I Just Assembled a $2 Million Mecha. It’s Glorious.

Earlier this year, Japan’s Suidobashi Heavy Industry started making nerd dreams real: it introduced a huge 13-foot mecha it planned to manufacture and sell. Dubbed Kuratas, people can pilot the mecha, which moves about. There are also options like a water bottle launcher and a gatling gun which fires 6,000 BB pellets a minute. Oh,…

Capcom traces the conception and rise of Monster Hunter. If you’re a diehard, it’s worth a look.

Woman’s Husband Apparently Won’t Buy Her an iPhone 5, So She Protests

This Saturday, Apple opened its newest store in Beijing. The Apple Wangfujing store is Asia’s largest, and there were around one thousand people lined up at the opening. There was also this woman. Dressed in red, she carried a sign that read: “My husband wont buy me an iPhone 5; Searching for my jeweled encrusted…

You Don’t Need a Spear To Unbox the Evangelion Cake

The spear isn’t for stabbing; it’s for eating! As previously noted, Japan is getting a ¥4,000 (US$50) Neon Genesis Evangelion moon cake, bundled with the spear of Mark.06 and a Kaworu Nagisa figure. The cake is mango, and Japanese site Gigazine recently unboxed the desert for the internet’s viewing pleasure. エヴァンゲリオン「Mark.06」の槍＆渚カヲル付きの月面ケーキ試食レビュー [Gigazine] (Top photo: Gigazine)…

PS3 app Life with PlayStation is ending its service and won’t be offered as a download for new users as of Oct 24.

Report: Naughty PS Vita Game Puts the “Flash” in Flash

Senran Kagura Shinovi Versus is bringing its jiggly ninja to the PS Vita. The 3DS game is getting an upcoming PS Vita title, out next year. While Shinovi Versus starts off a new series, the ridiculous breast motif should be familiar to those who remember the original game. Senran Kagura Shinovi Versus‘ official site features…

Chinese Man Performs “Real-Life” Hadouken

In Street Fighter, hadouken (波動拳) is a special attack unleashed by Ryu, Ken, and a few other characters. It literally means “wave motion fist”, so the concept behind the attack is to send a burst of energy at an opponent. A glowing blue orb typically represents that energy, or ki. In real life, people can’t…

The Wedding of the Dead Craves Brains, Not Cake

Josiahx was recently married, and decided to do something a little different for his wedding photo. Like turn the celebration into a zombie apocalypse story. Not with dress-ups and a ton of money spent, though, just through the magic of Photoshop. You can see how the image was put together in the neat little timelapse…

By The End Of The Month, The PS3 Will No Longer Be Fighting Diseases

After five years, 15 million users and over 100 million computation hours having been crunched, Sony’s partnership with Stanford University’s Folding@home project will draw to a close at the end of the month. The program, which has allowed PS3 owners to donate their console’s processor towards crunching scientific data for the university’s Alzheimer’s research team,…

Disney is “Pouring Money” Into Something Called Toy Box

It’s yet to have been officially announced by the company, but in an interview with the New York Times, chief executive Robert A. Iger mentions a project called Toy Box, which is apparently an “ambitious” initiative. The article says it’s “a console game with extensive mobile and online applications”, and will involve “various Pixar and…

Because All Dishonored Needed Was a Machine Gun (And More Superpowers)

As Kirk and Jason noted last week, Dishonored is in many ways an “old-timey” classic, but there’s more to that idea than just its design. Because it’s a singleplayer game, with no ladderboards or auction houses, you can install “trainers” for the game that let you cheat. In the clip above, you’ll see just what…

Samus and Link Walk Into a Cosplay Convention…

A meeting of two of Nintendo’s biggest stars at the recent Igromir 2012 show in Russia is just the start for this week’s Fancy Pants, which also features stunning outfits from Tekken, Mass Effect and the non-furry side of Pokémon You’ve got to admire the Assassin’s Creed III: Liberation costume below as well. Crafting accurate…

This Guy Sculpted Some of Your Childhood’s Most Cherished Toys

If you grew up in the 80s and 90s, you probably don’t know Scott Hensey by name, but you’ll know his work. Because you probably owned some of it. He’s one of the all-time great toy sculptors, a man whose job was to shape and define the action figures that made up so many childhoods…

I Want to Drink Myself to Death in This Nerd Bar

The idea of a “nerd bar” isn’t new. You’ll find examples of them all over the world, many of them with a distinct gaming slant. But many are also a little too one-dimensional. Games are great, duh, but they’re not the only thing in the world. So were I in Paris, I’d be sinking my…

This…Isn’t…Sparta!

Due on Steam in 2013, Apotheon is an indie action RPG by a small three-man team. Not only set in Ancient Greece, but sharing the period’s art style as well, it’ll include both a singleplayer campaign (with an “open world”) along with multiplayer combat modes. Apotheon [Official Site]

What Dishonored’s Corvo Looked Like Before He Got That Fancy Mask

As you’d know if you were reading Fine Art last week, Dishonored was originally intended to be a game set in 17th century London, rather than the whalepunk fictional universe it ended up creating for itself. The decision to switch settings wasn’t made instantly; there had been time for some art to be drawn up…

Arrested Developers Were Working on New Areas For DayZ

Following up from last week’s release, and to answer questions people have had in the wake of them, the team working on the standalone DayZ game have put out more screenshots showing off the interior sections. Answering criticisms that the interiors looked a little empty—even though they were clearly marked work-in-progress! – DayZ creator Dean…

The Wii U’s First TV Commercial is Awful

Nintendo has its work cut out for it with the Wii U once the initial, and inevitable first wave of early adopters dies off. They say lightning never strikes twice, and given the original Wii’s success with the mainstream was white hot lightning, you’d be forgiven for thinking the company couldn’t possibly pull it off…

It’s official: PAX Australia will be held at the Melbourne Showgrounds from 19-21 July, 2013. Tickets here

The Week in Games: Meadow of Honor: Warfarmer

What is this week’s biggest release? Is it Forza Horizon or Street Fighter X Tekken on the Vita? Is it The Unfinished Swan or Skylanders Giants? Is it Medal of Honor: Warfighter?. Or is it the game that feeds a land, raises a hard-working generation, and bestows upon a nation the greatness it needs to…