Luke Plunkett

Star Wars’ Intro Eaten Alive By 30 Rock’s

The classic opening to Star Wars gets a little shorter and a lot more contemporary when it’s smashed together with the intro to comedy series 30 Rock. You can see this clip and the original running side-by-side here. Just in case you needed to check how well it’s been done. It’s only seeing them like…

In case you haven’t already noticed, every Steam account now has access to the DOTA 2 Spectator Client

A Persian Legend of Zelda? Sure, Why Not.

Artist Lenqi imagines a classic Persian take on The Legend of Zelda. It deserves a round of applause. Not just for shaking up the setting (which to be fair, has in recent years gone both “pirate” and “cowboy”), but for how well it fits. I’m getting visions of a Zelda game with the visuals from…

There’s a New Marvel Comics Game Coming to Phones

This is a teaser for a new mobile game starring, at the very least, Marvel’s The Avengers. I’d love to tell you more, but they call it a “teaser”, and not an “explains everything in 40 seconds”, for a reason.

Cute Hoodie Turns You Into a Subtle Ryu From Street Fighter

The biggest problem most video game-inspired outfits run into is subtlety. Or, their lack of it. Something emblazoned with logos and character art might be fine for a LAN party or trade show, but on the street, it can often be a little much. So I like this hoodie. I wouldn’t buy it, but I…

The Art of Darksiders II

You could, if Hong Kong gangsters weren’t your thing, call Darksiders II the biggest game release of the week. Probably the month, too. So now’s probably as good a time as ever to look at some terrific concept art from the game. The environmental and weapon images below were done by artist Jonathan Kirtz, a…

GameStop Launching Streaming Game Service Next Year

GameStop will start competing direcly with streaming services like OnLive in 2013, when the retailer launches its own entrant in the growing field. The company purchased Spawn Labs’ streaming service last year, but while initially promising it would be able to beam games to “any Internet-enabled device”, it’s since dialled that back a little to…

Game Studio Sues Another Over The Word “Rebellion”

Stardock is now fighting a legal war on two fronts. Only a day after news of its case against a former employee emerged, the publisher is now being taken to court by Rebellion, the developers of games like Sniper Elite and the original (and awesome) Alien vs Predator. The issue? Stardock is the publisher of…

There Was a Ton of Stuff Cut From Fallout: New Vegas That You Can Play Right Now

When Obsidian took over from BioWare to develop Knights of the Old Republic II, the game was famously (and forcibly, by Lucasarts) shipped “incomplete”. Only when modders reinstated a bunch of cut content could we enjoy the full experience the developers had planned for the game. Much the same happened when the studio took over…

Now This Looks Like The Perfect Game of Thrones…Game

Like Kirk, I’m a fiend for the Game of Thrones board game. The treachery, the balance, it’s one of the best tabletop experiences I’ve ever had. Still, there’s always room for improvement! The pieces, for example, are a little bland. My crew has fixed that by purchasing a ton of the Battles of Westeros miniatures.…

Chinese Cops Burn Game Machines

Part of a striking gallery of images over on Wired, showing Chinese authorities taking the torch to a pile of illegal electronic gambling game machines. In focus: Confiscated gambling machine bonfire [Wired]

Why The World of Warcraft Has Such Bright, Cartoony Graphics

The Warcraft franchise looks like its entire world was made from children’s balloons. It’s nothing but big shapes and bright, bright colours. Love it or hate it, it’s become an iconic style, something that’s helped World of Warcraft not only run on anybody’s computer, but look unique in doing it. But have you ever wondered…

I Still Can’t Believe How Good-Looking This PC “Shooter” Is

Call of Duty be damned, there’s only one game involving army men that I’m interested in this year, and that’s Bohemia Interactive’s upcoming ArmA III. The more I see of this game, the more I cannot believe that it can look this good while being a single enormous, open-world island, with super-realistic physics bolted on…

Shake Your Mouse to Break Your Mind

There’s not much to Staggering Beauty. Just an instruction to shake vigorously and a warning that those prone to epileptic fits should avoid. Both things to be heeded. It’s the work of artist pals George & Jonathan, whose other work you can check out here Staggering Beauty [Site]

This Amazing Footage Shows We Probably Need More Bird Of Prey Video Games

We’ve got games that put you inside the eyeballs of men, and inside the cockpit of aircraft, but rarely do we get to venture into hte space in between. Slower, and lower, but because of that often a lot more fun. I’m talking about birds, who aside from some seagulls in Wind Waker I rarely…

Here’s a fascinating story on how the global economy is, at one level, just one giant game of Tetris.

Mortal Kombat Heading to (Japanese) Arcades?

The latest Mortal Kombat may be conspicuous in its absence from arcades in the West, but there are reports surfacing that the game may indeed be making an appearance in coin-op form. Only, in Japan. Some images have surfaced claiming to be of a Mortal Kombat arcade unit on location testing, and while the presence…

Let’s All Read The Very First Issue of Nintendo Power

Designer Eoin Stanley, who we featured a little while ago on Total Recall, doesn’t just archive beautiful old Nintendo logos. He’s also got on ice something more informative; namely, the entirety of the very first issue of Nintendo Power. It’s not his – it appears to have belonged to a young Mr. Jeremy Salsman –…

Castle Crashers is Coming to the PC!

Castle Crashers, the awesome side-scrolling brawler that’s a lot older than most of us probably realise, is getting a third lease on life with the announcement of a PC port. Developers Behemoth revealed today at GamesCom that the game, which was released on Xbox 360 in 2008 and PS3 in 2010, will be coming to…

An RTS That Looks Truly Different. And Lets You Throw Asteroids.

Planetary Annihilation is an in-development strategy game from Uber Studios that, unlike most other entries in the field we see these days, is trying something genuinely different While its promise of truly global warfare looks a little like Spore, and in terms of scale it reminds me a little of Total Annihilation, the way its…