The New 3DS Is the Portable Nintendo Should’ve Released Years Ago

I’m not saying the original 3DS is bad. I’m not saying that at all. What I’m saying is that the New Nintendo 3DS seems so good. It would’ve been nice to have this from the get go. But, wait, you say, what is this? What’s so damn new about it? The New Nintendo 3DS is…

A TIE Fighter and the Iron Giant, from artist-slash-game-dev Derek Laufman. These are part of the Inktober campaign, where artists create one ink drawing a day in October to improve their skills. Laufman’s already pretty good, as you can see. There’s more of his stuff below, and on his deviantART and Tumblr pages. Derek Laufman…

How Japan Makes Winter Food Very, Very Cute

You’ve seen what creative people in Japan have done with bentos, right? Well, imagine the same thing with hot stews. It’s fall! Soon it will be winter. And in late fall and especially during winter, people in Japan traditionally make hot-pots, called “nabemono” (鍋物) or simply, “nabe” (鍋). And now, some folks are making them…

You Can Buy Replica One Piece Swords for Nearly $1,000

Calling all One Piece fans! (With money to burn.) Now, you can buy some of the most famous swords from the famed manga and anime series. Toho Animation is teaming up with Japanese sword craftsmen for a series of four replica One Piece blades. These are expensive replicas that are built-to-order and are not mass…

Amazing Unreal Engine Project Took Just 7 Weeks to Make

Unreal Engine 4 is capable of some great visuals, but it can’t just come up with them by itself. For that, you need some talented individuals—like this seven-student group from Montreal’s National Animation and Design Center. The students’ task was basically to design, model, and animate a chase scene in seven weeks. What they came…

Anime Hilariously Explores What Makes Something “Romantic”

You’ve seen the same romantic scene a thousand times in a thousand different movies and, yet, every time it still gets you right in the heart. But what exactly makes it romantic and what would happen if you changed one little detail? In Monthly Girls Nozaki-Kun, the answer is hilarity. Good – Shakespeare in Love…

That Sweet Destiny Stunt Came From The Moon

You’ll need to be a Hunter to pull this off, since the Bladedancer’s super is the only way to stay in the air this long, but here you go. People can jump the Hellmouth on the moon. If you haven’t played the game, that’s a big jump You can even do it without a Sparrow…

We Need A Hammier Version Of Dark Souls

Thomas Mahon is an artist and illustrator from London, who through his freelancing has worked in video games and for companies like Mattel. You can see more of Thomas’ work at his blogand tumblr. He’s also got a storewhere you can buy prints To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re…

The Great Cosplay Road Trip

Four of the world’s best cosplay photographers, and a bunch of the world’s best cosplayers, are teaming up to take the art – normally enjoyed at cons or specific shoots – on a great American road trip. Similar to Anna Fischer’sWild Places, which photographs cosplayers in unique and remote spots (withamazing results), this campaign –…

Indie Dev Threatens Gabe Newell, Has Game Removed From Steam

If you’re a developer selling a game on Steam, it’s probably not the best idea in the world to tweet a death threat to the guy who owns Steam. That’s what indie developer Mike Maulbeck did earlier today, though, and it’s now something he probably regrets. The day should have started off pretty well! Maulbeck’s…

33 Years Later, New Donkey Kong Secrets Are Being Found

Despite the fact the game was first released in arcades in 1981, has been ported to hell and back and picked apart on the big screen, Nintendo’s original Donkey Kong is still giving up secrets, most recently in the form of “new” music and sound effects. A user on the Cutting Room wiki has, after…