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  My First Few Hours of Lightning Returns in Pictures

  Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII hit store shelves all across Japan yesterday and you can bet it has already found a home on my PS3. So last night, I sat down and spent a good five hours with the game—all the while jotting down notes and taking pictures for your enjoyment. [Spoiler Warning: Of course,…

  By Richard Eisenbeis Published November 22, 2013
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  Ico Creator Fumito Ueda Wants To Do a… Zombie Game?

  You might know Fumito Ueda for his two excellent and massively popular adventure games, Ico and Shadow of the Colossus. He is currently busy (and has been busy for a long, long, long time) working on a spiritual successor, The Last Guardian. But what comes after that? Zombies, apparently. Ueda recently described his plans for…

  By András Neltz Published November 22, 2013
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  Chinese Housewife’s Mao Zedong Cosplay Will Blow Your Mind

  There are not enough words to describe how good this former housewife is at pulling off Chairman Mao. These days, Chen Yan makes her living impersonating Mao Zedong. According to the mainland People magazine (via South China Morning Post), the 57 year-old Chen is one of a handful Mao impersonators in the country. Due to…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published November 22, 2013
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  The Beauty of RWBY‘s Fight Scenes Will Make Your Jaw Drop

  Over the last few months, the good people over at Rooster Teeth (the group behind machinima hit Red vs Blue) have been producing their own original game and anime-inspired web series called RWBY. And while it’s hardly deep, its first season provides enough action and imagination to draw anyone in. Good – Fairytale Elements Abound…

  By Richard Eisenbeis Published November 22, 2013
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  Crazy Man in a PS4 Costume Tries To Crash an Xbox One Party

  On YouTube, Megwin TV is a Japanese comedy collective. One of its members dressed up in a DualShock 4 costume and tried to get into an Xbox One launch party. That not only takes some balls, but also a large fake controller. Trolling Xbone Launch in PS4 Costume [Megwin TV] To contact the author of…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published November 22, 2013
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  Forget Google Glass, Sony’s Working on Smart Wigs

  Sony has filed a patent for a “wearable computing device” that’s in a wig. It’s called SmartWig. Sony’s patent (via Engadget Japan), which was filed this past May but made public this week, describes a hairpiece with input sensors able to process data and communicate with another device. The techy bits would be hidden while…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published November 22, 2013
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  Vampire Stripping, Otaku, and Bland Combat Abound in Akiba’s Trip 2

  Akiba’s Trip 2 is the story of a boy and his friends trying to keep Tokyo’s Akihabara safe—from vampires. The only way to beat the vampire menace? Strip them and expose them to the sun! …And that summary should be enough to tell you exactly what you are in for with Akiba’s Trip 2 Good…

  By Richard Eisenbeis Published November 22, 2013
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  Another Huge Amount of Cocaine Washed Up in Japan

  Yesterday, there were reports of discovering eighty kilos of cocaine on a Japanese beach. And today? Forty kilos more. Somebody sure loves cocaine. Like the previous find, the forty kilos were packed in backpacks. One was 1.2 miles from the earlier stash, and the other was nearly five miles away. Combine this latest haul with…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published November 22, 2013
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  Coloring Books Sure Make for Freaky X-rays

  Why color between the lines, when you can draw skeletons? That’s what French illustrator Chris Panda has been doing, churning stomachs in the process. Calling this the “X-ray Series“, the illustrations are sketched on to coloring book type images. They are both amazing and disturbing. More in the links below. X-ray Serie!!! [Facebook via TheMarySue…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published November 22, 2013
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  Your Long, Buttered-Toast Nightmare Is Over

  Thank goodness! It’s about time we traded struggling to spread real butter on toast with butter strings. This is “Easy Butter” from Japan’s Metex. In short, you stick a slab of butter in the contraption, turn it, and grate strings of butter. Genius! Below, you can see that while the weight is the same (8…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published November 22, 2013
• Culture

  Battleships, Battlements, Bombers And Beautiful Blue Skies

  Jae Cheol Park is a Korean artist who has worked with clients like NCSoft, Webzen and Legendary Entertainment. You can see more of his work at his personal site and CGHub page To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you can save them as wallpaper), click on…

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 22, 2013
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  A Fitting Tribute To Miyazaki’s Badass Flying Pig

  Get a look at this custom Porco Rosso display, which is as meticulously detailed as the work of the man who created the character. It’s so detailed, in fact, that as you’ll see below, you can lift the chassis off and see the frame, instruments and seating beneath. That’s always the deal-sealer with me and…

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 22, 2013
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  Hanged 3DS Either Needed A Charge Or Stole A Horse

  Look, sometimes when you’re in a hotel you’ve got to make do with what you’ve got. And if your 3DS needs a charge, and the only open power outlet is up there, then you use it. But…jeez, that’s precarious Ry-Spirit’s Art [Facebook, via Tiny Cartridge]

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 22, 2013
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  Xbox One Game Changed Between Reviews And Release

  Crimson Dragon, the spiritual successor to Panzer Dragoon, just came out, but already the game is being altered after it received, well, let’s say mixedreviews. Saying he has “heard the feedback” on the game, director Yukio Futatsugi is ringing the changes, which include generally making the game easier. “I’m excited to have the opportunity to…

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 22, 2013
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  Welcome To The Next Generation, Everybody

  That’s it. It’s past midnight. The Xbox One is now on sale in North America, having gradually rolled out across Australasia and parts of Europe earlier in the day. With the PS4 being released last week and – depending on your definition of “generation” – the Wii U on shelves last year, the “next generation”…

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 22, 2013
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  Shock: Pretty PC Game Keeps Getting Prettier

  We already know The Banner Saga is a gorgeous game, because its multiplayer mode is out and you can play it and see for yourself. But the real artistic chops are coming in the games’ singleplayer mode. As this clip shows, the game’s singleplayer mode is a lot more involved than simple multiplayer skirmishes, taking…

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 21, 2013
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  Xbox, Go To Los Angeles. Xbox? Xbox?

  Spike’s Geoff Keighley uses the power of Kinect to throw the station’s coverage of the Xbox One launch event across the country. Or, tries to. I bet it sounded good on paper. If you want to follow along yourself, and haven’t already been doing so, you can catch it here

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 21, 2013
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  Here’s The First Human To Buy An Xbox One

  The first person to buy an Xbox One in line in New York City tonight is not the first person on planet Earth to buy an Xbox One. That honour, thanks to the placement of the international date line, went to New Zealand’s Dan Livingstone. Beating out my own antipodean purchase by a mere two…

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 21, 2013
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  Flight Simulator Has Never Looked So Good

  Nope, these aren’t photos of actual planes. They’re video game screenshots. Specifically, they’re high-res shots from Flight Simulator X captured and posted by Duncan Harris at Dead End Thrills. Get a load of this action: There are plenty more shots over at Dead End Thrills

  By Kirk Hamilton Published November 21, 2013
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  The Most Ridiculous Pokedex Entries In Pokémon X & Y

  It’s easy to miss, but boy, Pokémon lore can get pretty bonkers sometime. Case in point: the Pokedex entries for X & Y, where you might learn about things that are either amazing, creepy or just plain nonsensical. Pokemon X & Y, despite having a small number of new Pokemon added to the ‘dex, is…

  By Patricia Hernandez Published November 21, 2013