Luke Plunkett

Zombie Iron Man Thirsts For Brains, Booze

I’d like to think that a zombie Iron Man, retaining at least some small part of Tony Stark, would shamble around searching liquour cabinets and bars. Any brains or human flesh he’d find there would be just a bonus. These images are the work of cosplay photographer Adam Jay, while the man—or what remains of…

It’s Like a Reference Book. Only, For Halo’s Spartans.

I have a long-standing love of old-fashioned reference books. Like, the ones where the whole thing, cover-to-cover, is devoted entirely to illustrations of, say, Napoleonic cavalry uniforms. One day I’ll sort out just what that fetish means, but in the meantime, I’m going to indulge it with these pieces of Halo 4 concept art by…

The Next American Flag Could Look a Little Different

The citizens of Puerto Rico have voted in favour of becoming the 51st State of the Union. It doesn’t mean they necessarily will soon, or will ever be granted such status, but it’s a sure step on the road to trying. If they succeed, as has happened a few times previously in American history, the…

There Was a Novel Based on 1994’s X-Com

I never saw this on a shelf as kid. I know this, because if I had, I’d have bought it RPS’ Alec Meer has just put down the paperback adaptation of Microprose’s 1994 strategy classic X-Com: UFO Defense (or UFO: Enemy Unknown), this year remade as XCOM, and while he reports it’s a bit of…

A GameSpot report says that GameStop’s Australian branch is “bullying” retailers.

The Future of Minecraft is You (and Your Mods)

Being a colossal smash and money printing machine, there’s not much more that can be done to Minecraft to make it more successful. So it’s good to hear it’s developers aren’t really trying. Instead of continually adding new stuff to the game from their end, Mojang has decided that the future of the game lies…

You Don’t Need a Multipass For This Incredible Cosplay

Fifth Element? Dissidia? A gender-bending Dragon Age outfit? What a week it’s been for awesome cosplay. Yup, below you’ll find a dude dressed as Dragon Age’s Morrigan. And it totally works. As does everything else in an unusually strong week for the feature. To see the larger pics in all their glory (or so you…

The Wii U’s Menu Music is New-Age Synthesised Bliss

Had a rough day at work? Too many bills to pay? Husband/wife been yelling at you for something/nothing? You need to relax. With your Wii U. And its menu music. The last few Nintendo machines, the Wii especially, were what I’d call “whimsical”. This, this is “scientifically engineered to calm you the f**k down”. Above…

Valve Mentions its “Next Gen” Game Engine (Again)

Valve’s Source engine has been running most of the company’s games for around a decade now, but despite some wizardry being performed on games like Left 4 Dead 2 and Portal 2, it’s starting to show its age. Which is probably why the company is starting to ramp up the number of times it mentions…

Well done, world: Blur’s pitch for a Goon movie has been successfully funded

Halo’s Story Got You Confused? This Chart Might Help. [Update]

I’ll be honest, Halo’s story confuses the hell out of me. Not the general outline, I get that, but the specifics and history of the universe are presented as a mess for someone who just plays the games and doesn’t get knee-deep in the external fiction. Why am I here? Who’s that guy? When did…

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Metal Gear Cosplay, Done Right

The Metal Gear series is a pretty popular one with cosplayers, both because it’s a famous franchise but also because a lot of the costumes are pretty easy to make! Not this one. This Grayfox costume looks like it took some serious work, not just to construct, but also to actually wear, since it can’t…

There’s One Less BioWare Studio to Worry About

Once was a time the name “BioWare” meant something. That you were going to get a game, most likely an RPG, with a rich world and expansive story-telling. It would also probably be awesome. But ever since EA bought the company, BioWare has become more of a brand, used not only for “traditional” projects like…

When Aliens Meets Crysis, Good Things Happen

Gearbox will be trying next year, but for around a decade now, it’s been almost impossible to make a better Aliens game than Rebellion’s classic series on the PC. So if new games can’t beat the old ones for design and atmosphere, you may as well just copy them. Modder oldschool.Dave has posted progress work…

Got a Giant Headcrab Problem? You’ll Need More Than a Pitchfork

“Regent”, a painting by artist Sergey Kolesov, was a winner at this year’s Into the Pixel, an annual competition which “brings together experts from the traditional fine art world and the interactive entertainment industry to display and discuss the art of the video game”. It’s from Dishonored, and we’ve featured it here before as part…

Judge Who Beat His Disabled Daughter for Downloading Video Games Gets His Job Back

It was almost a year ago to the day that Texas court-at-law judge William Adams was caught on film beating his disabled daughter Hillary after he had caught her illegally downloading video games. While the incident in question had actually taken place all the way back in 2004, the fact it was made public in…

Check Out This Elaborate, Crazy-Expensive Wii U Prototype

It’s rare we get a look at the very ground level of console hardware design, but that’s what we got this week with an Iwata Asks segment on Nintendo’s website, which shows an adorable little cardboard mock-up of a Wii U controller, used to quickly test out various possible uses for the giant pad. I…

This Should Help Show Just How Big Grand Theft Auto V’s Map Might Be

Rockstar dropped a bit of a surprise earlier today when it revealed Grand Theft Auto V wasn’t going to be a big game, it was going to be freaking huge. Like, bigger than GTAIV, San Andreas and Red Dead combined. But just how big is freaking huge? Maybe the above image can help. It shows…

Am I Really a Credit to Team? What is Team, When I do Not Know Love?

Team Fortress 2’s new Mann vs Machine mode gets surprisingly thoughtful in this series of pieces done by artist biggreenpepper tf2 Heavy MVM [DeviantArt, via Dotcore]