Luke Plunkett

An American Idol Winner Played In A Fighting Game Tournament…

Just when you thought the stories coming out of fighting game tournament Evo were as interesting as they were going to get, along comes a tale for the reality TV/Street Fighter fans out there. Of which there must be at least one Turns out Taylor Hicks, who won American Idol a few years back, entered…

Amazing Cosplay Video Guest Stars Cersei, Danny Glover &…The Hoff

I’ve already mentioned how great the London Film & Comic-Con looked as an outsider, but this video is only making me wish I’d actually been there. It’s a nice vid! It’s got some terrific cosplay! And it’s got Danny Glover in it! And Lena “Cersei Lannister” Headey! London Film & Comic Con – July 2013…

Another Mario Movie For The Call Of Duty Generation

The Mario Warfare series continues after a few months rest/preparation. It continues to be the best place to see Mushroom Kingdom characters fighting with barrels and assault rifles. If you haven’t caught an episode before, you can start catching up here Mario Warfare 3 [Beatdown]

Nintendo’s First Proper Console Was So 80s It Had A Cassette Deck

So, the Famicom turned 30 today. In honour of that, let’s look at one of the coolest accessories ever made for the console, one that sadly never made it out of Japan. In 1984, Nintendo released the Famicom Data Recorder, a tape deck peripheral for the console. Yes, cassette tape. The Data Recorder was a…

Crazy Skyrim Mod Is Basically A Free Expansion

You can keep your wacky texture changes, the best kind of Skyrim mods are the ones where people go all out, adding entire new areas to the map and giving you as much stuff to do as you’d expect from something official, that you have to pay for. This is Falskaar, an ambitious mod which…

Persona Is A Game About Time

I just finished a marathon few months where, having been previously unfamiliar with the series, I burned through Personas 3 & 4, back-to-back. There are so many things I want to write about these fantastic games, so many feelings, but the one thing that’s struck me the most about them is how well they handle…

Zelda Fans, Drop What You’re Doing And Check Out This Art Collection

This. Is. Incredible Fan site History of Hyrule have done an amazing job tracking down all old art from The Legend of Zelda: A Link To The Past from all kinds of old magazines, manuals, products and publications, and have scanned and uploaded the images online. To say it’s a treasure trove of old Nintendo…

Final Fantasy Composer Helping Out On Beautiful iPad Adventure

It’s been a long time since we heard from the gorgeous Oceanhorn, an iPad game that’s inspired by everything from Wind Waker to Seiken Densetsu. Long enough to make me worried about the project’s future. Which is silly, because the team were just saving themselves for a very pleasant, and unexpected surprise. The guys behind…

The Only Place You’ll See Skyrim, Batman & BioShock Get Together

The closer we get to Comic-Con, the better the cosplay gets. That’s not opinion, it’s science. So this week’s cosplay roundup is just a little better than last week’s, and I imagine next week’s will be even better still Not that every costume here was made for the show. Obviously, many weren’t. They’ll have nothing…

Sub-Zero…Wins…But So Does Superman…And Wonder Woman…

Bernard Beneteau is a senior character artist at WB Games, where he most recently did a lot of work on fighting game Injustice. He’s previously worked at Ubisoft and Midway. Prior to Injustice, Benetau also contributed to the Mortal Kombat reboot (MK9) and the MK vs DC game. You can see more Injustice art in…

An Album That Looks Like A Badass Old Video Game

Ghidoragh is the name of a New Zealand band who just put out their first EP, called Threat Level Ultra. It’s fantastic. Not just because it’s inspired by video games, and has a badass Roger Dean-inspired cover art reminiscent of old Psygnosis art, but because they skipped releasing it on vinyl or CD and are…

When Losing A Game Actually Means Something

Death or defeat in a video game is normally something to be glossed over, brushed aside as you continue (or repeat) a stage on your way to inevitable victory. A quick “GAME OVER” screen, maybe a prompt or two, then you’re back into the action. Where’s the realism in that? The sense of consequence? Life…

Ultra Street Fighter IV Will Be Out In 2014

The update to Street Fighter IV that spilled out yesterday now has a name: it’s going to be sold in a complete pack as Ultra Street Fighter IV, which adds five new fighters to the game, along with a range of tweaks. Four the five fighters have been announced. They’re Rolento, Poison, Hugo and Elena.…

Awesome Tattoo Looks Like Suit Of Armor

Dmitry Bronya is the man responsible for this incredible tattoo, which looks less like a heart or Koi fish, and more like something that’d protect you from a maniac swinging a giant blade. I normally look at tattoos and think that while it looks cool now, in 10, or 20, or 30 year’s time, it’ll…

Crazy Mario Kart Cosplay Features…Famous Race Driver

Sebastian Vettel is the defending Formula 1 world champ. You could argue that makes him the best race driver in the world. But as we all know, skill alone means squat in a game of Mario Kart. Vettel took part in the German edition of the Red Bull Soapbox Race over the weekend, dressed as…

Where Gaming Meets Jackass (And Humiliated Humans)

That’s how new show Saigo No Senshi is billed by its creators. And…it’s pretty much on the money. People play games, games result in stupid challenges, the challenges result in physical pain. Sounds simple, but as with most kinds of shows of this type, it all hinges on the chemistry and humour of those involved.…

A Guide To Fighting Game Words You Might Not Understand

As the business end of Evo 2013 approaches, and spectator numbers swell, there might be those among you who want to watch the action go down but have no idea what people are actually talking about. This handy guide, by the folks at Shoryuken, should help. You’ll especially want to check out the “What on…

Smash Bros. Survives Ban, Becomes Biggest Fighting Stream In History

It’s a good thing Nintendodidn’t follow through with its reported attempts to ban streams of Smash Bros. Melee from this year’s Evo fighting game tournament. Because it just became, for the time being at least, the biggest fighting game stream of all time. At its peak during the game’s finals held earlier today, over 130,000…

Only Total War Could Make A Hill Look This Exciting

Rather than let the unwashed masses make “Let’s Play” videos of the upcoming Total War: Rome II, Creative Assembly and Sega have cut out the middle man and made one themselves. The chit-chat must be tolerated, because every chance to see this game in action is a chance you’ve got to take. I was initially…

Epic has officially cancelled Infinity Blade: Dungeons, though most had already kinda figured it was done when its developers were closed in February