Luke Plunkett

Two Companies Go To War Over A Neo Geo Handheld

On the weekend, SNK issued a press release saying that the Neo Geo X handheld – a re-release of the company’s famous home console – was done for. Only a few days later, the company licensing the handheld from SNK says nope, we’ll keep selling it. In case you couldn’t tell from the original SNK…

GTA: Australia Has The Same Old GTA Problems

Weird animation issues? Check. Crazy civilians? Check. Australians buying drugs and…wait a minute. Only once has the GTA series left American shores. I can’t see it happening again, and if it did, it won’t come to Australia. But a man can dream. And so can these guys. The Thing About GTA V… [Max & Sam]

Just How Much Crap Can A Video Game Character Carry?

The short answer is “too much”. The long answer is: over 800 pounds for a Grand Theft Auto character, and when it comes to Minecraft, holy shit. If you didn’t know that you could carry 25% of the total gold ever mined by the human species on your back, well, now you know. How Much…

It’s Cosplay Time. Deal With It.

When will the internet tire of cosplay from Avatar, Skyrim, League of Legends, Attack on Titan, Zelda, Portal and Assassin’s Creed? Never, that’s when. Below is the best cosplay from the last week. Enjoy! (Top gif from Epic Win Bros video.) To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough,…

My New Favourite Thing: 100 Cars Exploding In GTA V

Put explosions and decent physics in a game and you can be sure people will spend a lot of time making some very impressive things blow up. In this case, over 100 cars at a time, in what we can call a fiery display of metal-and-upholstery fireworks. If you’re wondering how it was done, creator…

When Hipsters Ruin A Dungeons & Dragons Game

Zero Charisma is an upcoming movie about a bunch of D&D-playing friends who recruit a new player to their game. A man who cares about his jeans, and brings beer As our sister site io9 points out, the portrayal of “nerds” in the movie may not be that flattering. The existing players are your tired…

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The PS4’s Mobile App Sounds Fantastic. No, Really.

Sony has spoken briefly about the new PlayStation app for phones and tablets before, but some new screenshots of the thing in action, and a summary of its abilities from PlayStation’s boss, show why it’s a lot better than the old one. It does simple stuff like let you compare profiles and trophies, like the…

Assassin’s Creed IV Isn’t All Rum & Beaches. There’s…Montreal, Too.

While it’s easy to get carried away and think you’ll be spending your entire Assassin’s Creed IV experience walking planks and punching sharks, remember: there’ll be near-future shenanigans going on as well. And going by this art, looks like it’ll be taking place in Montreal. Which is convenient, since that’s where the main studio making…

Cosplayers vs Stadium Security Is A New And Hilarious Thing

The League of Legends World Championship finals are going down at the Staples Center in Los Angeles tomorrow, and there’ll be a big crowd in attendance. Among them will be plenty of cosplayers. Who are going to have some interesting conversations with security, no doubt. Because of the type of venue, and the fact it’s…

The Apocalypse Comes To France, And It Looks Beautiful

No zombies. No atomic wastelands. No earthquakes. In this wonderful little film by Claire & Maxime shoots the City of Love and just deletes all the people. Same beautiful city, none of the sass.

Want To Play Xbox One Early? Then You Must Suffer.

The Xbox One isn’t out until November, and unless you’re lucky enough to be living near a travelling roadshow or consumer expo, you’re going to have to wait until November to play one. Or…will you… There is one other way. But I warn you. It is fraught with peril. And…American Idol washouts. That way is…

Good Guy BioShock Updates Old PC Game, Makes It Better

BioShock 2 used to run through the loathed Games For Windows Live. Now that Microsoft’s service is done for, though, the game’s Steam version has just been updated. And what an awesome job they’ve done. Canadian studio Digital Extremes (Darkness II, Dark Sector), who originally handled the multiplayer for the PC version of the game,…

Watch This Video About Robots Shooting Each Other, Right Now

This is Keloid. It’s not a movie. It’s not a trailer. It’s not even a short. It’s just a “spec” project, a mock trailer made to let those involved flex their creative muscles and come up with their vision of a future where robots fight wars, and those robots look fantastic If you’re wondering as…

Walter White’s Secret History Of Nerd Acting

OK, so it’s not that secret, but in this, a week where Bryan Cranston’s final performance as Walter White has been the talk of the internet, it’s as good a time as any to look back on a time when he was…doing voice-over work for anime. Before Breaking Bad, before Malcolm in the Middle and…

Boy’s Tombstone Shows Him Playing…Pokémon

This is, sadly, the tombstone of a five year-old boy, located in a cemetery in Lund, Sweden. A boy who obviously loved his Pokémon so much it’s become a big part of his memorial. Peek over his shoulder and you’ll see that the artist responsible for the tombstone has depicted him with his Game Boy…

Build A Ship, Lose The Ship, Build Another Ship, Go Shoot Some Ships

Defect SDK is a game about designing a ship, building it then going off into space to do some damage. The catch being that at some point, the perfect ship you’ve designed to beat will be turned against you when your crew defects. Forcing you to design an even more perfect ship to beat it.…

Cheap Robot Arm Turns Disabled Kid Into Sci-Fi Superstar

Dee Faught is 17, and suffers from osteogenesis imperfecta, commonly known as “brittle bone disease”. For years he’s been unable to perform even simple tasks like turning off his own lightswitch. Now, however, he’s got a degree of independence. All thanks to his badass new robot arm. A team of student engineers at Rice Universeity…

Playing As A Blind Girl Is More Colorful Than You’d Think

Beyond Eyes is a game by Sherida Halatoe, where you control a young girl who was blinded in an accident. Fearful of outside spaces, she nevertheless has to set off on an adventure when her cat goes missing. Despite being blind, she gets around by using her other senses to reveal the environment to you,…

Los Santos Is A Beautiful Place (If You Stand Still Long Enough)

Spend your time driving and everything whizzes past you in a blur. Spend your time running around and you’re likely more focused on shooting people than admiring scenery. But if you just stopped for a second and watched Grand Theft Auto V’s world pass you by, maybe you’d appreciate just how beautiful it is. A…