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Japan’s Fried Shrimp Gun Is a Delicious Weapon

Fried shrimp or “ebi furai” (エビフライ) is a popular dish in Japan. Here’s one way to make it quickly—in three seconds, to be exact. That doesn’t include the prep time, though! As pointed out by Otakuma, this is an ad for NTT Docomo’s Full LTE high speed internet service, and apparently, no CG was used.…

By Brian Ashcraft Published December 1, 2014

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In Case You’re Wondering What Hayao Miyazaki Is Up To…

The famed anime creator has been busying himself with other projects. Book covers, for example. Hayao Miyazaki, best known for anime like My Neighbor Totoro, has retired from feature film animation. However, that’s never meant he was going to stop working—something we’ve known for a while now. This year, Miyazaki has done two covers for…

By Brian Ashcraft Published December 1, 2014

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Assassin’s Creed’s Paris vs Paris, 2014

Damien Hypolite, who by day works for Sciences et Avenir, is also a bit of an Assassin’s Creed fan. Seeing as the latest game is set in Paris, he figured he’d print out some screenshots, take them to the actual spots in the real world they’re based on, and see how they shape up. As…

By Luke Plunkett Published November 30, 2014

Culture

Several Good Reasons To Walk To Work

Amin Faramarzian is an illustrator from Iran whose style looks like the best damn adventure game I’ve never played. You can see more of Amin’s work at his AstStationand Facebookpages. To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you can save them as wallpaper), click on the “expand”…

By Luke Plunkett Published November 30, 2014

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All I Want For Christmas Is This Fire Emblem Action Figure

This Figma was first shown off over a yearago, but is only now getting ready to actually go on sale. It’s been worth the wait. Figuring we’re past the statue of limitations on spoilers (and really, it’s been long enough), this Figma piece is dropping the Marth charade and labelling itself a Lucina figure. She’ll…

By Luke Plunkett Published November 30, 2014

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World’s Biggest LAN Party Had Over 22,000 Computers, Looked Awesome

Over the weekend, Dreamhack Winter went down. Beginning in 1994 with a couple of Swedish dudes who rented out a school hall to play some video games, it’s now the world’s biggest LAN party, bringing over 25,000 PC gamers together in the one spot for some games, music, cosplayand sweating. Last year, the official numbers…

By Luke Plunkett Published November 30, 2014

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The Best Cosplay From The World’s Biggest LAN Party

Dreamhack Winter isn’t just for games. When you get over 25,000 gamers in the one place, there’s plenty of scope for other stuff. Like a killer cosplay competition. These photos were taken by Jennika Ojala and Gabriel Kulig, while the video was shot by Liz “FrostedStarfish” Acume. If anyone knows/recognises the cosplayers, let us know…

By Luke Plunkett Published November 30, 2014

Culture

The Week In Games: Thanksgiving Leftovers

At this point in the yearly release cycle, the game industry looking desperately back and forth between gamers, making obvious game releasing noises with its throat. It’s almost nap time. Why? Because winter is coming, of course. Tuesday, December 2 The Crew | PC/PS4/Xbox 360/Xbox One Final Horizon |PS4 Syberia | PS3 Terraria | PS4/Xbox…