These Are Not Real People, I Promise

Australian artist Sam Jinks used to be in animation, but a few years back shifted gears and started sculpture. He now makes things that you will look at, look more closely at, then swear they were alive. Even though they’re not. Most of his pieces are made from silicon, and to complete the realism the…

League of Legends, Mass Effect & Loads of Rad 80’s Tributes

Since we last saw the supremely-talented Dave Rapoza, he was doing some of the best fan art in the business. Now he’s doing some of the best business art in the business. Like half the planet these days, he’s done some art for iOS card game Legend of the Cryptids, as well as work for…

ESPN Used To Show Magic Card Tournaments (Seriously!)

ESPN’s extra channels are usually home to some weird stuff. I’ve seen everything from baby cow rodeos to re-runs of old 80s strongman competitions. So I guess it shouldn’t be too big a surprise to see that, over a decade ago, ESPN2 was broadcasting…Magic Card tournaments. This footage is the final of the 2000 Magic…

Fans Are Making A New Halo Game. For The PC.

It’s been forever since a Halo game was released on the PC. Halo 3, Halo Wars, Halo Reach and Halo 4 have all come and gone, without a PC version in sight. So it’s clear that if fans of the series want a game on their personal computers, they’re going to have to make it…

Giant StarCraft Figure Is A Work Of Art

This is not your average action figure. Sideshow’s upcoming Jim Raynor piece stands 15 inches tall, and is made from 525 individual pieces. Which means it’s going to be expensive. And totally worth it. He’s posable, his visor slides down, the armour lights up in both the chest and vents, and he comes with a…

Dark Souls: The “Like A Boss” Edition

It used to be that when you pulled off an awesome move in a video game, you had to tell people about it, like the story-tellers of old. Then came the internet, then gifs, and now we can all enjoy those moments you feel like a boss. Like this Dark Souls parry-then-finish, which is made…

There’s Already BioShock Infinite DLC Cosplay

Well, that was fast. BioShock Infinite’s new DLC was only announced yesterday, but already superstar cosplayer Anna Ormeli has cooked up a neat outfit based on Elizabeth’s appearance in the new content. Either she doesn’t sleep, or when she does, she sleeps with one hand (and foot) on a sewing machine. Anna Ormeli [Facebook]

Every Single Movie Reference In The First Ten Seasons Of The Simpsons

If you’re ever planning to make a reference to a movie, just remember: Simpsons did it first. These two amazing supercuts of The Simpsons’ many, many movie references, as assembled at NextMovie by writer/editor Bryan Menegus, prove that fact. Sit back, enjoy, and try to remember if you recognized these back when you first watched…

If The Game of Thrones Cast Was Born In The 90s…

Then they’d probably look a little like these stereotypical 80s/90s characters, which are illustrated by the ever-talented Mike Wrobel Why these characters, and not other, more iconic ones? Well, this set of Game of Thrones characters are just a few in a long series of illustrations in this same spirit. You can see earlier characters…

Maybe Using Two League Champs At The Same Time Isn’t Such A Good Idea

Relying on your teammates can be a drag in a multiplayer game, and League of Legends is no exception. Wouldn’t it be great if you could just…handle everything in a match yourself? It’s a good idea in theory, but not so practical in execution for the average person. Not that that stops WQLFY from hilariously…

ALL YOUR BEDS ARE BELONG TO US

I recently headed to Mint, an herb-y, fresh smelling town far away from my own. But when I arrived, I was met with a horrible truth. My host was in some kind of deep, trance-like state! I’m truly sorry for hitting her with my net but I was very concerned and thought some form of…

Know What Would Make Jedi Even More Awesome? Parkour.

Between lightsabers and usage of the Force, Jedi are already pretty cool. Even so, watching the folks at ronniestreetstunts free-run as Jedi over the desert is effin’ awesome. No lightsaber battles here for us to watch, though, alas. Star Wars Parkour – Jedi Free Running [ronniestreetstunts]

Of Course There’s A Sailor Moon Mod For Doom

Bless modders that make it possible to say there’s probably a mod for everything—including, in this case, a Sailor Moon mod for Doom 2. Here’s the gist, as captured by footage by BankaiIchigo12345: you get to play as our favorite magical girl herself, Sailor Moon. Naturally this means you can use the iconic Moon Stick.…

Now This Is How You Sell An Indie Game

If you’re going to make a video pitching your new indie game, might as well go full-infomercial with it. Here’s Action Button Entertainment’s Tim Rogers (sometimes seen writing guest posts for this very site), pitching his new Vita game Ten by Eight. It looks fun, but really, just as with the promotion of his last…

These Horrific Facial Animations Will Infect Your Darkest Nightmares

Usually, the uncanny valley is something you want to avoid like the plague. But sometimes running head-first into it creates horrifying and gorgeous results. Take the video above, Parametric Expression, by artist Mike Pelletier. Made in the open-source program Makehuman, the video blends odd repetitions of uncanny facial animations with a really disquieting soundtrack. It’s…

Modern Mario Has Blood, HD Graphics And…Dragons

Now, there’s nothing wrong with the original Super Mario Bros. It’s a classic. Still, I can’t help but gush over this “modern” take on the game by Deloix; it manages to bring Mario to 2013 without completely shedding its retro roots. At the very least, I’d play an HD remake that looked like this. I…

Assassin’s Creed: San Diego Introduces Cars, Comics Nerds

Picture it: you’re at the 2013 edition of Nerd Prom, finally taking a break from waiting in long-ass Hall H lines and getting something to eat. Then, some dude wearing some sort of outfit from Assassin’s Creed runs up and jumps right over your burgers. It’d freak you out, right? You don’t see much reaction…

Today during an investors’ call, EA announced that the reboot of Star Wars: Battlefront, first teased at this year’s E3, will most likely come out in the summer of 2015 alongside the first of Disney’s new Star Wars movies.

You Only Live Once in XCOM. No, Really. You Only Live Once.

Video game permadeath is not a concept unique to XCOM but it has, perhaps, its most visceral application in that series. Like its predecessors, if one of your men die in The Bureau: XCOM Declassified, that is it. He is gone for good. This can be a tragedy. Or, in the case of this video,…

Watch Us Play Cloudberry Kingdom, The Cute Game That Will Destroy You

I’m not the type of person who plays a game for hundreds of hours, but if I was, Cloudberry Kingdom would be happy to give me plenty of game to play. I knew that it could randomly generate levels of varying difficulty, but I was amazed at the extent of ways to customize this game.…