Love Don’t Cost A Thing, Well Maybe An iPhone 4

A young boy in Wuhan, Hubei province, was left heartbroken over the weekend when he learned that his feelings for a girl in his class were unrequited. After learning the object of his affections didn’t feel the same, he decided to ask her directly only to be told “xxx bought me an iPhone 4”. After…

The World Is Better When Everything Is Kawaii

Just look at Jabba! He’s so cute. And George Washington. And Bismarck. All of them are just adorable with those big Japanese anime eyes. This fall, Tumblr site The Kawaii Project started getting attention online for its series of “cuted up” photos of famous (and regular) folks with giant anime eyes. Since then, the Tumblr…

There’s a teaser site up for a Theatrhythm game. Smart money says it’s a mobile port.

In Less than 24 Hours, This Lady Broke Her Wii U GamePad [Update]

Longtime owners of Nintendo hardware know how the handhelds and game machines have always been built tough. In recent years, that seems less true (DS Lite hinge problems, anyone?). And even less so for Nintendo’s newest hardware, the Wii U. In Japan, a Twitter user uploaded this pic of a busted GamePad, writing that it…

Gangnam Style Rapper Apologizes for His Anti-American Past

PSY is sitting on top of the world. His song Gangnam Style is about to log its one billionth view, and PSY is performing in Washington D.C. in front of the President. Everything is going well for PSY, except one thing: his anti Anti-American protests. Born Park Jae-sang, the 34 year-old rapper went to college…

It’s Like The Last Guardian, Only With Link. And a Cat.

When I reviewed my amazing little Link figma last month, I was missing one thing for my photoshoot: a cat. This is Moire, one of Japan’s most famous internet cats (though of course not the most famous), messing around with a Link figma. If Beyoncé can advertise the DS, this is about as fitting an…

So, How Well Does Darksiders II On Wii U Actually Run?

Let’s say you don’t yet own Darksiders II, do own a Wii U, and are considering picking the game up for your new console. How’s it shape up against the versions that have been out on the market on competing platforms for a few months now? Like most other games, it’s not really a clear-cut…

Video Gaming’s Greatest Moustaches

Gaming’s greatest moustaches, together in one incredible gif. Here’s the original, in video form (with sound), while the gif was made by Dotcore

Tons of Classic PC Games Have Had Their Multiplayer Modes Silently Killed Off

In August, mobile giants GLU Mobile bought Gamespy, which you may know as a gaming news site but which has mostly served lately as a multiplayer gaming hub for older titles. Well, GLU haven’t taken long to start making an impression, quietly and without warning shutting down the multiplayer servers for games like Star Wars:…

Meet The Chinese Workers Building Your Cheap Christmas Toys

Photographer Michael Wolf took these shots back in 2006, showing some Chinese toy factories responsible for the kind of cheap plastic crap that lines store shelves and Christmas stockings all over the world. If you thought most of the work on that toy car or Disney figure you’re giving away was done by robots, you…

How League of Legends Handles Over 4 Terabytes of Data Every Single Day

When you have over 12 million people playing your game every single day, a lot of data is getting moved around. How much? In League of Legends’ case, over 4 terabytes worth In a 24-hour period, the game’s servers have to deal with “500 GB of structured data and over four TB of operational logs”,…

This Last Of Us Trailer Actually Has The Naughty Words In It

The fancy new Last of Us trailer that debuted at the Spike VGAs last week was, by virtue of its delivery method, censored. So here’s an uncensored version. And here’s some details on preorder DLC, if you’re the type to succumb to those vile temptations. Below? The game’s box art.

So Much Awesome Zelda Cosplay. So, So Much.

Welcome to The Legend of Zelda: Fancy Pants, where of the nine images we’re highlighting today in our weekly cosplay roundup, four of them are from Nintendo’s classic series. One is contemporary Link. None are Zelda. They’ve used their imagination a little more, and come up with great results. Franchise adherence aside, it’s nice to…

What a “Next Gen” RPG Could Look Like

This video, courtesy of Czech developers Warhorse (currently working on a historical RPG), shows some of the game’s assets running as an example of “next gen” graphics. While they’re quick to point out this isn’t an actual scene from the game, which is open-world and still without a name, the fact it’s sharing assets and…

San Andreas Looks Like It’s Coming To The PS3 [Update]

No doubt as savvy marketing in advance of the Grand Theft Auto V, it looks like Rockstar will be re-releasing San Andreas on the PS3. A listing for the game has turned up on Hong Kong’s official PlayStation site, saying it’ll be out on Wednesday. Sadly/interestingly, it’s only listed as having a single player, which…

Only One Man Can Tweet More Than Hideo Kojima… His Swedish Alter-Ego

Mysterious Metal Gear game The Phantom Pain was the star of last week’s Spike VGAs. The Twitter account of its “Head CEO” Joakim N. Mogren, complete with wonderfully photoshopped Kojima head, is the star of your Monday. I’ve got no idea if this is an official joke account or just a joke account, but given…

The Next Assassin’s Creed Game Will Be Set In… Brazil?

Ubisoft Brazil managing director Bertrand Chaverot has reportedly told local site TechTudo that the next game in the publisher’s blockbuster series will be taking place in the South American nation. That’s about all he says, with no further details, but GameSpot says they’ve verified the translation, which is interesting. You’ve got to wonder whether he…

BioShock Infinite‘s Box Art is for ‘Frat Guys’ or ‘People who Aren’t Informed’

I’ll be straight up, and praise Ken Levine—the auteur of Irrational Games—for being honest, at the same time I jape at his justification for the generic bro-shooter motif of BioShock Infinite‘s chin-down-eyes-up cover. Bottom line, says Levine, this cover ain’t for us. ‘Us’ being those who put more care into buying a video game than…

A Game Every Year, but Never a Game of the Year

The Video Game Awards celebrated 10 years of giving out hardware on Friday. Bet you didn’t know, or at least you forgot, who was the first winner of its Game of the Year award. Madden Specifically, Madden NFL 2004—yes, the one with Michael Vick on the cover. It was a different time, for sure, but…

The Week in Games: Hibernation Begins

Fresh off its big evening in Los Angeles on Friday, The Walking Dead gets a retail release on Tuesday. It’s joined by free-to-play indie mecha title Hawken, downloadable content for Dishonored, and not much else as the games publishing business takes its customary extended holiday. Tuesday • The Walking Dead (PS3, 360) • 007 Legends…