Growing up in the 1980s, Voltron was a big part of my childhood. There was Voltron with the lions and then Voltron with the vehicles. Another big part of my childhood was Disney, and there wasn’t a Disney Voltron. Until now. Today, Bandai announced (via GetNews) that it’s launching a Disney Super Robot next March…
Each year, Halloween becomes a bigger and bigger event in Japan. And more and more companies try to figure out how to make a quick buck off of it. Burger King Japan seems to be the latest, with its new burger. It’s dubbed the “BK Pumpkin”, and it features a dual-slit bun that is supposed…
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.
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…
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.
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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]
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…
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…
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…
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