Luke Plunkett

Jake Kazdal has had one hell of a career. He’s been a Nintendo Gameplay Counselor. Made N64 games. Worked on both Rez and Space Channel 5. Made Skulls Of The Shogun. Edge has a great story on his journey from artist to developer that you really should read

When East Meets West Meets An Acid Trip

Arnaud Valette is a freelance concept artist who has worked in both games and film, most recently on card games for Applibot and movies like Guardians of the Galaxy and Man of Steel. He’s also got to work on Game of Thrones. Lucky sod. Arnauld recently published a book of his works called Red Mescaline…

Track: I | Album: Glaciers | Artist: Blue Sky Black Death Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to—and gaming to—at the moment.

LAN Party Gaming PC Looks Like a Working Man’s Lunchbox

This one’s for all the LAN party devotees out there. The Fang Battle Box is a gaming PC designed specifically for those who lug their computers around to LAN parties. Which, as you can see from some of the images here, can be a precarious business. The Fang’s solution is to use a smaller motherboard…

A Cool Sci-Fi Game Where You’re Stuck On A Giant Jumbo Jet

CONSORTIUM is a first-person game, with shooting in it, but it’s not a first-person shooter. Despite the sci-fi setting, and the constant narrative potential for violence, and the moments of actual violence, this is an adventure game. And an RPG. And a pretty good one at that. You play a crew member on a giant…

When DualShock 4 Controllers Explode (On Websites)

Sony’s got a fancy new store page that lets you scroll down and, as your mouse wheel rolls, some cool animations play. Like this one, of an exploding DualShock 4. If you ever wondered why controllers are $60 new, it’s because there’s priceless Italian art hidden inside every one. Discover [Sony, via Kotaku AU]

Rubber Band Gatling Gun Fires 672 Rounds In 48 Seconds

Don’t be the guy who flicks a single rubber band off your thumb and thinks they’re a killer. Be the guy who takes Jesse Ventura’s minigun from Predator, loads it with hundreds of rubber bands and destroys entire classrooms with it. This beast is the Rubber Band Rambo, a Ukrainian invention designed by student Alexander…

Hollywood Is Making A Magic Card Movie Series. Yup.

Fox has lined up writer Simon Kinberg to produce a movie series based on Magic: The Gathering. That’s right. Not just one movie. A whole series. It’s hoped that the films can be Fox’s own competitor to stuff like Lord of the Rings. Big talk for a property that’s primarily a card game, and not…

Track: Unsilent Death | Album: Unsilent Death | Artist: Nails Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to—and gaming to—at the moment.

Gatorade had a mobile game last yearin which water was portrayed as “the enemy that hinders performance”. Sigh.

New Muppets Trailer Nails Stupid Internet Comments

This new trailer for the upcoming Muppets movie aired during the Golden Globes, hence the initial preoccupation with awards. A focus which swiftly shifts to some trailer producers who know their internet comment routines a little too well.

The Difference Between Anime Fans And Everyone Else

If you respond to this as a furiously upset anime fan (who cannot take a joke), note that you are the unwritten sequel to this comic. If you’re laughing, Caldwell Tanner is the man to thank Critically JaPanned [loldwell, via neatorama]

FOR LEASE: Old Castle (No Deer, Sorry)

Polish artist Mathias Zamęcki is a freelancer who has worked both for local games studios as well as board games company Fantasy Flight. You can see more of his work at his personal site and CGHub page To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you can save…

Ladies Against Humanity Would Be The Card Game’s Perfect Expansion

You know what there’s a lot of in Cards Against Humanity? Bodily fluid jokes. Know what there aren’t many of? Jokes written by ladies (the game’s creators are all dudes). The site Ladies Against Humanity fixes this by offering up their own (and some community-submitted) options. While this could have been license for a whole…

Xbox Twitter Account Hacked By…Syrians

The Syrian Electronic Army, ostensibly a political activist group, must have had some downtime over the weekend, because instead of going after political opponents of the Syrian leadership they went and hacked one of Xbox’s Twitter accounts. The company’s Xbox Support account – which sounds like a roughplace to work– was taken over for around…

Cosplay From The End Of The World

Growing up in Russia in the 1980s and 90s, Dimitri Seizef was inspired by all kinds of dark, moody and dystopian fiction, from video games to movies to comic books. No wonder then that he’s carried that love through to his cosplay business. Nuclear Snail Studios, Seizef’s venture, doesn’t just do cosplay for fun; he’s…

Fans Are Making The Ultimate Tony Hawk Game

A small group of fans (thanks morten, %gone, quazz, chc, krad, demo and frost!) have taken Tony Hawk’s Underground 2 and modded the pants off it, adding a bunch of levels and getting the whole thing running in 1080p. They’ve also improved online play, added new skater customisation options and even included settings that’ll change…

Two Bad Dudes, The President And A Well-Earned Burger

Everyone always makes fun of the end of Bad Dudes, but hey, what if the offer was sincere? Cartoonist Zac Gorman illustratesthe casual encounter.

Super Smash Bros. Gets A New Old Challenger: King Dedede

King Dedede, who is as bad as baddies get in the Kirby universe, is no stranger to the Smash Bros. series, having been in Brawl. He’s back now in the upcoming Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and 3DS, only this time he’s getting his ass kicked by the Wii Fit Trainer. OK, so he’s…

The Man Who Helped Change The Look Of Halo

It’s not often that video game artists make the headlines, but Kenneth Scott made a few this week when he left his post as art director at 343 studios. That’s kind of a big deal for fans because he was in charge of shaping the series’ visual identity. It’s far from terrible news – his…