Luke Plunkett

The Best Solo Board Games

Despite them normally being very much a stay-at-home thing, it’s going to be difficult to play board games over the next few months because they tend to involve getting people over and getting social. Unless, that is, you’re playing one of these very good solo board games. Over the last couple of years the more…

The Snakes Of New York

Simon Tosovsky is an illustrator and concept artist based in Denmark. You can see more of Simon’s stuff at his ArtStation page

Konami Deal Stops Barcelona From Playing In Charity FIFA 20 Tournament

Whenwe reported that last week that all 20 sides in Spain’s La Liga were taking part in a FIFA 20 tournament, in reality only 18 took part. Both Mallorca and international powerhouse Barcelona were forced out of the competition over their marketing deals with Konami’s rival PES series. As both Spain’s AS and ESPN’s Samuel…

Our Favorite Cosplay From Japan Expo Thailand 2020

While cosplay cons are definitely not taking place anytime soon, Jan. 31-Feb. 2 saw Japan Expo Thailand take place. It’s one of the biggest shows in all of Asia with over 500,000 fans coming through the gates over the weekend. We’ve got coverage of the show thanks to a collaboration between local photographer and video…

Me, Absolutely Twisted, Coming Home With A Room Full Of Swords

Anato Finnstark is a concept artist and illustrator based in Paris. You can see more of Anato’s stuff at their ArtStation page and store

Nike Made More PlayStation Shoes, But You Can’t Buy These Ones

Nike’s recent PlayStation collabs have been some of the most successful video game tie-ins of the last decade, from the classic AF1to the more recent PG2. This next sneaker, though, won’t be available to buy. These Air Max 90s are limited to just 50 pairs, and will go to winners of an in-game sweepstakes in…

F1 Is Cancelled, So Drivers Will Race Each Other In The Official Video Game

The F1 season, like most major international sports, is currently on hold. And like a growing number of international sports, athletes have found one of the best ways to keep busy is to challenge others online in the video game version of what they normally do for a living. So as La Liga’s footballers finish…

You Can Poop In Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Animal Crossing has always let you sit on its decorative toilets, but in New Horizons they’ve suddenly become a more practical consideration. Because you can poop on them. If you just sit on a toilet, under regular circumstances, it’s the same as it’s always been. You sit there, you’re sitting on a toilet, and even…

Entire Spanish Soccer League, Including Barcelona And Real Madrid, Are Going To Play Each Other In FIFA [Update: Real Madrid Wins]

After the success of a one-off game between Sevilla and Real Betis on the weekend, all 20 sides in Spain’s currently-suspended La Liga—from Barcelona to Atletico Madrid to Valencia—are getting together to play a tournament in FIFA 20 The draw will be made tomorrow, with the tournament seeded according to the current league standings in…

The Origin Story Of A Very Sharp Outfit

Beth Hobbs is an artist at Creative Assembly, where she’s worked on Total Wars like Three Kingdoms and Warhammer What I love about some of this is how it gives us a look at the earliest stages of some of these designs. I appreciate a good desktop wallpaper-type image as much as anyone else, but…

Life, And Seven-Year-Old Jurassic Park Mods, Find A Way

All the way back in 2013,a scrappy young writer by the name of Kirk Hamilton wrote about an ambitious Half-Life mod called Jurassic Life, which wanted to bring some aspects of Jurassic Park—namely the dinosaurs and firing a shotgun at them wildly—to the Source Engine. As you do with ambitious mod projects about 10 minutes…

Panzer Corps 2: The Kotaku Review

The first Panzer Corps, released back in 2011, is one of the all-time great strategy games on the PC. Timeless and with an enormous library of extra content, it’s still a lot of fun even today, so its 2020 sequel has a lot to prove, and a lot to justify. Panzer Corps 2 is your…

You Look Great, Mr. Head

Jeremiah Lee is an artist at Cloud Imperium, the studio that’s been working on Star Citizen for almost eight years now. You can see more of Jeremiah’s stuff at his ArtStation page

GameStop Selling Doom A Day Early As A ‘Safety Precaution’

Doom and Animal Crossing were supposed to be out on the same day (Friday), but as a “safety precaution,” GameStop has made the move to sell id’s shooter a day early to avoid crowds. The two games, once thought inseparable, will now release separately as a precautionary measure to adhere to the CDC’s guidelines on…

A LEGO Sound Blaster Wouldn’t Be As Hard To Install

If LEGO can make money off our nostalgia for the old days of toys and movies, then surely it’s not too big a leap to start milking our feelings for old video game hardware as well. This LEGO Ideas campaign, by British artist Bhaal_Spawn, wants to recreate in brick form perhaps the most iconic piece…

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Benjamin Bardou is an artist and matte painter from France. You can see more of Bardou’s stuff at his personal site and ArtStation page

Canceled Soccer Game Played In Front Of 60,000 Fans (On Twitch)

Spanish sides Real Betis and Sevilla were supposed to play each other in real life on Sunday night, but La Liga’s covid-19 lockdown put paid to that. Not to matter, since both sides just picked one player each—their champion—and had them play the match on FIFA 20 instead. As Eurogamer report, Sevilla chose on-loan defender…

Here’s a very cool, hour-long behind-the-scenes look at how Nioh 2 was made, following director Fumihiko Yasuda around as he puts the finishing touches on the game.

Come On, Who’s Next

Dong Jianhua is a concept artist and illustrator based in Korea. You can see more of Dong’s stuff at his ArtStation page

Amazing Photos Make Action Figures Look Like Action Movies

When photographer Matthew Cohen takes shots of his toys, he doesn’t just line them up on a shelf. He makes them come alive. On his Instagram account shootingthegalaxy, Matthew takes incredible photos of action figures staged in images that make them look like they’re in the middle of the movie/TV show they originally came from,…