The rules have changed for superhero movies. Any studio that's serious about being in the game is openly trying to copy Marvel's comic-book-esque strategy of a shared universe and an interlocking series of series, with crossovers. But which studio is most likely to succeed in grabbing at Marvel's crown?
Remember the cardboard wizard who turned Amazon boxes into a Japanese temple? Well, he's back, and this time, he's created a remote control cardboard model tank.
This spectacular, Kirby-branded Game Boy Color would have been treasured by any self-respecting gamer of the nineties. The artist behind the custom handheld is French illustrator Oskunk—you can find more photos of his projects over at his blog.
When not busy with Hearthstone , Blizzard's character artist Tyson Murphy has some brilliant fan pieces in his pocket. He recently breathed new life into classic Disney movie stills. Here's his refreshed scene from 101 Dalmatians above, and its original pair below.
DsiderI think a small part of me has died today.
Japan sure loves smartphone games. A new report (via TechInAsia) states that smartphone games now make up half of the country's gaming market, increasing 178 percent compared to last year. Wowzers.
Wrestlers know they're in trouble when the Squirtle Squad, a group of Pokémon abandoned by their trainers, enter a professional wrestling tournament. The WWE 2k14 character generator has no limits.
DsiderOh god I'm loving this.
When you give money to a Kickstarter, do its creators owe you anything beyond the rewards that were promised? Is there an implicit understanding that those creators will stay scrappy and independent? Or can artists and designers do whatever they want once they've got your money?
The people at Oculus VR are doubtless pretty psyched that Facebook just bought their company for $2 billion . Some game developers, not so much.
DsiderI hope you'll understand that I'm overreacting to the highest degree possible, and I DON'T CARE. IT'S FUCKING FACEBOOOK. UGH.
Now that Facebook is buying Oculus Rift, people have all sorts of opinions. Unsurprisingly, reactions have been rather negative: Oculus was supposed to be the future of gaming! Now that Facebook is involved, everything is ruined!
Dsiderbrb killing myself
There is free Zelda-themed DLC coming out for Sonic: Lost World. It's out tomorrow on the Wii U eShop, and IGN's got one of their exclusive preview things right here. (The gist: Sonic gets to run around a zone filled with Zelda references.)
DsiderI really miss Uematsu's music. However, if Bravely Default is truly meant to be the spirtual successor to FF, then I'm quite happy to have Revo as the new resident composer.
The Ise Grand Shrine is one of Japan's most important Shinto Shrines. This week, as the Emperor and Empress visit, the shrine is launching a new web animation with music from Final Fantasy composer Nobuo Uematsu. The tune might sound familiar.
Congratulations, Time Warner Cable. You're so terrible that you've convinced the masses not just to knock out EA—two-time winner of the Worst Company in America award—but to knock them out in the first round.
DsiderProud to say I knew about all of these already.
Super Mario 64 didn't skimp out on small details—take, for example, the penguins in Cool Cool Mountain. They do more than just provide you with stars, you know.
Harrison Krix is a guy who we normally post about for his props work, recreating famous video game weapons, but this piece is a little different.
DsiderVery scared right now.
Um, thanks? I guess? This is Cocorobo-chan. It's an anime girl vacuum cleaner you can talk to.
DsiderOh dear lord.
When the April 2014 Feature Pack for Guild Wars 2 drops next month, players are getting an account-wide wardrobe filled with every weapon and armor skin they've unlocked in the game. Then the dress-up parties begin.
Dsider:(
Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang kicked off the company's GPU Technology Conference today as he often does, holding something incredibly powerful and expensive above his head. This time it's the Geforce GTX Titan Z, more video card than you need or could afford.
DsiderThis does a surprisingly good job of visually representing all the movement and positioning necessary in some of the coolest MMO boss battles. It's a thing of beauty when you have a group of competent people to play these kind of encounters with. But you already know from my rants how rare such occasions are.
Square Enix made this video. It's wonderful—like their 16-bit FFXIII video —and makes me wish they'd turn this into a real game.
Every year, a Pokemon tournament is held in Japan to decide the nation's best schoolboy player. It's a competition worth entering, because the prize is one for the ages.
These days most people know the basics of the top-down action adventure game. You know, "the Zelda-like." Character with a sword, walking through dungeons, solving puzzles and fighting monsters, opening chests. Time to introduce a major twist, no?
DsiderStupid cartoon, sorta amusing looking Lego. My weakness for putting googly eyes on things gets the better of me.
I had no idea what a Mixel was supposed to be when I first saw them on the shelf at Wal-Mart, but they fit my criteria for instant purchase: they were labeled "LEGO" and priced under $5.00. That's a small price to pay for love.
DsiderReally, only a bit of it is because I HAVE to, but a lot of it (for me at least) is because I WANT to.
I'm fifty-two hours into my first play-through of Bravely Default: Where the Fairy Flies. All four of my characters are level 99, each has all 24 of the game's jobs mastered. I've not maxed-out levels and jobs in a Final Fantasy game in... ever.
DsiderMore interesting than the CoD dog IMHO.
Architecture is art. Some buildings are just cool to look at. Others are mesmerising and hypnotic, like one compound in East China's Jiangsu province, which has been dubbed by Chinese netizens as the "magical Rubik's compound".
The Cuccos from The Legend of Zelda are making an appearance in Super Smash Bros Wii U, and in the picture above, Toon Link is in trouble if he's really about to hit one of them. You shouldn't bully them... they might hurt you.
DsiderYour mileage may vary, but I was amused.
Probably the best thing about these videos from GameSocietyPimps is that everyone involved is such a good sport. Often these "character plays a multiplayer first-person shooter" pranks lean toward the cruder side, but this impression artist stays in fairly true character. Imagine Key & Peele's Obama skit but a little less...angry.
DsiderThis is currently the only MOBA that runs a risk of sucking me in.
An alpha version of Blizzard's upcoming MOBA, Heroes of the Storm, launched a few days ago, giving everyone with access a chance to try the game out in early development. And while many of the playable heroes of the Blizzard universe have not been added yet, a great deal of cosmetic skins are already available.
