Wearing Cosplay Outfits Is the Best Way To Protest

A pair of Angry Birds are, wait for it, angry. Garfield and Donald Duck are rightly pissed, too. And don’t get the Chinese God of Wealth started. He’s livid Several migrant workers cosplayed as famous characters to draw attention to unpaid wages. According to Offbeat China, the five workers sat in front of China National…

Studio Ghibli anime Kaguya-hime no Monogatari has been delayed to this fall, because the storyboards weren’t finished.

Ouya Is Coming to Stores. So, You Can Buy It There, Too.

Didn’t get in on that Ouya Kickstarter? Well, fret not. Today, the folks behind the open-source Android-based game console just brought word that Ouya is coming to select retailers. That’s right, you can buy it in stores. “Just so you know, you’re still getting yours as promised, before they’re ever in stores. Wanted to be…

Listen to Tomb Raider IN JAPANESE

The latest Tomb Raider game will be out in Japan this spring. The game is getting a Japanese language version, with voice actress Yuhko Kaida bringing Lara Croft to life. In case you were wondering, Lara speaks excellent Japanese. In case you missed it, check out Kotaku‘s Tomb Raider preview トゥームレイダー CROSSROADS 日本語吹き替え版トレイラー [YouTube] Kotaku…

Anyone Can Draw Snake from Metal Gear. Um, Maybe Not.

Art is hard. You must practice. But some pictures are easier to draw than you think, once you have the steps. Take Snake from Metal Gear Solid. You can draw Snake. I think. Recently on 2ch, Japan’s largest bulletin board, a Metal Gear fan provided a nifty how-to for drawing Naked Snake from Metal Gear…

This Cool Image Explains The Weird Noises Your Dial-Up Modem Used To Make

It’s like a dog whistle. It’s emblazoned on my brain. You all know what I’m talking about. Unless you’re way too young and you’re intent on making me feel way too old. I’m talking, of course, about the noises your dial-up modem made when hooking up to the internet back when the internet was this…

The Next Skylanders Can Be Broken In Half—On Purpose

There’s a new graphics engine… the Skylanders can now jump… and there’s even a new, fancier Portal of Power, but none of those things are the biggest change in the 2013 edition of Activision’s toys-meets-games series. No, the big change in this fall’s Skylanders Swap Force video game is that players will be able to…

Almost Fifteen Minutes Of Footage From The Full DayZ Game

DayZ’s developers are being refreshingly open about the game’s development, and that attitude continues with this 14-minute video presentation from creator Dean Hall and Bohemia Interactive’s Matthew Lightfoot. It’s rough, and it’s early, and that’s exactly the way these videos should be.

Badass 90’s Starfighter Design Lives On With Star Citizen

Kemp Remillard’s been featured here on Fine Art before, for his work on Skyrim. Today, things are a little more technologically advanced. He’s provided art for Star Citizen, the upcoming space shooter from Wing Commander creator Chris Roberts, and that art is making my inner twelve year-old lose his shit. Seriously, there are cutaways. Cutaways…

A Short, But Wonderful Documentary About Why Kids Play Minecraft

At only 1:42, it’s not exactly feature-length, but don’t let the brevity of this clip put you off. It’s about a brother and a sister telling you why they play, and enjoy, Minecraft. And it’s wonderful. The video was made by Britt McTammany, and it shows just why this game is so popular with kids.…

Gamers Teaming Up To Crack The Secrets Of The Wii U’s GPU

Even with the console now out, there’s a lot of mystery surrounding the design and capabilities of the graphics processing unit (GPU) on the new Wii U. Nintendo hasn’t provided any detailed specs on the thing, and to date users haven’t been able to glean much by simply cracking the hardware open and taking a…

The Wii U Controller Now Works On PC Games, Courtesy Of This Handy Software

Reader Chris is doing the world a great service with his work transforming the Wii U’s big pad into something you can use on a PC. The video above shows how you can re-map the pad to almost everything needed for a game’s input, meaning if you can configure it, you can use it for…

15 Of The Most Beautiful Gifs You’ll See On The Internet

Your experience with the animated .gif file probably extends little further than it does for most; a cat jumping here, a retro video game there. Maybe even some pop culture or sporting highlights. All of those things have their place, but let’s not forget you can also use the format to create something new. And…

The Witcher 3 Announced, First Artwork Revealed [Update: More Artwork, Video]

It’s yet to go live on the magazine’s website, [Update: it is now] but the latest issue of Game Informer is now available for download for some digital subscribers. And the game on the cover is the previously unannounced The Witcher 3 The image is legitimate; Zinio’s subscription page confirms The Witcher 3 is this…

Are Sai Cooler Than Nunchaku? Better Rewatch Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

I was in third grade when I first heard that they were making a live-action version of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. My tiny little third-grader brain couldn’t process it. This was well before I was cynical enough to start immediately complaining about how they were going to ruin everything—I was just gobsmacked at the very…

Pokémon Goes Noir In This Terrific Comic For Grown Ups

As kids who were/are Pokémon fans grow up, their tastes are growing up alongside them. Just like you can find more “adult” tales based on, say, the Star Wars universe, Pokécenter is a comic by Ray Bruwelheide that isn’t exactly you’ll find coming from Nintendo themselves. Down the bottom, it says “to be continued”. God,…

Newsflash: Everyone Should Be Able To Cosplay As Whatever The Hell They Want To

Dedicated cosplayers will tell you that the real spirit of cosplay is supposed to be about having fun, making friends, paying homage to your favorite characters, and perhaps even about challenging yourself. Even so, some cosplayers demand absolute ‘accuracy’ when it comes to cosplay: and this can make things turn ugly. What if, for instance,…

This Mod Adds A Better Kind Of Achievement To Skyrim

I rarely get too caught up chasing down achievements in games, but every so often they get under my skin. “Make it through Ravenholm without using a gun, eh? Alright, it’s on.” The feeling of accomplishment that comes with earning an achievement can be fleeting. What did I get, other than a little note that…

Developer Who Called Borderlands Character Racist Is Now Out Of A Job [UPDATE]

This weekend, we reported that some players took umbrage with Tiny Tina, a character from Borderlands 2 and how she used “black lingo.” Gearbox was receptive to these players, listening to their concerns and even offering to change the character in future updates should they be convinced that Tina’s dialogue was racist. Mike Sacco, a…

Difficult Video Games Are Like a Certain Kind of Sex

It’s possible that my first sexual relationship began just like yours. I met someone cute and we started talking on instant messenger, where we exchanged an embarrassing number of kissy face emoticons. We held hands at the high school football game, followed by a fumbling attempt at making out underneath the bleachers. But this next…