Smart Alternative Against Battlefield 4 Helicopters

Stun_gravy and his friends prove stingers don’t need to be in Battlefield 4. The only things you need are a buggy, some C4 planted on its bottom, the mindset of John McClane and patience until an attack helicopter and the perfect moment turn up. Here’s the full video from different perspectives. It must have took…

Naked Buddhas Attack! Attack On Buddha?!

In Attack on Titan, humanity is on the verge of extinction brought upon by giant naked humanoids called Titans. Well in Jinan, in North China’s Shandong province, the cartoon world may be merging with the real world according to recent sightings of giant, naked butthas. Warning, you’re about to see some naked statue butt. In…

Japan’s Biggest Pop Group Ripped Off by a Chinese TV Show?

If you follow Japanese pop, you know that groups don’t get much bigger than AKB48. (Literally!) One of the troupe’s latest singles was allegedly copied by a Chinese variety program. The show, whose title roughly means Enjoy Forever with Your Family, is broadcast on Hunan satellite television in China. Above, you can see a performance…

How Kickstarter Opened Up Consoles to a Chinese Developer

For game designer Loup Zhou, working on video games had always been a passion that he grew up with one that he couldn’t escape. Originally from Beijing, Zhou, grew up playing video games on PC and console. Zhou says he remembers playing on the original Nintendo Entertainment System. “I brought an original Famicom from a…

Infamous Manga Gets Cafe with NSFW… Food

As far as infamous manga (and meme!) characters go, they don’t get any more infamous than the Yaranaika Guy. And this weekend, he got his own cafe. For one day. In Akihabara, Cosplay Bar Pachinoff was revamped as the official cafe for the 1987 gay manga Kuso Miso Technique. One of the manga’s lead characters,…

Mall Burns Down as Employee Plays Video Game

Last October, a shopping mall in south Beijing caught on fire due to an electrical malfunction in a McDonald’s. After a few months of investigation, it now appears the fault of the fire lies in the hands of one lazy mall worker who was too busy playing a game on his tablet computer. The People’s…

The Inevitable Erotic Metal Gear Solid V Figure

We told you not to be surprised! We told you that game designer Hideo Kojima was making MGSV character Quiet all sexy because, um, it’s good for cosplay, or selling figures, or something According to Kojima‘s Twitter, this is the “Play Arts Kai” version of Quiet The figure is still a work-in-progress This doesn’t exactly…

A Celebration Of Video Game Trees. And Bushes. And Grass.

If you’re a lover of niche video game Tumblrs, here’s a fantastic one: Video Game Foliage. “A blog dedicated to the beautiful and weird approximations of plants found in video games.” I came for the shrubbery, but stayed for the mention of Boku no Natsuyasumi, a Japanese series I’ve got a very soft spot for…

A Headset That Could Help Cure Gamer Rage

Visual designer Samuel Matson has an idea on how to rid the world of gamer rage. It’s not through medication, counselling or discipline. It’s through prevention. He’s designed a headset called Immersion, which not only uses biometrics to track a user’s heart rate, but can then adjust what’s going on in a game accordingly. Based…

Fable Trilogy, a bundle comprising the three HD editions of the series (Fable 2, Fable 3, and the upcoming HD re-release of the original) will be available on Feb. 4 from the Xbox Live Marketplace.That’s the same day that Fable Anniversary launches for Xbox 360.

Once Again, Baseball Sends Up a Pinch-Hitter on the Xbox

For the second straight year we’ve gotten a January surprise with regards to baseball video games. And for the second straight year, it only nominally keeps Xbox as a relevant platform for Major League Baseball fans. The nostalgic pull of the R.B.I. Baseball name notwithstanding, Xbox 360 and, particularly, Xbox One gamers still have little…

The soundtrack for Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver is available now on iTunes. It’s $9.99 and includes 270 tracks. Soundtracks for Pokémon Ruby/Sapphire, Diamond/Pearl, Black/White and Black 2/White 2 will be released later this year, says The Pokémon Company.