Luke Plunkett

The Death Of New York City

Evan Shipard is an Australian who works at Cartel Artists, a studio that deals in the “conception and execution of cinematic art for the film, television and game industries”. You can see more of Cartel’s work at their studio site, while you can check out Evan’s stuff at his ArtStation page. To see the larger…

Kim Kardashian’s Video Game Is The Stuff Of Nightmares

Kim Kardashian is coming to video games. In exactly the manner you would expect. Kim Kardashian: Hollywood is on its way for iOS and Android. Note that the objective of the game is to “create your own aspiring celebrity and rise to fame and fortune”. Why become famous for something you’ve actually done when you…

What if the Tenchu series had learned some new tricks from games like Dishonored and Mark of the Ninja? Well, it would have looked a lot like Twin Souls, which is currently up on Kickstarter

Metal Gear Weirdness Gets Its Own Cosplay

If there was one thing I took away from the overblown E3 trailer for Metal Gear Solid V, it was that kinda creepy part where Big Boss rubs ashes all over his face. Naturally, then, we already have cosplay of it. These pics are from Japanese cosplay superstar Omi Gibson. And before you complain about…

A Beautiful Video Game That’s Not Like Other Video Games

Lumino City is a video game, but it’s unlike almost any other video game you’ve ever played. There aren’t any “graphics” here (well, aside from the character), just a real, miniature world made of “paper, card, miniature lights and motors”. It’s a visual trend that lived and died briefly in the 1990s with games like…

Some Frozen genderbending means Queen Elsa becomes King Elisar. Cosplay by keruuu, photo by Boon

Laura Sánchez as Morrigan from Dragon Age. Photo by Jesús Clares

Blizzard & Final Fantasy’s Awesome Cutscenes Have One Thing In Common

Takuya Suzuki, formerly of Square Enix, has worked at Blizzard since 2009 on the company’s famous cinematics team. Currently Cinematic Senior Modeling Artist, he’s done a lot of the background work on the trailers for games like StarCraft II, Diablo III, World of Warcraft and the upcoming Heroes of the Storm. While at Square, he…

$600 Chocobo Looks Like Something A Fox Would Eat

At the right angle, this replica Final Fantasy chocobo looks real. For over $600, though, it had want to! Built by MiraCrafts in Germany, each chocobo is made entirely by hand out of stuff like fur, felt and glass. They’re also “Size fitting for actionfigures!”, which is about where I start reaching for my McFarlane…

Improving Half-Life 2 Through Animation (And Slapstick)

Half-Life 2 is starting to show its age, which is fine, because it is ten years old. Not that this will stop us looking at this animation video and wondering what it would look like with some more modern touches. This animation reel is the work of James Benson, someone who we actually featured a…

Kid Developer Pranks Steam, Gets Suspended From Steam

Messing with Steam’s code, no matter how harmless the intentions, is something Valve obviously takes pretty seriously

Xenonauts is out! It’s a love letter to the original XCOM (not the recent remake), meaning those who felt the 2012 version was a little light will want to check it out.

What Darth Vader’s Most Famous Line Sounds Like In 16 Languages

It’s one of the most iconic lines in cinema history, but if you’re reading this website the odds are high you’ve only ever heard it said in English. Let’s change that. This clip features a few duplicates (from different recordings of the movie), but covers everything from Japanese to Portuguese to Hungarian. If you’re the…

$5 Cosplay Challenge Ends In Hilariously Awful Costumes

Four friends lay down a challenge. They walk into a dollar store, can spend up to $5 and have to make a cosplay outfit with what they’ve bought. The results are…well. You’ve got to say they’re impressive given the price cap, moreso when you look at the costumes they’re attempting. Iron Man is pretty funny,…

Panda Goes Beserk, Wants To Kill You And Three Friends

In Bearzerkers, there is a mad panda on the loose. You play with three other friends, and need to be the one who doesn’t get trampled. As the devs put it, “you don’t have to run faster than the bear to survive, just faster than the person next to you.” Continuing the long-overdue resurgence of…

Little Girl Plays Portal 2, And Yes, It’s Very Cute

Hey, it’s Penny! The last time we saw Penny, she was playing Dark Souls II. This time around, she’s playing something a little more suitable for three year-olds. If you’re reaching for the subtitles within the first ten seconds, remember that a) she is three and b) she is an Australian three year-old. And I…

Destiny Looks Beautiful Even When It’s Standing Still

This isn’t technically a screenshot, since it’s a lot of screenshots stitched together to form a panorama, but still. The effect is stunning. It was put together by reader Fox. Thanks Fox! You can embiggen the image by clicking the “expand” button in the top-left corner. Note that the game also looks rather nice in…

What Would You Do?

I’m imagining countless thin old men on expensive leather couches pondering the responses to this for years to come. BadMiiversePosts [Twitter]

Google Is Awarding People The Title Of Pokémon Master

Remember Google’s Pokémon April Fools gag? There was more than just map-searching behind it, because those who took part and captured every single one of the critters are now being rewarded for their efforts. Reddit user tinygrump got sent this from Google last week. The letter is nice, but the business cards are priceless (seems…

Report: Khal Drogo Is Going To Play Aquaman

In good news for Game of Thrones fans, or fans of Aquaman who want the guy to get a little meaner, there are reports that DC’s underwater superhero will be appearing in the Batman v Superman movie. And he’ll be played by the same guy who played Khal Drogo. While it hasn’t been announced by…