Luke Plunkett

Ocarina Of Time Speedrun Record Beaten With Near-Perfect Game

It’s been a big few days for people who like to watch other people play video games real fast: the world records for both Ocarina of Time and Metroid Prime have been beaten, the former in almost perfect fashion. T3’s Metroid Prime run of fifty-five minutes is below. But here’s Cosmo Wright’s Ocarina run, which…

Train Driver Busted Playing Farmville While Actually Driving

Is operating a train something that needs the driver’s constant attention? I don’t know, I’m not a train driver, but I’m pretty sure if I saw my driver playing a video game while he was in charge of the metal boxes I was hurtling around in, I’d be at least a little worried. Carlo Segura…

Askfor more Fire Emblem cosplay and ye shall receive. Cosplay by Clara Chau, photo by The Will Box

Japan Gets Two New PS4s: One Nice, One Gross

To recap: there were a lot of awesomelimited edition PS3 consoles in Japan. To date, there have been a procession of ugly-ass limited edition PS4 consoles in Japan. Two more were announced today, and they split the difference. There’s one for The Last of Us that I am reluctant to even draw attention to it…

Failed Kickstarter Hits Yogscast Fans

Fans of gaming…personalities (?) Yogscast have been left in the lurch after a Kickstarter to create a game based on the popular crew went nowhere. Eurogamerhave the full story, including comments from Yogscast, but the gist is that in 2012 a third-party ran a successful (over $500,000!) Kickstarter for a game called Yogventures. That game…

With Some Help, The Xbox One’s Kinect Works On A PC

The new Xbox One Kinect isn’t supposed to work on a PC. But hey, here it is. Despite Microsoft releasing a dedicated PC version of the peripheral, Hyperkin’s Chris Gallizzi and Jesse Aragon can be seen here showing off a workaround they’ve developed where the console camera works on a PC just fine. They’re planning…

Disney Character’s Face Falls Off During Live Show, Horror Follows

Imagine, you’re a young kid, and you’re on your first trip to Disney World. You love the Incredibles, and you are so psyched to see them in a live performance. Live! Right in front of you! And here comes Elastigirl and…oh god [via Geekologie]

Ashen Is A Very Pretty Video Game

Ashenis an indie survivial RPG that we first showedoff a few weeks ago. It’s got some interesting ideas on stuff like passive multiplayer, but what really struck me was how striking the game’s visuals were. So I got in touch with the devs so I could share more of the game’s art. There are two…

What Happens When Sony Doesn’t Renew Some Domain Names

When you don’t pay for your domain names, you lose your website. It doesn’t matter if you’re a mommy blogger or Sony Online Entertainment. Because the company’s payment notices had been “sent to [the] wrong email” over a number of weeks, early on July 15 the websites – and even forums – of Sony Online…

Doom 4 Is A Reboot. And It’s Not Called Doom 4.

The game’s been in development… hellfor years now, but today at QuakeCon, id is showing off the first actual footage of Doom 4. Here’s the catch, though: the people in attendance at QuakeCon are the only people who are going to see it. There is no streaming, no trailers, nothing. All those of us in…

Track: Electric Blue| Album: Man of Colours | Artist: Icehouse Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

The Next Captain America Is Black

Confirming an earlier report, Marvel’s Joe Quesada has revealed on The Colbert Report that the current Captain America, Steve Rogers, will soon be handing in his suit and shield. His replacement will be his partner Sam Wilson, aka The Falcon. It’s not exactly a shock. Wilson turned up in the latest Captain America movie, played…

Razer BlackWidow Ultimate Stealth: The Kotaku Review

It’s getting harder and harder to believe there was once a time I made fun of Razer products. They used to be the worst. The most prominent example of everything wrong with PC peripherals. Silly designs, ridiculous and garish colour schemes, ungh. So many bad memories. The last few years though have seen the company…

Art For A Very Good Cause

Kevin Kanai Griffith is an artist who has worked at Blizzard on games like Diablo III. He is also suffering from a rare form of cancer known as Alveolar Soft Part Sarcoma (ASPS) To help raise funds for Kevin’s battle against the cancer, a ton of his fellow games artists have got together to create…

Well, I laughed. By Michael Kleinman

Some YouTubers Might Be Breaking The Law

In the past week, two excellent features have been written on the state of YouTube personalities in video games. One by Mike Rose on Gamasutra, the other by Simon Parkin on Eurogamer. They raise a number of important, albeit messy questions about the practice of these folks getting paid by publishers. You really need to…

Let this be a reminder to you all: there is not enough Fire Emblem cosplay in this world. Nowhere near enough. So here is some from the future, to give you hope. Cosplayer is eriotiku, photo by Ray Lum

Driving A Real Car Could Soon Be Just Like Playing A Video Game

Heads-up displays in cars are nothing new, but Jaguar wants to blow right past simply displaying a crude speedometer on your windscreen. They want to turn your car into a video game. This clip shows off the company’s virtual windscreen concept, and while they’re bullshitting about this being footage of it “in action”, it’s still…