Luke Plunkett

Halo Infinite, Only On The N64

Last month Microsoft showed off a ton of footage from the upcoming Halo Infinite, featuring a crash landing and a very upset pilot. They looked OK in high definition, but there’s something about them that looks even better imagined as an N64 game. This video by Hoolopee does exactly what it suggests, recreating 1:42 of…

Xbox’s New Streaming Service Doesn’t Look Likely For iPhone, iPad Users

When Microsoft announced that its Project xCloud game streaming service was coming to Xbox Game Pass, it only mentioned Android phones and tablets, despite the fact xCloud has also been in testing on iOS devices. Any iOS users hoping this was an oversight, something that might be fixed or revealed at a later date, should…

Everyone Is Friends In Fall Guys, Until You Want To Murder Each Other

There’s a lot to love about Fall Guys, the new battle royale game out on PS4 and PC this week, but I’m here today to talk about all the friends I’ve made playing the game who are now no longer my friends. The whole “battle royale as a genre” thing has been so defined by…

Just A Couple Of German Samurai

Alexander Shatohin is an artist from Russia. You can see more of Alexander’s stuff at his ArtStation page

The Co-Creator Of The Computer Mouse Has Died

Bill English, one of the two men responsible for the invention of the computer mouse you may be resting your hand on right now, has died at the age of 91. Along with Douglas Engelbart, who passed away in 2013, English helped usher in the era of modern computing by creating a device that could…

Hellboy is being turned into a second tabletop RPG (the original is almost 20 years old), this time based on DnD5E. It’s coming to Kickstarter later this Summer

‘Tis But A Flesh Wound

Viko Menezes is an artist from Brazil who has done work for companies like Valve, Wizards of the Coast and Fantasy Flight. You can see more of Viko’s stuff at his personal site and ArtStation page

This 1990 TV News Report Is For The Monkey Island Fans In The House

Amateur games historian Eon Fafnir posted a clip of this 1990 local news story about LucasArts (then still known as LucasFilm Games) yesterday, and while it’s fascinating getting a look behind the scenes of the studio during some its golden years, Monkey Island fans can squint and see some stuff that never made the finished…

Overwatch Cosplay Lights Up The Darkness

Cosplayer Zibartas—who we’ve seen here before with some top-tier Overwatch work—has truly outdone himself here, building a complete set of Mercy’s wings made out of steel and aluminium, that move and really light up. Here’s the finished product: God damn If you’d like to see how something like this was put together, Zibartas has made…

Let’s Talk Fields Of Glory, A Forgotten RTS Pioneer

When people hail the pioneering classics of the RTS genre, they go through a list of usual suspects. Games like Cytron Masters, Dune II, Command & Conquer, Sega’s Herzog Zwei…but there’s one I don’t think ever gets its due, and that’s Spectrum Holobyte’s Fields of Glory Released on the PC in 1993, and designed by…

New History Novel Somehow Includes Breath Of The Wild Recipe

A Traveler at the Gates of Wisdom is the latest historical novel from Irish author John Boyne (The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas). Telling tales from across the breadth of human history, it deals with a lot of stuff that was real and actually happened, as well as some stuff that has only happened if…

Snack Time

Knight Zhang is a freelance concept artist and illustrator based in California who has worked on games like DOTA 2 You can see more of Zhang’s stuff at her Instagramand ArtStationpages.

After Eight Years, Space Quest’s Spiritual Reboot Is Playable

Last week we had some bad news about a game that had a Kickstarter in 2012 and still isn’t out yet. Tonight, some better news! Fans of classic Sierra series Space Quest might remember that in 2012 the co-creators of the series, after a very long estrangement, reunited and pledged to develop an all-new sci-fi…

PS3 Emulator Can Now Play (Some) Online Games

RPCS3 has long been the best way to play PS3 games on a PC. It’s now also a place you can play some PS3 games online on the PC, with no need to use the PlayStation Network whatsoever. “Over the past year, developer GalCiv has been working on a private PSN server replacement called RPCN,”…

Baseball’s Digital Fans Are Oh No

Like football leagues in Europe, Fox’s Major League Baseball broadcasts are trying to liven up empty stadiums with fake, digital fans. And like football leagues in Europe, things are occasionally, and extremely, fucked up. While from a distance Fox’s Unreal Engine-created crowds look…OK, provided you don’t think too much about the fact there are no…

What Lurks Beneath

Jocelyn Joret is an artist based in Canada who has done work for companies like Ubisoft and Gameloft. You can see more of Jocelyn’s stuff at her ArtStation page

A Salute To The Lovable Losers Of Pro Evo’s Master League

There’s a lot to make fun of when it comes to Konami’s Pro Evolution Soccer series and its inability to secure properly licensed teams/leagues, but one shining exception to this mockery is the game’s roster of fictional players, known as the “Master League Defaults”. While the specifics of who they are and how you use…

House Votes Down Amendment That Would Have Stopped The Military Recruiting Via Twitch

Following recent controversies surrounding the US military’s efforts to recruit teens via Twitch, Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez this week proposed an amendment that would have banned the armed forces from any further attempts. This evening, the proposal was voted down. When presenting the amendment, Ocasio-Cortez gave a speech where she outlined the way Twitch is…

Sonic & Friends

Moka is a freelance illustrator based in the UK. You can see more of Moka’s stuff at her ArtStationand Instagrampages.

New Nikes Are A “Gamer” Tribute

While modern sneaker collabs tend to be focused on contemporary games and series, this upcoming Blazer ‘77 by Nike is instead going in the opposite direction. Rather than being an exercise in marketing/branding for a particular company, this one is just a simple shout-out to video games, with a heavily pixellated swoosh and a colour…