This is not the sort of place you'll want to take your grandma for lunch, this is the Capcom Bar, a themed restaurant which will feature food and desserts styled after video games. Video games and food-two great things that go great together!
So, there's Resident Evil brain cakes, Monster Hunter well done meat, and Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney make-it-black-and-white seafood cream pasta, all of which can be enjoyed while playing an assortment of Capcom's video games and enjoying the festive atmosphere of Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward.
Musical nerdery doesn't get much more epic than this performance by Bit Brigade, where they play the soundtrack to Mega Man II while the entire game is being played on a screen behind them.
And when I say the entire game I mean THE ENTIRE GAME, this video weighs in at an impressive 44 minutes and, to top it all off, they're actually a really good band, so the show isn't all gimmick and flash, it totally rocks!
Apparently there was a group of Canadian moralists who fought against violent, corrupting influences on children in the early 90s, and made their message known in a propaganda film entitled Not Just Fun And Games.
These squares despised toys, and had an awful lot of bad things to say about our beloved Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, probably because their fathers never bought them that G.I. Joe doll they always wanted.
Why pile on more hate for the poor mutants, morality police-haven't they been through enough? I mean, they already live in the sewer, what more do you want?
As if T-Rex, the big daddy of dinosaurs with a serious appetite to match, isn't badass enough in the scaly flesh, now he's been built out of scrap metal parts by sculptor Andrew Chase.
And, while this over two foot tall, and six foot long, metal sculpture is far from life sized, he would be no less intimidating than his normal sized self to, say, a mouse or hamster, or even that annoying Chihuahua next door.
All jokes aside, Andrew's metal T-Rex would make a great stop motion puppet, a worthy successor to Ray Harryhausen's classic Tyrannosaurus Rex puppet from the film One Million Years B.C. Check out all the other pics of this awesome metal dinosaur at the link below, because I feel like this guy has to be seen from all sides to be truly appreciated.
This is what the classic video game Gauntlet would have looked like if it took place in some sort of dwarven alternate reality, imagined and beautifully illustrated by DeviantARTist Mike Azevedo. In this version, you will never hear the narrator say the words "Warrior needs food- badly".
This impressive tablet-style unit is called the ePawn Arena, a digital tabletop gaming unit which debuted at CES 2012. It's billed as "the next level of Dungeons and Dragons style gaming", but I think they're missing the obvious potential as a never ending variety of board games ready to be loaded up and played, after the table's been cleared, of course.
Who needs all those heavy boxes, full of game boards, cards and supplements, when you've got this sleek number just waiting to be loaded up with all the board games you'll ever need?
The subjects Zoe Williams sculpts out of felted wool are, for the most part, critters which look good with a bit of fuzz on them, even if that fuzz is contrasted by sharp and spiky bits.
Ultimately, they look too dangerous to pet, so I'd keep my hand tucked in my shirt if viewing them at a gallery show. They're strange taxidermy style mounts meant to appeal to animal lovers, who also want to spruce up their world with a bold work of art.
These adorable Valentine's Day cards feature zombie characters from the Left 4 Dead video game series, and they're full of dorky gamer humor, putrid sentimentality, and jokes about vomiting.
So, if the apple of your eye doesn't enjoy these cards by Alexandria Neonakis as much as you do, it's probably time to start the search all over again. Is that love in the air, or the sickly sweet smell of decomposition?
This guy seriously shreds it on the guitar, and his heavy metal version of the Dragonborn Theme from the video game Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim serves as great background music while you're bashing Blood Dragons about the head with a magic mace.
I don't know about you, but one of my favorite things about the coming of a new year is the slew of new movies on the horizon, and while there are always some stinkers and serious disappointments mixed in with the rest, 2012 looks like a great year for fans of fantasy and sci-fi flicks!
The folks at i09 have compiled an exhaustive list of upcoming films, which are full of fantastic elements and storylines of interest to folks who enjoy using their imagination at the movie theater, instead of dozing off into their popcorn.
If you're worried about a dystopian future where the view from your window is obscured by zombies, rubble piles and the occasional group of bandits, then you'll want to invest in Samsung's new transparent Smart Window-a computer screen/window that can make the world outside look like anything you want, even the terrifying real world, if that's how you get your kicks.
You can make it look like still photos, video footage, a computer desktop, even television, if you prefer to imagine a sitcom taking place outside your window over an otherwise bleak reality. It's large, shiny, and eliminates the need to actually go outside, so what's not to like?
Good news everyone! A Fallout MMO is now on its way, thanks to the lawsuit between Bethesda and Interplay being settled for $2 million dollars.
Bethesda has been waiting to get to work on the Fallout online game for over five years now, so I'm sure it will become a reality sooner rather than later, and I think it would offer a refreshing change from the standard fantasy and sci-fi titles which currently dominate the market.
Gamers, what do you think? Would you enjoy playing a Fallout MMO, or are you all massively multiplayered out?
Comics have come a long way from the days of pandering to children in order to sell a product. These days, they're full of mature stories and subject matter that would make Golden Age Superman blush, and that's how I like it. To me, a comic book with no spandex clad heroes in sight means I'll be entertaining more than just my eyeballs when I dig in.
Enter the newest title from Radical Comics-Damaged. It's a dark, edgy cop story with a serious noir edge, and lots of the old ultraviolence. The story centers around two cops/brothers, one of which will draw obvious comparison to the Punisher with his violent vigilante antics and attitude about killing bad guys.
Written by David Lapham (Crossed and Stray Bullets), Damaged pays homage to its obvious influences without becoming predictable, and the six issue mini series format means you will be left with a satisfying conclusion to the storyline.
The great thing about this series is it's a throwback with modern flavor, a good pulp story that is familiar yet timeless, with a cast of characters that are iconic enough to exist in any era, and beautiful artwork by Leonardo Manco (Hellblazer and War Machine) that helps sell this realistic story about human nature, inner conflict and inescapable fate.
Want to know more? Read an exhaustive review at the link to the Bad Haven article below, so you know what you're getting in to before you shell out for the books.
When the grizzled war veterans from the video game franchise Contra take over fellow video game star Paperboy's route, due to an unforeseen decapitation, there's going to be a lot more than broken windows and ruined birdbaths on Easy Street.
This time around the guys from Contra don't even need an unlimited lives cheat code to tear up the competition!
Have you ever wondered who's inside the costume of your favorite character? From Big Bird to ALF to that dancing purple annoyance Barney, the identities of the actors inside have remained largely unknown, until you check out the gallery at Flavorwire and see for yourself who's been acting in those costumes all these years.
I'm sure most readers won't find Chewbacca (Peter Mayhew) all that surprising, but did you know that 2 different people donned the Ludo character costume in the movie Labyrinth, or that the guy who donned the Alien costume in the movie franchise was over seven feet tall? Read on, inquisitive Neatoramanaut!
