Japanese Kids Pretending They Are Insects

How many more Japanese photo memes can there be? When will they stop? At this rate, never. In the last 24 hours or so, the above photo has been going viral in Japan. It’s been retweeted over eighteen thousand times. On the original tweet, it says in Japanese, “We’re sick of guitar!! We want to…

It Took Them 19 Years To Add Fishing To The Elder Scrolls

Morrowind even hadfishing poles. No way to use them, though. Luckily, it appears we’ll finally have actual fishing in Bethesda’s RPG series with The Elder Scrolls Online (wading into the water and hitting the use key over fish in Skyrim doesn’t count). Also, crafting and loot and stuff. TES Online is coming in 2013.

I Don’t Remember Virtue’s Last Reward Being About Breast Slapping

Sometimes prior to a game’s release, companies create a flash game tie-in and post it on the game’s official webpage. Earlier this week for example, Capcom released an Ace Attorney: Dual Destinies demo that is playable in your web browser. And before Theatrhythm: Final Fantasy was released in Japan, Square Enix released Social Theatrhythm, a…

Wow, This Counter-Strike Trailer Is Fantastic

Unless you’re actually a player, you probably think Counter-Strike is a bit old-fashioned. A little stale compared to other modern shooters. And hey, I think you’re right. I also think that doesn’t matter here, because this is a Korean commercial commissioned in 2012 for an Asia-onlyCounter-Strike game most of you will never have played anyway…

Four members of LulzSec, the group behind 2011’s hacker attacks against Sony and Nintendo, were sentenced at a London court yesterday. The youngest member received a suspended jail term of two years, while the other three were sentenced to prison time ranging from twenty-four to thirty-two months. [via GI.biz]

The New Pokémon Trainer’s Legs Are Too Damn Long

This is the new male Pokémon trainer for the upcoming Pokémon X/Y. His legs are long—too long. Don’t believe me? Here is a comparison (via Twitter user Twillcoco) of Pokémon X/Y‘s male trainer and the male trainers from Pokémon Black & White and its sequel. The trainer’s legs do look kinda long in the game,…

Tomodachi Life is One Odd Little Game

I spent this past week playing what is currently the best-selling game in the world: the Japan only 3DS game Tomodachi Collection: New Life After scouring the internet for Miis to populate the game, I spent my first three hours with the game in a state of nostalgic, yet amused, bafflement. My extra hours with…

Nerdy Cafe Latte Art Is More Amazing in Color

You know what’s more mind-blowing that latte art? Latte art drawn in vibrant color. And this Japanese coffee craftsman has mastered it. You are looking at the work of “Nowtoo Sugi”. Starting this past February, Sugi began using colored bartender syrups to, as the hobby artist says, “paint” on coffee. Sugi isn’t the only one…

Playing The Games That Nobody Else Has Played

The site Zero Feedback has a noble mission statement: to track down and play independent, freeware games that for whatever reason have gone completely unnoticed. The criteria for inclusion is that a game must have been submitted to a forum or site and received zero feedback (hence the name) within a 3-6 month period. If…

To celebrate the 15th anniversary of Gran Turismo, reader Ilya made this tribute clip that rivals anything developers Polyphony Digital have made for the series over that time. It took him three months to make, was shot entirely in Gran Turismo 5 and features 50 cars racing on over 30 tracks. So pretty. 15th Anniversary…

There’s An E3 Presser For People Sick Of E3 Pressers

Last year’s E3 was in many ways a lowpoint for the annual industry showcase, tepid press conferences dominated as much by…ill-advised crowd reaction as they were by an endless parade of games all seeming to promote the same ol’ mindless violence. That’s led this year to the establishment of HORIZON, an alternative E3 press conference…

Tobias Fünke: The Video Game

As part of the promo campaign for the upcoming Arrested Development comeback, there’s now a Tobias Fünke sizzle reel on YouTube. You know, because he’s an actor It’s fantastic stuff, especially the part where he gets all multimedia, and manages to star in a shitty old video game.

These Giant Robots Look Like They’re Made Of Steel, But They’re Not

They’re made of paper. Amazing stuff. Reader VJIII, aka shieldcore, sent these in. I’m in awe. I mean, the papercraft itself is impressive enough, but sticking lights in there is just too much. Some of these are small papercraft models. Others are papercraft outfits for figures. Some are human-sized papercraft cosplay! shieldcore [DeviantArt]

This Badass Buzz Lightyear Could Definitely Save The Galaxy

Dan LuVisi – who we only just featured on our daily concept art showcase – is to thank for this “realistic” portrayal of Buzz Lightyear, which puts Star Command in the hands of the US government and turns the cartoon hero into someone you could easily imagine kicking ass in a 2013 video game. To…

Adventure Time’s Jake Is Giving Me Nightmares

Thomas Lishman is a British-based freelance artist who specializes in digital sculpting. You’ll find a selection of his work below. The Adventure time pieces are a definite highlight. “Real” Jake will be serving as nightmare fuel for many a day to come. You can see more of Thomas’ work at his personal site and DeviantArt…

Just How More Detailed Are PS4 Characters Over PS3 Characters?

Earlier this week, Guerilla Games released a report onthe studio’s PlayStation 4 reveal demonstration, which had people playing a real-time demo of the new Killzone game. It’s mostly super-technical, but there’s still enough interesting stuff in there for regular folk to get something out of. Stuff like: While the demo ran at “only” 30fps, it…

Meet The Real, Ass-Kicking Chun Li

There’s been a gif doing the rounds this week of a French cosplayer performing an impressive rendition of Chun Li’s lightning kick. It’s based on this 2011 clip, and it’s pretty good! I’m not sure who the cosplayer/performer in question is, but seeing it reminded me of a similar clip in which we do know…

This Is Why We Should Never, Ever Have A Dog For President

Here’s a silly take by Freddie Wong on what would happen if we had a dog for president. In this reality, all cats are eradicated until only one cat is left. The Last Cat. Naturally, the last cat on Earth is also a rather cute cat. And naturally, there’s also a group of select people…

And Now I Have To Pay $25 For A Bag Of Chips. Happy, Lay’s?

Last week Lay’s decided to award the U.S. potato chip prize to Cheesy Garlic Bread, the least interesting of the three “Do Us a Flavor” competitors. A little over a third of America voted for it, allegedly. That leaves a little under two-thirds of America to the mercy of price-gouging jerks on Amazon and eBay…

The Kids Of Today Seem To Be Struggling With Super Metroid

SNES classic Super Metroid went on sale for under a buck earlier this week, the combination of price and the game’s status obviously resulting in a massive influx of new players. Players that, thanks to the wonders of the Miiverse, appear to be…struggling with 1990s game design. There’s always the chance these guys are trolling/joking,…