Luke Plunkett

Donald Trump Makes Civilization V Great Again

If you think Donald Trump would be a disaster for the USA/world given 4-8 years of leadership, imagine the devastation if he was allowed to reign for millennia Welcome to Donald Trump’s America, a mod for Civilization V that turns the coiffured spud into one of the game’s immortal leaders, granting America a new set…

The Most Awkward High-Five Disasters

Two people coming together and sharing hands (or bumping fists) is a fundamental human act, a near-universal sign of greeting and/or friendship. Why, then, do people keep fucking it up so badly? THIS IS YOUR SLOW CONNECTION/BROWSER WARNING A succession of video game people killing us with their awkward touching recently has led me down…

No, Animal Crossing Did Not Forget It’s A Leap Year

Happy Leap Day! Now get back to work.

Some Very Fancy Legend Of Zelda Cosplay

This is…well, let’s say it’s a bit more dedicated than your average Zelda cosplay. This Link shoot went all out, from the horse to the props to the location. Even the song was made just for this occasion, a remix of the Zelda theme by Aurelia XO and Rekcahdam Cosplay by Tanya Istel and Cosnavi

Oh What A Shot From Curry

Steph Curry, who continues to ball like he’s cheating in a video game, now has a very fitting video game tribute for his heroics against the Thunder on Saturday night. (via Polygon)

Bring Me The Head Of Yennefer of Vengerberg

Paweł Mielniczuk is character art director at CD Projekt Red, developers of The Witcher series. In these images, you’ll see some of the design process behind one of The Witcher 3’s main characters, Yennefer. Note that Yennefer’s face was originally supposed to be based on that of Polish model Klaudia Wróbel, who you can see…

Report: HoloLens Dev Unit Includes Conker Game

It looks like Fortune broke an embargo a little early today and released details on the first Microsoft HoloLens unit that humans can actually buy. While Fortune’s original story has been pulled, the information was picked up and posted by Redditor Shooob. The gist is this: the first development kit for the HoloLens will not…

Slap That Ass, Ryu

Turns out the same animation meddling thatallowed the return of R. Mika’s butt slap in Street Fighter V also lets Ryu (and anyone else, I guess) get all slap-happy on their own derrière. This swapping of models also allows for wonderful scenes like this, where Ryu’s character model is used for both Laura and R.…

Fallout 4, You Are Now Terminator 2

Killer robots, an apocalyptic wasteland, explosions…yeah, it’s not much of a stretch taking Fallout 4 and turning it into Terminator. All that was needed was some neon lasers, and boy does this video have neon lasers. It’s by Cosmic Contrarian, no stranger to these kind of arrangements, and while the initial battle is impressive please…

Great Scientists Become Greater Fighting Game Characters

Let us imagine, for a moment, that some of history’s greatest scientists did not devote their lives to the betterment of humanity, but to the betterment of their own ass-kicking abilities. That’s part of the premise behind this series of gifs that artist Diego Sanches made for Brazil’s Superinteressante magazine, imagining the playable roster (Stephen…

Dog Cosplay, Immortalized 

I like dog cosplay. You like dog cosplay. Reader Eric Ho, an artist out of NYC, also likes cosplaying dogs, so much so that he’s made a ton of little 3D models of them. You’ll see some familiar faces/outfits here amongst his range of models, like Thorgiand Corgi Link, though it looks like there’s some…

Heya Fran, Been A While

James Strehle is an artist currently working at VOLTA, a studio whose members we’ve showcased here on Fine Art a bunch of times You can see more of James’ work at his personal site and ArtStation page, while you can check out his Patreon page here To see the larger pics in all their glory…

Valve will never release Half-Life 3. But what if other developers could take a swing at it? PC Gamer asked Cliff Bleszinski, Tripwire’s John Gibson and Bluepoint’s Kynan Pearson for their ideas, which range from VR adventures to time manipulation.

1999 PS1 Game Launch Party Was A Wonder Of The 20th Century

Masaya Matsuura, of Parappa the Rapper fame, uploaded a video yesterday of the launch party—complete with live performances—for PS1 rhythm game UmJammer Lammy. It’s from 1999. It’s awesome Come for the late-90s wonder. Stay for Jeff Gerstmann winning a plastic guitar.

The Real Metal Gear

Metal Gear is a series that’s (at least partly) about giant mecha and Cold War drama. It may be pure fantasy, but in the early 1960s, the US did actually build a giant two-armed military machine: the “Beetle”. This story was originally published in June 2010. Built by Jered Industries in Detroit for General Electric’s…

Wait, That’s Not How I Remember The Battle Of Hoth…

Stepan Alekseev is an artist working in the video game business who we last saw killing it in the Star Wars: Reimagined contest You can see more of Stepan’s work at his ArtStation page To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you can save them as wallpaper),…

Cerys! You’re Real!

As I’ve made clear, I am very fond of Cerys, the takes-no-shit Queen (in my game) of Skellige. Thus, I am also quite fond of any cosplay paying tribute to this badass. This is Niamash, not only with a perfect costume but an actual horse just to top things off. Photos by Catherine Badulina

Dishonored’s Seedier Side Brought To Life Through Cosplay

We’ve seen some top-shelf Dishonored cosplay on this site before, but it—and most other cosplay like it—tends to focus on the game’s main characters. People with expensive uniforms and high collars. Nobody ever spares a thought for the game’s less upstanding denizens. Ophidia and her friend Rin have, though, putting together this fantastic shoot with…

Hitman’s Board Game Look Is Just The Best

Hitman GO is a video game made to look like a board game. This, however, is a Hitman GO board game made to look like a video game that’s meant to look like a board game. Square Enix Montreal had it made up for the launch of Hitman GO: Definitive Edition as a little commemorative…

Um, That’s Not Anne Hathaway

Per Haagensen is an artist at DICE who has also done stuff for DC, Warner Bros and Blizzard. As you’re about to see, these promo shots for Dark Knight Rises aren’t photos. They’re not even heavily-photoshopped photos. They’re 100% 3D models. You can see more of Per’s work at his ArtStation page To see the…