In Real Life

The Real Weapons Of Modern Warfare

Earlier this month, Astana in Russia played host to an international military equipment expo. You know, like E3, but with real guns, real tanks and real fighter planes. So nothing like E3, then.


April 18, 2012
In Real Life

Russian Police Mistakes Space Invader For Bomb

A Moscow police force called in the bomb squad last night to investigate a “suspicious object” that turned out to be an alien from the arcade game Space Invaders.


April 3, 2012
In Real Life

Giant Killing Machines, Direct From Russia

Hope you like giant instruments of destruction. Because Russian artist KaranaK specialises in giant instruments of destruction.


February 28, 2012
In Real Life

When Russian Hotels Have Anime Walls

The Red Stars Hotel is one of St Petersburg’s more unusual lodges. Unusual in that its walls are not only covered in graffiti, but graffiti inspired by various countries, including the UK, the US, Brazil, and… Japan.


February 18, 2012
In Real Life

Anime Blamed For Suicides

Over the past two weeks in Russia, six kids have committed suicide. They apparently came from good homes. They did well in school. So why did they kill themselves? Child psychologist Olga Makhovskaya thinks she knows: Japanese anime.


February 6, 2012
PC

This Is Cannon Fodder 3. Sort Of.

We got a little excited last year when we heard a new Cannon Fodder game was being developed. Excitement quickly gave way to not-giving-a-fuck, though, when it turned out the game was for the Russian market and was likely never going to be released in the West.


December 13, 2011
In Real Life

Street Fighter V? Contra 6? These Games Exist (In Russia).

Remember how last month we looked at some of the better examples of the unlicensed NES/Famicom clones that walked the earth during the 1980s and 1990s? One towered above all others like a colossus in terms of how successful it was, and that was Russia’s Dendy console.


October 1, 2011
In Real Life

This Is Russia’s Idea Of Soulcalibur V’s Ivy

Russia’s Soulcalibur V publisher 1C gears up for the Igromir game festival by dressing up a model as Soulcalibur V‘s more modest and mature middle-age Ivy. How’d they do?


July 26, 2011
News

Russian President Suggests Warcraft Ripoff To Teach History

First Russian President Dimitri Medvedev joined Twitter. Next he visited Twitter and Apple HQs. Now he’s suggesting that someone make a World of Warcraft knock-off to teach about his country’s history.


July 6, 2011
PC

And Just Like That, Oblivion Looks Amazing All Over Again

It’s aged a little now, but when Oblivion was first released, it was breath-taking. This new mod, Andoran, restores a lot of the game’s swagger.