Ubisoft’s new Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag story trailer shows a colorful Caribbean setting, the game’s young captain’s fight for glory and how he got drawn into the war between the Assassins and Templars. An action packed trailer, so what better song than “Two Steps From Hell?” Edward Kenway story trailer | Assassin’s Creed IV…

Anpanman creator Takashi Yanase passed away on October 13 in Tokyo. He was 94. May he rest in peace.

Servant X Service Is Your Average Sitcom in Anime Form

Back at the summer season’s halfway point, Servant X Service didn’t end up making my list of the five anime of summer 2013 you should watch. This is because, while being the funniest anime I watched last season, Servant X Service is still largely forgettable. Good – Parallel Plotlines One of the best aspects of…

Getting Married on a Tokyo Train Isn’t Exactly Romantic

But it sure is memorable. Yesterday, a young couple got married while riding public transportation in Tokyo. The young 20-something year-old couple, Nobuhiko and Sayaka, held their wedding ceremony on Tokyo’s Yamanote Line, reports FNN. Serving 29 stations, the Yamanote Line is not only Japan’s busiest train lines, it’s one of the busiest in the…

The New PS Vita Torn Apart

The new PS Vita was recently released in Japan. You probably know it has a new LCD screen. But what do the rest of its innards look like? Blue, orange, black, and gray, it seems! Japanese site 4Gamer took apart the new Vita for your viewing pleasure. In case you missed it, here are Kotaku‘s…

Surviving Two Traumatic Japanese Pranks Is Not Easy

Some pranks are very clever. Some are complicated. The above prank is very simple, but incredibly effective. The woman being tricked is actress Aki Takejo. This wasn’t the only prank she endured. Below, someone gives her a teddy bear with a bomb in it, telling her not to drop it. あき竹城ドッキリ１ [ikebukurosarah@YouTube] 百人隊ドッキリ [blackcataaa2010@YouTube] To…

The Old Spice Guy, As A Super Annoying Comic Book Nerd

Isaiah Mustafa, aka The Old Spice Guy, is in real life a huge comic book nerd. So enjoy, as in this short he plays the role of a…huge comic book nerd. And plays it well OK, so the clip’s not perfect, and not all the jokes make it. But Mustafa is worth it. WHAT’S IN…

Even Microsoft Thinks Cross-Platform Multiplayer “Makes Sense”

One of the biggest failures of Microsoft’s involvement in the PC space has been its treatment of gaming relative to the Xbox brand. Halo came late then stopped coming. Gears of War and Forza have never gone PC. [Correction: Gears of War 1 did.] So you’d be forgiven for assuming that Microsoft has given up…

Bungie Don’t Sound Too Bummed Neill Blomkamp Never Made Halo

Before Neil Blomkamp was given the chance to develop District 9, he was attached the Halo movie, a movie that eventually fizzled and died over budgetary concerns. As gamers, watching District 9 was a strange experience. We were given the chance to watch this new, dazzlingly original thing, but in the back of our minds…

Gone Fishin’

Colombian artist Victor Mosquera works for Volta, a design house that specialises in creating concept art for video games and movies. His professional work is for an unannounced project, but that won’t stop us looking at his impressive personal portfolio. You can see more of Victor’s stuff at his personal site and CGHub page To…

Stare Longingly At This Xbox One Educational Video

This video is great. Not for the content, the parts where heads are talking. But the parts where heads are not talking. What should be a video where we all learn about the fantastic new things Microsoft is doing with Xbox Live for the Xbox One instead becomes a video that should have been called…

“Chinese Food” Is The True Sequel To Rebecca Black’s “Friday”

The folks behind “Friday” are back! For better or worse, it’s not a day of the week that is getting immortalized in YouTube this time, but a cuisine. This is “Chinese Food.” Stupid? Offensive? Genius? If You Liked Rebecca Black’s “Friday,” You’ll Love “Chinese Food” [Gawker] To contact the author of this post, write to…

Does A Nintendo 2DS Burst Into Flames Inside A Microwave?

You bet your Pokemans it does. Long-time internet microwaver (I’m sure that’s what he puts on his tax return) dOvetastic is the man here putting a brand new 2DS in the box then killing it. If you find yourself asking “WHY DO PEOPLE DO THIS?”, first ask yourself “did I just watch that video until…

Former Valve Hardware Project Becomes Kickstarter Campaign

Engineer Jeri Ellsworth and former Raven dev Rick Johnson used to work at Valve, on the company’s ambitious hardware plans. That was until February, when the pair were laid off. Never mind. One of the projects that had been in development at Valve were a pair of augmented reality glasses, which according to a report…

We Are Still Shooting The Hinges, And It Still Sucks

It’s been three years since, up to our eyeballs in snow, bullet casings and blood, we were reminded to “shoot the hinges”. A seemingly insignificant part of Call of Duty: Black Ops had become, through a video capturing one act of patience, a poster child for all that was wrong – and is still wrong…

Carrie Recut Makes Cinderella Freaky In The Best Way

Two young women. Two menacing mother-figures. Two sets of supernatural powers. Two fateful social gatherings. ONE HELL OF A RECIPE FOR HORROR. This brilliant bit of remixing comes to us from YouTuber Cracker76. It combines audio from a trailer for the upcoming Carrie remake with footage from Walt Disney’s 1950 classic Cinderella. It is surprisingly…

The Latest PS4 Commercial Is Also A Musical

This PS4 commercial debuted on Monday Night Football roughly 60 seconds ago. Not bad, huh? Makes me want to sing more than it makes me want a PS4, but hey. The next PlayStation is out November 15. Just a month away. Tick tock.

The Fallacy Of “Keep Your Politics Out Of My Video Games”

It can often feel as though some people who like video games want to have it both ways: They want games to be taken seriously and acknowledged as an exciting artistic medium, but the moment someone critiques a game’s politics they respond, as if cued by an invisible conductor: “It’s just a game! Stop taking…

The Closest Thing We Have To An Official Pokémon MMO So Far

If a developer announces that a loved franchise is suddenly turning into an MMO/multiplayer/MOBA title, the initial public response can look like disappointment. Those aren’t the types of genre shifts that people typically clamor for…unless the game in question is Pokemon. When it comes to Pokemon, people are receptive—I often see folks online ask why…

Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams: The Snacktaku Review

Jeni Britton Bauer gave up her art studies at Ohio State University to persue her passion for food. Now, as the owner of Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams, she makes frozen art for your mouth. Let’s taste what many consider the country’s best ice cream. Ice cream is a magical thing. For one, it’s the perfect…