Luke Plunkett

300 People Combine Like Voltron To Form The Super Mario Bros. Theme Song

Taking to the streets of Israel, filmmaker Eran Amir recorded over 300 people singing a single note. In isolation, they were just singing a single note. Who cares. All put together, they make beautiful, beautiful music. The Human Piano! [YouTube, via Laughing Squid]

Your Next Phone Could Be More Powerful Than A PS3

In 2005-06, the Xbox 360 and PS3 were cutting-edge pieces of consumer electronics, finely tuned to deliver a premium gaming performance with the very latest technology inside. As is the way with technology, though, as components mature they get smaller and cheaper, so it’s not too bit a surprise to hear Nvidia saying the next…

Um, Hi There Giant Dragon, Can I Help You?

Australian artist Alex Drummond has worked with many of the biggest names in not just video games, but entertainment and business. Clients and employers like Marvel, THQ, Universal, Mazda, Fantasy Flight, Games Workshop and Rare. You can see more of his work at Alex’s personal site ——— Fine Art is a celebration of the work…

If Game Of Thrones’ Houses Were Internet Sites

Illustrator Caldwell Tanner has drawn up a series of pictures for College Humor, imagining what the house sigils from Game of Thrones would look like were those houses websites, instead of ancient warring families. They are funny not because they’re silly, but because they’re so damn true 12 Game of Thrones House Sigils for the…

Meet 2013’s Shiniest Video Game

Every single object in this trailer for Suda51’s Killer is Dead reflects light. It’s like the world is draped in cling-wrap. And I mean that in a good way. As someone who loved Killer7’s distinctive art style, this looks amazing. Like the world of action figures came to life, and started shouting in Japanese.

The North Korean Version Of Draw Something Looks Incredible

I wish this wasn’t being published on April 1. I wish I was writing this on any other day of the year, when this could possibly be a real thing that I could actually play. Draw Something: Kim Jong-Un [YouTube]

The rough 1974 draft of George Lucas’ original script for Star Wars – complete with early concept art – is being turned into a comic series

What The Hobbit Looks Like Printed On A Single Giant Page

A site called Spineless Classics sells large posters of classic novels printed on a single page. You can get stuff like Harry Potter, Hamlet and even the Bible, but it’s The Hobbit that’s caught my eye. Love the forced alignment leaving space for the title and Smaug. Spineless Classics [Store, via Geekologie]

Sony Is Putting Some Of Its Best (And Most Overlooked) Games In A Compilation For The PS3

An ESRB listing has appeared online for Best of Playstation Network Vol. 1, a compilation – presumably shipping on Blu-Ray – of some under-appreciated classics from Sony’s downloadable service. The pack includes four games: multiplayer combat title Fat Princess, post-apocalyptic animal game Tokyo Jungle, wonderful music creator/platformer Sound Shapes and When Vikings Attack. Smart collection!…

Reminder: It’s April 1. Don’t Believe Everything You Read. Especially This Stuff.

It’s getting tiresome, we know, and aside from a gifted minority most “gags” are an annoyance (at best), but so long as people still think April 1 is a green light for them to try and be funny, other people will read websites expecting news and items of interest and instead see lies To help…

I Would Play Mortal Komrades. I Would Also Play Deers Of War.

Brent Engstrom, an artist who has worked on the Garbage Pail Kids trading cards, recently tried his hand at making some video game box art. Not real box art, though. Weird, fake games that, thanks to their names and art, I suddenly want to play. Badly. Especially Deers of War. It’s like all those poor…

When Readers Try To Redesign Kotaku. Again.

Despite the fact we just got a redesign, courtesy of our network paymasters at Gawker HQ, reader Tom Schwanke has ideas of his own as to how this website should look. We may never actually get to use them, but that doesn’t mean we can’t appreciate the effort! Tom’s looked at everything from our logo…

Tiny Nintendo Consoles Made Out Of LEGO

Flickr user CK Tsang has, with great patience and attention to detail, rebuilt Nintendo’s first two serious home consoles – the Japanese Famicom and Western NES – into teeny tiny LEGO models. Where his designs shine is the detail. Rather than just create the boxes, he’s made tiny control pads, tiny cartridges that slide into…

Learning to use a new TV is hard. So many settings. Why,this great story argues, can’t they gradually introduce features like a video game does?

April Fool’s Day Is Especially Cruel To Batman (And Adventure Time Fans)

Continuing a long and proud tradition of producing some of the only April Fool’s Day content worth a chuckle, online retailer Thinkgeek has revealed three bogus items that aren’t really for sale. What makes them interesting, though, is that sometimes these gags do end up as real products. So giggle if you must now, but…

Mass Effect, GI Joe & Half-Life 2 Lead The Cosplay Charge This Week

Now that I’m back from vacation, our weekly roundup of the best cosplay from around the world may resume. And what a week to bring things back online. Some of these shots are from conventions, others are not, while one has Gordon Freeman posing in his (well, her) hallway at home. To see larger images…

This is a new TV commercial for Naughty Dog’s The Last Of Us. I share it here mostly because of the soundtrack. Whoever decided on moody acoustic guitar over pop songs or dubstep, I salute you.

Thief 4 Concept Art Is, Yes, Very Dark

Back in 2011, Idid an illustrative feature on Nicolas Ferrand, a concept artist at Eidos Montreal. At the time, I said he was working on Thief 4, but wasn’t allowed to show any of his stuff for that project. Now, two years later, he can. While it’s only three images, they’re more than enough to…

Far Cry 3 Expansion Suggests The Game Has Jumped The Shark In The Most Amazing Way Possible

Above is apparently the “box art” for Blood Dragon, an upcoming (and seemingly downloadable) expansion for Far Cry 3. Take a good look at it. It’s as amazing as it appears unlikely, especially given our proximity to April 1, but considering the title has been rated by both the Australianand Brazilian classification boards (it has…

Microsoft Blog Says Battlefield 4 Will Be Out On October 29

When Battlefield 4 was officially unveiled last week, the only release timeframe given was “Fall”. Microsoft’s Xbox 360 blog is being a lot more specific. It says that “Battlefield 4 will arrive on the Xbox 360 on October 29, 2013″, which while far from a guarantee – there’s a lot of time between now and…