Luke Plunkett

When He Was Nine, This Guy Made A Terrific “Game Boy” Out Of Paper

Reddit user Juankestein has shared images of a “Game Boy” he built when he was 9. Which is a fancy name for something he made out of paper. It’s awesome. To mimic the scrolling effect of a 2D platformer, he’s made levels on long rolls of paper, which as crude as it sounds isn’t that…

Sony, Dreamworks Wanted To Make A Half-Life Movie

I’ve never read the book Generation Xbox, about video games invading Hollywood. Our columnist Superannuation (who’s on a bit of a video game vs Hollywood run at the moment) has, though, and has found something interesting tucked away inside. Seems that at one point, years ago, Valve (and its agents) met with both Sony Pictures…

I Can’t Tell If These Are Game Screens Or Photos Of Cars

I know, you know, we all know, Project CARS looks amazing. I’m not here today to try and educate you. I’m just here to revel in its beauty. Yeah, screenshots are usually iffy, often spiced up at the hands of artists, but the thing about these is that they’re not the work of developers, or…

Mirror’s Edge Makes Comeback On…German TV Commercial

NeoGAF user Rolf NB spotted this commercial yesterday, originally aired back in April for German company Web.de. And, yeah, it looks a lot like Mirror’s Edge. Sure, you could say it’s a rip-off. Or you could take the glass-half-full route and recognise that hey, the people who made the clip probably really liked Mirror’s Edge,…

A Sex Doll Factory Also Manufactures Nightmares

OK, so this is pushing my normal beat of “toys” to its most extreme (and NSFW) fringes, but come on. This was too interesting to pass up. Photographer Zackary Canepari has done a series called “Love Machines”, which is a range of fascinating, terrifying photos from the production floor of Abyss Creations, a sex doll…

Times Square Is Less Of A Hassle After Aliens Blow It Up

Dan Ghiordanescu is a concept artist who works at Travian Games, but who has previously lent his talents to projects like Crysis 2. In the gallery below, then, you’ll see a few shots from Crytek’s game, but also a lot more other works that are a little less focused on the alien destruction of New…

Well, Someone Had To Combine Minecraft And DayZ Eventually

Give people long enough in the shadow of great, inspirational games, and they won’t just look to emulate one, they’ll look to emulate a bunch of them in the one title. 7DTD (7 Days To Die) is an indie project that, well, as you can see from the clip above, it blends the survival elements…

25 Years Later, This Guy’s Childhood Game Dream Is Coming True

I had a childhood game dream. It was to make a single game that combined Dark Forces, X-Wing and Privateer. I am nothing if not ambitious, but then, I am a lot less closer to my dream than Andrew Bado is. He had a game idea 25 years ago, and ten years ago started making…

Wow, The Next Adventure Time Game Looks Awesome

Not that the last one was terrible, not by any stretch of the imagination, but the next Adventure Time game – which has the stupendous title “Adventure Time Explore the Dungeon Because I DON’T KNOW!” – looks hot. Basically, it looks like Diablo. Only more fun. Also: don’t skip the “dev diary” parts. They’re with…

Relax, Here’s 270,000 Dominoes Falling Down (It’s A New World Record)

It took a team of twelve people over a week to set this up. Over 270,000 dominoes, lined up painstakingly, just so one lucky guy got to knock the first one down and set a new Guinness World Record*. The feat was achieved by the team at Sinners, a “Domino Entertainment” group from Germany. I…

Sony Forgets How Internet Works, Competition Won By Accused Hacker

With the best intentions in the world, Sony recently opened up a competition called Bid For Greatness, which would let PS3 users compete to get hold of some props and costumes used in the company’s recent “Greatness” commercial. There seems to be a problem, though, and it lies in Sony’s execution. See, each item is…

I Don’t Know What The Hell’s Going On Here, But I Like It

If I didn’t have kids, I would have my walls covered with prints by Philippines-based artist Reynan Sanchez. Every one of his original illustrations is like the cover to a comic I wish I could read, if only it actually existed. And his fan art, like the God of War piece below, makes you wish…

Somebody Help Me, This Sonic Game Looks…Good

I know. Look, I know, alright? I should know better. But I’m an optimist. And Sonic Lost World keeps looking sweet. It’ll inevitably be terrible on release (it’s out on 3DS and Wii U on October 22), but for now, let’s watch the video below and pretend that we’re already playing it, and we keep…

Sounds like peripheral company Performance Designed Products (PDP) is in trouble, and that in turn is affecting its sponsorship of fighting game outfit Team AfterGlowElite (Team AGE). We contacted PDP after hearing reports that the company had instituted “mass layoffs”, which in turn had meant the disbandment of the successful Team AGE only days after…

David Jaffe Returns To Help With Another Car Combat Game

Twisted Metal creator David Jaffe has teamed up with some of the developers behind the underrated Interstate 76 to begin work on a new vehicle combat game called..MotorGun. Currently looking for funding on Kickstarter, MotorGun looks and sounds pretty much exactly how you’d imagine a game coming from those guys to be. MotorGun will weld…

The Best Way To Play Dark Souls Is To Be A Coward

Every time I hear people talking about Dark Souls, it’s always about bosses, and exploits, and tactics. Me, I suck at the game, so my experience tends to be a little more like these guys. Cowards of Dark Souls (Live Action) [Max & Sam]

There’s A League Of Legends…2D Fighting Game

Not satisfied with playing League of Legends as an arena battle game, some fans have decided to turn the multiplayer smash into a 2D fighting game. It’s called League of Fighters, and in some good news for those who live in constant fear of video game lawyers, the developers were smart enough to reach out…

Forza 5 Isn’t All On The Disc [UPDATE]

While Microsoft has done away with its “daily check-in” requirement for the Xbox One, that’s not the end of strange new digital firsts for the system. Witness Forza 5, which even when you buy it on disc, needs to download more of the game online the first time you fire it up. UPDATE: A Microsoft…

Guys, Police Quest Is (Basically) Back

It may not have the official name (that’s lost somewhere in Activision’s archives), but upcoming PC adventure game Precinct is, from the designer down to the fundamentals, trying to be something fans of the classic Sierra series will be very interested in. Police Quest founder and designer Jim Walls is leading development on the project,…

If you’ve ever wanted to see one of the world’s best footballers dressed up like a bad Doctor Who villain, all in the name of video games, now’s your chance.