Luke Plunkett

Bayonetta, Watching Bayonetta, Playing Bayonetta

The gag’s played out fifteen seconds into a 47-second clip, but I digress: this is Bayonetta. Being played by…Bayonetta. While Bayonetta watches. That’s it! Sorry, nothing else. Just some leather on leather on console action to start your morning. It’s going to be a rough day. You may as well get going with something that’s…

How Guitar Hero Is Made

Already feeling bogged down by April Fool’s Day fluff? Why not settle in with a meaty feature on how Guitar Hero games are made, right down the excruciating details of audio programming. It’s the perfect counter-measure to a day’s worth of stupid jokes and red herring news pieces, as it plunges straight past the fluff…

Porn Star Gives Gamecrush Something To Think About

I won’t link to them, but you should just…know, there are plenty of porno flicks based on movies, books and comic books. But video games? There’s some, but not many. One porn star would like to change that. “I’ve actually talked about It with my guy before”, Belladonna, a former winner of the “Dirtiest Girl…

Twitter Becomes A Japanese Role-Playing Game

Even those who find social networking tool Twitter a vapid waste of time might be interested in this, a new role-playing title from Japanese publishers Marvelous that takes a person’s Twitter feed and builds a game out of it. Called Followars, it builds a role-playing party for you out of whatever’s on your Twitter feed:…

Your April Fool’s Survival Guide [Update]

Oh dear. It’s now April 1, making this officially the worst day of the year for all things internet. Over the next 24 hours things might get a little rough. But it’s OK. We can get through this. Together. In this post, we’ll collect all the pranks, jokes and ill-advised attempts at either we come…

Rumor: Killzone, Resistance Sequels Added To PS3’s Greatest Hits Line

According to this scan from a new Walmart catalogue, Sony has just added some big-hitting new games to its line-up of budget “Greatest Hit” titles for the PlayStation 3. Games like Killzone 2, Resistance 2, Infamous, LittleBigPlanet’s fancy Game of the Year edition and even surprise multiplatform hit UFC Undisputed (the latter of which readers…

NBA Jam Also Features 80’s Basketball Legends

The new NBA Jam may be set in the present day, but that doesn’t mean every player in the game is on a 2010 NBA roster. Two in particular stand out: legends Larry Bird and Earvin “Magic” Johnson. Yes, pitched at those aged 30 and up, the game will include a campaign mode which culminates…

Super Mario Galaxy 2 Screenshots: Levels, Yoshi & A Dense Mario

To go along with the new trailer released earlier today, Nintendo also let loose some new screenshots and character art for one of 2010’s most eagerly-anticipated Wii games. So, yes, there’s Rock Mario, along with Yoshi and some of the game’s many planet levels. All of it looking exactly the same as Super Mario Galaxy…

Super Mario Galaxy 2 Screenshots & Character Art

What You Could Buy Instead Of An iPad

Apple’s iPad will be capturing the imaginations of millions around the world this week. But when you consider what you’re getting for your money, well, buying one may not seem like such a great idea. We’ve taken what’s shaping up as the most popular version of Apple’s book-reading, web-browsing and game-playing device, broken down how…

Why No Alan Wake On PC?

Supernatural thriller Alan Wake is being released on the Xbox 360, but once upon a time, it was also a PC game. That PC version is no more. Why? Well, the two teams responsible can’t seem to agree. Last month, publishers Microsoft released a statement saying the game was only coming to the 360 because…

Erectin’ A (Fan-Made) Team Fortress 2 Engineer Update

Yup, more fan-made Team Fortress 2 improvements, this time for the Engineer, and from the same talented guy who brought us the TF2 attack dogs. And I mean improvements, plural. He’s gone to town dreaming up new gizmos for multiplayer shooter TF2’s more lovable support class, with items ranging from the “Amplifier” (like Uber, only…

Ubisoft’s DRM Kicks Australia While It’s Down

Ubisoft’s digital rights management woes continue, with news that Australians – a people already suffering when it comes to video games – are now being locked out of Ubisoft PC games as well. The title in question this time is strategy title Settlers 7, with many users Down Under complaining that games they have paid…

When Norwegian Ads Look Just Like PSP Games

These two clips are commercials for Dent Oi, a brand of Norwegian mints. Mint fans will love the house-crushing taste on display, but it may be of even more interest to fans of PSP strategy series Patapon. While the Patapon – the creation of French artist Rolito – are older than the games based on…

The Dark Side Of The NES

Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon is an all-time rock classic, but that’s provided you’re listening to it on a record. And maybe smashed off your face. Things are a little different when it sounds like a NES game. This project does just that. It’s called Moon8, and is the work of Canadian Brad…

Ever Wonder Which Companies Sell The Most At GameStop?

As the world’s #1 specialist games retailer, GameStop has a lot of retail clout in this business. So it’s always good reading when the company discloses just which publishers do the best business across its chain of stores. According to an SEC report, Nintendo is the retailer’s best-selling company, with 23% of all “new product”…

Weird 3DS Reveal Was Journalist’s Fault

The manner in which Nintendo chose to tell the world of its new handheld, the 3DS, was a strange one: a crudely-worded press release in the middle of the night. No pictures. No logo. Ever wonder why that was? It wasn’t some exercise in marketing. It wasn’t to torture you. It wasn’t to intentionally undermine…

Sims Creator Working On TV Show

Will Wright, creator of The Sims and SimCity, hasn’t worked on a video game since 2008’s Spore. What’s he been keeping busy with in the meantime? How about making a TV show. Yes, the super-successful game designer has teamed up with Albie Hecht, former boss of Spike and Nickelodeon, to develop a series called The…

Zombies Protest Against Aussie Game Ratings

Last year, Australian gamers protested against the government’s lack of an adults-only video game rating by…dressing up like zombies and shambling through Sydney. This year, they did it again, only with more zombies. An estimated 500 or so gamers met in Sydney’s Hyde Park, donned zombie make-up and gear, then lurked around the centre of…

Vintage Catalogues Revive The Ghost Of Nintendo Past

Reader Brett must have known our adolescent selves were in need of entertainment, otherwise he wouldn’t have pointed us towards this motherload of vintage Nintendo merchandise catalogues. From the Japanese publisher’s 1992 edition (Packed with gift ideas!) to a magnificent “Zelda Box” released in Japan in commemoration of the release of Wind Waker, there’s a…