Japan’s Army of College Student Clones

Students! After years of being forced to wear a uniform, you’re finally free. Free to wear what you want. And free, apparently, to dress exactly like other students. Hooray! Earlier this spring, people online in Japan began commenting (complaining?) that it seemed like college students, especially male ones, dressed the same. Now, it’s the female…

Pokémon developer Game Freak is teasing something. On their official website, there’s a glowing silhouette surrounded by Japanese text: “That popular game that is played around the world, will be reborn in a surprising collaboration!” This collaboration is, apparently, coming “soon.” [via Siliconera]

Japanese Poll: Few People Want to Buy the Xbox One (or the PS4)

In Japan, Microsoft just can’t catch a break with its game consoles, can it? The original Xbox was a failure in Japan. The Xbox 360 is a failure in Japan. And according to a recent poll, things don’t look so bright for Xbox One. But not so fast! The poll says things are only slightly…

How Chinese Ingenuity Destroyed Salad Bars at Pizza Hut

You had one trip to the salad bar. So dammit, you had to make it count. In China, Pizza Huts are either take-out only or somewhat upscale sit-down restaurants that even serve steak. A while back, it became a fad of sorts to build enormous fruit and vegetable structures at Pizza Hut salad bars. The…

A Frightening Look Inside Japan’s Newest Resident Evil Attraction

Today in Osaka, Universal Studios Japan rolled out its latest attraction, Resident Evil The Real. Here’s an inside look at the attraction, which is open for a limited time only. As previouslymentioned, Resident Evil The Real (aka “Biohazard The Real”) is a live-action shooting attraction at USJ that uses the same practice shooting system used…

It’ll Be Hard To Beat This Comic-Con Cosplay

Hard if you like dogs and video games, anyway. If you’re not sure what’s going on, see here Infinity Ward [Twitter]

There’s An Insane Loophole That Lets People Play ROMs On An iPhone

Unlike, say, Android, Apple is pretty strict in how it polices its online store, outlawing any app that lets people play emulated (read: usually illegal copies of old games) titles on their iOS device. But it can do little to stop this one. Riley Testut has built a program called GBA4iOS, a Game Boy Advance…

War Does Change, Thanks Very Much

Everything you see here is taking place on a sandbox open world. With a brutally realistic physics and damage system. If this isn’t what you want out of a combat simulator game, well, I don’t know what the hell you do want. ArmA 3 is out later this year.

Jar Jar Binks Finally Gets What’s Coming To Him

Gunship Revolution is not, as you may suspect, the name of an old SNK shooter on the Neo Geo. It’s the name of an art team with its HQ in the Philipines, but with members spread all over the world. They specialize in stuff like concept art and illustration, but can also branch out and…

I Guess Control Pad Testing Can Be Like A Porno, Sure, Why Not

The Gamestick is, I think, part of the same silly little Android console idea that we’ll be laughing about in five years’ time. But while the idea is here, in the moment, we may as well enjoy it. This video should have been about showing how the system’s control pad is put through its paces,…

When He Was Nine, This Guy Made A Terrific “Game Boy” Out Of Paper

Reddit user Juankestein has shared images of a “Game Boy” he built when he was 9. Which is a fancy name for something he made out of paper. It’s awesome. To mimic the scrolling effect of a 2D platformer, he’s made levels on long rolls of paper, which as crude as it sounds isn’t that…

Sony, Dreamworks Wanted To Make A Half-Life Movie

I’ve never read the book Generation Xbox, about video games invading Hollywood. Our columnist Superannuation (who’s on a bit of a video game vs Hollywood run at the moment) has, though, and has found something interesting tucked away inside. Seems that at one point, years ago, Valve (and its agents) met with both Sony Pictures…

I Can’t Tell If These Are Game Screens Or Photos Of Cars

I know, you know, we all know, Project CARS looks amazing. I’m not here today to try and educate you. I’m just here to revel in its beauty. Yeah, screenshots are usually iffy, often spiced up at the hands of artists, but the thing about these is that they’re not the work of developers, or…

You’ll Never Guess What Game This Steam Sale Conspiracy Is About

If you have an eagle eye, maybe you’ve noticed certain symbols on the Steam summer sale postcards. If you’re a conspiracy theorist, you might even think they’re teasing something. But what? This image, posted on Reddit by rawberry1110, makes fun of where I’m sure your mind immediately goes now that we’re talking about something a)…

The Lannisters Host The World’s Most Awkward Dinner Party

Those Lannisters. When they’re not scheming to take over Westeros, they have a hard time being comfortable around one another. Though they never have this hard a time. This video, edited together from that amazing late season-three small council meeting and posted by Towerofthehand, cracked me up. I like the part where Varys nods. For…

This Ridiculously Awesome Mech Will Wander Around Comic-Con This Year

If you attend San Diego Comic-Con 2013, you can probably expect at least a few crazy, elaborate costumes. But this robot, which wired provides us footage of, is something else. The thing is 9 feet 9 inches, it has four arms, and despite looking menacing, I’m guessing those weapons aren’t real. Still, wow. It’s made…

Music fans rejoice: Vaunted composer/songwriter Jim Guthrie has got his own Humble Bundle. That means a ton of his various albums and video-game soundtracks are on sale for whatever you want to pay, from the amazing Sworcery soundtrack to his backing tracks from Indie Game: The Movie. Beat the average and you’ll also get a…

With This Amazing Mod, Your Cube World Pets Can Become Pokemon

One of Cube World’s neat features is that it lets you collect as many pets as you’d like. Under normal circumstances, you might already be tempted to catch ’em all—they’re so cute! I imagine that if you install this Pokemon mod, which changes the models of mobs in Cube World to Pokemon, that inclination will…

Assassin’s Creed IV Might Finally Avoid An Annoying Ending

Assassin’s Creed games are known for a lot of things: Historical shenanigans, stabbing, inconsistent controls, carts of hay. They’re also known for having unsatisfying, bewildering, even downright annoying endings. Today, Assassin’s Creed IV lead writer Darby McDevitt took to Twitter to answer fan questions via the official Assassin’s Creed Twitter account. He was very sure…

The Naughtiest Nintendo 64 Game Becomes Nightmarish

Conker’s Bad Fur Day is a pretty outrageous game, for something on the N64. But throw in a few glitches and corruptions in there, like vinesauce does, and it becomes particularly ridiculous. Like something out of a nightmare, actually! Previously: horrifying Zelda corruptions, and nightmarish Sesame Street corruptions. [Vinesauce] Vinny – Conker’s Bad Fur Day…