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The Best Uncharted 3 Store Displays in Japan
Sony launched a website honoring the best in-store Uncharted 3 displays across the country. The number one entry, a Futaba Tosho branch, featured a life-sized Sully breaking through the ceiling and holding a life-sized Nathan Drake. The other entries were good, but nothing as mind-bogglingly wonderful as the first place display. You can see the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 25, 2012 -
UncategorizedSelecting an Idol from a Vending Machine
Earlier this week, Kotaku reported that a noodle cafe was opening in Tokyo’s otaku (geek) mecca. What makes this cafe different from the plethora of cafes dotted throughout Akihabara is that Noodol Cafe features idols pouring hot water into instant ramen. Yep. The cafe opened today in Tokyo’s Akihabara, and Japanese television was on hand…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 25, 2012 - Uncategorized
Men and Women Shrink-wrapped as Japanese Art
Games and game hardware came packaged. They’re sealed shut, some of them completely shrink-wrapped. and covered in clear plastic. They are sealed off from the outside world. But what about people? What would we look like shrink-wrapped? We’d look like this. Japanese artist Hal’s “Flesh Love” doesn’t simply examine that, but goes one step further…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 25, 2012 - Uncategorized
Threadless Shirts, Now Available for Your Xbox Avatars
Internet standard-issue clothing dispensary Threadless has struck a deal with Microsoft which will see some of the outlet’s shirts made available for its Xbox avatars. Those wondering how the shirt’s creators are thanked (seeing as Threadless is a user-created content site), they’re credited in each item’s description on Xbox.com. I’ve pinged Threadless to see if…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 25, 2012 - Uncategorized
Miss Finland Must Cosplay as Lara Croft
Eidos, the company behind Tomb Raider, killed off its real-life Lara Croft spokesgirls. They’ll “never happen again”, said Eidos. In Finland, they live on. According to Finish tabloid Iltalehti, the 2012 Miss Finland candidates were rounded up, dressed in Lara Croft-inspired gear, and taken out to the arctic circle for a few “Lara Croft themed…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 25, 2012 - Uncategorized
Why Farmville Turns Humans Into Lab Rats
Do you like playing Zynga’s Facebook games? There’s something wrong with you. Not because you enjoy them, what you do in your spare time is your business. Your problem comes in thinking they’re games. They are not games. They are specifically-engineered programs designed to take your money and compel you to advertise the product to…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 25, 2012 - Uncategorized
The Return of the Neo-Geo
SNK Playmore is once again in the hardware business. The Osaka-based game company is licensing a new (well, sort of) portable Neo-Geo gaming system. This is it. The handheld sports a 4.3 inch LCD screen, 2GB of onboard memory, and an SD card slot. There are twenty pre-loaded games, all of them old Neo-Geo classics.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 25, 2012 - Uncategorized
These Real PokéBalls Will Set Your Hands On Fire
Aussie artist Barry Wazzy, who floored us with his photoshopped PokéBalls earlier in the month, is flooring us again this week with another helping. This time many of the balls are themed, so for instance we’ve got a PokéBall based on The Dark Knight, one on Harry Potter and another on Dragonball Z! wazzy88 [DeviantArt,…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 25, 2012 - Uncategorized
Dr. Mario is now Performing Black Market Liver Transplants
Cute puzzle games, even those starring Nintendo icons, just don’t make the money they used to. So when a man’s gotta eat, he has to turn to his training… Black Market Liver Transplants [neatorama]
By Luke Plunkett Published January 25, 2012 -
UncategorizedThis Xbox 360 Controller Dispenses Hot Pockets
It’s…it’s like a dream come true. Master craftsman Ben Heck has built this custom Xbox 360 controller which contains a rather useful add-on: a hot pocket dispenser. Which I guess would work just as well for kebabs, sausage rolls, etc, depending on where you live! You’ll never have to take your hands of the controller…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 25, 2012 - Uncategorized
The Coolest Gaming Station I’ve Ever Seen
The MWE Emperor 200 may be labelled a “workstation”, but don’t let that fool you. It’s being demoed using video games for a reason: this is not for work. It’s for playing video games. In the future. Note I did not say it was practical. Where you can put a desk and a chair you…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 24, 2012 - Uncategorized
EA’s Origin Signs Up Some Very, Very PC Games
In a rather obvious attempt to court a more demanding PC gaming crowd, EA’s Origin service today announced it has signed up eleven new publishers for its online marketplace. Among them are CD Projekt, of The Witcher fame, and Paradox Interactive, of hardcore historical strategy game fame. Joining them will be Trion Worlds, Robot Entertainment,…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 24, 2012 - Uncategorized
Zynga Totally Rips Off Tiny Tower
Tiny Tower is one of the cutest and most successful iPhone games around. So, naturally, someone is shamelessly ripping it off. Only, the company doing the ripping off isn’t some shady Chinese or Russian company. It’s social gaming powerhouse Zynga. Zynga’s new game Dream Heights isn’t a homage to NimbleBit’s game. It’s almost a clone,…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 24, 2012 - Uncategorized
Your First Good Look at the LEGO Lord of the Rings Minifigs
When LEGO’s Lord of the Rings sets were first announced, we only got a look at what Frodo and Aragorn would look like as the company’s iconic minifigs. Now we’ve got a much better look! The UK Toy Fair has kicked off this week and it’s there this photo of the entire Fellowship was snapped.…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 24, 2012 - CultureTotal Recall
Cock’in. This was a Real Game, Once.
Cock’in. For the Commodore 64 and Spectrum. You take the eggs, and then the fish bites you on the elbow, and then you wear chicken hats, and what? Oh, that’s just the box art. The actual game had you playing as a cock, protecting your brood of eggs from things like rats and foxes, and…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 24, 2012 - Uncategorized
Zelda’s Travel Bureau Makes Beautiful Posters
Artist Dean Walton has put together these wonderful mock vintage travel posters, advertising the land of Hyrule (specifically, its Ocarina of Time incarnation) as a travel destination. Available for purchase either individually or as prints, you can order them from the link below. Hyrulean Travel – Full Series [GamerPrint]
By Luke Plunkett Published January 24, 2012 - Uncategorized
Next Xbox Out In Oct/Nov 2013, Chips Already Being Made
Time for the latest instalment of “shit people are saying/guessing about the next Xbox console”! This week we have two reports, one from IGN and the other from Fudzilla. The IGN rumour says the next console will be out in October or November next year, and that it’s graphics processor will be based on the…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 24, 2012
