Posts tagged cosplay 
BioShock Infinite cosplayer hired by Irrational to be face of Elizabeth
If you've ever wondered if high quality cosplay could get you a job in the games industry, here's the story for you. Irrational Games hired Anna Moleva, a Russian veterinarian, precisely because her BioShock Infinite cosplay bore such a strong resemblance to its source. Moleva is now the official ...
Rappies, figures and cosplay: a look at the TGS 2012 shopping area
You say you need a new Hatsune Miku costume? A wind-up Rappy? The soundtrack to every single Mega Man game? The shopping area at the 2012 Tokyo Game Show is the place for you. Come have a look at its wares. Just be sure to bring plenty of Yen. ...
This weekend's Mass Effect 3 event is 'Operation Broadside'
Hey buddy, still bummed out that your hand-knit N7 armor didn't arrive from Etsy in time for this year's San Diego Comic-Con? Well, just because you can't go rub elbows with cardboard Gundams and all the other cosplayers, that doesn't mean you can't spend your whole weekend pretending to be a ...
Jump at the chance for a real Portal 2 jumpsuit
NECA is beginning a bold new behavioral experiment, to determine whether the addition of a logo will render plain orange jumpsuits desirable enough for consumers to purchase them in high quantities and for $100 each. The company's hypothesis is that it will, and we tend to agree. In order to get ...
Nintendo's Kid Icarus: Uprising cosplayer is Pit (and not the pits)
Normally we wouldn't post about a single cosplayer found at PAX East, much less one there at a publisher's request; however, this Kid Icarus: Uprising Pit costume, designed and worn by PikminLink, is too amazingly accurate to ignore. The wings! The weapons! The character-accurate bike shorts! The ...
This retro Metroid cosplay is without equal
It's almost Halloween, and it's likely you're pretty much set on what you're dressing up as this year. If you're thinking Samus, think again: Dan Cattell's sprite-based Samus and Chozo Statue costumes are without equal. In fact, they're even featured in the latest issue of Nintendo Power. ...
TGS 2011: Cosplayers suffer for their art
Every year, many of Japan's biggest game and anime fans put incredible time, effort and money into creating detailed costumes of their favorite characters. Then, in September, they don those costumes ... and cram themselves into the most crowded, humid place on Earth, a corridor between two halls ...
It's what's inside that counts: Wheatley puppet edition
After seeing something completely astounding, our first instinct is to rip it apart to see just how its innards work in such graceful harmony with each other. Thankfully, the amazing Wheatley-puppet creator Jennifer Sorrell is giving us an inside look at her personality sphere with ...
Good morning, here's a dog dressed as Amaterasu
Even dogs took part in the cosplay activities at this year's Otakon convention, with Dante the dog here dressing in the divine garb of Okami's heroine, the goddess Amaterasu. If you have a white dog you'd like to style as Amaterasu (and who is a good boy like Dante -- good boy!) his owners ...
Selling custom Halo armor to the Pawn Stars is out of this guy's Reach
The importance of nerdom in public society has increased exponentially in the past decade, with the video game industry now producing over $25 billion in annual revenue alone. Ask any random group of cosplayers at San Diego Comic-Con what the above completely customized, electronic Halo ...
Featured Stories
Huffpost Live tackles Xbox One with our reviews editor, Richard Mitchell [Update: watch the replay]
Posted on May 21st 2013 6:15PM