Earlier this week, workers rioted in China’s Shaxi, a manufacturing town in Guangdong province. Before that, there were reports of riots at a Foxconn plant in Chengdu. Make no mistake, China doesn’t appear to be near a tipping point; however, there seems to be something in the air. While certainly not widespread, some people do…
With the Xbox Live version of Minecraft, anime fans thought now would be as good a time as any for this. What’s this? This is anime Haiyore! Nyaruko-san mashed with Minecraft. The original light novel and anime stars a Cthulhu deity named Nyaruko and the title refers to “crawling” or “creeping”. Fittingly, the mash-up is…
Guild01 isn’t like Professor Layton, Dragon Quest IX or any other of Level-5’s recent big-named titles. Rather it’s a budget anthology title sporting not one but four different—and completely unrelated—games by three famous developers (and one comedian). But despite that selling point, Guild01 has completely failed to capture the interest of the Japanese market, selling…
In the wake of this week’s Germany vs. Italy Euro 2012 match-up, there’s one image that’s making the rounds online in Japan: two of Italy’s biggest fans cheering on their team. Italy defeated Germany 2-1, and we’re left mesmerized by the GIF below, courtesy of SB Nation Pipe Dream: Super Mario Bros. Fans Rally Italy…
This year, a Super Sentai (aka Power Rangers) parody series called Unofficial Sentai Akibaranger launched in Japan along with the new “official” series Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters. For decades now, young Japanese boys have grown up with Power Rangers, which gets a new incarnation every year. Unofficial Sentai Akibaranger is from the folks who make the…
Earlier this month, we took an in-depth look at Square Enix’s trading card-based, RTS arcade game, Lord of Vermillion. While arguably the most popular game of this type, it is far from the only one—or the first one, for that matter. Collectible trading card arcade games have covered everything from real world sports to Gundam…
Starting today, Tokyo’s Grand Pacific Le Daiba hotel has three Gundam themed hotel rooms for the Amuro Ray in all of us. Earlier this year, a life-sized Gundam was erected in Tokyo’s Odaiba (again!), and the hotel is hoping to capitalize on the increased Gundam tourism. Rates start at ¥27,000 (US$340), and the above video…
Late last month, a naked man in Miami was fatally shot after he wouldn’t stop chewing on another man’s face. This wasn’t the start of a zombie apocalypse (but, rather, as sister site Jezebel pointed out, mentally ill people without a safety net). And it’s not only something that happened in the US. Yesterday, it…
In Japan, they’re called “fujoshi” (腐女子) or “rotten girls”, and they are into homoerotic “boys love” manga. The trend has spread to neighboring China, where “fujoshi” are called “funu” (腐女). Much of the appeal of boys love in both Japan and China is that the genre allows women to freely explore various roles—whether that is…
According to online research site Nensyu Labo, here is a list of the mean yearly income for the game industry with numbers crunched from public reports filed by the companies: Square Enix Holdings: ¥21,680,000 (US$272,988) Sony: ¥9,230,000 ($116,189) Nintendo: ¥9,140,000 ($115,032) Sega Sammy: ¥8,220,000 ($103,486) Konami: ¥6,780,000 ($85,371) Namco Bandai: ¥6,400,000 ($80,577) Tecmo Koei: ¥6,150,000…
Our glittering game machines and our shiny gadgets aren’t made possible by merely fancy tech and electricity. They are here because minerals called rare earths, which are found in rich sludge and mud. Currently, China controls over 90 percent of the world’s current supply of rare earths. That, however, could change. China’s current dominance is,…
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Hot Toys’ upcoming Amazing Spider-Man piece, based on the utterly needless reboot of a franchise whose last film was only released five years ago, looks great, covering the bones of a 12″ action figure in spandex/lycra/whatever this Spider-Man is wearing so that you can’t actually see it’s a figure. That’s the pro! And now the…
Set adrift like a modern day Swiss Family Robinson, Jason and Nicole Stark left the Australian games industry on a mission together. They took their four children, they packed their bags and set sail to Noosa, Queensland. They gave themselves one single year to create a successful iOS game. This is their story: the story…
I didn’t go to E3 this year. If I had, I’d have run straight to Bohemia Interactive and sat down with military sim ArmA 3 (this vid was part of the game’s E3 presentation). Why? Because I’m a fan of things that go bump in the night. Or, at least, the way things look when…
As I’ve lamented here previously, graffiti is an artform that’s been woefully under-represented in video games. Something Diego Bergia agrees with. So over the past few years the former graf artist has been putting together animated clips imagining the great graffiti game that never was. It’s a damn shame this is only an animation series,…
Wow. I mean, I should be deducting points for them cosplaying as terrible new Transformers, but I can’t. This is just too impressive. The photographer responsible is LJinto, who was featured in our “Best in Cosplay” series earlier in the year. Those Transformers? They’re from Cybertron, so they don’t have websites. (though if anyone knows…
We often think of video games and hardware in terms of units sold, or money made. We don’t usually think of them in terms of how much they weigh, or how much crap needs to be dug out of the ground to make them. Which is why this infographic is interesting reading. Sure, this is…
Former Blizzard man Fausto De Martini is an award-winning artist who has worked on the cinematics for games like Diablo III, StarCraft II and World of Warcraft. In addition to some of his 3D model work for StarCraft II, in this gallery you’re also going to see some of the coolest aliens, monsters and future…
You can now purchase a $30 replica of the star of Valve’s Meet the Pyro video. That’s right, not the Pyro itself: the Balloonicorn, nature’s most majestic and impractical animal. Available from Valve’s store, as you reach for your wallet, remember: you’re about to pay $30 for a 13-inch balloon. INFLATABLE BALLOONICORN [Valve]
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