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The Most Incredible PC Case Mod I’ve Ever Seen
Pardon the hyperbole, but boy, this is something else. Designer Hiroto Ikeuchi calls his PC the “secret base”. Most PC casemods are content with using some paint, maybe some basic custom cases. Ikeuchi’s is more like a work of art. Wired sayshis PC is inspired by stuff like Gundam and Macross. No matter where you…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 22, 2013 -
A League Of Legends Dictionary: Know What The Hell Is Going On
Don’t look now, but League of Legends is one of the biggest games in the world. And that’s in spite of the fact that, while appearing simple, it’s surprisingly complex, and burdened with one hell of a lexicon. If you’re new to the game, you won’t know your ARAMs from your Ward Hops, so Jeff…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 20, 2013 -
Rad Combo: Buy An Arcade Stick + Donate To Charity
The Platinum Capcom Cup Arcade FightStick Tournament Edition 2 isn’t just a mouthful, it’s one of the prettiest – and most exclusive – video game controllers around. The only people on Earth who will ever use one are the top placers at this year’s Capcom Cup fighting game tournament. Oh, and maybe you, if you…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 20, 2013 -
Culture
The New Robocop Should Have Looked Like This
Furio Tedeschi is a 3D artist who has worked in both video games and motion pictures, on projects like Halo 4, Pacific Rim, Star Wars and Silent Hill. He’s currently at McFarlane Toys, working on action figures. You can see more of Furio’s work at his Behance page and CGHub profile To see the larger…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 20, 2013 -
Report: Hunger Games Banner Has Protesters Facing Terrorism Charges
Some environmental activists in Oklahoma used a Hunger Games banner as part of a protest against Devon, an energy company. For their trouble, reports say they were locked up and are now facing terrorism charges. Having gained access to a building bearing Devon’s name, the protestors erected two huge banners, one of them bearing the…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 20, 2013 -
Dark Souls II’s PC Port Will Be Better
So says the game’s producer Takeshi Miyazoe, and I believe him. After all, it can’t be any worse than Dark Soul’s port. “We did know there were PC-specific features like key-mapping and use of the mouse and keyboard, high resolution and higher frame rate, stuff like that, but… It’s not that we ignored it, but…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 19, 2013 -
Culture
I’ll Be Honest, That Head Doesn’t Look Very Comfortable
Gavriil Klimov is a concept and 3D artist who has worked for clients like Kojima Productions, Treyarch, Blizzard and Pixar. 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 them as wallpaper),…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 19, 2013 -
In This, The Year Of Amazing Luigi Merchandise
As This, The Year Of Luigi draws to a close, let us gaze upon one of the finest Club Nintendo exclusives ever to materialise. Sadly, he will be out in March 2014, which is NotThe Year Of Luigi (it’ll be The Year Of Someone Else). The cost is 1500 Coins, which for an exclusive 5-inch…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 19, 2013 -
Marvel Kills Amazing Iron Man Suits
A group calling themselves the “Iron Man Factory” had hoped to use Kickstarter to fund construction of a series of incredible 3D-printed Iron Man costumes. They really should have asked Marvel first, though. Without their blessing, the comics giant has unsurprisingly shut the campaign down, which is a triumph for copyright law but sad news…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 19, 2013 -
LEGO Car Has LEGO Engine, Actually Drives
“The Super Awesome Micro Project”, as this has become known, is not a special effect. That really is a life-size car made out of LEGO, and it really is being powered by an engine made out of LEGO. Built from 500,000 bricks, the engine (four orbital engines with a total of 256 pistons) uses compressed…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 19, 2013 -
The Nintendo Blockbusters They’ll Never Actually Announce
Nintendo announces a lot of stuff during a Nintendo Direct, but a lot of it is usually fluff. It’s never the MEGATON you’re secretly hoping – and beating yourself up – for. Dan Teasdale’s Secret Nintendo Direct Announcement Finder lets you experience the momentary illusion of seeing those MEGATON dreams come true. So painful, and…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 19, 2013 -
Report: South Park Game Hilariously Censored In Australia
Australia may finally have an adults-only game rating, but that doesn’t mean anything and everything is approved for consumption down under. Take the upcoming South Park game, for example, whose alien anal probe scene has had to be heavily censored for Australian release. Seems alien anal probes are a sore point for Australian censors; Saints…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 19, 2013 -
Luke’s Top 10 Games Of 2013
I must have played hundreds of games this year. Maybe more. Maybe millions of games. I’m about to tell you which of them were my favourite. Keep reading to indulge me. Some of the games that made the cut, like Assassin’s Creed IV and Gunpoint, were no-brainers. Easily two of the best games I’ve played…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 18, 2013 -
Lawsuit Accuses EA Of Lying About Battlefield 4
Battlefield 4’s PC version has had some problems since launch. For some, this is an annoyance and an inconvenience. For others, it’s grounds for a lawsuit. We’ve already seenone firm consider taking the giant publisher to court, but there’s now a second, filed in a U.S. District Court and which is the first step towards…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 18, 2013 -
Report: Zynga Founder Asked Obama To “Pardon” Edward Snowden
Yesterday, a bunch of America’s leading tech sector executives met with US President Barack Obama. They were meant to be talking about the failure of Heathcare.gov, but things got really interesting when the conversation moved onto the fate of NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden. The former CIA employee, who fled overseas to avoid US prosection for…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 18, 2013 -
Next-Gen RPG Has No Monsters, Magic Or Minotaurs
We first coveredthis as a project over a year ago, but today Czech studio Warhorse is officially unveiling a very different kind of RPG: Kingdom Come: Deliverance. Due on PC and “next-gen consoles” in 2015, it’s been built on Crytek’s CryEngine 3. What’s making it stand out is that it’s an open-world RPG that’s set…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 18, 2013 -
The Only Pokémon Book You’ll Ever Need
Artist Kari Fry has put together this exquisite Pokémon book that acts as a field guide to the region of Kanto. It’s exactly the kind of thing you’d buy if Pokémon was real. Or realise it’s not, and just want a copy anyway. It’s got lavish full-colour illustrations of all 151 original Pokémon, a map…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 18, 2013 -
Culture
Killer Art From Uncharted, The Last Of Us & Magic: The Gathering
Eytan Zana is a concept artist who works at Naughty Dog, where he’s worked on both the Uncharted series and the studio’s latest title, The Last Of Us. He’s also done some Magic: The Gathering art. So chances are if you’re reading this site you’ve seen something he’s done in the last five years! We’ve…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 18, 2013 -
Arnold Schwarzenegger Has Killed 509 People. Here They All Are.
From his first appearance in 1969’s Hercules in New York to the present day, Arnold Schwarzenegger has killed 509 people/animals/things on the silver screen. And you can see every last one in this video. OK, so things start a little vague, but once we hit Conan it becomes a lot clearer just when someone’s ticket’s…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 18, 2013
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