The DualShock. When you look at the original PlayStation controller, you probably see an iconic game controller. These guys see something they can press into each other’s backs. Mitsuhiro Saitou, a writer from Japanese site Daily Portal, became a pro masseur. With his newfound knowledge of pressure points, he decided to see if the original…
E.X. Troopers is a spin-off title to Capcom’s Lost Planet series. Like the main series, it takes place on the thawing ice planet of E.D.N. III. Yet, even one single glance at the game is enough to tell you that this is not Lost Planet as you’ve seen it before. Instead it’s a manga-style, flashy,…
DS game Devil Survivor 2 is being made into an anime called Devil Survivor 2 The Animation. Such a clever title!
Dead or Alive 5 is coming to the PS Vita currently known under its working title, Dead or Alive 5 Plus. Above is the logo. Other than that, info is scant. Japanese game site Game Impress Watch wonders what does the “plus” refer to? Dead or Alive 5 Plus will be out in Japan on…
Via sister site Kotaku Japan (um, thanks?) comes this video of “Sekuhara Interface”, which is fancy software that allows you to pleasure daikon “Sekuhara” is Japanese for “sexual harassment”. And no, the daikon are not actually making noises. Created by a young artist named Etsuko Ichihara, this multimedia project debuted a few years back. The…
This is an intervention. While most of the gaming world has thankfully moved on from stupid countdown clocks designed to drum up silly publicity for forgettable games, Square Enix still clings to them. It’s time for Square Enix to stop. Enough! Now, you are overreacting, Brian Ashcraft, you say. Perhaps. But, countdown clocks are so…
On March 11, 2011, everything changed. Japan was hit hard with a massive earthquake and ensuing tsunami. Lives were destroyed. Lives were lost. The country is still rebuilding, and the aftershocks are still being felt by those impacted most. As time marches on, some think about that day less and less. Google, however, is doing…
This shouldn’t come as a surprise. Folks at Sony own Nintendo game machines. They own the Xbox 360, too. And the same is true of those companies, too. So, it’s no shocker that Shuhei Yoshida, the president of Sony Computer Entertainment’s Worldwide Studies, just got a Wii U. It’s also no shocker that he loves…
One of the most interesting things about Capcom’s Lost Planet spin-off E.X. Troopers is its art style. Like more than a few games, it has cel-shaded graphics and bright colors which give off a distinct and beautiful look. But what makes E.X. Troopers stand out is how committed it is to being a manga-in-motion. Every…
It’s not exactly secret knowledge that Xbox Live, even in 2012, is home to some rather unsavoury chat. But the manner in which this salvo is delivered, and the reaction it receives, serves as a pretty tidy example of just what it’s like to actually be on the receiving end of it. RMP = Random…
Or at least at my local game store, perhaps to raise awareness of, oh, a HD re-release for the Wii U. Or a 3DS re-release. Or something “Windwaker” Inspired 13×19 Inch Print [DirtyGreatPixels]
This is Paweł “Sariel” Kmiec’s LEGO Tumbler, from Chris Nolan’s recent Batman trilogy of films. It looks brilliant in still images, but then, still images are pretty much the least impressive thing we’re going to see here. Built from LEGO Technic, the Tumbler is remote-controlled, and as you can see, can really move. There’s also…
Game designer Scott Jon Siegel is sick of trying to make good games. So he’s collecting his thoughts on bad games. Only… his bad game ideas are better than most other people’s good ideas. They’re ditching the whole “video” thing, they’re games that take part in the real world, most of them relying on injuring…
This is not a Photoshop mockup, an artist’s impression. These are real wedding rings, crafted by Romanian goldsmith Zsolt Székely, a talented guy who specialises in creating custom, one-off designs for aspiring couples. Like the lucky pair who tied the knot with these amazing Zelda rings. Zsolt Székely [Official Site, via Fashionably Geek]
Francis Tsai is an artist who has worked in comics, film, gaming (tabletop and card) and video games, for clients like EA, Rockstar, DC Comics, Eidos and Marvel. Widely-published, awarded and respected within the field, he’s one of the most talented artists going around. Sadly, Francis was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s Disease in 2010, a…
GODUS, the next game from Peter Molyneux and his 22cans development team, is a spiritual successor to classic PC game Populous. That game had a cute visual style, one that GODUS looked to be cashing in on, but without video footage, how could we tell? Oh. With video footage. The clip above gives you an…
Master props builder Bill Doran has truly outdone himself this time, grabbing The Elder Scrolls series’ Keening Dagger with both hands and wrenching it from the games into the real world The level of work and materials that went into building it are insane. The handle is made out of polyurethane resin. The finer details…
There’s a bug—thankfully, a relatively rare one—that’s wiping people’s save data under certain circumstances when downloading the game’s new DLC. The new Hidden Secrets pack, which basically just collects various preorder bonus gear and missions, is for most people just fine. But if you try and download it while already playing the game, you can…
You’ve no doubt ordered something from Amazon, once. Maybe you ordered something from the site just now. It carries all kinds of stuff for all kinds of people, but have you ever wondered where it’s all kept? Well, it’s kept in gargantuan warehouses like this one. Which is no doubt being looked after by top…
I love a good movie trailer. It’s all drama and intrigue, panning shots and portentious voice-overs, with some exciting music underneath. Who knows if the movie will be good? And in the middle of a good trailer, who cares? And so, I love this supercut by SleepySkunk, which combines a crapload of trailers from the…
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