The Five Anime of Summer 2013 You Should Be Watching

When the summer 2013 anime season started early last month, I told you a little bit about each anime and where to watch them. However, with 36 new anime available to watch this summer, that raises the question: Which of them should you be watching? Now, as we hit the half-way point of the season,…

Gundam Breaker Lets You Build and Pilot the Gundam of Your Dreams

Over the years there have been some great (and terrible) Gundam games. But while many games let you pilot a Gundam, Gundam Breaker takes it one step further and lets you build your own dream Gundam as well. Good – Build Your Dream Gundam Gundam Breaker is centered around building “Gunpla” Gundam models and then…

Pure Mannequin Nightmare Fuel Will Keep You Up at Night

In the past mannequins just showed off clothes. You know, they gave you an idea of what you, the shopper, would look like in a particular outfits. But now, it seems like they’re just frightening the hell out of everyone. During the past few years, there’s been an increasing number of scary-looking mannequins, especially in…

Surprise PS4 TV Plan? In a recent preliminary deal with Viacom, Sony is reported to have won the rights to bring cable channels such as MTV, Comedy Central, and Nickelodeon to its planned internet-TV service. Plus, it can also sell on demand Viacom shows and movies. I’m okay with this if there’s enough Sponge Bob.…

I Created the Most Hideous Gundam Ever

Gundam Breaker, the newest Gundam video game, is all about building your own custom Gundam. More often than not, though, they turn out to be completely hideous. In the game itself, your character builds Gundam models. You can then take these models you make to the Gundam arcade and pilot them in a VR game.…

Project Gotham Devs Get Back In The Race With 2K Drive

2K Drive isn’t just a new racing game from the makers of Project Gotham Racing. It’s a massive mobile celebration of automotive culture — from the makers of Project Gotham Racing. Coming this fall to iOS as a premium title (hooray, let us pay for things already!), 2K Drive is going to give the likes…

Wonderfully Odd Japanese Museum Has “Face Rocks”

What do E.T., Nemo, and Jesus have in common? They all apparently look like stones housed in one of Japan’s most peculiar (and charming) museums: the Hall of Curious Rocks. Located in Saitama, outside Tokyo, the collection is filled over 1,700 stones—over 900 of them are “face rocks.” The museum’s founder, who passed away in…

Another Sneak Peek at Cliff Bleszinski’s New Project

According to former Gears of War designer Cliff Bleszinski, “here’s another closely cropped image of something I’m working on.” That’s right, Cliff Bleszinski is doing NBA 2K15. Kidding! The previous image Bleszinski showed was dry and dusty, and there was someone, perhaps a soldier, holding a gun. His latest image is sporty. So sporty. For…

A Look Inside The Death-Defying Daily Lives Of Window Washers

“I am the vindow viper. I’ve come to vipe your vindows.” There aren’t that many everyday jobs that give me an adrenaline shot just thinking about them, but the idea of being a professional New York City window-washer does just that. I really liked this short video from the New York Timeslooking at the day-to-day…

A Callback To Missingno Would Be The Best Pokemon Mega Evolution

Understandably, some of the reaction to Pokemon X & Y’s Mega Evolutions is the hope that everyone’s favorite pocket monster gets the Mega treatment. Why not, right? Mega Evolutions are cool. While not confirmed to have a Mega Evolution, if Porygon-Z actually gets one, UberAndrew has the best idea for it: it should be a…

These Interactive Video Game Dioramas Are Utterly Stunning

Dear lord, the things people make on the internet. The folks at Polycount (last seen here with their lively Team Fortress 2 art-redesign competition) have been hosting a contest called “VG Remix,” in which contestants use Sketchfab to make 3D video-game dioramas. The results are nothing less than astonishing. The examples below are picked from…

How To Find A Small But Mighty Secret Weapon In Saints Row IV

It’s not like Saints Row IV has any shortage of non-hidden weapons. But this new video from GameFront shows how to find a super-special one, along with a pretty great easter egg. The game’s not out for another few days, but it took me long enough to afford a proper in-game rocket launcher that I…

I went on the always-delightful Idle Thumbs Podcast yesterday, where we talked about Splinter Cell, Dishonored, stealth games, Mario & Luigi: Dream Team, Spelunky, and more. We also discussed a hypothetical children’s book called “Find Fisher!” and all-star listener Sleepyhead went ahead and made this amazing book cover.

A StarCraft Song, Dedicated To One Of The Best Korean Players Out There

When it comes to parody videos, Temp0 is one of the most active members of the competitive StarCraft community. His latest work focuses on the legendary Jaedong—nicknamed “The Dong”—a Korean pro who was practically a god in the Brood War era and remains popular after his switch to StarCraft II A lot of Jaedong’s unit…

Source: EA’s Next College Football Game Will Only Lose One Team

The next edition of EA Sports’ embattled college football series will lose only one school from a lineup of more than 120 next year, though two conferences will stop licensing their trademarks to the game, according to a source with direct knowledge of the matter. The Southeastern Conference, which yesterday told ESPN it would opt…

Thor Gets The Arrested Development Treatment

Really? Thor? Here now for a moment of brightness in a day filled with grim news and controversey: This video from Leigh Lahav and Tom Trager that reimagines Thor: The Dark World as an episode of Arrested Development. Mileage can vary on this kind of thing, but they’ve got the beats and rhythms of an…

Former Kotaku boss Brian Crecente writes an important story over at Polygon about the effects—largely negative and depressing—of gamers harassing game developers online. This is one for all gamers to think hard about.

CNBC Asks: “Did Call of Duty Kill Chivalry?”

The motives behind shifting gender roles and economics are complex and nuanced. But screw it, let’s blame it all on Call of Duty instead. In a spirited debate that we clearly needed to have, CNBC’s The Kudlow Report looked at the total aggregate playtime of Call of Duty players and asked if the series was…

The athletics director at the University of Washington—members of the Pac-12 conference and the 1991 National Champions—said his office will advise the university’s administration not to license the school’s appearance in future video games such as EA Sports’ college football series.

D&D‘s First Official iPad Game Is Lords Of Waterdeep

Wizards of the Coast has really been on top of Dungeons & Dragons’ digital initiative lately. We’ve seen the launch of the MMO Neverwinter, the first official mobile game in DeNA’s Arena of War, and now they’re teaming up with card and board game masters Playdek to bring the award-winning Lords of Waterdeep to iPad.…