Here’s What Mass Panic Looks Like

This weekend, crowds dispersed at a busy shopping area in Shenzhen, China after there were rumors of a knife attack. False alarm, say official reports. According to Shenzhen Daily, the panic was caused after police received phone calls of a slashing incident at Dongmen Pedestrian Street, one of Shenzhen’s busiest. The area sees nearly half…

A Gamer Buyer’s Guide to Otaku Mecca Akihabara

So, you’re planning to visit Japan and want to come home with a pile of Japanese games. There’s only one place to go, the cultural hub of otaku everywhere, Tokyo’s Akihabara. But there are hundreds of stores in Akihabara, so where exactly should you go to find the cheapest prices or the rarest finds? Book…

Horror Shooter Offers A Haunted Spaceship Filled With Killer Robots

And either that’s a haunted laptop, or help.exe was coded by an extremely passive-aggressive programmer. Not very helpful when you’ve got killer robots after you. Spirits of Xanadu takes place in an alternate eighties where humanity is already pretty far along in their quest to explore space. You’re investigating the research vessel Xanadu, which, as…

Fighting Crime with S&M Rope Bondage

Cop shows can start to feel the same. Even interrogation scenes can seem similar. Police drama Tokubou is different. Very, very different. The show follows the adventures of police officer Souhei Asakura, the head of the Community Safety Bureau and a master of, well, rope bondage. Those who can’t be arrested are punished and those…

Japan Is Getting Another Coffee…Soda

A new cola plus coffee drink was recently released in Japan. Or maybe that should be coffee plus cola? Just call it Cafe do Cola. This “Brazilian Soda” beverage hopes to capitalize on next month’s World Cup, which will be held in the South American country. Do people in Brazil even have a cola plus…

A Rare Sighting Of A Wild Derpfish

Ivan Khomenko is one of the artists at One Pixel Brush, a studio we’ve featured here on Fine Art previously. You can see more of Ivan’s work at his Facebook and ArtStation pages. To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you can save them as wallpaper), click…

Transistor-Themed Nail Polish

Transistor-inspired nail art at Claw of Cthulhu You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

Photographer and “light artist” Michael Bosanko used, well, lights and photography to capture this Pac-Man homage. Light Graffiti [Michael Bosanko, via Gamefreaks]

Pacific Rim Cosplay Is Suitably Massive

Given the fact it’s got giant robots and weird-lookin’ giant aliens, Pacific Rim isn’t the easiest movie to cosplay as. Which only makes this badass Pacific Rim cosplay even more impressive. Thai cosplay outfit C4 Team have made not only three Jaegers (complete with lighting), but a Kaiju as well. If you’re wondering why there’s…

Assassin’s Creed Comes To The World Of Ghost Recon Phantoms

Players of the free to play Ghost Recon Phantoms can now buy futuristic Assassin’s Creed-themed weapons and armor for their characters. I posted wallpapers and closeups of the designs below: Here’s a better look at the designs: And here’s two more wallpapers: You can download the wallpapers in additional resolutions at the official site You…

Cosplay Solves Pokémon’s Biggest Mystery

People have many theories as to what the bottom of a Diglett (and by extention, its evolution, Dugtrio) looks like. Maybe there’s a horrible nightmare monster buried down there. Maybe it just has some sort of feet. Maybe there’s nothing down there at all. My favorite theory? Dugtrio is actually a really burly humanoid: Which…