Luke Plunkett

Your Childhood Wishes Its Model Kits Were This Good

Did you make models as a kid? I did. Plastic cement and messy decals were a weekly duo on my kitchen table. I got better as I got older, but even by the time I stopped (at around 14), I could only dream of putting together kits like this. This is the work of Japanese…

Rich Maniac Still Wants To Build A Real Rapture

He’s been trying to get this off the ground for years now, but last week PayPal founder Peter Thiel took one step closer to his dream of building an aquatic utopia populated solely by rich/smart/weird folks “who wish to demonstrate new ways of living together”. So, yeah, Rapture. And we all know how well that…

Awesome Art From A Man Responsible For EA’s “Orange Soldier Glow”

It’s been a design mainstay for some EA games since Bad Company 2, the “orange glow behind a soldier dude” effect about as iconic as modern game art gets. If you want someone to blame/thank for this trend, then Robert Sammelin is a good place to start. You could also, more practically, blame the fact…

A Sad Farewell To The Coolest Fighter Jet Of All Time

Anyone who grew up watching cartoons, or playing video games, or just taking an interest in large, expensive vehicles will be saddened to hear today that the US military has indicated the end is nigh for the fabled A-10 Warthog. Incorrectly labelled “ugly” by some detractors, the fact is the A-10 is the coolest damn…

Idiot Steals Car, Blames Own Crime On Grand Theft Auto

Normally, it takes a third party to blame a crime on a video game. A sensationalist tabloid, or a stuffy politician. Not in Zachary Burgess’ case, though, the 20 year-old only too happy to blame his own actions on Grand Theft Auto Police report that early on Saturday morning, Burgess jumped into a car in…

What It’s Like Meeting A Cosplayer Who’s Cosplaying As…You

Natalie Dormer plays Margaery Tyrell on the Game of Thrones TV series. She recently went to her first ever nerd convention, so was suitably warned: there will be people cosplaying there. As you “That was my first convention, my virgin convention experience,” she tells Entertainment Weekly. “Other members of the crew and cast said, ‘Someone…

Journey Cartoon Sums Up Most People’s Journey Experience

Sure, at times it can feel magical, especially on that first playthrough, but after a while, the fact you can’t communicate with anything more than a pulse can get on your nerves. Especially if the person you’re playing with is a troll/moron. Journey [Balbod]

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You Can Fly Like Superman In Grand Theft Auto V

Some cheats for Grand Theft Auto V are about stuff like makin’ money. They justifiably disable the ability for that save to rack up achievements. Others, though, just want you to be free This one looks more like something you’d see as a mod for the PC version, but since that inevitability is likely 6-12…

80’s Movie Cosplay Is The Best Kind Of Cosplay

While video game cosplay is the primary focus of this feature, I sometimes let my attention wander a little and include stuff from other mediums if I think it’s good enough. And Weird Science cosplay is definitely good enough. Also good enough? Hungarian cosplayer Enji Night, who has managed to make it here twice in…

You Can Play Your Original SNES Online, Don’t You Know

This is SNESoIP, an open-source project put together by a pair of Germans that lets you play original SNES games, using original SNES hardware, over the internet. You could technically do this back in the day using stuff like XBAND, but it was terrible. This, despite it’s been in development for only a few weeks,…

Art That Will Punch Your Eyeballs In Their Stupid Eyeball Faces

British artist Dan Morison has worked in advertising, music video and film, with clients ranging from Xbox to Nike to Guinness. I could paint my entire house in murals of this stuff. Then maybe my neighbour’s place. You can see more of Dan’s work at his personal site (thanks Super Punch!) To see the larger…

Cats Can Also Unlock An iPhone 5S

It’s not just human nipples that can enjoy the safety and security of the new iPhone’s “fingerprint” scanners. Cats can now also sleep easy knowing their contacts and messages are accessible only to those with matching pawprints. The clip above shows Techcrunch putting the phone through its paces with a…cat. They report that while it’s…

Spelunky Was On The Emmys Tonight

Television’s night of nights is also Spelunky’s night of nights, it seems, with the brutal platformer making a surprise appearance during the awards show. The Colbert Report won for Best Writing In A Variety Series, and when they cut to one of those writers, Rob Dubbin (who also writes about games sometimes) he was…playing Spelunky.…

Hey, Aeris Is Back (Well, Her Clothes Are) In The New Final Fantasy

Did you know Square Enix likes catering to its existing fanbase? Witness this preorder bonus for Japanese customers buying a certain strategy guide for Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII. It gives star Lightning an Aeris outfit. Presumably as-new, with no holes or stains. No word yet on how, or if, it’ll be made available for…

Mentally Challenged Man Beaten For His GTA V (Happy Ending Follows)

Rohan Dawkins (above, left), from Delray Beach, Florida, is a student at a local ACCESS program for adults with intellectual disabilities. Having saved up money from his weekend job at a Home Depot he, like millions of other people around the world, was able to buy a copy of Grand Theft Auto V last week.…

Cosplayer Cops Legal Threat From…Carpet Company

Even though there’s a growing business around the wares they create and parade, cosplayers rarely run into legal problems from the people who own the copyrights to the characters they’re dressed up as. Which only makes this legal problem all the more absurd. Seeing as cosplay is in essence a form of homage, and in…

Retailer Confirms There Was No Cocaine At Its GTA V Launch Party

Because of course we all thought there was actual cocaine all over the counter at a GTA launch in Australia earlier this week, retailer EB Games has thoroughly investigated the matter, and come to what it feels is a satisfactory conclusion. In a statement issued to MCV Pacific, an EB Games spokesperson said: Regrettably, one…

Someone Made A Real Version Of Call Of Duty Zombies

Zombie Blitz 1940 is a real-life ride…experience…thing, where 14 people are ushered through tunnels beneath London’s Waterloo station while dudes dressed like Nazi zombies try and eat their living flesh. So, yes, it’s Call of Duty’s zombie mode. Only without the score counters, and shrieking 12 year-olds. Instead, you’ll get shrieking grown-ups. Zombie Blitz [Wish,…

Sailor Moon vs Wonder Woman In A…Dance Battle

Welcome to the 21st century. So this is from a street dancing festival in Sweden, held earlier in the year (though the video only went up a few weeks ago). It’s certainly something. STREETSTAR 2013 – Vogue Femme Final Battle Lasseindra [YouTube, via Topless Robot]