Luke Plunkett

Game Of F**ks Is All The Swearing From Game Of Thrones, Together In One Video [NSFW]

Just in time for the beginning of season three tonight, here’s your highbrow Sunday evening content: a supercut of every nasty curse word whispered, spoken and screamed in the first two seasons of Game of Thrones. There’s a certain poetry to it, all seen together like this. Makes you really miss ol’ Robert. And also…

A New Deus Ex “Game” Is Being Unveiled Tomorrow

The official Deus Ex Facebook page has posted the above image, promising that the “World’s first look at Deus Ex: Human Defiance” will come “TOMORROW!” (their caps, not mine). I know, I know, tomorrow is April 1. While the page is official, it could just mean this is an official joke. Assuming it’s not a…

The Stunning Debut Trailer For Hardware, A Game By Some Guys Who Made PC Classic Homeworld

First revealed all the way back in 2011, it’s only today that we’re getting our first (barely) moving look at Hardware, a new game from a studio made up of a number of former Relic developers, including Rob Cunningham, Homeworld’s art director. So if you think the teaser trailer above looks (and sounds) familiar, that’s…

Cliff Bleszinski Is One Of The First People In The World To Get A Pair Of Google’s Crazy Computer Glasses

Former Epic designer Cliff Bleszinski (not pictured) has been selected by an “independent panel” to be one of the first 8000 people in the world to get a pair of Google’s potentially pioneering/ridiculous wearable computers, Google Glass. In order to be selected as one of the earliest recipients of the tech, participants in a competition…

Han Couldn’t Have Shot First With A LEGO Blaster

LEGO builder CaptainInfinity is the man behind this beautiful Star Wars blaster, which has such intricate detail on the finer points you’d think it was a very expensive, official set. If you were wondering, yes, it’s to scale, so if you had a 1:1 scale LEGO Greedo in the house, you could get some bricky…

A Visual History Of Video Game…Toilets

Because it’s late, and because this is very important, here: a blog devoted entirely to cataloguing video game toilets. It is…surprisingly comprehensive.

Video Games vs Children’s Books Is About As Inappropriately Adorable As You’d Expect

Joey Spiotto, a former video game concept artist who worked on series like Dead Space, now works on things a little less brutal. Like these terrific images crossing some of the best video games of the last decade with that staple of childhood literature, Little Golden Books. In some ways it’s a shame these are…

Shark vs Mermaid Death Squad Is A Free Game With A Rad Name

Unlike their fellow activists at PETA, whose efforts at employing video games for their cause usually just cause palms to smack against foreheads, Greenpeace’s new game gets it. It’s smart. And pretty good to boot. With an awesome name – Shark vs Mermaid Death Squad – it’s basically a Pac-Man clone where you play as…

Building Pretty, Tough And Terrifying Things In 3D

We’re looking today at the portfolio of Jon Troy Nickel, an Australian artist who has worked on titles like Section 8, the cancelled Wet 2 and the Rift games. He’s also provided designs for Kingdom Death, a “boutique horror” tabletop game. Having worked for Australian and American game studios, Nickel is now a freelance character…

I Would Invisibly Kill A Man With Rats To Get My Hands On This Dishonored Control Pad

Reader Devin Smith, aka End Of Line Designs, has just put the finishing touches on this amazing Dishonored Xbox 360 control pad that goes way beyond simply painting a mask on a standard pad. The buttons have all been changed, the 360 light has been changed to fit the game’s look and there’s even some…

There’s A New Total War Game Coming, But It’s Not What You Think

Creative Assembly will later this year release Rome II, a proper Total War Game. They’ll also, presumably, one day take the wraps off a Warhammer title. As of today though there’s another Total War game coming, and it’s a weird one, because it’s not the Warhammer game, and it’s not the next true Total War…

Space Hulk Is Kicking Turn-Based Butt For The Emperor (And His PC, Mac & iPhone)

If you’ve never played Space Hulk – either the original board game orthe 1993 video game adaptation – you may not be as excited about this as I am. You are also someone who is missing out. This 15-minute demonstration video from GDC, courtesy of GameSpot, shows the new game in action. It’s as clunky,…

Darksiders’ Creators Want To Buy The Series Back

David Adams, the CEO of Crytek USA, has tweeted that he (or at least his company) is looking into buying the rights to the Darksiders series when it hits the auction block as part of the last sale of THQ properties This would be a big deal because Crytek USA is made up of refugees…

The Ouya console will go on sale in the US, Canada and UK on June 4. It’ll cost $99.

See Some Of Destiny’s Characters In Action In This New Video

It’s not a trailer, but it’s still pretty neat; to go with the concept art shown during Bungie’s Destiny panel at GDC was this short video, which is all about turning character designs into in-game models.

Here’s A Ton Of New Concept Art For Destiny, Bungie’s Next Big Game

During Bungie’s GDC panel earlier today, which was all about world-building, was this bucketload full of concept art, most of it unseen until today. Update – Here’s some video from the event as well, an animation showing off how characters went from the drawing board to the game The images you’ll see cover all aspects…

At GDC today, YouTube basically said it has seen how many people are watching other people play games on services like Twitch.tv, and is now serious about getting in on that action.

Skullgirls Didn’t Raise $150,000 For A Single Character. Oh No.

Last month, the developers of Skullgirls launched a crowdsourcing campaign, asking for $150,000 to introduce a single new character into the game. That campaign has now come to a close. The final tally? $829,829. Wow. The whopping contribution from fans means that the game won’t just be getting a single new character. It’ll be getting…

What A Horrible Night To Have Such A Wonderful Castlevania Map

Artist Bill Mudron, who is no stranger to amazing video game maps, has produced another amazing video game map, this time for the Castlevania series. Here are the details from Bill’s store page: Explore the wilds of 17th-century Europe with this dye-color map charting both the interior of Dracula’s infamous castle (as seen in the…

Because You Always Wanted To Cuddle Up To A BioShock Infinite Bad Guy

Crafty type Alix has made this wonderful little plush version of BioShock Infinite’s Songbird, matching those you find scattered throughout bedrooms and stores in the game itself. While she only made one, that one is currently up for auction on eBay, with 50% of the proceeds going towards Child’s Play. Bioshock Infinite Songbird Plush [arixystix,…