Start Building Your Borderlands 2 Character Right Now

Borderlands 2 hits store shelves on September 18. That gives you eight days to build the perfect Assassin, Gunzerker, Commando or Siren in the official Skill Tree Calculator. The 50 skill points one can gain in Borderlands 2 won’t be enough to fill the entire skill tree — it’ll get you one whole branch and…

Even Chinese Olympic Gold Medalists Have To Visit The Gray Market

Chinese swimming hero, Sun Yang won two gold medals at the recent London Olympics this year. Despite getting a free pair of customized Beats By Dre, Sun seemed to still lack a video game system. The above picture, dated July 31, 2012, is just making the media circles in China right now. It shows Sun…

Iron Chef Is Returning to Japan (Kitchen Stadium Lives!)

After a 13-year hiatus, Iron Chef is returning to Japanese television. The show, which originally ran from 1992 to 1999 in Japan, became a cult hit abroad after it was dubbed for Western audiences (see above). It’s not yet known whether host Takeshi Kaga and his bell pepper will be returning for the show. Gamers…

I See Lots of Milla Jovovich, But Not Much Bingbing Li

Late last week, stories surfaced that Bingbing Li, the actor who plays Ada Wong in the new Resident Evil movie, wants nothing to do with Japan. You know, the country that made Resident Evil. And it now looks like Li got her wish not to appear on the Japanese RE: Retribution movie posters. Li skipped…

Behold The Glory Of Taiwan’s Terrible 1990’s Live-Action Dragon Ball Movie!

Every now and then I would jump over the great firewall of China and check what’s on Facebook. Early this morning I discovered Dragon Ball Z: Saiyan Saga. This fan-made film brought joy to my eyes as I clicked on link after link trying to learn more about the project, however my joy was soon…

The Metal Gear Rising Demo Sure Looks Pretty

Here’s a photo of Raiden from the Metal Gear Rising demo that will appear at this year’s Tokyo Game Show. The image was snapped off a TV, but damn, it looks good. And check out those skies. There’s another image below, and heck, it looks nice, too. For all the too-good-to-be-true screenshots that often plague…

Chinese Gamers Say They Don’t Like Japan But They Like Japan’s Games.

Over the last few weeks tension have been high between China and Japan. The situation over the territorial disputes has led to some brash decisions from all those involved, some of these actions had turned out rather violent. As Kotaku reported, Japanese media was quick to point out some of the ironies of the anti-Japan…

In Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3‘s story mode, you can “choose your own adventure”.

Are These 3DS Characters Making Fun of South Korea? I Don’t Think So!

One of the surprise 3DS hits of this summer was the 3DS Kobito Dukan game. Those little troll characters are increasingly all over the place with stickers, plush toys, and key chains available for those to purchase. According to a news report out of South Korea, some Koreans visiting Japan are making a mistake: They…

Shirtless Sailor Moon Is the Stuff of Nightmares

Next summer, Sailor Moon is getting a new anime. The above statue, however, is not a new character design. I’m not sure what the hell it is—other than a seemingly shirtless statue with scary drawn-in eyes. Otaku blogger Danny Choo spotted this at a shopping mail in Jakarta and decided to share the horror with…

Mega Man Online Might Be Cancelled

South Korea’s NeoWiz has been working on a MMORPG version of Mega Man, dubbed Rockman Online (Mega Man Online). However, corporate restructuring earlier this year appears to have impacted development. Rockman Online‘s lead artist, Kang Dong Hwa, seems to have indicated on his blog that the project has been shelved. However, he apparently did not…

Woman Transforms into a Dragon Ball Villain

Growing up, one of the greatest things I ever saw on television was when LeVar Burton got special effects make up on Reading Rainbow. The power of make up, especially special effects make up, still fascinates me. In the photos below, check out how a make up artist turned a lady into Dragon Ball‘s King…

The Latest Japanese Emoticons Are Freaky, Yet Wonderful

In Japan, they’re called “kaomoji” (顔文字) or literally “face character”. In short, they’re emoticons. These pictographs enable people to convey their mood online, whether that’s via chat, email, or in a forum. And now, those face pictographs have apparently evolved. Recently, Japanese TV showed off two new versions of typical kaomoji, (`_´) for “angry” and…

Assassins Creed 3’s Foam Tomahawk Is Totally Harmless

Mercifully, I’m not talking about some bzarre pre-order DLC, which is available only at GameStop and bestows hero Connor with a foam weapon with which to annoy his enemies. I’m talking about a foam tomahawk you can buy, then run around pretending you’re a deadly member of an ancient order of assassins. It’s officially licensed…

Watch a Live Silent Hill Rock Concert (And No, I Didn’t Make That Up)

Famed video game composer Akira Yamaoka, best known for his work on the Silent Hill series, doesn’t just work off stage. The guy, he can shred. Thing is, most people have never had a chance to see him rock their socks off live, because he usually only plays in Japan. But his latest project, dubbed…

One of the Rarest Games on Earth is About The Bible

Once believed to be a hoax, vintage Atari game Red Sea Crossing has in recent years emerged as one of the holy grails of video game collecting, owing partly to the fact that it’s believe only two known copies exist on the entire planet. And also because it’s about Moses. Programmed by Steve Schustack in…

Seven Days of Fabulous Cosplay Bring Korra, Zelda & Fallout to Life

This may be the first week in the entire history of Fancy Pants in which I will admit I saw a photo of Kingdom Hearts cosplay and thought “that’s amazing”, instead of the usual “oh God not again“. But then, it’s been that kind of week in the world of cosplay. To see the larger…

Things You Will Never Hear A Gamer Actually Say

As anyone who has played on Xbox Live knows, there is almost nothing a gamer could say that would surprise or shock you. Almost Some things, though, you can almost guarantee would never come out of someone’s mouth. Here are 15 of them. 15 Things You’ll Never Hear Gamers Say [Dorkly]

Sleeping Dogs Almost Looks Better in First-Person Mode

RacerS2 has released a tweak for Sleeping Dogs that lets you play the open-world game in first-person, instead of the game’s default third-person view. While you couldn’t play the game to completion like this – melee combat would be all but impossible – it certainly ramps up the level of immersion you get from United’s…

13 Year-Old Steals Car, Drives 13 Hours To Meet Her Xbox Live “Boyfriend”

Beth Robinson is 13. She recently met a boy, aged 12, over Xbox Live. Beth lives in Houston and the boy, Dylan, lives in Hodgenville, Kentucky. When Beth’s dad didn’t like the fact the two were playing games and “chatting” together over the service, she did what any lovestruck 13 year-old girl would do: went…