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Click here to read How Many Chinese Cops Does It Take to Save a Blow-Up Doll? Eighteen.

On the evening of July 11, what looked like a dead body was spotted in a river in Shangdong, China. More »

Click here to read It's Not Really Cosplay if You're Naked

Yesterday at an anime festival in Shenzhen, China, a cosplayer showed up dressed as a female spirit. Dressed? Did I say dressed? Silly me. More »

Click here to read The Sex Video Game <em>Polymorphous Perversity</em> Made Me Question My Identity

I don't know what to say about Nicolau Chaud's Polymorphous Perversity. That doesn't mean there isn't anything to say about it; quite the opposite, in fact! It's just that I went in to the RPG expecting a commentary on human sexuality, some reveal of a deeper truth. I was looking to explore the psychology of sex and the libido, as Chaud has a background in psychology. More »

Click here to read Please Don't Masturbate in Japanese Arcades

There's a time and place for everything. When you are in a Tokyo arcade, you should play video games, not with yourself. Common courtesy, folks! More »

Click here to read Why the Old Lady Tied the Sex Doll to the Tree

This isn't a joke. It's a true story. Late last week a photo of a lady binding a sex doll to a tree appeared online. More »

Click here to read Yesterday's Blizzard Hack Makes This Guy Almost Eat His Battle.Net Authenticator

I had to watch this about four times just to be completely sure that Internet video game rage comedian Francis did not, in fact, eat his Blizzard keychain authenticator during this rant about yesterday's breach of Battle.Net. Obviously, this video is loud and its language is NSFW. More »

Click here to read Online Dating Game Lets You Steal Other People's Virtual Girlfriends (And Lets Them Steal Yours)

Relationships can be difficult and unstable; even virtual ones. The wizards at Tea Time have taken the dating world online, proving that just because a game doesn't have swords or guns doesn't mean there isn't conflict and war. More »

Click here to read New Steam Community Feature Shows Testers Prefer Sex, Butts, Memes

When Valve sat down to design its new Steam Community system, it probably figured including the ability to share screenshots would lead to page after page of glorious vistas, hilarious missteps and dramatic explosions. More »

Click here to read <em>Kill Bill</em>'s Most Violent Scene Required Blood, Wires, and Close Haircuts

It's been nearly a decade since Kill Bill Vol. 1 was released. Yet, the film's most complex and most gruesome scene, the House of Blue Leaves showdown, is still burned in viewers' minds. More »

Click here to read Ladies, Please Leave This Man Alone. He's Playing a Video Game.

In the above clip, a Chinese gamer ignores several booth companions while he focuses on what looks like side-scrolling role-playing game Zhan Hun (roughly, "Soul Decapitation"). More »

Click here to read <em>Madden 13</em> Puts the QB on His Back—and He Still Throws a Touch-downnnnnn

One feature of the new "Infinity Engine" physics system introduced in Madden NFL 13 is the fact that the game knows when the ballcarrier's knee has hit the turf. Evidently, Cleveland's Brandon Weeden's never did here in a game between two teams that have never won the Super Bowl. More »

Click here to read This Topless Paper Lady Makes Sushi Unappetizing

Nyotaimori—the practice of eating sushi off a woman's body—is not really a thing in Japan. More »

Click here to read The Most Graphic Banana Parfait Japan Has Ever Seen

Popular in Japan, parfait is a tasty treat. And you know what's good in parfait? Bananas. Except in the Japanese city of Akita, where banana parfait is very, very bad. More »

Click here to read Every Time I Talk About <em>FarmVille</em>, It Sounds Like I'm Talking About Sex

"I went over to my neighbor's farm and watered her pumpkins." More »

Click here to read The History of Video Games Gets, Uh, Weirdly Sexual Towards The End

This bizarre little piece of animation was originally intended to serve as the intro to a German documentary about video games. The idea was to take existing characters from the history of games and "reinterpret" them, to match the series' brief to present the everyday lives of MMO addicts. More »

Click here to read Francis is Back, and He is <em>Pissed</em> at the Wii U

Francis, the vox fulminati of gamers worldwide, has contemplated yesterday's formal unveiling of the Wii U's price, specifications and launch lineup and offers this cogent analysis of its shortcomings, plus the phonetic pronunciation of "TVii." More »

Click here to read Here's Some Terrible Dating Advice For Gamers

The people who run the video game dating site Date a Gamer don't just have a bad, misleading product, they also think that those of you who like video games are desperate, don't know how to function in society and most certainly like girls. More »

Click here to read What Really Happened to Abe Lincoln? <em>Skyrim</em> has the Answer.

Two mods, the "Now you F**ked Up Mudcrab" mod, and the "Posh mudcrabs" mod combine for a near virtuoso reenactment of the climactic dialogue in The Whitest Kids You Know's "What Really Happened to Abraham Lincoln." [NSFW, language] More »

How Many Chinese Cops Does It Take to Save a Blow-Up Doll? Eighteen.

It's Not Really Cosplay if You're Naked

The Sex Video Game Polymorphous Perversity Made Me Question My Identity

Please Don't Masturbate in Japanese Arcades

Is This R-Rated Version Of NBA Jam Legit? [UPDATE: It's Not, Says Voice Actor]

Why the Old Lady Tied the Sex Doll to the Tree

Yesterday's Blizzard Hack Makes This Guy Almost Eat His Battle.Net Authenticator

Online Dating Game Lets You Steal Other People's Virtual Girlfriends (And Lets Them Steal Yours)

New Steam Community Feature Shows Testers Prefer Sex, Butts, Memes

Kill Bill's Most Violent Scene Required Blood, Wires, and Close Haircuts

Ladies, Please Leave This Man Alone. He's Playing a Video Game.

Madden 13 Puts the QB on His Back—and He Still Throws a Touch-downnnnnn

This Topless Paper Lady Makes Sushi Unappetizing

The Most Graphic Banana Parfait Japan Has Ever Seen

Every Time I Talk About FarmVille, It Sounds Like I'm Talking About Sex

The History of Video Games Gets, Uh, Weirdly Sexual Towards The End

Francis is Back, and He is Pissed at the Wii U

Here's Some Terrible Dating Advice For Gamers

What Really Happened to Abe Lincoln? Skyrim has the Answer.

PSA: Don't Take This Guy's Van in Battlefield 3. He is Chasing a Helicopter.