cosplay

Steve Wozniak discusses his inaugural Silicon Valley Comic Con

Last week I sat down with Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak to hear about his newest creation, Silicon Valley Comic Con. The event, which will be held this weekend at the San Jose Convention Center, wi

Would Buying Leon's Resident Evil 4 Jacket Make You A Cosplayer?

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/thisisleonsjacket.jpg" />How many of you played Resident Evil 4 and thought to yourself, “Man, Leon has a really nice jacket”? I cert

This is pretty much PAX East 2010

If one, and only one, photo could be said to represent PAX East 2010, I’m gonna said it’d be this one. Two gentleman in full-on cosplay mode (unless that’s just what they wear every

CGM Night: CrunchGear visits Otaku party in Tokyo (photo report)

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/group_cameras-620x465.jpg" /> Being based in Tokyo has its advantages, and one of them is being close to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.or

The rest of you can stop making Big Daddy costumes now

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/bdad.jpg" />Because this guy's sewed it up pretty tight. Working drill, platform diving shoes, nuts, bolts, and everything. To the creato

Fallout 3 cosplay looks like the business

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/2097204.jpg" alt="2097204" />With enterprising individuals making such elaborate costumes as <a href="http://pixelninja.se/photo.html">Sa

More PAX pix for you

Just a couple more pics for you guys before we enter the belly of the beast again. These TF2 cosplayers were all over the place, but I didn’t see any Heavies. Well, there were some heavies all r

CrunchArcade: Cosplay record broken: 697 folks having a good time, dressed as Mario

Dallas must be really proud, for some 697 cosplayers descended on the city at the weekend in a valiant and noble attempt to break the Guinness World Record of “Largest Gathering of Game Characte

The fall of Japan's tech hegemony

Don’t you people have anything better to do? I had a few days to think over the malaise I felt on attending CEATEC and wandering the streets of Tokyo last week. I had last been to Japan in 2003

Transformers Fan Costumes: Creative Dorks in Disguise

In 15 days time, we as citizens of the world will be thrilled in our seats at the sight of Optimus Prime and the other Autobots fighting Megatron and his minions on the big screen in a film many of us

Cosplay Dance: Why, Japan, Why?

Cosplay Dance: Why, Japan, Why? Free Skype? Cosplayers dance. Police come. Cosplayers scatter. Rinse. Repeat. via TokyoMango

Real Life Link Shield Deflects Nerf Weapons, Girls

This one goes the cosplayers in the audience (you know who your are). It’s a full-sized replica of Link’s Hylian Shield. Manufactured by True Swords, its been designed to parry the mightie