Snoop Dogg Explains Why His Virtual Weed Costs Nearly $100

Back when we first covered the “Snoopify” app—which lets you stamp Snoop Dogg-themed stickers on personal pictures—it was hard not get stuck on just how much a digital joint sticker cost. Last night, Snoop Dogg showed off the app on Conan, and he explained why it costs so much. In a word? It’s cyber! Duh.…

This is how they introduce Family Guy‘s answer to The Simpsons Tapped Out. TinyCo and Fox Digital are bringing the animated sensation to Android and iOS early next year. The Family Guy mobile game will feature voice talent from and stories inspired by the hit show, allowing players to interact with the horrible people living…

Here’s what’s going on Talk Amongst Yourselves, our reader-written blog: GiantBoyDetective reviews the Nintendo 2DS and calls it “2 legit 2 quit.” CouchShouts shares an in-depth farewell to the PS3 and Xbox 360. And Stormborn caps off his Super Mario Brothers redesign project with excellent new looks for Bowser, Yoshi and an ultra-powered Mario Don’t…

Nothing Makes Me Happier Than An Atelier Opening Movie

Even when the music is melancholy and the game’s name is as silly as Atelier Escha & Logy: Alchemists of the Dusk Sky, there’s just something about the opening cinematics for new games in Gust’s alchemy-based role-playing game series that makes my dimples pop. Even though I’ve not enjoyed any Atelier game since quite as…

Waterslides And Santa Claus? It’s A Very Temple Run 2 Christmas

As if having to deliver toys to every child in the world over the course of a single night wasn’t tough enough, Temple Run 2‘s largest update yet pits Santa Claus against a giant killer gorilla. That dude cannot catch a break. Not only does Imangi Studios’ smash hit free-to-play mobile game get Santa Claus…

A Relaxing Stroll in 800-Pound Iron Shoes

Everyday, I take a walk. It’s good for health, I think. While I wear sneakers, Beijing factory owner Zhang Fuxing wears iron shoes. Each shoe weighs over 440 pounds… each. Zhang has been wearing his iron shoes to walk 15 meters for the past seven years. He tells AP (via SCMP) that the iron shoes…

The Costume Editor Is My Favorite Time-Waster in Lightning Returns

Sure Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII has great gameplay and fun musical quirks, but let’s be serious: We don’t care about that. We’re all here just because we want to dress up Lightning in awesome costumes. There are dozens of unlockable costumes in Lightning Returns to choose from—many of these being inspired by the outfits…

Is this a new PlayStation Move? There’s a newly-published Sony patent for a certain “flat joystick controller” which seems to look a lot like a PlayStation Move, but with a touchpad on the front.

Minecraft Inspires Gamer To Create Awesome Real-Life Building Toy

For most, Minecraft is just a game about building a castle out of colorful blocks then losing it all to a Creeper invasion. But for one man, Minecraft was something else: an inspiration. A Redditor by the name of knightkrawler1167 recently revealed his pet project to the r/minecraft subreddit: a set of magnet-equipped plastic blocks…

Heads up: the Miiverse update for the 3DS is now live. With the update comes the ability to interact with Nintendo’s Miiverse on any 3DS (and 2DS, and 3DSXL) system, along with Nintendo Network ID support for the eShop. More info here and full patch notes here

People Mistakenly Sent A Free Vita, Then Threatened With Legal Action

A retailer in the UK has accidentally sent some customers a free PlayStation Vita. And is now resorting to some heavy methods in an attempt to get them back. According to a report on Eurogamer, “a number” of people who had preordered Vita game Tearaway were instead sent a Tearaway PlayStation Vita bundle, which included…

The Kill La Kill Soundtrack Has Funny Titles, But Awesome Songs

For all its over-the-top action and side-splitting humor, my favorite part of this season’s breakout anime, Kill la Kill, may just be its awesome soundtrack. And as it hits shelves on Christmas day here in Japan, it’s pretty much the best Christmas gift I could hope for. The soundtrack was composed by Hiroyuki Sawano—whose music…

Pirate penguins expected in 2014. Hey, remember that pirate game for the 3DS? The one with the penguins, from Mega Man creator Keiji Inafune, slated to arrive in 2012? Well, it didn’t arrive in 2012. Or 2013. And now, its official website has been updated to show a Japan release date of 2014. Maybe someday!

Is This the Oldest Working Comic Book Artist in the World?

Honestly, I don’t know. I do know that 91 year-old manga creator Shigeru Mizuki has a new serialized manga starting later this month. Mizuki is best known for creating supernatural horror manga GeGeGe no Kitaro Going on sale on December 25 in the January issue of Big Comic, Mizuki’s latest manga is titled Watashi no…