While speaking with Yoshitaka Amano, the legendary designer who created art for almost every game in the Final Fantasy series, I asked him about his dream project. Would he want to work on a direct sequel to Final Fantasy VI? Maybe a Dragon Quest game? Some sort of crazy Chrono Trigger spinoff? “Something with cute…
San Fransisco based artist Kevin Wada does a delightful take on Pokémon in his piece. Initially, I was only going to post this image. Then, whaddaya know, I lost an hour of my life as I went down the rabbit hole that is his wonderful Tumblr So here is more of Wada’s work! His work…
This year, the city of Ishihara opened a 200-square meter, landscaped women’s restroom. It is supposedly the “world’s largest toilet”. Supposedly, because you need the Guinness World Records’ seal of approval for something like this. But, from the sound of it, that will never happen. According to Mainichi News, when the city submitted its outdoor…
Studio Ghibli, the folks behind classics like Howl’s Moving Castle, is no stranger to urban legends. There’s that one about Totoro being a harbinger of death, for example. Well, have a listen to the latest one that’s making its way around the internet in Japan. In the image below (via 秒刊SUNDAY), you can see Sosuke…
That cowl. That cape. That utility belt. Whether he’s appearing in comics, movies, or video games, Batman is iconic. And so are the memorable bad guys he battles. The character—and his foes—are a cosplayer favorite. Today, let’s take a look at a small slice of some of the best cosplay showing the heroes (and villains)…
Want to buy IGN? It’s apparently going up for auction.
Comedian Yosuke Ochi, who’s won the Air Guitar Championships a few times, was recently roped in to promote Rocksmith in Japan, reports 4Gamer. And while I wish I could play the real guitar, re-watching Ochi’s schtick makes me wish slightly more that I could rock out like him on the air guitar. 大地さんのエアギターに大勢のファンが大熱狂 [4Gamer]
Upcoming RPG The Paradox of God and the Fate Revolution has been delayed to Jan. 24 in Japan.
Rule of thumb about Japanese comics: Just because they’re drawn, that certainly doesn’t mean they are for children (although that doesn’t mean they should be banned from public libraries, either.) According to B-Town Blog, Burien, Washington resident Travis De Nevers’ 10 year-old niece recently checked out the second volume of Makoto Tateno’s Hero Heel manga,…
Sony’s redesigned PlayStation Store is now available in Europe. It goes live in North America and Brazil on Oct. 23.
Tonight, President Obama squared off against Governor Romney. Did either win one hundred percent of the debate? What about 47 percent? Oh, the suspense! Xbox Live thinks it knows. According to 100,000 Xbox Live community members, President Obama took the second debate, with 51 percent of undecideds giving it to the Commander in Chief. Republican…
Rez creator Tetsuya Mizuguchi left game development “for now”. He’s currently a professor at Keio University.
Excited for the upcoming November release of the Wii U? New reports out of China might curb that enthusiasm. These reports claim that some underage teens were used to assemble the Nintendo Wii U consoles. According to Chinese site Sina, Foxconn, the company hired by Nintendo to assemble the Wii U, confirms that it’s had…
They never did catch that Jack the Ripper, did they? Some suspect it was all a Victorian plot. Others, a foe best left for the Dark Knight Turns out, at least according to this Halloween figure from Sideshow, he was neither. He was, quite literally, a monster. And quite a fetching one at that, if…
Awww, that sweet 3DS Circle Pad extension from Nyko that we saw in June isn’t actually going to be made. Bummer.
Last year, Ubisoft and the Black Eyed Peas signed a contract whereby the publisher would release some video games based on the group’s music. One such game, The Black Eyed Peas Experience, was released in November 2011. As spotted by Player Attack, there should have been another one though, this time for Apple’s iOS devices.…
Last month, a new independent games developer was founded in the city of San Francisco. It’s called Funomena, and considering who’s on the payroll, it’ll be interesting seeing what comes out of the studio. As Venus Patrol points out, a couple of former thatgamecompany developers—Robin Hunicke and Martin Middleton—are at the helm, with the pair…
That’s the name of the painting. “Alex plays a video game with a pill bug”. Pretty much nails it. All those little arms, one on each button. I bet he’d be super handy in multiplayer. Alex plays a video game with a pill bug [bijijoo, via Ian Brooks]
Alexandre Troufanov is employed at Ubisoft Montreal, where he works as a character modeller, which means he actually builds some of the people who inhabit the world of Assassin’s Creed You’ll see some examples of this in the gallery below, spanning the last three games in the series (not including the latest entry, the upcoming…
It would be great if Nintendo released one of their Wii U Pro pads in a SNES finish. Preferably, a Japan/PAL colour scheme. Until they do, though, it’s up to third party manufacturers to cater to that market. Like this…hideous…thing. It’s popped up on EB Games’ Australian portal without so much as a manufacturer listing,…
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