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UncategorizedFrom Pokémon To Studio Ghibli, Here Are Excellent Snow Sculptures
In the Northern hemisphere it’s cold! Some places are seeing snow, which might mean snowball fights and snowmen. For one Twitter user in Japan, the freezing precipitation means excellent sculptures. Each winter, Twitter user Mokomoko_2015 turns into a yuki daruma shokunin (雪だるま職人) or “snowman artisan.” The creations are typically anime, game, and movie-themed. Check out…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 13, 2021 -
AnimeEvangelion Is Teaming Up With Anna Sui For Fashion Items In Japan
Over the years, Evangelion has done all sorts of collaborations, but its latest with fashion designer Anna Sui is one of the more interesting. The brand is releasing a handful of items for Japan, including t-shirts, bags, wallets, hand towels, and more—12 items in all. Anna Sui’s style really suits the look of Evangelion, don’t you think?…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 13, 2021 -
CultureHades x Techwear
Alfonso Maesa is an illustrator and concept artist from the Philippines. The images you’re seeing here have a strong techwear and/or streetwear vibe, imagining characters from games like Hades and The Witcher 3 as though they’d spent a few thousand bucks on their outfits instead of just throwing on some robes and having at it.…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 12, 2021 -
CultureOdds and EndsPortal 2 Fans Are Making An All-New Campaign
Desolation is a Portal 2 mod, though that descriptor really sells it short. It’s closer to a full-blown, fan-made sequel to Valve’s series. Set a few hundred years after Portal 2, and in a part of Aperture Labs that dates back to the 1980s, its star, Diana, “is fitted with Aperture’s BRACE cybernetic system, featuring…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 12, 2021 -
CultureESA Halts Political Donations After U.S. Capitol Storming
The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) plans to stop political donations in the wake of the storming of the United States’ capitol building by a right-wing, insurrectionist mob hellbent on keeping Donald Trump in power, GamesIndustry.biz reports “Given the events and actions that led to the violence at the U.S. Capitol, we are pausing contributions from…
By Ian Walker Published January 12, 2021 -
CultureIt’s 2021, There’s Still A Pandemic Going On, Be Careful Playing Pokémon Go
Pokémon Go made over $1 billion last year, which means loads of you are still playing it. Which is great! But hey, just remember, we’re still somehow in the middle of a global pandemic, and so going outside isn’t always the smartest idea. Pokémon Go to its credit knows this, which is why the game…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 12, 2021 -
CultureNew Nintendo Switch Is In Mario Colors And Looks Fantastic
Yeah, the Switch originally launched in red + blue, but this new colour scheme for the console is even more red + blue. Announced earlier today and out next month, and part of Nintendo’s 35th birthday celebrations for Super Mario Bros., the Switch itself and both Joy-Cons are red, while accessories have a blue trim.…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 12, 2021 -
CultureCyberpunk 2077, One Month Later
After multiple delays, reports of mandatory overtime at the studio, and a years-long, nauseating hype train inescapably intertwined with edgelord marketing tactics and transphobia, CD Projekt Red finally released Cyberpunk 2077 into the world at the tail end of last year, and almost every day of its existence since has been utterly wild and often…
By Ethan Gach Published January 12, 2021 -
CultureTwitchTwitch’s Pogchamp Removal Was Never Enough, And Now It’s Turning Into A Disaster
It’s not every day you hear about an enormous platform like Twitch swatting the face of one of its most popular emotes clean off and rendering the president’s account indefinitely inert, as it did in the aftermath of last week’s Capitol Building insurrection. But Twitch does do similar things from time to time, on a…
By Nathan Grayson Published January 12, 2021 -
CultureRazer’s Project Hazel Is A Translucent Face Mask With RGB Lighting
If you’ve got to wear a mask (and you do), it might as well be a super-cool, high-tech mask with a translucent plastic front, voice-amplification tech, and RGB lighting effects. Every year at the annual Consumer Electronics Show, gaming hardware maker Razer demos conceptual projects that may or may not wind up becoming real. This…
By Mike Fahey Published January 12, 2021 -
CultureOdds and EndsGrand Theft Auto V Actors Recreate ‘Lamar Roasts Franklin’ Scene
Grand Theft Auto V, now available across two platform generations with a version for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S on the way, refuses to die. The game’s latest contribution to the online zeitgeist is the brief scene where side character Lamar Davis roasts protagonist Franklin Clinton, which has become the basis of an exceedingly…
By Ian Walker Published January 12, 2021 -
CultureStar Wars Jedi: Fallen Order Now Runs at 60 FPS On PS5 And Xbox Series X/S
2019’s excellent Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order now looks a little bit better on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S thanks to its latest update, though the improvements aren’t as dramatic as some other games have seen. Jedi: Fallen Order’s new optimized version runs at a crisp 60 FPS on all three next-gen consoles, but at…
By Ethan Gach Published January 12, 2021 -
CultureOdds and EndsOh No, He’s Hot
A new trailer for the Nintendo Switch version of Super Mario 3D World arrived earlier today featuring a first look at Bowser in Bowser’s Fury and y’all…damn. Bowser’s hot. Super hot. Bowser-Jr.-ain’t-the-only-one-calling-me-daddy hot. There’s something undeniably sexy about a dangerous creature. Bowser’s hit the gym and gotten bigger and more muscly since last we saw…
By Ash Parrish Published January 12, 2021 -
CultureMachine Games Is Making An Indiana Jones Game
Bethesda studio Machine Games is making a new Indiana Jones game, the publisher announced in a short teaser on Twitter today. The game will feature an original story and be a collaboration between Machine Games and Lucasfilm Games, with Todd Howard as the executive producer on the project. Bethesda didn’t reveal anything further about the…
By Ethan Gach Published January 12, 2021 -
CultureIt’s Giant Cat Mario Versus Kaiju Bowser In Bowser’s Fury
With a month remaining until its February 12 release, Nintendo gives us a peek at what the new Bowser’s Fury portion of Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury looks like. They had me at Giant Cat Mario. In Bowser’s Fury, Bowser’s gotten big. Too big. So big that Bowser Jr. and Mario team up…
By Mike Fahey Published January 12, 2021 -
Kotaku EastJapanLast Fall’s Cyberattack On Capcom Compromised Personal Info On Over 16,000 People
Last November, Capcom suffered a cyberattack. As previously reported, the group claiming responsibility for the attack said they downloaded around 1TB of data, containing things like employee’s visa records, customer bank details, and internal Capcom information. At that time, Capcom confirmed that the personal information of nine people had been compromised in the attack. Today,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 12, 2021 -
AnimeFans Surprised By New CG Anime Show’s Quality
Cyberpunk manga Ex-Arm is getting a TV anime adaptation this month. The show, which is a CG anime, was originally slated for release last summer but got pushed back due to the pandemic. When the Ex-Arm trailer first debuted, fans were not complimentary. “The anime is about bad CGI vs bad CGI,” wrote one YouTube…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 12, 2021 -
CultureView from Ebisu Tower, 2016. Tokyo, Japan. By Patrick Lehrmann | Flickr
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 12, 2021 -
CultureOdds and EndsA Full Throttle Movie Script Has Been Written By Moon’s Director
Duncan Jones, director of movies like Warcraft and Moon, has spent his time in lockdown better than most of us. He’s written a full-length “fan script” for classic 1995 adventure game Full Throttle It’s pretty good! While it deviates in some parts and whips up some new material in others—the original game is a lot…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 11, 2021 -
CultureJapan-Exclusive Yakuza PSP Game Gets Fan Translation
The popularity of the Yakuza franchise has exploded in the United States over the last few years, but we’ve mostly been getting games in the main series. Japan, on the other hand, has enjoyed a fair few exclusive spin-offs since the first game launched in 2005, one of which just got a fan translation for…
By Ian Walker Published January 11, 2021