this mashup, proving that you never can tell which two things might go well together. The video is, as a friend observed when I showed it to her,…

Here’s a montage of some of Cube World’s bosses by hiim0n…aren’t they cute? DECEPTIVELY CUTE, ’cause they can kick your butt.

An Outstanding All-Vocal Cover Of Ken’s Theme From Street Fighter II

I always did think Ken was the coolest. Sure, Ryu is the iconic Street Fighter character. But Ken wore RED, man. This new video from Smooth McGroove is just as smooth, groovy, beardy and cat-adjacent as his past stuff. I could listen to this dude sing all day.

If you caught last night’s record-breakingly massive EVE Online space battle but weren’t quite sure what was really going on, check out this fascinating recap written by a player who was there. (Via PAR)

Pokemon’s Legendary Problem

News is that next month, select GameStops across the US will distribute shiny rare Pokemon: Dialga, Palkia, and Giratina according to Siliconera.The idea, in a way, is cool and yet indicative of an absurd problem Pokemon has when it comes to legendaries. Let me put this into context: every generation, a new set of legendaries…

The San Francisco Bay Area Makes For A Fine Mario World-Map

I’ve played Mario on BART, but I’ve never played Mario on BART, you know? This map by reddit user Joshing_uno imagines the Bay Area as a Mario world-map, complete with docks, SF City hall, and the Bay Area Rapid Transit system. I can practically hear the overworld music… (Source: Reddit via The Bold Italic, thanks…

There’s now a lovely little message from Earthbound creator Shigesato Itoi on the game’s official website, and Nintendo has even created a dedicated Wii U Miiverse page for Earthbound news. Hopefully they’ve got some surprises coming!

A Game Of ‘Telephone’ Is Even Better If You Use Cameras

We’ve all played “Telephone,” the game of humorous miscommunication. But how would a video version work? Composer Dan Deacon and director Ben O’Brien decided to find out, setting up a Telephone-like set of rules to help make a video for Deacon’s tune “True Thrush” Here’s how it worked: For the video, Dan and Ben filmed…