Robots Want All Our Ice Cream Jobs
It’s not just the factory jobs that robots are taking, but the ice cream ones. For example, look at Yaskawa-kun, a robot that serves soft serve ice cream in a cone. The bastard.
The Coolest-Looking Capsule Hotels Outside Japan
The first capsule hotel in the world opened in Osaka, Japan in 1979. Since then, capsule hotels have not only spread to across the country but around the world. Here are some of the coolest-looking ones that aren’t in Japan.
Two men in Singapore were recently arrested for fighting over Pokémon Go, reports Channel News Asia. One man was playing the game while crossing the street, and the other man, driving a car, honked at him. Both face a year in prison or a fine.
Life-Sized X-Wing Is Parked at a Singapore Airport
If you are strolling through Terminal 3, you might notice something. A giant rebel fighter.
Cops Called for Underboob Cosplay Controversy
This weekend, there was a big anime event in Singapore called Anime Festival Asia. Many cosplayers showed up. And so did the police.
A Man Named "Batman, Son of Superman" Sent to Prison. (Really.)
A few years ago, a Singaporean man named Batman bin Suparman, which means "Batman, Son of Superman" in Malay, became an internet sensation. Well, the named crusader is back. He's not fighting crime. This time, he's committing it.
Watch A Virtual City Be Built Before Your Very Eyes
You've probably heard the term "procedurally-generated" thrown around gaming in the last few years. It's fancy tech, which at its most basic level means something that's built randomly each time you ask it to be built, but it's certainly more complicated than that, as content still needs to follow certain rules.
This Cosplay Photographer Is a Hero
Cosplay isn't only about the costumes. It isn't only about the cosplayers. The photographers are key.
A Closed World, a Role-Playing Game About Growing Up Queer
For someone growing up gay, life can be a challenge. So the team behind A Closed World decided to turn it into one of gaming's most institutionalised ordeals: the Japanese role-playing game.
Singapore's Got Its Head In The Clouds. Gaming Clouds.
Singapore's SingTel kicked off a subscription-based cloud gaming service called ESC, which allows players to play high-powered games over the net via desktops or notebook computers with Pentium 4 chips.
You Can Contribute to the First Major Study of Sports Video Gamers
The games development research lab GAMBIT, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has launched a study of sports video gamers, one a researcher believes will be the first comprehensive, independent examination of a very large video game segment, but one often seen as an outlier to the wider culture.
Study: Child After Child Is A Gaming Junkie
Playing video games is normal. A new study tries to pinpoint when it isn't, claiming that one in ten are addicted.
Singapore's Weepy StarCraft II Fan
Thousands apparently lined up, but it was the first guy in line who cried after waiting in line over 24 hours. As seen on Geekbot.
Where Isn't StarCraft II Launching?
On July 27, 2010, real-time strategy game StarCraft II is going on sale in over fifteen countries. There are more than fifteen countries on Earth.
Games Not Announced at E3, but We Wish Were
What would be bigger news, a GTA-Spider Man crossover, or an E-rated GTA? Knockoff spied in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, on the Singapore border, as seen originally at Qisahn.
The Scary Luigi Public Restroom
As seen by reader ZackFair at Pasir Ris Park, Singapore.
Professor Layton Movie Getting Western Release
All video game movies suck? Not so fast. The anime based on the Professor Layton puzzle series is quite good.
Asia’s Other Game Convention: Singapore Shines in September
When the Tokyo Game Show starts this week, it will be the talk of the town. Last year, the event drew 194,288 attendees over the course of four days for business and public visitors.
AsiaSoft Cracking Down On Home-Run MapleStory Servers
MapleStory's Singapore distributor looks to cut down on a rash of home-run pirate servers, as a plucky teen take the world of big-headed platform battles into his own bedroom.
Home Hits Asia In "Fall 2008"
Sony have announced that Home, the Playstation 3's long-awaited online fashion show and wandering-around simulator, will be coming to Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan in "Fall 2008". Doesn't sound like idle speculation, either, as that's coming straight from a Sony press release. To help ensure everything's ready to go…
