[via Geekologie]
Aw, look at this cute kid wearing a Mega Man costume. Pew! Pew! Pew! I’m impressed with the accuracy of this costume, especially how it lights up. Totally awesome.
If you’re not familiar with Mega Man, he’s the main character of a hugely popular video game franchise which includes spinoffs into comics and television.
I can’t stop watching this video! It’s a trailer for the upcoming Star Wars: The Old Republic MMO video game.
According to io9.com, this story picks up after Knights of the Republic, but 3,000 years before timeline of the Star Wars movies.
I love the look of the Master Sith. He’s like a cross between Emperor Palpatine and Darth Vader. This is so well done - I would KILL to see a full movie like this.
Check out this amazing new Deluxe Illidan Mask!
This photo didn’t exist anywhere on the Internet until late yesterday, when Costume Craze got their hands on the photo and posted it on their blog.
Wow, that’s quite a mask. And for $120 bucks, it better be!
For those of you not familiar with World of Warcraft, Illidan is a demon/Night elf hybrid Boss known as Lord of Outland and Master of the Black Temple. The good news is he CAN be killed if you know what you’re doing.
Well I’m very impressed! It’s worth mentioning that Costume Craze has a whole slew of video game character costumes that look awesome. They have a ton of Warcraft and Halo costumes, as well as Darkwatch and Mario Brothers. Fun stuff!
[via Costume Craze]
LoyalKng posted some great pictures of people in Mario Costumes. Some very excellent costumes, looks like everyone is having a lot of fun. How could you not love Mario? Well done, Everybody!
Also, if you haven’t seen the Live Action Super Mario Video, be sure to check it out. It’s totally amazing.
Muppets. Zombies. Ah, my life is now complete. This video is sooooo cool! This Jim Henson reenactment of Resident Evil 5 makes me really want to buy the game. And while I feel bad for what happens to Bert, all this muppet/zombie action is so much fun.
Warning: Make sure you aren’t eating or drinking anything when you watch this video. I wouldn’t want you to choke or spit coffee on your perfectly good monitor. Enjoy!
And thanks to Mr. Beannie for the tip.
I just saw this on Amazon — Costume Chaos, a costume video game!
Yes, YOU get to pretend that you own a costume rental shop. Your job is to dress everyone up in costumes! Doesn’t that sound fun?
This game costs less than a dollar, and you can download it from Amazon to play on your PC.
• Get Into The Groove Of The Costume Rental Lifestyle!
• Help Customers Dress For Party Success!
• Strategize Shop Upgrades For Maximum Reward!
• Pirates, Royalty, Cowboys…Dress ‘Em Up And Move ‘Em Out!
Manage your time and hire assistants through the busy Halloween, Mardi Gras and Rodeo seasons as you place wigs, mustaches, hats and silly noses for cash. Strategize your shop upgrades as you travel around the world, helping customers look fantastic for their outlandish costume parties. And who knows? Maybe even ‘The King’ himself will make an appearance.
This sounds great. Paying only a dollar for a taste of that groovy costume lifestyle is quite a bargain. I can’t wait to play this game!
[via Amazon.com]
Wow, watch these talented performers reinact Super Mario Brothers. Quite amazing!
I have to confess, I’ve never been addicted to this game like so many of my friends, but I can still appreciate the complete perfection they have achieved. I love it when Mario grows giant-sized, and he even gets to rescue the princess.
Well done!
Wow, this is quite a costume! This is model Marie-Claude Bourbonnais and she’s cosplaying Frost from the Mortal Kombat game.
In the game, Frost is an arrogant prodigy of Sub-Zero, and she can control ice and cold as she battles.
Her finishing move is a Deep Freeze Kick - no, I wouldn’t want to meet her in a dark alley. Or anywhere, really. Though she is quite sexy.
[via Topless Robot]
A few weeks ago, Italians got their cosplay on at the Lucca Comics & Games convention. Lucca, the self-proclaimed “City of Comics” attracted over 100,000 visitors for the event.
Here are a few great pictures from the con. These costumes are amazing! I especially like the toy soldier costume. What a cool idea!
Be sure to check out the 1600 + photos on Flickr.
Atari has released a new trailer for their upcoming Ghostbusters video game. It looks awesome!
The original cast has returned to do the voice work, and it looks like they captured the original style and humor that made the movies so great. Who ya gonna call?
The game is scheduled to be released in June, 2009.
Sony recently held a costume design contest for the “Sackboy” character in their video game LittleBigPlanet, and fans have accused them of stealing costume design ideas from non-winning entries. Sony has released a statement denying this accusation.
If you’re not familiar with the game, take a look at the trailer above. Players control small customizable “Sackboy” characters to solve puzzles and interact with a 3D environment.
So what happened? Well, Sony picked a winner and offered the winning costume as a free download for LittleBigWorld players. THEN, they released additional costumes as well, but charged money for them. And that’s when the great Costume Controversy began.
Sony’s new costumes are remarkably similar to several non-winning contest entries. Fans have cried foul, accusing Sony of copying and profiting from their uncredited costume designs.
Here are a few examples of design similarities provided by the disgrunted gamers.
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As you can see, there ARE strong similarities between the costume designs. But did Sony do anything illegal? It doesn’t appear to be the case. All contest participants agreed to Sony’s Terms & Conditions before submitting their artwork. The fine print of the contest rules makes it clear that all submitted materials became the property of Sony. Case closed, it would seem.
But Sony went a step further and denied that any copying took place at all. According to a Sony representative:
“This was always going to be a possibility when we ran the costumer competition - releasing new costumes which are similar in theme to ones that were entered. Here’s the fact of the matter, the art team who are responsible for designing new original (ie unlicensed) costumes were involved at the very final stage of judging, by which time the number of entries had been whittled down to 10 from each batch of entries (Europe, Japan, USA). If at any time we take inspiration from a costume competition entry that didn’t win overall we will contact the creator directly.”
Hmm, so what are the disgruntled Sackboy costume designers to do? There’s probably nothing they CAN do. Legally, Sony has their fine print to fall back on. Plus, it’s awfully hard to copyright a penguin or a shark.
But this costume fiasco does indeed make Sony look bad. Someone in their PR department should come forward and prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that their new costumes pre-existed before the contest. Until then, their integrity and goodwill towards fans will be questioned and scorned by many.
Feel free to sound off with your opinion in the comments below.
Slobsofgaming.com is highlighting 31 Amazing Video Game Costumes and wow, they are fantastic! Very realistic renditions of characters from The Legend of Zelda, Streetfighter, Halo, Soul Calibur and more.
The levels of detail, creativity, passion of these gamers are really quite touching. These costumes are the best of the best. Head on over to Slobsofgaming.com to view them all.
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