Happy 20th Birthday, Alodia!

Japanese gamer Shoko Nakagawa did not become her country’s otaku queen until she was 20. By that standard, Filipina gamer Alodia Gosiengfiao is ahead of schedule. Happy 20th birthday, Edjie!

(Photo by Tricia Gosingtian. BY-NC-ND.)

Gundam 00: Badass Lockon

A Gundam-sized beam saber can instantly vaporize a man on contact. My favorite Gundam 00 character, the Irish sniper Lockon Stratos, just took a beam saber in the face to protect his teammate. That’s how badass he is.

Even though he lost sight in one eye, his new eyepatch makes him look even more badass. How fitting that his Gundam sports a mean-looking cyclops mode.

(Via AnimeSuki.)