Luke Plunkett

90s Hercules TV Star Sounds Like A Racist Old Man

Most of us would like to think actor Kevin Sorbo is, and forever will be, the shirtless hunk from Hercules. Sadly, Hercules was a long time ago. It is now 2014, and these days Sorbo sounds like a terrible person. Writing on Facebook about the ongoing unrest in Ferguson, the actor mused “Ferguson riots have…

Star Wars vs The Ice Bucket Challenge

It’s reaching internet saturation point, the ol’ ice bucket challenge, but you can always rely on Star Wars to come through as one of the shining moments of an internet craze. Earlier this week JJ Abrams, director of the next Star Wars movie, nominated the 501st Legion – a worldwide network of Star Wars costumers/cosplayers…

Typical. Dojima does the dirty work while Adachi’s mind is…elsewhere. Dojima is WANTED, Adachi is xell_dincht.

From Warcraft To…Surfing?

Craig Harris is an animator who works with Blizzard’s famous cinematics team. In addition to his video game stuff, however, he’s also illustrated a cool children’s book (The Adventures of the Mighty Nomad) about…a kid going surfing. As someone who is buried up to his neck in books about animals, farm animals, cars and princesses,…

TF2 Doco Is Called, Yes, A Fragumentary

Held around a year ago, Insomnia49 was the biggest-ever LAN tournament for fans of Team Fortress 2. This week, a documentary of the event has been released, and it’s great. You can see the whole thing on YouTube for free, but if you dig it, support the filmmakers and buy a proper copy (60fps, full-size,…

Fox McCloud In Shaved Face Scandal

Remember, Nintendo fans, you don’t always have to cosplay as someone from the Mario or Zelda universes. Cosplay by Geleebelly, photo by Martin Beck

Just When You Thought Netflix Worked Fine, Along Comes The Oculus Rift

Get ready. When the Oculus Rift really hits it big, there’ll be loads of things that you do now very quickly and very easily that will suddenly become very hard, because the Oclus Rift will make it hard. Your Facebookjokes have been done to death, but let’s not forget the danger facing other services like…

So THAT’S What They’re Saying In Civ IV’s Intro

Vocalists Peter Hollens (a Kotaku regular) and Malukah (you may have heardher work before) have teamed up to deliver one hell of a cover of the intro song for Civilization IV. The song, Baba Yetu, won a Grammya few years back, and its composer Christopher Tin actually helped the pair out with their pronunciation in…

Track: Towers | Artist: Asteroid | Album: II Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

StarCraft’s Queen Of Blades Shrunk, Turned Into Statue

StarCraft’s Kerrigan/Queen of Blades is getting a large (25 inches), detailed and terribly expensive statue that’ll go on sale later this week. Made by Sideshow, it’s a statue, not a figure, so you’re not getting any accessories or alternate parts. Just the statue. But it’s a pretty amazing one (even if, at $380, it’s beyond…

OK, The XCOM Board Game Sounds Awesome

While the idea of a co-op XCOM board game sounded great, the fact it required use of an app turned a lot of people – myself included – off. Well, maybe I was being premature, because it turns out calling it an “app” is doing it a disservice. PC Gamer got some hands-on time with…

Terminal Cancer Isn’t Your Everyday Fantasy Setting

David Cumbo is a veteran concept artist who has been at Ratchet & Clank and Resistance developers Insomniac Games for the past 7 years. But that’s not his only work. For a while now he’s also been spending his spare time creating Dreamside, a universe based on Sarah, a young girl dying of terminal cancer…

There just isn’t enough Captain Harlock cosplay in the world, especially since the recent movie was actually pretty good. So thanks, Nikita, for helping address this glaring oversight. Photo by Nippon Nation [thanks Cosplay Blog!]

Alone In The Dark Is Coming Back, And I Am Afraid

Alone In The Dark is a series that, long ago, meant something. It was the original 3D survival horror game, and the first two titles weren’t just terrifying and a blast to play, but had a gorgeous old-timey art style as well. In later years, though…well, let’s just say time and some publisher misdeeds pissed…

The Morrowind Remake Is Still Happening, Still Looking Fantastic

Some wonderful people have, for a while now, been dragging The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind into the engine used by the series’ fifth game, Skyrim. It’s a long, tough job, but after loads of trailers and environmental fly-bys, we’ve got a good look today at some actual walkin’ around. Note that while the project looks…

Where Adventure Games Meet Brutal Survival Sims

So Kônalooks pretty interesting. It’s part-adventure game, part-survival sim. It’s got Oculus Rift support. And it’s about a 1970s murder mystery in the freezing Canadian north. The player, hired to investigate the vandalism of a rich industrialist’s home, arrives to find that not only is his client missing, but the entire town – including the…

Rule, Britannia! And Steal Some Fish-Man’s Eggs…

Clockwork Empires is what happens when you take a game like The Settlers, or Banished, and make it about Victorian Britons, fish people and steampunk. The game was released on Steam’s Early Access this week, so I figured I’d check it out. It’s very early at the moment: your options are severely limited, and even…

The Kid Just Rages For A While

Huy Dinh is a veteran concept artist who has worked on games like Red Alert 3, Boom Blox and the Medal of Honor series (the old/better ones). One thing of particular interest below: Dinh did some preliminary work on Bastion, so you can check out a very early design for The Kid. He’s now at…

Yo, GameCubes Are Selling For $20 At GameStop

I have six inputs in the back of my TV. I do not have a permanent space for my Xbox One. I do have one for my GameCube. That says a lot about Nintendo’s little system that could, which is now temporarily back in stock at GameStop, with refurbished consoles selling for $20 (thanks nrvalleytime).

Hotline Miami Action Figure Dials B For Badass

This 1/6 scale (so around 12″) figure of Hotline Miami’s Jacket is pretty much everything you could ask for in a Hotline Miami action figure. Nice sneakers, rubber masks and an assortment of brutal weaponry. Given the fact HM is an indie game, this isn’t the work of a bigger studio like Hot Toys or…