Luke Plunkett

Human Transforms Into White Walker (With Creepy Timelapse)

No babies were harmed in the making of this White Walker. That’s Elsa Rhae under all the make-up, proving once again that you don’t always need a killer costume or prop to pull off some fantastic cosplay. Here’s a time-lapse of the transformation, which gets creepier the longer you stare at it. You can see…

Famous Wii Vaporware Is Back From The Dead [Update]

Sadness is a fable so old that most of our original stories on the “game” no longer exist on the internet. One of the most notorious pieces of vapourware in video games history, it was at one point a posterchild for the hardcore’s hopes for the Wii. Now it wants to haunt the Wii U…

CynShenzi as Commander Shepard. Photo by Nakana-Focus, weapons by Rock ‘n’ Block

The Rural American Occult Needs A Shotgun To The Face

“An action RPG set in 1920s Massachusetts. Create and manage a team of investigators in a story-driven supernatural mystery.” If that’s not a game you can’t get behind, then I don’t know what’s up with you. Witchmarsh is a game we first looked at last year, when it was a twinkle in the internet’s eye,…

Someone Noticed We Like Sailing Giant Ships With Cannons

Ask anyone what their favourite parts of Assassin’s Creed IV were and if they don’t tell you they were the parts where you’re on a giant ship then they’re lying and are probably a terrible person. Naval Action is all about tall ships with big guns, letting you sail the seas blowing splinters into the…

The Battlefield Is A Beautiful Place

Jose Daniel Cabrera Peña is a concept artist at Sony’s Santa Monica studio. When it comes to his work, he’s a master of both historical battlefields and those with a little more carnage to them. You can see more of Jose’s stuff at his personal site and ArtStation page. To see the larger pics in…

The Future Of Gifs Will Destroy Our Bandwidth

Reader ghostlolol dropped a 50fps, 36mb gif (not this one up top) into Kirk’s Xbox One post from earlier today. It’s the Spruce Goose of Titanfall gifs. It is amazing, so amazing we figured we’d put it here for everyone who missed it, but be warned, if you’re on a phone or have bandwidth concerns,…

Transformers Costume Doesn’t Just Transform, It Rolls Out

Imagine being one of those little kids, seeing this and losing your shit This is NOLATron, a street performer from New Orleans who was captured in this video performing in Ann Arbor, MI.

It Takes Over 22,000 Bricks Build A LEGO Avengers’ Helicarrier

LEGO Ideas is the new name for the grassroots program that’s seen sets like Ghostbusters, Minecraft and Back to the Future become LEGO reality. It will also, in my wildest dreams, let this monstrosity become something we can buy. It looks like a nightmare to build, and would be prohibitively expensive. And that’s assuming you’ve…

Yeah, Get Out Of There Dude

Rasmus Berggreen is a Danish artist who, before helping set up his own visual development studio, worked at Hitman developers IO. He co-founded his studio, MOOD, with Jan Ditlev, whose work we’ve featured here previously. You can see more of Rasmus’ work at his personal site and ArtStation page To see the larger pics in…

Arya Stark, Is That You?

In the Game of Thrones TV series, Arya Stark is played by English actress Maisie Williams. This is not Maisie Williams. It’s cosplayer Ginny Diguiseppi who, thanks to a great costume, make-up work, the perfect expression and photography by WeNeals, gets about as close to matching her on-screen inspiration as I’ve seen It’s a common…

The Internet Reacts To Google Trying To Buy Twitch

Both Variety and The Wall Street Journal have reported tonight that Google is in talks to buy Twitch. Some people are happy about this. Other people are not. Here’s a snapshot of the internet’s immediate reaction to the proposed move. We’ll start close to home: There’s positive sentiment coming from the e-sports scene, one of…

Report: YouTube Is Buying Twitch For $1 Billion

According to “sources familiar with the pact”, Variety is reporting that Google (specifically, YouTube) has already reached a deal to buy game streaming service Twitch. For, oh, $1 billion UPDATE: The Wall Street Journal disputes this, and claims that while a deal is indeed being worked on, “The talks are at an early stage, and…

Westeros vs Planet Earth: Who Has The Biggest Walls (And Animals)?

This probably isn’t the most important comparison you’re going to make today, but it might be the most interesting. If only because it puts into perspective just how damn big The Wall really is. Max Fleishman and Theresa Garritano made these awesome infographics for The Daily Dot that compare various elements of Game of Thrones…

Reminder: Daenerys Ate A Heart

David Paget is a freelance artist who has worked for studios like Atomhawk. He also drew this Daenerys image, which is one of the most breathtaking pieces of fan art I have ever seen. That’s not where the cool stuff ends, though. Paget is also a lecturer, and as part of a university project designed…

There Are Too Many New Games On Steam

There have already been more new games released on Steam in 2014 than there were in all of 2013. And it’s only May. By itself, and on principle, this isn’t a problem. The more games available, the better. But – and this ties directly into something I was talking about last week – it’s a…

Left 4 Dead Coming To Japanese Arcades, Sounds Amazing

This project was announced a little while ago, but this is our first good look at Taito’s licensed take on Left 4 Dead. As an arcade game. In Japan. You won’t notice much different about the gameplay footage. It’s Left 4 Dead as you know it. But that narration. It cuts the series’ tone off…

A Portrait Of One Game’s “Average” Gamer

The developers behind Runescape, in conjunction with photographer Chris Dorley-Brown, have taken survey data and real player’s faces and combined it all to create this composite portrait of the game’s “average” player. It’s a white dude, with a dash of feminine touches. Surprise! The two most pertinent stats contributing to the face’s make-up is that…

Wait, There Weren’t Giant Gorillas In Portal…

Like yesterday’s subject, Pierre Raveneau, today’s Fine Art showcase is looking at the work of an artist at Gameloft’s Madrid studio: Victoria Passariello. A lover of robots, she specialises in hard surface modeling, which explains why all these robots look so metallic You can see more of Victoria’s work at her personal site. To see…

Steam Early Access Game Gets…Boxed Copy

Star-spanning strategy game Planetary Annihilation isn’t really “out” yet, since it’s still part of Steam’s Early Access program. Not that this has stopped a boxed, physical copy of the game turning up for sale. Called the Planetary Annihilation – Early Access Edition (and out in June), it costs more than the digital copy, and includes…