From the Bustling City to the Wild Frontier, Zynga Spreads Toys for Tots Cheer

Zynga has given millions of Facebook gamers free toys to play with. Now it’s time to spread the love. Today Zynga launches “Oh, What Fun!”, a digital charity drive for Toys for Tots, spread across seven popular social games. The Marine Toys for Tots Foundation has been bringing Christmas presents to less fortunate children for…

New 3DS XL Bundle with Mario Kart 7 Races Out

Just in time for the holidays, Nintendo is releasing a Blue/Black Nintendo 3DS XL bundle with Mario Kart 7 already installed. It’s out December 2 for US$199.99.

When Your Love of Plastic Beauty Is Mega

The MegaHobby Expo recently rolled through Tokyo, showing off an array of colorful sculptures and statues. This is pure geek heroin. On display, there were upcoming statues from a variety of games, anime, and manga. Japanese site Moeyo was on hand to check things out. Have a look and start filling out your wish list.…

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This Vendetta Against a Popular Japanese Comic Is Utterly Terrifying

Kuroko’s Basketball seems innocent enough. It’s a popular basketball manga that debuted in 2008 and was turned into an anime earlier this year. You wouldn’t think it would incite threats of revenge, letters mailed with strange substances, and a rash of Kuroko’s Basketball cancellations. But it did. Since October, threatening letters have been mailed to…

Iconic Street Fighter Artist Illustrates How the Internet Is Full of Jerks

Ever notice how there’s always people online who seem to know everything? That take pleasure in showing they know everything when they notice mistakes? And then others gang up, too? Maybe you are sometimes guilty of that. Maybe I am, too. Maybe that’s the problem. Akiman, best known for his Street Fighter art, does a…

Konami, once again, reaffirms that Metal Gear Solid 4 on the Xbox 360 isn’t happening.

There’s Now Darth Vader “Energy Cola” Pepsi in Japan

Like everyone, Japan loves Star Wars. It also loves Darth Vader, who has sold everything from smartphones phones to pachinko on Japanese TV. Japan also loves energy drinks. And so, we have this: Pepsi Energy Cola with Vader’s face plastered all over it. The Dark Lord of the Sith actually wants you to “Give yourself…

How to Get an Online Girlfriend (or Boyfriend), a Dating Guide for Japanese Nerds

Single? Looking for love? Spend time on the internet? Have I got a book for you. A Japanese book. With some dirty pictures. But let’s skip those and talk about how we can help you find your Juliet or Romeo. Recently, a book called A Guide to a Truly Correct Net Love Life went on…

You’ll Never Guess How Long Making the Agni’s Philosophy Demo Took

Jaws were on the floor when Square Enix showed the three minute Agni’s Philosophy demo earlier this year in Los Angeles. They were on the floor this weekend when Square Enix once again showed off the tech. To dazzle like that takes time. A lot of time. While showing off the mind-blowing demo this weekend,…

The Colorful World of My Little Pony Cosplay

Any My Little Pony fans in the house? Any, dare I say, Bronies? Friendship isn’t the only magic. Cosplay is, too. Children of the 1980s remember the splash the ponies made when they were first introduced—and are now perhaps pleased to see My Little Pony get the smart animated series it deserves. My Little Pony:…

Not Sure What’s Happening With Super Mario World and Chronic Gamer Girl, But It’s Damn Funny

The title of this video—which I got tipped to from the Twitter feed of Gawker colleague Adrian Chen—led me to believe it’d be focused on the pot-smoking antics of someone playing video games. There’s no marijuana in evidence but the proceedings are still pretty loopy. Sure, it looks like nothing so much as some improv…

Sure, Put Pokémon and The Avengers Together, Nobody is Stopping You

We may never be able to chart the depths of fandom that led us to pictures like this, but scratching our heads at them is only half the fun. The other half is realising the artist is maybe onto something. We’ve seen some messed-up fan fiction in our time, but to be truly bizarre, the…

What a Video Game Graveyard Looks Like

Photographer Thomas Schultz found this decrepit old garage last year in Arizona. It’s full of long-gone arcade machines. His series of photos, called Video Decay, is as beautiful as it is tragic. Especially since one of the cabinets is the amazing old Atari Star Wars game. Video Decay [FlickR, via Geek Art]

Hope Your Eyeballs Are Ready For This Explosion of Art

If you’re a fan of Roger Dean, 70s sci-fi, old rock n roll posters or just awesome concept art, Pascal Blanché’s work should be just about the best thing you see today. The former art director on Runescape, for which we’ve featured his work before, Blanché is now back at Ubisoft Montreal, a studio he’s…

We Might be Getting a Game Called Yoshi’s Land for the Wii U

So, remember how last week a guy got accidental access to a “mock” debug menu for the Wii U? There might be more to it than that. While messing around in there, a description of a game called Yoshi’s Land Wii U was found. That listing has since been found on retail sites. Seeing as…

Look Out, Nintendo Has An Official Gesture, And It’s Chopping At Your Face

Here’s a hilariously odd piece of corporate expression; it seems Nintendo has adopted an official gesture when its senior employees are mentioning the word “direct”. Tiny Cartridge’s Eric has spotted that, too often for it to be a coincidence, when the word (part of Nintendo’s term for its impromptu press briefings) “direct” is mentioned, the…

A Statue of Diablo Itself? That’ll Cost Ya.

First shown off in unpainted form earlier this year, Sideshow’s enormously fancy Diablo statue, from Diablo III, is finally going on sale this Thursday. The poor thing’s in a weird place. I always feel bad for the artists and designers who come up with great-looking characters—which in turn make for great collectibles—only to see the…

Let’s Try And Fight Those Fanboy Urges, OK?

It’s been a peaceful few years, hasn’t it? As the current generation of consoles got cheaper, more and more people were able to buy more than one of them. They could play, and enjoy, games across different systems. And as a result, stopping being so emotionally invested in the one system they did own, to…

My New Favorite Internet Cat Has A Stronger Heart Than Most

This is Anakin. He was born without a pelvis or either of his back legs, but you’d never guess just by looking at how much energy and enthusiasm he has. And also by how he can move around practically uninhibited. Look at him climb! With only two limbs! Could you do that? I certainly couldn’t.…