Luke Plunkett

Sand People Ride Cute Dogs In Single File, To Hide Their Numbers

$24. That’s all this costs. $24 to turn your “dog” into a Bantha. I say “dog”, because I’m looking at this, and I’m looking at my 18 month-old kid, and I’m reaching for my wallet. For those of a more Imperial persuasion, you can get a similar outfit, only with a Sandtrooper atopa Dewback. [via…

Tips For Playing Desert Golfing

Desert Golfing is one of the bestmobile games I have ever played. It is also one of the worst. You too will love it, and you will also hate it. To make sure you show it more love than hate, though, I thought I’d put together some tips. If you haven’t played the game yet,…

Nintendo Fans, Given The Chance To Post Porn, Crack Jokes Instead

Something went wrong today with the Mario & Luigi section of Nintendo’s Miiverse community, allowing users to post any kind of image (so long as they could view it on the Wii U’s web browser), not just a screenshot of the game they’re playing. Yet given the opportunity to post anything, the fans there –…

Conan O’Brien Sang The “Monorail” Song Live

It’s one of the most famous Simpsons episodes of all, and its trademark musical number one of Phil Hartman’s most memorable turns in the series, so it was fitting that over the weekend the man who made it all happen – Conan O’Brien, who wrote the episode – performed the Monorail song live. This looked…

The Iron Giant “Cosplay” Is Safe For Small Towns

Sure, on a technicality you could say this more puppetry than cosplay. But screw technicalities.

Six Months Later, An RPG Comes To Life

Canadian cosplayer Miyukihas spent the last six months crafting this outfit from MMO Aion Online. Photos by Vivid Vision

Oh, So The Phantom’s Still Alive Then

And here I was thinking the last we’d see of the character was Billy Zane hamming it up. This is the work of Swedish artist Alexander Forssberg, who is a freelancer working in video games, movies, TV and film. You can see more of Alexander’s art at hispersonal site To see the larger pics in…

Nope Nope Nope NOPE NOPE NOPE (Or, F**k Sharks)

Long-time readers will know that I am terrified of sharks. Like, I can’ even watch them on TV. I can’t even fall in the water in Wind Waker without screaming. So the fact someone I know sent me this trailer should tell you just how much they hate me Depth: Blood and Gold is a…

Expensive Trailer Is Kicking Dudes Across The Room

This year’s Madden trailer may have been impressive, but FIFA’s have been impressive for a verylong time. I’m pretty sure this wasn’t the intent, but all the clip does is make me wish FIFA actually did include a kind of first-person mode, ala the old NFL2K games.

RIP Douglas E. Smith, Creator Of Lode Runner

On September 7, the video game world lost one of its early greats, with Douglas E. Smith passing away at the age of 53. Smith is most famous for being the creator of Lode Runner, a classic 1983 PC puzzle game – ported to numerous systems, including the Famicom, as you can see – that…

Mortal Human Pulls Off Video Game-Like Bike Stunt

This kind of thing shouldn’t be possible in real life. It’s the kind of silly thing you can only do in a video game like Trials. Right? Nunh-unh. This is mountain bike rider Szymon Godziek successfully pulling off the “tsunami flip”, a trick that has never been completed by a human being (in competition, at…

Darth Vader: NBA Superstar?

Who could have guessed that in between choking dudes and fighting his kids Darth Vader would find the time to be a video game baller. This clip, by MkEliteWorksX, shows exactly why PC gamers get so interested in major sports games appearing on the platform: mods. Not only does Vader make an appearance in this…

Interesting Stealth Game Is…Sneaking Up On Us

Have we really not written about Styx yet? Good God, I’m sorry. Styx: Master of Shadows is an upcoming stealth game that looks awesome. Like someone went hey, all those things you like from different stealth games, we’re going to throw them all together in one stealth game and just let you have at it.…

Nice View, But It Gets A Little Windy

Jedd Chevrier is a lead concept artist at Microsoft, where he’s most recently been working on the very interestingProject Spark. He’s also worked on the 5th addition of D&D, and you can see some of that art below. You can see more of Jedd’s work at his sketch blog To see the larger pics in…

Why Buy A New 3DS When Your Old One Can Look Like A Cat?

For as long as there have been Nintendo handhelds, there have been humans wanting to put imagesof cute animals on them. These cases for the 3DS continue that trend, but they’re way less creepy. They’ve got little ears! And whiskers! And they’re…well, $20-$30 for a case is pretty steep, but what price cat faces on…

BioShock Figure Is Hilariously Awful

When you look at Booker DeWitt – star of BioShock Infinite – on the cover of the game, you see a rugged man of action who won’t take no guff from nobody. When you look at his face on this new action figure, you see something else I see a man who looks like he…

Parental Locks For Video Games Used To Be Crazy

These days, parental locks stop kids from playing games using simple software. In 1990, lacking that kind of technology, things were a little more draconian. This is the “Homework First” video game lock, designed for the NES. It does not fuck around. Looking like a very hefty bike lock, it hooked underneath the console and…

Mirror’s…Precipice?

Sylvain Sarrailh is a freelance artist based in Toulouse, France. His colours are making my day. You can see more of Sylvain’s work at his DeviantArtand ArtStationpages. He also has a webcomic you can see here. To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you can save them…

There have been a few Metal Gear compilations in recent years, but courtesy of this teasing tweetfrom series creator Hideo Kojima, looks like we’re in for another one.

Couple Gets Engaged At The End Of The World

Devon and Joy, both video game artists (we actually featured Devon’s work recently), got engaged the other day. Congrats guys! To celebrate the occasion, then, they got a photo shoot done. A…post-apocalyptic photo shoot. Dawn Bowerytook the shots. I love how they’re actually dual-purpose. I know the intent is post-apocalyptic, but those clean, happy faces…