Call of Duty‘s UK webpage confirms the long rumored sequel to Call of Duty: Black Ops The website has this info about the game: “Pushing the boundaries of what fans have come to expect from the record-setting entertainment franchise, Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 propels players into a near future, 21st Century Cold War,…
The Dead or Alive series has always been known for one thing: boob physics. The game’s developers pride themselves on their ability to render realistic—or what they think that means—in-game breasts. For Dead or Alive 5, the developers at Team Ninja are working on clothing that can become transparent over the course of a fight.…
In the West, porn star Billy Herrington is known for flicks like HotMen CoolBoyz. In Japan, he’s an internet icon and dubbed “aniki” or “big brother”. He’s achieve meme status, and his clips are often humorously mish mashed and edited. He’s the live action equivalent of the Yaranaika Guy In Japan, there are even Billy…
Remember Toylets? It’s that toilet-based gaming system Sega created for drunk people to pee on. If you thought that you had to go out to bars to enjoy pee-powered Sega mini-games, you were wrong. Sega recently let it dribble out that individuals can purchase the system, too. The hardware is ¥140,000 (US$1,747), while each mini-game…
Late last week, cosplay event Cosgallery!4 kicked off in Tokyo. It was an event for cosplayers and cosplay fans. Increasingly there are more and more of these types of get togethers. And like many other cosplay events, the cosplayers themselves operate booths and sell their cosplay ROMs and DVDs—while in costume. The cosplayers were also…
Konami released a rather polished trailer for the previously announced PS Vita version of Metal Gear Solid: HD Edition that walks through the Vita specific features. None of the info seems new, and it’s (mostly) in Japanese, but you should be able to follow along even if you don’t understand the lingo and enjoy the…
For years now, teens in Tokyo’s fashionable Harajuku have been pushing the envelope with their Gothic Lolita outfits. Many young Japanese are fashion conscious, but cliques in Harajuku excel at wearing truly head-turning duds. Whenever there is a colorful youth movement in Japan (and there always is), some Westerners look at the images that filter…
Throwing more fuel on the Call of Duty: Black Ops II fire, here are a couple new screenshots apparently from the upcoming game. Last month’s leaked art images showed the gun-toting “quadcopter” that appeared in internet videos and on the game’s website. The quadcopter also appeared in these latest screens, courtesy of Japanese site Doope.…
Last month, a 12 year-old girl was caught trying to smuggle iPhones into Shenzhen, China from Hong Kong. While the iPhone is assembled in China, there is considerable demand for the product in the Mainland. This has led to the birth of smugglers bringing the iPhone back into the country. According to recent Chinese news…
Poor Pikachu! If it’s not inflatable Pikachus that are totally inappropriate, it’s stuff like this. This is some sort of Chinese drink container, featuring a phony Pikachu, a straw, and an invitation to have a really good time. So, you do that—have a good time! 同桌的早点 [TT.Mop via はちま起稿]
How do you celebrate a 30th birthday? With some cake? Presents? If you are Macross, you do it with a 1/1 scale VF-25 Valkyrie. Sci-fi anime Macross debuted in 1982 as The Super Dimension Fortress Macross, which was reworked as part of the hodgepodge known as Robotech for the West. This variable fighter is on…
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Last June, the brother-in-law of reader Taylor was tragically killed in action while serving in Afghanistan. He had been due in September to return home and join Taylor in getting tattoos. While he never made it back, Taylor decided to go ahead and get a tattoo done anyway, only now it would be done as…
Danish company Monstrum may sound terrifying, but they do amazing work, building children’s playgrounds across Europe that look more like fantasy arenas than the dirty old contraptions most of us grew up with. Founded in 2003, Monstrum takes playground design very seriously, building with things like Siberian larch, Robinia wood and birch plywood, which the…
It’s a question proper athletes face all the time. What do you do when you hang up the cleats/boots? Well, if you’re Griffin “Flush_Entity” Benger, former pro Counter-Strike player, you make the move from video games to online poker. Which sounds a little random, seeing as one involves furious mousework and fast reflexes while the…
It’s, um, not quite as slick as the official HBO version. It’s definitely not as well lit. But the combination of craftsmanship and charm still makes this worth a watch. Just remember, dudes building LEGO with a stop-motion camera are a little slower than fancy computer graphics. I love the soundtrack. It’s like Game of…
A few years ago, in 2006, Erin Catto created some code called Box 2D. It was a simple, free physics system the “math-obsessed PhD gamer” came up with in his spare time and gave away for free. A year later, the iPhone was released. And suddenly his convenient, effective little code for implementing realistic physics…
Ioan Dumitrescu is a Romanian concept artist who does mostly freelance work in the video game industry. While you’ve likely never played some of the games he’s worked on, like World of Mercenaries, that shouldn’t stop you from enjoying some of his amazing artwork. You can see more of Ioan’s art at his CGHub site…
There just aren’t enough Jesse Ventura action figures in the world. And while the very top of my wishlist would have to be a piece based on Running Man’s Captain Freedom, seeing this Predator figure is almost as good. Built by toy creator Count Chocula, he’s a combination of custom sculpted parts and cannibalised pieces…
When the whole Kickstarter thing blew up earlier this year, there was always a very quiet suspicion. That amidst all the nostalgia and indie enthusiasm, someone would use the service to try and rip people off. Well, looks like we’ve got our first scammers. A Kickstarter fund for a game called Mythic: The Story of…
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