In Real Life

Mega Man Can Totally Kick Starscream’s Arse

Because what you really need to get you through the morning is a stop-motion video of Mega Man taking on a bunch of robots. Via ALBOTAS.


February 22, 2011
In Real Life

Remembering Possibly The Worst Thing Zelda Ever Did

Nearly every single Legend of Zelda video game is revered, if not as an all-time classic, then by at least being good. The franchise’s one major departure onto TV screens? It was not good. Not at all.


February 15, 2011
In Real Life

How A Game Character Nearly Turned Up On A Star Wars Cartoon

Revan, the star of Knights of the Old Republic, is a fairly popular character in Star Wars’ expanded universe. So it’s probably for the best that plans to include him in the woeful Clone Wars cartoon fell through.


February 9, 2011
In Real Life

Armed Camels And Cats Have Never Looked So Adorable, So Deadly

Don’t let the cats and camels fool you, Cat Shit One is not an animated series for the feint of heart.


January 22, 2011
PlayStation

How Dead Space 2 Tuned Its ‘Meat Cello’

Nearly a year ago, the Dead Space 2 production team crowdsourced one of the game’s signature kill animations, in which the player and a necromorph are locked in combat. “Meat Cello”, which you’ll see when the game releases, was chosen.


January 21, 2011
In Real Life

The Day The Mario Bros. Saved George Bush, Democracy And America

Despite the majority of their adventures taking place in the mythical Mushroom Kingdom, for one day in 1990, the Mario Bros. forgot about saving a princess and had to save the President of the United States instead.


January 19, 2011
In Real Life

Angry Birds Hurl Themselves At The Small Screen

Angry Birds. It’s the craze that’s sweeping the nation. Well, many nations. And soon, it’ll be the craze that’s sweeping TV sets (or computer monitors), with an Angry Birds animated series on the way.


January 18, 2011
Xbox

See Halo’s Heroes Get Stabbed Over And Over And Over…

Tom Saville, an animator at Bungie Studios, had a great job on Halo: Reach. He got to do all the stabbings. Here, then, is a highlight reel of his work. Which means it’s two minutes of stabbings.


January 15, 2011
In Real Life

What If Pokémon Featured Real Animals And Tons Of Profanity

The world of Pokémon is bright, colourful and filled with joy and wonder, but what if we replaced those colourful pocket monsters with real animals, and the kind-spirited characters with foul-mouthed Brits? I think it would go something like this.


January 5, 2011
In Real Life

Kinect Can’t Just Read Your Motions, It Can Capture Them Too

We’ve already seen one way Microsoft’s Kinect can be used to help bedroom game developers, but here’s another, more exciting one: it can allow for home-grown motion capture.