Hot Ryu Can Be Yours for Only $900

You know him, you love him, Hot Ryu. And now, for a mere $900, you can own a 1:3 scale version of the hunkiest version of Ryu around. The statue measure about 2.41 feet tall and 1,000 points hottie. This is the latest statue from Pop Culture Shock Toys. They do fine work, and you…

The Up-All-Night Stream Plays Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness [Stream Over]

Confession time: I have never played a Star Ocean game. Luckily, with the fifth game in the series now out in Japan, now is the perfect time to correct that. And you’re all welcome to join me as I do. Update: The stream is now finished. You can watch all five plus hours at the…

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A Steam Game About Dating Older Men

These days, Steam is a boundless ocean of visual novels, with dating sims as far as the anime eye can see. In most of them, you’re a guy (or occasionally gal) romancing strapping young lads/ladies/pigeons. Not so in Pub Encounter Pub Encounter does something that many visual novels on Steam—and games in general, really—seem hesitant…

Now That’s A Slap

Today on Highlight Reel we’ve got Stockton Slaps, poo waves, Dark Souls 3 invasions, and much more! Watch the video above or on our Youtube Page, then talk about your favorite highlight in the comments below. Be sure to check out, like, and share the original videos via the links below Mortal Kombat X –…

Well Here’s A Fun New Destiny Conspiracy Theory

Just how did someone find a secret in the newest Destiny update 17 minutes after it went live? And did that same magical sleuth tease some actual news about the future of Bungie’s space treadmill? Here’s a fun conspiracy theory that popped up this week on r/DestinyTheGame, my favorite subreddit and a wonderful place for…

Dying Retailer Somehow Selling “New” PlayStation 1 Relics

Dick Smith, formerly a major electronics retailer in Australia, recently decided to close every single one of its bricks-and-mortar stores. They’re selling off everything in their warehouses that can be sold, and I mean everything Up to and including these tattered, dog-eared, old-ass PS1 link cables, whose presence on a retail shelf in 2016 is…

XCOM 2 Mod Lets Your Soldiers Hook Up And Have Kids

Last week I posted about an XCOM 2 mod that let squadmates gain stat buffs by bonding with each other over time, ala Fire Emblem. I concluded my post with the question on everyone’s mind: “When can my XCOM 2 soldiers start smooching and get married?” The answer: now. RealityMachina’s Bonding and Time Travelers mod…

My, Ico, How You’ve Grown

There is no Ico 2, nor will there ever be. Oscar Römer’s take on what he’d look like all grown up, though, kinda makes me wish there was. Even if it took *checks Last Guardian development calendar* 117 years to make the thing. Römer is a freelance artist based in Germany, who has worked for…

Minecraft Sells 10,000 Copies A Day

Today in the New York Times Magazine there’s a pretty great storyabout the Minecraft phenomenon, approached deftly by Clive Thompson in a way that offers new insight into a story we’ve all heard thousands of times before. Among the revelations, for example: Minecraft sells 10,000 copies a day—10,000 a day!—which is an astronomically ridiculous number…

Facebook Shows Off How They Might Use Virtual Reality

Back in 2014, Facebook raised some eyebrows when they bought the virtual reality company Oculus for $2 billion. This week at Facebook’s F8 developers conference, we got a look at some of their ideas for VR. The above video, uploaded by Marketing Land, shows Facebook chief technical officer Mike Schroepfer demonstrating some in-development ideas for…

Slitherio, YouTube’s Hottest New Game, Is More Fun Than It Has Any Right To Be

As the name implies, Slitherio is pretty much a clone of Agario. The goal is to eat dots and get bigger. Simple, really. Silly, even. And yet, I can’t stop playing it. I’ve been playing Slitherio non-stop for the past week, and I am not alone in my obsession. Right now, Slitherio is the number…

Crash Bandicoot, My Love, Come Back to Me 

“14-Year Anniversary of Crash Bandicoot Passes By Largely Unnoticed” is an Onion headline from 2010, and it’s true: Naughty Dog’s version of Sonic and Mario was an unofficial PlayStation mascot, but Crash Bandicoot didn’t achieve the iconic status of his forebears. Still, when rumors of a Bandicoot reboot circulated in February, I was pumped. My…

A Tragic Story Of Two Best Friends Who Loved Dark Souls

When Dark Souls makes adults weep into their hands, it’s usually because of the game’s brutal difficulty. But reddit user TartarusRex0707_ recently lost his best friend, and shared a touching story of their bonding over Dark Souls (Again, you can read the whole post here, if you’d like.) “My best friend and I were Dark…