In Real Life

Lupin The Third, What The Hell Are You Doing With That Car?

Lupin from Japanese anime Lupin the Third drives a Fiat 500 in the classic flick Lupin the Third: Castle of Cagliostro. The car is very much part of the character’s lore. No wonder Fiat launched a special limited edition Lupin Fiat 500 in 2008. That’s easy to get your head around! This? Less so.


November 15, 2011
In Real Life

Get A Load Of These Awesome Painted Miniatures

Over the weekend, the Monte San Savino show went down in Italy, bringing together some of the world’s best miniature painters for a competition.


November 14, 2011
News

The World’s Economy Needs Rescuing. Super Mario Is On The Case.

Europe is in a mess right now, so much so that it threatens to drag the whole world down into another global financial crisis. Sounds like a job for… Super Mario? [News]


July 6, 2011
In Real Life

Deus Ex Hackers Hit With Lawsuit (and Here’s How They Got The Game)

A preview build of Deus Ex Human Revolution, containing a rough version of the early sections of the upcoming game, was leaked onto torrent sites in late May.


May 6, 2011
In Real Life

Tetris Tampons

Feminine hygiene display in an Italian drugstore. The box reads: “It takes more to say than to do,” which idiomatically means, “It’s more trouble to do it than to talk about it.” Maybe the T-piece is pitching condoms and the squiggle’s flacking laxatives.


February 4, 2011
In Real Life

Distracted 10-Year-Old Games Himself Off A Railway Platform

A 10-year-old boy in Italy is saved from possible death by a heroic off-duty policeman after walking off a railway platform while playing his PSP. This is why we do not walk and game at the same time.


January 14, 2011
In Real Life

Mordor Is Real, And It’s In Sicily

It’s been nearly 350 years since Mt Etna blew its top in a major way. Until yesterday, when Europe’s largest active volcano spewed hot lava for two hours – within shouting distance of these people’s houses. Location, location, location.


December 20, 2010
News

European Lawmaker Gives Free Publicity To Mafia II

Italian-Americans wanted Mafia II banned because they said it portrayed offensive ethnic stereotypes. A European Parliament member wants it banned because it trivializes mob murders. I have a better strategy: STFU about banning bad games, and they’ll eventually fade away.


November 2, 2010
News

Games: They Belong In A Museum!

Kotaku AU

I’m sure that if Indiana Jones were alive today, and not a fictional character portrayed by Harrison Ford, he would look at video games and say “they belong in a museum.”

We agree, and now they do belong in a museum. Well, some of them at least.


October 1, 2010
News

Roman Politicians Allowed To Game During Meetings

Rome. The Eternal City. Its elected leaders are the inheritors of a millennia-old tradition forming the basis of modern municipal and state government. Yet where senators once debated inside the august walls of the Curia, now city councillors play video games.