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A 1:1 Scale Statue Of A Dead Space Monster. Hide Your Dog, Hide Your Kids.
There’s been some unsavoury talk of statues today. Let’s clear the air, then, with a look at a statue that does gross the right way. This piece, of Dead Space’s creepy wall-hugging lurkers, sadly isn’t available for purchase. It’s a custom job, by British artist Sean Schofield, and if you think it’s just a wee…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 16, 2013 -
Catzilla Is The Greatest Thing You Can Install On Your PC Today
If you own a PC, you should probably get this. Teased last year, Catzilla is a new benchmarking program from All Benchmark. Taking the form of an animated sequence about a giant cat blowing stuff up, it’s supposed to help you test out your hardware. But really, I’ve spent half the morning just watching the…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 15, 2013 -
A Strong Argument For A Metroid Reboot
For how old the character is, Samus’ power armour is actually standing the test of time pretty well, with only a few minor modifications needing to be done over the decades. So a redesign for the character probably isn’t necessary. If it were though, artist medders has a pretty sweet idea of how it could…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 15, 2013 -
Castlevania Fan Film Is 146 Minutes Long. Oh, And It’s Made Of LEGO.
It’s taken seven years of work, but three brothers from Finland have finally completed what must surely be their life’s work: KastleVania 4, an epic feature-length film based on Konami’s Castlevania series. There’s full voice-acting, special effects, the animation is good… seriously, it feels wrong to just be able to view this for free, so…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 15, 2013 -
The World’s Largest Snowball Fight Saw Over 5,000 People Engage In Deadly Combat
Last weekend, 5,834 people convened in Seattle for the world’s largest snowball fight. Set amongst a battlefield of 160,000 tonnes of snow, it doesn’t look like any snowball fight I’ve ever been in. It looks like the beginning of Terminator 2. Only with less skulls. World’s Largest Snowball Fight – Contour Cameras – Snow Day…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 15, 2013 -
You’ve Never Heard Of The Guy Writing The Assassin’s Creed Movie
The Assassin’s Creed movie has a writer, according to The Hollywood Reporter, and that writer is Michael Lesslie. Who you’ve probably never heard of. He wrote a big play in London called Prince of Denmark, as well as a few short films. And… that’s about it for this. Lesslie joins Michael Fassbender on the team,…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 15, 2013 -
Time For Your Late-Night Pokémon Creep-Out
Let’s just say this is a story about what happens to the Pokemon left behind and leave it at that. Wait, no. Let’s also say this is creepy as hell, and that you’ve been warned. OK, we’ll leave it at that The Pokemon Hoarder [00mosama00, via Go Nintendo]
By Luke Plunkett Published January 15, 2013 -
Crusader Kings II Has The Best Patch Notes
You may have noticed. I like Crusader Kings II. I like it a lot. But I like it for all kinds of reasons, many of which I didn’t get space, or time, to dwell on last year. Like the way that, very quietly, the game has been continually and fundamentally updated by the development team…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 15, 2013 -
There Was A Genesis Version Of Super Mario World (Huh, What?)
It wasn’t official, of course, but thanks to the magic of bootleg cartridges, there was indeed a version of Nintendo’s classic platformer ported to Sega’s rival console. The game is a little janky, and missing some features altogether (no Yoshi, for example), but as you can see, there’s some kind of Super Mario World experience…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 15, 2013 -
Real Mario Kart Race Features Working Weapons, Items (And Even Chain Chomp)
Science/tech nerds Waterloo Labs, who are no strangers to Mario projects, have truly outdone themselves this time with the creation of a real-life game of Mario Kart Transforming four regular karts, they feature weapon launchers. But that’s just the start of the “realness”. Strung up over the course were item boxes which would be scanned,…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 15, 2013 -
How Did They Know I’m A Sucker For Space Strategy Games Starring Animals?
There are certain parts of the internet today that got very excited about Star Drive, an upcoming 4X space game. They’re excited because, a long time after the game was little but a twinkle in its developer’s eyes, it’s shaping up to be everything a nostalgic 90’s gamer/serious space nerd is looking for. Seeing as…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 15, 2013 -
Shake That Ass, Marcus Fenix. Shake It Like There’s No Tomorrow.
This video is actually from all the way back in 2008, but was only just posted on the website of Epic Games. It was made by Tal Peleg, a fan whose skills with animation eventually landed him work in the games business, first on Dead Space 2 and now with Uncharted developers Naughty Dog. I…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 14, 2013 -
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The Incredible Art Of Maciej Kuciara, Who’s Worked On The Last Of Us, Cyberpunk & Crysis
Maciej Kuciara is one of the most talented concept artist on the planet. And you’re about to see just why. He’s worked for a number of high-profile companies and clients over the years, including stints at Crytek (Crysis series), CD Projekt (Cyberpunk), Blur (Halo 4’s launch trailer) and Naughty Dog (The Last of Us, for…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 14, 2013 -
Beijing Is So Smoggy Right Now It Looks Like Blade Runner
Eric has compared the dangerous smog in Beijing to Silent Hill. Fair based on the pics available yesterday, sure, but new images show things look far worse, especially when the sun starts to go down. Unless you’re a Blade Runner fan. That image up top is not a still from Ridley Scott’s sci-fi classic. Nor…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 14, 2013 -
Somebody, Stop Me From Cuddling This Chocobo, Please
Artist Jenna Antonelli built this Chocobo, from the Final Fantasy series, as a commission piece. Whoever you are that paid for it, you are a lucky man/lady. The whole thing was sculpted by hand. Blow one of these images up to see the detail on the feathers and you’ll appreciate just how much work that…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 14, 2013 -
Nintendo Power Is Gone, But Nintendo Magazines Live On
Nintendo Power magazine may have released its final issue late last year, but the spirit of the publication lives on with Nintendo Force, a very shiny, very new magazine that’s hoping to take its place. Featuring writers from sites like 1UP, IGN and Destructoid, it’s got a very nice cover (note the subtle NES cartridge…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 14, 2013 -
Watch This Amazing Sci-Fi Short. You Won’t Believe It Was Made By One Man.
And a young one at that. This short is called Rha, and it’s extraordinary for two reasons. 1) It’s, well, extraordinary. 2) It was written, directed and animated by one man That man is digital film design student Kaleb Lechowski, who is only 22 years old. He got help with the sound and voice acting…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 14, 2013 -
Far Cry 3’s Vaas Makes For One Sexy Pin-Up
One thing just about everyone says after finishing Far Cry 3 is, jeez, I wish there’d been more Vaas. Here’s more Vaas. A lot more Vaas than you were probably bargaining for. This fantastic image was done by the supremely-talented Doubleleaf, whose work you may have seen before Vaas Montenegro [Doubleleaf @ DeviantArt]
By Luke Plunkett Published January 14, 2013 -
Jon Snow, Meet Skyrim. You Two Have A Lot In Common.
That incredible Skyrim shot up there? That outfit (and modelling) is the work of Canadian Amanda Eccleston, and you can see more images from the shoot here The shot on the right is a pretty great Jon Snow, and in the middle, yup, that’s Crystal Graziano paying tribute to Zone of the Enders To see…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 14, 2013
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