Typhoon Hits Japan, Man Photobombs the Evening News

This week, a tropical storm reached the Japanese main land. Respected broadcaster NHK sent a TV crew out on the Tokyo streets to report on the storm. That’s when a guy with a guitar showed up. As noted on Twitter, a “mysterious guy” began singing his heart out, amusing the hell out of other people…

Dragon Ball‘s Piccolo Hanging Out, Looking Real as Hell

This is not a cosplay. It’s not a statue. It’s art. Fantastic art. Created by concept artist Deng Jing, who hails from Beijing, this work shows Piccolo standing in front of the Tenkaichi Budokai. Damn, this is good. The artist also did a rendition of Nameless Namek’s spaceship. Likewise, it’s fantastic. You can see more…

Today’s Minecraft Mobile Update is Quite Huge

Minecraft: Pocket Edition gets patched to version 0.12.1 today, adding quite a lot of community-requested features and putting it even closer to its PC version daddy. Content updates include the Nether, with its friendly and not-so-friendly inhabitants, along with a host of additions as small as Ocelot mobs and as robust as the Enchanting and…

Peaceful Living. Fudoin Temple in Mount Koya. Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. By Ruby Huang. JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line!

The Witcher 3 x Ni No Kuni = ❤❤❤

This is The Departed. It’s not a real game. Not yet, anyways. But even as a concept, little more than a collection of a few pieces of concept art, this is very much my fetish. It’s a personal project of Lap Pun Cheung, who by day works at Goodgame, and is equally inspired by Ni…

It’s so beautiful… I can’t find the words.

Rocket League’s Official Lore Is A Secret

We got talking about Rocket League the other day, and started wondering: who is driving those cars? I mean, it’s easy to assume that they’re remote-controlled, but there’s no actual proof of this, nor reference in the game’s presentation. So maybe they’re not remote-controlled. Maybe someone is driving them. Maybe it’s you. Maybe bears. Maybe…

New Strategy Game Lets You Talk People To Death

When I set out for my first expedition in Renowned Explorers, I had one goal: win only by talking. I was not disappointed. Renowned Explorers: International Society is a new turn-based tactics game about fantastical expeditions in the 19th century. I’ve been playing for a couple hours, and so far, it’s rad. Your goal is…

The Best Metal Gear Cosplay

Loads of people have cosplayed as characters from Metal Gear over the years. But these guys are, I think, the very best of them. That’s a big statement, and one which I’ll admit can only be based on cosplay I’ve actually seen myself, so if you think I’ve missed something extraordinary,let me know (or comment…

Mario Mod For GTA V Turns Nintendo Icon Into Gun-Crazy Jerk

Mario, carts and GTA V. It’s almost everything you’d ever need, all in the one video game. OK, so this video isn’t perfect—it’sjust a Mario mask, not a complete mod that adds his fat little arms and legs—but it’s good enough, especially since it also shows off a modified cart for some Mario Kart action.…

Watch Me Test Out Rexxar, Heroes of The Storm’s Newest Character

Now that the Diablo-themed campaign “The Eternal Conflict” is over, Heroes of the Storm has turned its gaze back to Warcraft. Today, HOTS released the half-ogre, half-orc character Rexxar. Does the guy who helped find a home for the wandering orc hordes so many years ago make a good MOBA hero? Let’s find out! I…

YouTube’s Top 10 ‘Trending’ Games For August

The hottest game on YouTube last month was… the PS4 horror adventure Until Dawn. That’s according to the video giant’s monthly list of top 10 trending games. The full list follows. And remember, YouTube defines “trending” as a combination of number of video uploads and watchtime. The games don’t need to be released yet. They…

What A Video Game Budget Looks Like

Here, via veteran game designer Ron Gilbert, is a detailed look at the budget for the upcoming point-n-click adventure Thimbleweed Park It’s a rare, fascinating look at where all that video game money goes and why it can cost so much to make a game—even when you’re a tiny team making pixel art on a…

Nolan North Is Way Better Than Peter Dinklage In Destiny

Today’s big Destiny patch brings an immediately noticeable change: Actor Peter Dinklage’s famously mediocre performance as little robot Ghost has been entirely replaced by with new audio from veteran voice actor Nolan North. Good news: North sounds great. Polygon won the “Which gaming site can make the first comparison video?” race, putting together this thorough…

Pro Counter-Strike And DOTA 2 Event Is A Disaster

Delays, passport snafus, police involvement, illness, and more turned Gaming Paradise into the eSports event from hell. Gaming Paradise was supposed to be a landmark DOTA 2 and Counter-Strike event, a partially crowdfunded (via ticket sales) high-level eSports event in Slovenia—an occasion of unmatched magnitude in the region. Organized by The Gaming Resorts and Gaming.rs,…

The Excellent Vita Game Tearaway Gets A Second Chance On PS4

When the Vita game Tearaway came out in November of 2013, it was hard not to feel bad for the little guy. Here was this charming, idiosyncratic game, released exclusively on a stumbling handheld console in the same month as the PS4 and Xbox One were hogging all the limelight. Poor Tearaway! How nice, then,…

Metal Gear Solid V’s Cardboard Box Is The Best

I knew I was in for a treat when Metal Gear Solid V introduced me to its R&D mechanic by asking me to research state-of-the-art cardboard box technology. Boxes of course are nothing new in the world of Metal Gear. Many of us have used boxes to sneak around for years now, and more unusual…