And the real height difference between Samus and Little Mac in Super Smash Bros. Wii U? Masahiro Sakurai’s here to show us, to make things clear Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing some of the prettiest, funniest game-related screenshots and art that we can find. Send us suggestions if you’ve got…

Japanese Fans Line Up For a Chance To Be First To Buy a PS4

Do you think they’ll do the Antonio Banderas move? The official release date of the PS4 in Japan is February 22nd. However, at the Sony building in Ginza, Tokyo, Sony is offering to sell 100 PS4s a day early on the 21st. Of the 100, 30 will get to participate in the special PlayStation 4…

Please Don’t Eat Rice Ball Cat

You are not looking at a rice ball. You are looking at a furry cat butt. However, does resemble a rice ball. Just don’t eat it! Rice balls or onigiri (おにぎり) are typically triangle shaped treats that are packed with pickled plums (梅干し or umeboshi) or edible kelp (昆布 or konbu), among other things, and…

How Many Game Commercials Have You Seen with a Health Warning?

Be aware that this ad for the latest Harvest Moon game might make you barfy. The clip, which is promoting Harvest Moon: Tsunagaru Shin Tenchi, carries the following warning: This video contains special footage that reproduces the field of view of various animals. These visuals may cause discomfort in some viewers. Small children and viewers…

League of Legends Player Types, Summed Up In Two Minutes

Here’s YouTuber shockinfilms with a brainy summary of all the League of Legends player types. Many of these types would fit perfectly with other multiplayer games on the PC, too. Every Type of LoL Player [shocknickfilms, YouTube] To contact the author of this post, write to: [email protected]

When Humans Are No Longer Predators, It’s Gripping and Gruesome

It’s an alien invasion! Blood, guts, mutilation, and morphing-blade-headed aliens. This manga has it all. *Note* This article contains graphic images of carnage that some may find offensive or disturbing. “寄生獣” or “Kiseiju” (pronounced “kee-say-joo”) is a manga that debuted in Japan in 1990. Why am I bringing up a manga that’s over 20 years…

Kenji Eno Passed Away, But His Friends Are Making His Last Game

It’s been a year since game creator Kenji Eno passed away, but his spirit lives on as his friends and fellow creators seek to make what was his last game proposal a reality. It’s been a year to the day since Kenji Eno, musician and game creator passed away from heart failure induced by high…

An Artist’s Work On Uncharted & Star Wars

Polina Hristova is a concept artist who has worked on projects like Uncharted 2, Project Eternity (now known as Pillars of Eternity) and the Clone Wars TV show. You can see more of Polina’s work at her personal site To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you…

People Are Finding New Ways To Get Upset At Total War: Rome II

Total War: Rome II went from being one of 2013’s most promising games to one of its most disappointing. Indeed, it took months of patches and updates to even get it to a presentable state. Not that performance and AI were the last of the game’s troubles. A fresh uproar has kicked off following a…

What If Dishonored Had No Bad Guys In It…

The Old City is an exploration game that’s currently in-development for the PC. And pardon me for making such a crude comparison, but my brain looks at the architecture and processes this as being “Dishonored without all the bad guys”. And that’s pushing my buttons. Set inside “a decaying city from a civilization long past”,…

Developer Making “Singleplayer RPG Adventure”…With His Kid

Nick Pasto, the developer behind the excellent Abobo’s Big Adventure, is making a new game. With his daughter. Who is eight. It’s not for a school project, it’s not some cheap little gimmick game, it’s a real game, one that’s promising to be a fairly epic 2D adventure, with boss fights, levelling-up, fancy gear, the…

Kid Shot Dead By Cops, Witnesses Say He Was Holding Wii Remote

Police say that 17 year-old Christopher Roupe was shot and killed because he answered the door pointing a gun. Everyone except the Police say he opened the door holding a Wii Remote. Roupe was shot and killed last Friday night when Police arrived to serve his father a probation violation warrant. He opened the door…

Everybody Games: GaymerX, a con that celebrates diversity and inclusivity, launched a Kickstarter for its upcoming conference in July. The con will host a wedding for a Portal proposal we featured last year, along with a variety of panels and speakers/guest appearances from folks like Bioware’s David Gaider and WWE star Darren Young. Full disclosure:…

‘Twitch Plays Pokémon’ Is Breaking Parts Of Twitch

Twitch Plays Pokémon,’ the stream where thousands of players try to control a single trainer in Pokemon Red, is pretty popular—so popular, in fact, that whenever we posted about it, we’d get a number of reports from unhappy streamers who claimed the chat function in other completely unrelated streams were being affected by Twitch Plays…