Luke Plunkett

Now There’s A Three-Hour Cut Of The Hobbit Trilogy

Just in case a four-hour version of an eight-hour trilogy was still too long for you, professional video editor David Killstein has now gone and made an even more drastic cutof Peter Jackson’s overblown Hobbit adaptation. I sat down and watched the first fan cut from earlier in the week, and it was…OK. Still felt…

Steampunk Iron Man Was, At Least, Actually Made Of Iron

Aleksandr Nikonov is a concept artist from Russia. We actually featured one of his drawings in a recent Final Fantasy roundup, but today we’re looking at a whole range of his stuff. You can see more of Aleksandr’s work at his ArtStation site To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re…

Track: Survival of the Fittest | Artist: Mobb Deep | Album: The Infamous Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

What If Captain America Wasn’t White OR Black…

Captain America is a white guy, right? Most of the time, yes, he is. But what does it say about the character — or more importantly America itself — when someone who doesn’t fit the tradition puts on the uniform? That’s the question asked by Vishavjit Singh — a Sikh — in his short film…

Video Game Tattoo Goes Horribly, Horribly Wrong

When this dude asked for a God of War tattoo, starring the series’ muscle-bound hero Kratos, he was probably hoping for an effect that looked something like this Instead, he got this Better luck next time, champ.

Last Year’s Halo Is Such A Mess, They’re Beta-Testing The Next Patch

Of all the broken video games that we were stuck with in 2014, none were as broken as Halo’s Master Chief Collection, which even now, months after release, isstill broken. But it’s OK! You can now sign up for a beta. For an update that may or may not fix it. Yes, that’s right. 343…

The Best Video Game Art Book

Video game art books aren’t just a pretty face. While a collection of concept and promotional art is a nice treat for hardcore fans, the best ones go beyond the superficial and also tell the story of how a game was made. Maybe not the nitty-gritty of its entire development, from bugs to sound design,…

Attack On Titan Comes To…MapleStory

This is not a joke. There’ll be “themed content”that lets you “Hone your skills with familiar faces” and “compete in thrilling mini-games”. MapleStory players, there’s more info here. (thanks Sean!)

Star Wars’ Most Explosive Moment, Captured Perfectly In A Video Game

Since it’s out today on GoG, meaning a bunch of people are going to be playing it for the first time, let’s talk about X-Wing Alliance. And how it has the best ending of any Star Wars game ever made. X-Wing Alliance, the third in Lucasarts’ trilogy of space shooters, took away years of my…

Beautiful Portraits Of Nerd Stars Look Too Good To Be Paintings

While they might look like photos, these are actually digital portraits, all done by Euclase, one of the best fan artists on the planet. Her work is absolutely phenomenal. The lighting, the texture she manages to capture on everyone’s clothes, the warmth of their skin…truly impressive stuff. You can see more of Euclase’s work at…

Do Not F**k With Mikasa

Anna Nikonova is a concept artist from Russia who works in the video game business. You can see more of Anna’s work at her personal siteand Behance gallery To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you can save them as wallpaper), click on the “expand” button in…

Nice Destiny Gun

As a Titan with a love of Hand Cannons myself, I’m digging this replica built by Bill Doran If you want to try and make one yourself, he’s included blueprints and tips in the description of the video below.

30 Seconds To Badass Titanfall Cosplay

Here’s New Zealand’s own CpCody, turning some hunks of foam into a very convincing pilot outfit from Titanfall.

War Is (Beautiful) Hell

Ivan Pozdnyakov is a Russian artist who works for ZeptoLab, the developers of Cut The Rope. Don’t let that put you off, though, his portfolio is pretty fantastic. You can see more of Ivan’s work at his personal site and ArtStation page To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big…

PlayStation Making Up For Downtime With A 10% Off Sale This Weekend

As first detailedearlier in the month, Sony is making up for some Christmas-related downtime with a sale on pretty much everything on the PlayStation Store. That sale has a catch: you’ll get 10% off almost anything on the store, provided you lump it all into the one purchase and buy it all at once. The…

GTA V’s San Andreas vs 2004’s San Andreas

We’ve seen charts, and galleriesfrom the street, but it’s only when you see the size of the game world in both GTA titles laid bare that you start to appreciate a few things you might have otherwise missed. Like how small the modern Los Santos, which feels like an endless metropolis, really is. Or how…

The Best Far Cry Game

Don’t look now, but the Far Cry series is almost twelve years old. With four main games and a collection of expansions and spin-offs, there’s a lot to look at when surveying the series, but only one of those games is the best And the best Far Cry game is Far Cry 2 Let’s get…

Fan Cuts The Hobbit Into A Single, 4-Hour Movie

The first thing I thought after watching The Battle of Five Armies was “boy, that’s a movie that didn’t need to be made”. Now, thanks to the power of fans and the internet, we can pretend around half of Peter Jackson’s entire Hobbit trilogy never happened. A guy by the name of tolkieneditor (via Daily…

No, Zelda Is The Girl, Link Is The…Oh

Cosplay by Talia Mira, photo by Beethy