Luke Plunkett

Love Wind Waker? Put Your Money Where Your Heart Is.

The delightful Zac Gorman, who must be a good person if he loves Wind Waker this damn much, has come up with both a t-shirt and a poster paying tribute to Nintendo’s post-apocalyptic high seas adventure. They both feature different pieces of art, and are available from his store either individually or as part of…

Spanish Cops Name an Investigation After Pokémon. No, Seriously.

Police in Spain have won the admiration of Nintendo nerds worldwide this year after naming a major sting operation after a bunch of Pocket Monsters. Operation Pokémon is the name given to an effort by Spanish police to stamp out corruption amongst the ranks of the nation’s politicians. Why “Pokémon”? There are two theories. One…

How to Buy Your Own Giant Mass Effect Reaper

It may not be quite 1:1 scale, but at 18.5 inches, this new Mass Effect statue is still one enormous piece of adult collectible. Only 1000 of these recreations of the villainous Sovereign will be made, with preorders available at BioWare’s store (below). If they’re not live when you visit, they should be ready to…

Dude, These Monsters Are Gross (But These Robots Are Great)

This is the work of Anthony Jones, a concept artist previously employed at Sony’s Santa Monica studio, and a man who can draw both monsters and robots better than almost anyone else on Earth. In the gallery below you’ll see examples of his work, which includes all kinds of stuff, from commission pieces to toy…

Your First Hilarious Look at Footage From the New Star Trek Movie

Director J. J. Abrams was on Conan tonight, and was dying to show off footage from the new Star Trek sequel. You know, the one that’s not even done yet. Surprisingly, Paramount Pictures let him! What follows is equal parts hilarious and disappointing. Star Trek [Conan]

There’s two million dollars up for grabs in the League of Legends Season 2 World Championships. Two. Million. Dollars.

The Real Winner of the Presidential Debate Was Pokémon

Let’s stop talking about the losers from the first US Presidential debate, and instead talk winners. Like the guy who got a Pokémon joke up on CNBC’s news ticker. Pretty sure both candidates would be Margikarps [Buzzfeed]

Can’t Get a Wii U? There’s Always eBay (and $1000+ Prices)

Let’s say you really, really want a Wii U for Christmas. Problem is, it’s pretty tough getting hold of a pre-order, because most places are sold out. What options are you left with? Two. The first is to suck it up and spend the holidays without a Wii U. The second is to take to…

This is, Apparently, the World’s Tallest LEGO Vampire

It’s a stupid record, I know, since competition in the category can’t be exactly fierce, but this is still a cool time-lapse video of a ten-foot LEGO vampire being built in New Orleans’ Jackson Square.

The Legend of Zelda: Quest For The Amazing LEGO Shield

LEGO builder Remi Gagne’s recreation of Zelda’s Hylian shield is impressive enough at a distance, but the real treat here is in the detail. It’s where you get an idea of not only the scale of the project, but the amount of work that went into it. Like, it would have been easy to do…

Four Fired Over Game Studio Racism Allegations

Four of the staffers at the centre of some serious racism allegations at San Francisco developer KIXEYE have been fired, studio boss Will Harbin has announced. Harbin told Kotaku yesterday that he was taking ” substantial corrective action”, which he’s elaborated on today, revealing that “the manager of the team in question” and “three other…

The Biggest Transformer of Them All Returns in 2013

There is one Transformer that towers, quite literally, above all others. Fortress Maximus. Released just as the franchise was preparing to transform into something that jumps sharks, he was prohibitively enormous (not to mention expensive), making him unobtainable for most 80’s kids and thus also making it one of the most sought-after toys of today…

A Pretty Map That’s Making me Want to Travel Back to Skyrim

Just when I thought I was done with Skyrim, it goes and pulls me back in. This time, though, it’s no fault of the game, but this beautifully stylised map by Misty Manley It’s like something out of a theme park. Or a fast food restaurant. Two things Skyrim could do with, really. People gotta…

Halo 4’s Action Figures Are Looking Blue

Much like the game’s new guns, many of the new Halo game’s action figures have also ditched the trademark purple. For orange, yes, but also for a whole lot of blue I took a look at the first series of Halo 4 figures from McFarlane a few weeks back, but the second wave is due…

That Giant Statue Over There? It’s of the World’s Best Gamer.

Hey, it’s Athene, the self-styled (and partly accurate) “world’s best gamer”3. Hitting the streets in one of his “IRL” videos. It starts as though it’s going to be four-and-a-half minutes of painful trolling, but actually turns into a pretty neat “man on the street” interview with one serious World of Warcraft player. Athene IRL –…

This is What Assassin’s Creed III’s Connor Used to Look Like

Here’s what Assassin’s Creed III’s Connor looks like in the near-finished product. He’s got flowing elements to his outfit, and a nice touch of blue. It is, considering the constraints of the military dress of the time, a pretty sharp outfit. In this gallery, though, you’ll see some shots of what he looked like back…

Meet the Skaris, a Retro Console so Terrible I Wish it was Real

You and your retro console street cred. It means nothing, because all your consoles run on electricity, which is so damn modern your Atari 2600 may as well be an Xbox 360. No, you want to impress posers and collectors with your vintage machine, you pull out the Skaris, a machine so frighteningly primitive that…

You Can Get Banned From Battlefield 3 For Fixing The Game’s Colour Palette

Battlefield 3’s got some of the most realistic visuals on the planet, and a lot of that comes from the game’s use of lighting. It washes out colour palettes like the desert sun at midday. Some people like that, but others don’t, which explains why there’s now a little hack available that removes the game’s…

George Washington as a Bad Guy? It’s as Crazy as it Sounds

Ubisoft broke with tradition earlier today by announcing that its first substantial Assassin’s Creed III downloadable content won’t be an extension of the main game’s story. Rather, it’ll be an exploration of what would happen if George Washington hadn’t done one of the most extraordinary things in human history and given up his vast powers…

Breaking Bad, Now in Awesome Action Figure Form

Trevor Grove – who works at collectible giants Sideshow – has spent some spare time recently doing exactly what he does 9-5. Only this time instead of sci-fi movie stars or video game characters, he’s sculpting Breaking Bad’s Walter White. He’s done three figures in all, with the bodies cannibalised from Hot Toys pieces, with…