The Kingdom Hearts ‘Remix’ Hits PS3 On September 10

Kingdom Hearts 1.5 will be out on September 10, the folks at Square Enix said today. The PS3 exclusive features an HD remake of the original Kingdom Hearts and the PS2 game Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories. It’s also got cinematic scenes from Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days, and extra content from Kingdom Hearts Final Mix.…

The Nazis Won World War II in Wolfenstein: The New Order

Wolfenstein: The New Order by MachineGames, will arrive for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC at the end of the year, Bethesda just announced over at GameSpot. (Versions for next-gen consoles are also coming.) That’s the debut trailer. The game is set in 1960 but, yes, Nazis will still be the bad guys. That’s…

The Skyrim Version of Iron Man Doesn’t Need Any Stinkin’ Technology

You’d think that a high-tech superhero concept like Iron Man wouldn’t work in Skyrim. You’d be wrong. Machinima user Tyrannicon dropped Iron Man into Skyrim and the results are funny and inventive. The Skyrim version of Tony Stark does all right for himself, even though he’s limited to a forge and magic spells (and Fus…

Japan Makes a Female Robot to Smell Bad Breath

And it’s actually from a research group called “Crazy Labo”. Geddit? Crazy. Given the female name “Kaori”, which can also mean “smell” or “fragrance” in Japanese, the robot is able to discern if your breath stinks or not, reports Asahi News Breathe into the female robot’s face, and if your breath is okay, she’ll say.…

Sector 17 Is Lonely, Sad, Hectic and Fun, Judging by the Trailer

Last Jungle In Sector 17 is a top-down shooter with RPG and tower defense elements currently in development. It stars spacecraft pilot Ryder and his AI buddy Johnny trying to survive against an overwhelming enemy on a deserted space station. Depressing! Gameplay looks fun, though. A prototype is coming “soon.”

The Library Wars Live-Action Movie is Both Action-Filled and Poignant

Library Wars, a new live action movie based on the anime and novel series of the same name, was released in theaters across Japan just over a week ago. It is everything from a war story to a light-hearted romantic comedy. But at its core, it remains an excellent social commentary on the dangers of…

Korean eSports Player Passes Away at 25 Years-Old

Professional Warcraft III player Seung Hyun Park (aka “Go)Space”) passed away this Monday. He was 25 years old. As MyDaily previously reported (via tipster Sang), Park suffered from muscular dystrophy, but still went on to become a top ranked pro Warcraft III player. Park was diagnosed when he was 11, and doctors didn’t think he…

The Theater 2013 Might Be Simple, But It’s Still Terrifying

The Theater 2013 packs quite a punch for a free one-man horror game—especially considering that it was made in 24 hours, and consists of walking through a corridor for five minutes. It really shows how important a good atmosphere is to the experience. It can be grabbed here, or you can watch a full playthrough…

Chinese Employees Made To Crawl in Public

You are looking at what appears to be a publicity stunt. An awful, humiliating publicity stunt in which company employees in China had to crawl in public. The incident recently took place at the Chongqing People’s Liberation Monument, and it was supposedly part of a training exercise for some Chinese cosmetics company. The goal was…

Buy This Final Fantasy XI Account for Just $4,500

A Japanese gamer poured 2,280 days worth of playtime into this Final Fantasy XI account. That’s over six years! But now, it’s time to part ways. The gamer is putting his or her Japanese account on the internet auction block, giving anyone with around the equivalent of US$4,500 the chance to own it—and all the…

Call of Juarez: Gunslinger Trailer Sings Us the Story of Silas Greaves

As we know, Call of Juarez: Gunslinger wants to return Techland’s first-person shooter series to its roots. This trailer shows just that. We get to see Silas Greaves, the bounty hunter serving as this chapter’s protagonist, shoot his way through the Wild West. Cue guitar ballad. Gunslinger is coming out on May 21.

This Game Brings New Meaning to the Word “Fan Service”

In the past, the Senran Kagura series of games have been brawlers exclusive to the 3DS. But the newest iteration on the PlayStation Vita makes the game play more like Dissidia: Final Fantasy than an old school brawler or its 3DS cousins. But brawler gameplay is hardly the aspect Senran Kagura is famous for. No,…

School Janitor Wins Internet with Amazing Zelda Drawings

Most janitors are satisfied with keeping things clean. This junior high school custodian might be, too, but also has a hankering to do something else: Draw incredible pictures. Spotted on a school cafeteria whiteboard, these awesome drawings depict things like Link from The Legend of Zelda. Here’s Midna and Wolf Link from Twilight Princess. These…

Why This Japanese Woman Turned into a “Plastic Surgery Cyborg”

Meet Vanilla Chamu. She greets fellow Japanese people with a “bonjour” and claims to be from the Palace of Versailles. She’s not, of course. Recently, she was introduced on Japanese TV as “Osaka’s Plastic Surgery Cyborg”. This past April, Chamu appeared on Japanese variety show Watashi no Nani ga Ikenai no? (私の何がイケないの? or “Is There…

Reader Kenneth Eaton likes Shadow of the Colossus and likes the films of Studio Ghibli. Put ’em together andyou get this, which I would watch a million times over, if only it actually existed.

Real Majora’s Mask Is Too Beautiful To Actually Wear

Artist Camille Young – who we’ve featured before here – is the master craftsperson behind this amazing 1:1 replica of Majora’s Mask from the Zelda game of the same name. It was made for the upcoming Grace & Ritual exhibition being put on by the crew at iam8bit, and which opens this Friday. Grace &…

Tasteless Americans Choose Lay’s Cheesy Garlic Bread Chips

The votes have been tallied, and the results are in — U.S. potato chip consumers are boring and disappointing. The Lay’s “Do Us a Flavor” promotional contest saw folks voting for one of three user-generated flavors — Chicken and Waffles, Sriracha or cheesy garlic bread. I tasted them all, and the winner was as clear…

Of Course There Are Infomercials In The Star Wars Universe

While commercial influences in the original trilogy are non-existant, the prequel films saw fit to properly introduce the Star Wars universe to the notion of canonical enterprise. Namely, with giant advertisements and billboards. So this clip, bizarrely, isn’t entirely out of the realm of possibility. Mashing together several infomercials, it gives us a rare glimpse…

Batman, 80s Ladies And…Walking Sharks

Dan LuVisi is a concept artist who has worked in motion pictures, advertising and comics. He’s also done some video game work, for companies like Collission Games and Acony, the now-closed developers of Bullet Run A reminder: Fine Art showcases not just an artist’s professional work, but their personal projects as well (like his own…

RIP, Far Cry 3’s Dr. Earnhardt

Martin Kevan, who played the crazy Dr. Earnhardt in Far Cry 3, passed away on May 1 following a brief battle with cancer. Born in 1947 in Kenya, Kevan’s family moved to England and then Canada, where he began a long and successful career in TV, theatre and books. Martin is survived by his mother…