For Sale: Freakin’ Amazing Nintendo Art

Remember those creepy Nintendo bust sculptures from a few weeks ago? They were pretty cool, right? Well, they’re just a small part of a massive NES-themed art show opening in New York City this Friday. We’ve got a look at more pieces that will be in Bottleneck Gallery’s upcoming 3NES art exhibit and, honestly, they’re…

Here’s Why This Open-World Game Has No Furniture

Sandbox games are great at giving you vast worlds, but their interiors are often boring and lifeless. In ArmA III, the open-world shooter that’s out for PC on September 12, at least there’s an explanation. Thanks to Redditor Mariolapsn, here’s a look at how the developers of ArmA III parody open-world games in their own…

The First Time Diablo Came To Consoles

Diablo III comes to consoles today, and I’m just as giddy as I was back in March 1998, picking up my copy of Diablo for the original PlayStation — and the additional memory card needed to save the game. Picking up a new game was a special event for 24-year-old me. There was a ritual…

Nooo! I didn’t know the Samnites in Total War: Rome II were actually zombie cannibals. When the graphics are running on extreme, a minor, probably temporary glitch could render this horrifying—yet hilarious—texture-effect. 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…

The Anohana Movie is a Decent Epilogue But a Poor Film

Last week we took a look at Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day—one of the saddest yet most uplifting anime series I have ever seen. This weekend, the Anohana movie was released in Japanese theaters. And while some parts of it work well, others neuter the emotional power of the series. Good – A…

Coca-Cola Spends 4 Years Developing a Warm Carbonated Drink For Japan

Is hot ginger ale a thing? In Japan, it apparently will be—or wants to be. Whichever. This fall, Coca-Cola Japan is rolling out cans of “hot” Canada Dry Ginger Ale. That’s right, they’ve figured out how to can warm carbonated drinks—something that took four years of research. Hot (well, warm) canned drinks are not new…

Creative Assembly’s latest PC strategy game, Total War: Rome II, is out today. Make sure to watch your back while slaughtering armies and conquering all those cities, lest you end up lying in a pool of your own blood Don’t follow the trailer’s example, folks.

The Witch and the Hundred Knight Is Fun, yet Flawed

Summoned by the swamp witch Metallica to take down her witchy foes, you take control of the Hundred Knight and hack n’ slash your way across the land. If that sounds like fun, great. It is. But that’s not to say there aren’t more than a few flaws in The Witch and the Hundred Knight…

This Loading Icon Is Terrifying as All Hell

This past weekend I picked up a copy of the new fighting game, Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle. But it only took a few seconds before I was greeted with the creepiest loading icon of all time. I mean look at it! It’s a guy’s face getting ripped off layer by layer! For those who…

Diablo III is arriving on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 today. The console version of Blizzard’s hack n’ slash RPG is here, bringing with it offline/local co-op and an updated, streamlined interface. For an idea on how the game plays with a controller, check out our impressions here

Director Wants To Turn Hotline: Miami Into A Short Film

Well, it was going to happen eventually. It’s Hotline: Miami. Short, sweet, violent and exciting; the perfect recipe for a great internet flick, which is exactly what this man is trying to make—and crowdfund. The man behind the project is Saman Kesh, creator of several popular online short films, including the wonderful “Controller,” which we’ve…

Stealing $5,000 with a Drill Bit

Not a drill. A drill bit. You know, the part you must stick in an electric drill. FNN and TomoNews report that early morning on September 1, a hooded man wearing a jumpsuit and a surgical mask entered a karaoke parlor in Higashiosaka City and started waving a drill bit at the staffer who had…

Guess who is publishing Diablo III‘s Japanese language version? Square Enix! The localized version is slated to be out next year in Japan and will be released under Square Enix’s Extreme Edges banner.

China’s Embarrassing Childhood Photos

Chalk it up to growing pains, but everyone has embarrassing photos. Some people’s are just more embarrassing than others. Here’s a proud look at some of China’s delightfully awkward childhood photos. Recently on Chinese micro-blog Sina Weibo, people have been uploading their most painful pics, using a tag which translates in English as, “showing off…

Xbox Facebook Account Smokes Whatever James Franco’s Been Smoking

Zelda? Not a Microsoft franchise, as I’m sure you know. Not that that stops the official Xbox Facebook account from telling you all about it…and also James Franco. For some reason! This sort of thing isn’t quite an isolated incident—before, the Xbox UK account has posted about The Last of Us. That’s also not a…

LEGO He-Man Is A Christmas Dream Waiting To Come True

We can thank Alex Jones (Orion Pax) for this, a set of designs for He-Man LEGO so complete and professional that it’s a wonder he didn’t just sneak into my dreams and steal them. Characters, vehicles, playsets, weapons, he’s mocked them all up, from Castle Greyskull (it opens!) to Cringer, it’s all there. Head to…

Get Lucky: hey look, it’s that popular Daft Punk single, recreated in Mario Paint. Neat stuff, jeonghoon95! (Viacharmainevee)

US Hospital Offering Treatment For Internet Addiction

While it’s yet to receive official accreditation as an “official psychiatric condition”, an American hospital has nevertheless become the first in the country to offer a form of treatment for internet addition. Opening next week, the Behavioural Health Services wing of Bradford Regional Medical Center in Pennsylvania will be making available a 10-day treatment program…

What The Iron Throne Should Really Look Like

The one in the show is cool, don’t get me wrong, but in the books, it’s described as being made of one thousands blades. HBO’s version is nowhere near it. This one, though, is closer to the real thing. So much so that series creator George R R Martin has given the image his blessing…

The Only Place You Won’t Find Minecraft Is On Nintendo Systems

Beginning life on the PC, Minecraft has since appeared on *deep breath* iOS, Android, Xbox 360, Mac, Linux, the Raspberry Pi (!) and, soon, the PS3, PS4, Vita and Xbox One. That’s just about every major platform and manufacturer out there. Oh, except one. Nintendo. Despite the smashing success the game has enjoyed on every…