Video game maker Capcom is 30 years old. To celebrate their 30th anniversary, the company is looking back to its roots. As a 30th anniversary celebration, Capcom is releasing the Capcom Arcade Cabinet Retro Game Collection: A collection of Capcom games from the 8-bit era. Capcom producer Kenji Kataoka spoke with Japanese game magazine Weekly…
A new Japanese poll of 500 men and women between 20 and 39 years old revealed that the most desirable company a prospective partner could work for was Nintendo. According to website Business Media, Japanese airline ANA came in at second place. Third was (very successful) scale maker Tanita, followed by Google and Apple. Those…
To ring in the New Year, Dominos not only has a very special pizza, but a very pricey one. For a limited time, pizza lovers can order a “Kobe Beef Steak” special. A medium costs ¥4,800 (US$55), while a large is ¥5,800 ($66). Sixty-six bucks! The Kobe beef is covered in a simple special sauce,…
If you couldn’t tell from my last couple of articles about the Hot Toys Movie Masterpiece figures, I’m a bit of a fan of the collectible figurine. I am also a big fan of the Avengers movie, so I guess it’s understandable that I’ve been giddy about the Movie Masterpiece versions of the characters that…
Sony unveiled a teaser site for a new Vita and PS3 title with the motif “an old dude throwing things”.
Not to be outdone by Volkswagen, Toyota is slated to sell a nerdy car of its own: a Toyota Auris customized in the image of Gundam character Char Aznable The car was first shown last summer as a concept vehicle. At that time, Toyota said the car would go into production, provided there’s demand. Apparently…
Twitter. Bulletin boards. And even internet chats. These are all forums of communication and public record. According to an alleged leaked memo, McDonald’s Japan branch has drawn up a list of things that are okay—and not okay—to say online. But in the process, McDonald’s just spawned a new meme tearing up Twitter among delicious burgers.…
Tetsuya Nomura wears various hats at Japanese game maker Square Enix. He designs games, he produces them, he directs them—he also designs characters! His artwork is perhaps the most influential of the Final Fantasy series. But it’s sometimes easy to forget his pure artistic talent, and sometimes easier to get lost in his resume, whether…
It’s a double-feature PC hardware review this evening, as I take a look at not one but two of Roccat’s latest offerings, the ISKU FX kedyboard and the Savu gaming mouse. One, I liked. The other, not so much. THE SPECS ISKU FX Gaming Keyboard 1000Hz polling rate 2m USB cable 5x Macro keys 3x…
Because… somebody wills it, Volkswagen’s Mexican branch will soon be selling a limited edition Beetle based on the Xbox 360. With branded stripes down the side and a colour range that (mostly) matches that of Xbox 360 consoles, it’s certainly a thing Strangely, there’s no Xbox 360 integration in the car (sorry, this isn’t Pimp…
Malaysian artist Amirul Hafiz looks to Grand Theft Auto V for inspiration in this Mario piece. He’s got the colours almost perfect GRAND THEFT MARIO KART [DeviantArt, via it 8-bit]
Henry Fong is a former senior character designer at Ubisoft who, after leaving the publisher a few years back, has been working in the motion picture business on projects like Pacific Rim and the upcoming Spider-Man sequel. Fong actually enjoyed two stints at Ubisoft; his first saw him working on series like Assassin’s Creed, Prince…
Rockstar’s 2002 classic Vice City remains so popular today as much for its bottling of mid-80s culture and excess as it does the actual game The game’s soundtrack rightly gets a lot of credit for this, as does the colour palette, but have you ever wondered which movies served as the inspiration for the neon-infused…
Hasbro, perhaps after a sharp blow to the head, have decided a good way to get people interested in Monopoly again is to launch a campaign where one of the game’s iconic pieces is killed off. Not only are they messing with a tradition that didn’t need to be messed with, they’re handling it in…
Photographer Sergey Semonov is responsible for the above image that makes the heart of New York City look like a spline that’s just been reticulated. It’s not technically a single photo; instead, it’s a composite of a number of photos taken during a helicopter ride. Sergey presents it as a stunning interactive panorama on his…
You say the words “laser turret”, and you think strategy games. Maybe shooters. They’re as clichéd a defensive tool that science fiction stories can get, but now, thanks to German scientists, they’re real. While ground-to-laser technology has existed for a while now, this pair of weapons is really something else, boasting a twin-barrel casing that…
Kevin, Jake and Stewie of website Hungercraft are to thank for this incredible recreation of BioShock’s Rapture in Minecraft, captured perfectly not just in block form, but in a fantastic trailer as well. If you’re over Minecraft recreations, imagine it’s LEGO BioShock. That’ll get you there. The map recreating the underwater metropolis will be released…
“Gangster.” The word has so many connotations in today’s media-saturated, Hollywood-influenced world. It’s hard to believe there ever was such a thing as a non-archetypal gangster. This great new video essay from Press Play by Nelson Carvajal and Matt Zoller Seitz explores the various identities of the Hollywood gangster over the years. What’s your favorite…
Tattoo artist Stephen Allen is responsible for at least some of the artwork adorning the arms of former NFL running back Ricky Williams. That same tattoo has appeared on the cover of a video game, leading Allen to sue both Williams and the publisher. The game in question is NFL Street, a console game released…
Telltale’s The Walking Dead game may have won its share of year-end awards and accolades, but it’s not without some problems. Notably, the game can be quite buggy, particularly the disc-based, retail Xbox 360 version. The game’s designer Telltale is now running an amends program for anyone struck by “hitching” in the game, which is…
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