An Ingenious Mod Turns Doom 2 into Twisted Metal

Why do we bother putting out new games when there’s so much life left in the old ones? Zandronum forum member mr fiat takes the classic Doom 2 multiplayer deathmatch and replaces the marines with cars, complete with dashboards. I want to play this right now. If I had the time, I could download the…

Fight for Humanity with this Awesome Mass Effect Gun Replica

Weaselhammer of Vector Sigma Creations is the very talented person behind this magnificent-looking replica of the M-12 Locust submachine gun from Mass Effect 2 and 3. The overall creation process took about three months, during which Weaselhammer crafted the model piece by piece, attaching synthetic polymer components to a wooden frame, and then giving it…

Macross 30 Lets You Defeat Giants, Mechs, Monsters, and Cyborgs—All Through the Power of Rock

Macross 30: Voices Across the Galaxy is a title celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Macross series and is a crossover title between the five major Macross series: Macross, Macross Plus, Macross Zero, Macross 7, and Macross Frontier Of course, like all things Macross, it comes with transforming planes, love triangles, and more than a…

In China, Some Kids Held a French Fry Eating Battle to Relieve Stress

Potato parties, which started in Japan and spread to South Korea, are definitely a thing. Groups of young people order large amounts of french fries and eat them. And bam, you have a potato party! Kids in China just turned these parties into a game. A player versus player, potato-eating battle, if you will. Earlier…

Turns Out That $1,000 ‘Steam Box’ May Have Nothing to Do With Valve

In January, hardware manufacturer Xi3 announced the Piston, a living-room-friendly PC built to play Steam games in your living room. The Piston, Xi3 said at the time, had received a financial investment from Valve. Just a few days ago, Xi3 said this unofficial ‘Steam Box’ would be out this holiday season for $1,000 But according…

So You Want to Watch Macross, But Don’t Know Where to Start

Over this last year, the Macross series has been celebrating its 30th anniversary with concerts, movies, and even a new PlayStation 3 game But what exactly is Macross, and if you’re looking to break into the series, where should you start? To start with, what makes Macross “Macross” are three things: transforming fighter planes, a…

Public Nerd Display Shows the “Frightening” Side of Twitter

Forget people acting like morons on Twitter. That’s not scary. It’s stupid. What’s scary is just how pervasive—meta, even—Twitter has become. Case in point: The above photo was snapped and posted onto Twitter. Some hardcore figure collectors like to take photos of their plastic friends outside. This is not mainstream at all in Japan. It’s…

Here’s a moving tribute to Kenji Eno, which was shown at the recent BitSummit

How Does Japanese Manga Steve Jobs Compare to Real Steve Jobs?

As previously reported, Japanese manga artist Mari Yamazaki of Thermae Romae fame is doing a biographical manga series on Steve Jobs. Last month, when discussing the upcoming series, Yamazaki said she felt sympathy towards Jobs—which might provide insight to the angle she’ll be taking with the series. Below is Yamazaki’s take on Jobs. It’s a…

Oh Dear Lord These Dubs Are Bad!

Late last week we took a look at the phenomenon of “undubbing”: the act of hacking a game and replacing the English voice track with the Japanese one. This, in turn, got me me thinking about some of the games most deserving of an undub—and let me tell you, there are many to choose from.…

4chan Is Making Its Own Pokémon Game. Looks Pretty Good So Far.

Members of 4chan’s /vp/ board are teaming up to make their own Pokémon game. Because how often do you get a Pocket Monster trainer named “Doucherado”? Not often enough! So far, there’s a lot of concept art, a finished Pokédex, and sprites—all of which look quite impressive. Over on Reddit, Redditor Atheism4tw linked the game’s…

Dynasty Warriors voice actor Tsuyoshi Takishita died after slipping and falling on his way home. He was 37. [ANN]

Japan Gets New 3DS XL Colors

Nintendo is releasing two new colors in Japan. One is “Mint x White”, while the other color is… white plus light mint blue speech bubbles with a yellow thought bubble? The Mint x White 3DS XL goes on sale April 18 and is priced like other 3DS XL units in Japan (¥18,900, $196). The other…

Ron Gilbert Leaves Double Fine

Ron Gilbert, the developer responsible for classic adventure games like Maniac Mansion and The Secret of Monkey Island, has left longtime collaborator Tim Schafer’s Double Fine Productions, Gilbert revealed tonight in a post at his personal blog Gilbert writes: Now that The Cave is done and unleashed on an unsuspecting world (ok, we did do…

This Unborn Baby Looks Exactly Like Emperor Palpatine

If I were Heather Large, an expecting mother in Illinois, I’d have mixed feelings about the above ultrasound. On the one hand: Your child is probably going to be very powerful! On the other hand: Evil. This image, which comes to us via Metro UK, pretty much speaks for itself. Unborn babies can look like…

OCRemix’s latest collection focuses on the music of Kirby Super Star. Download the whole thing for free here

It’s Not a Real Anime, But The Fandom Around It Is

All that ‘officially’ exists of this anime is about 30 seconds of young, hunky swimmers. That’s it; the anime isn’t real. It doesn’t even have a name. The clip is a promotional thing for the Kyoto Animation studio, but that hasn’t stopped anyone from falling in love with the idea of the anime according to…

The Hardcore Horror Flick That Turns Up In Tomb Raider

Tomb Raider wears its cinematic aspirations on its grimy, blood-soaked sleeve. In the mode of Uncharted, this is a game that very much wants to be a movie—its ‘camera’ is a constant companion, never missing the opportunity for a close-in tension shot or a jumbled, handheld action sequence. As Lara Croft runs through the rain…

The Visual Evolution of Sci-Fi Real-Time Strategy Games

StarCraft II‘s expansion pack, Heart of the Swarm, is already out in some parts of the world, and it’s launching tomorrow in North America. To celebrate, let’s take the opportunity to examine more than 20 years’ worth of real-time strategy history in today’s Show Us gallery, and see how much the genre has evolved visually.…

Acoustic Piano Meets Chiptunes, And It’s Freakin’ Lovely

Chiptune music is all well and good, but I like to give my ear something to hold onto along with all the bleeps and bloops. So I very much enjoy Aivi & Surasshu’s new album “The Black Box,” which mixes the keyboard chops of pianist Aivi Tran and the chiptune stylings of Surasshu. It helps,…