The PS Vita Might Break the Console Ban! (Again!)

Sony it appears has somehow found a way past China’s video game console ban and may just be releasing its latest portable the Playstation Vita in the world’s most populous country. As we have reported before, video game consoles are banned in China and the only place to buy them is the “gray market”. According…

The Art of Being a Hermit. A Sick Hermit.

I haven’t been outside for days. Literally. Days. Today was the first time I left the house, and I did it in a robe to check the mail. I’ve been pretty sick for the past few days, so I’ve basically been sleeping until work starts, working, and then tryign to sleep some more. I probably…

Let a Fighting Game Master Teach You Secrets. For a Price.

IIf you follow the competitive fighting game circuit, you probably know Japanese Street Fighter player Tokido. If not, read this. And then stand up and pretend you are a SF character. Tokido is one of the top four players in Japan; he is up there with Daigo Umehara, who is arguably the most famous Street…

Shanghai Court Rules in Apple’s Favor in Chinese iPad Brouhaha

Today, a Shanghai court ruled that Apple can continue selling its iPads in the metropolis. The ruling rejected a Preview Shenzhen’s sales injunction request that was filed over an iPad trademark dispute. This latest ruling does not impact Apple on a nationwide basis. Previously, another local court in Shijiazhuang, ruled in Proview’s favor. Proview can…

Chinese Kissing Marathons Are Brutal, Short

You think gaming marathons are tough? Ha! Trying kissing marathons. On Valentine’s Day in China’s Anhui Province, couples tried to kiss as long as possible in hopes of winning a 1 carat diamond. The marathon looked, well, like no fun! Couples fell down in exhaustion and had pained looks on their faces. One female contestant…

Game Creators Look To 2012: We’ll Do Better

Last year turned out to be a tough one for most Japanese game companies. With natural and nuclear disasters and economic downturns, it’s been a rough year all around. In Weekly Famitsu, several game companies have announced their year-end performance and plans for 2012. So let’s have a look at what’s in store. Major players…

Is Nintendo about To Piss Off the Bible Belt?

For years, hardline Christians have been calling Pokémon evil. One questionable individual even called the character “Oriental demons”. Now, it’s not a new Pocket Monsters that could be their next target. Nintendo is working on a new Brain Age—one that features a demonic doctor, horns, red face, and all. While the Pokémon complaints seem downright…

Watch an Amnesiac Girl Make Food and Take Naps

In April, game developer, Gust will release Ciel nosurge for the PS Vita. The game, designated under the genre “7th Dimensional Communication,” will take the player to the doomed world of La Ciela, where they will meet the amnesiac little girl, Ion (ee-on). The game will utilize the PS Vita’s internal clock and allow to…

Seven-Year Old Draws the Only iPhone Manual You’ll Ever Need

This manual for the iPhone, drawn by a 7-year old, has been delighting Korean message boards this past week. Wouldn’t it be nice if all our machinery came with manuals as cute as this? Forget about clunky and intrusive tutorial levels. Now, I feel that all games should come with manuals written by 7-year olds.…

New Resident Evil Manga Shoots Out Zombie Brains

Resident Evil, née Biohazard in its native Japan, was already turned into a feature film. It’s getting turned into a Japanese comic, too. This isn’t a Resident Evil first, as RE has already seen manga iterations. This latest one is set in a prestigious Asian institution, located on an isolated island. When there’s a zombie…

From NSFW Erotic Terrorism to Cute Cooking

Life is funny. It starts out one way, with you wearing Soviet uniforms, brandishing machine guns and wearing thongs, and then the next thing you know you’re wearing a frock and releasing a cookbook. See, funny. That’s exactly the odyssey of Yinling Yen—better known as Yinling of Joytoy, or Yinling the “ero terrorist”. Warning: This…

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PlayStation 4 to Feature AMD Graphics?

For the PlayStation 3, when it came to the console’s graphics, Sony partnered with Nvidia to produce the RSX ‘Reality Synthesizer’ GPU. According to a report on Forbes, though, for the PlayStation 4, Sony is partnering with Nvidia’s arch-rival AMD instead. Citing “former AMD employees”, the Forbes report says “the processor designer may play a…

The Best Video Games of 2011, Turned Into an Awesome LEGO Movie

This actually aired at the beginning of the recent Interactive Achievement Awards, but since you probably weren’t there, and probably didn’t stream the entire event either, here it is. It was put together by Kooberz, who we’ve featured before. Amazing stuff.

There is a Video Game Dating Site. Sigh.

A site called Date a Gamer has just gone live in the UK, with a “particular slant for helping Gamers hook up”. “Whether you want to date an online player, meet up with fellow geeks, or get some nookie just before you get into another Call of Duty session – this is your site!”, a…

Mario? Mario? Maaarrriioooo!

Moroccan artist Mehdi Annassi throws Mario and Snake together to see what fits. There’s a moustache and a cigarette, so he got the gist of it right. Mario Gear Solid [CGHub]

Meet Admiral Ackbar, Who Still Hasn’t Seen the Original Star Wars

Everyone knows Frank Oz, of The Muppets fame, voiced Yoda in the Star Wars movies. Ditto for James Earl Jones and Darth Vader. But do you know who did the voice for Admiral Akbar, uttering one of the most widely-used lines from the original trilogy (IT’S A TRAP!)? Or the voice of Mr. Head Tentacles…

Air Guitar Hero Works, Lets Amputees Rock Out

A pair of bright sparks from Johns Hopkins University have taken the Wii version of Guitar Hero and turned it into a rehab tool for amputees. Specifically, people missing their hands/fingers. Normally, such an injury (or by-product of surgery) would rule out the playing of games like Guitar Hero, which require, well, fingers, but biomechanical…

Want to Play the New Counter-Strike? Answer Some Questions.

Valve is ramping up participation in the Counter-Stike: Global Offensive beta, promising a whole round of keys will be handed out to people who complete a survey on the game. All you’ve got to do is head here and answer some questions, and “over the coming months [Valve] will make selections from the survey participants”.…

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