Luke Plunkett

Dad Who Doesn’t Even Like Pokémon Selling His Card Collection For $30,000

A 34-year-old father from England, who does not nor has ever liked Pokémon, still managed to get his hands on a complete set of original cards when he was a kid, and so is now selling them to someone who can maybe appreciate them a little more. Nigel Brookes was given the set as a…

Nintendo Fans Trolled By NSFW “F-Zero” Twitter Account

Nintendo fans, being Nintendo fans, have been a bit nervy lately, some of them a little too eager to find out the latest news about the future of their favourite franchises. Last week, a pair of fresh Twitter accounts were spotted, one called @supermario35th (it’s Mario’s 35th birthday this year) and the other @FZeroJP, named…

The Big City

Oliver Beck is an illustrator and concept artist from Germany. You can see more of Oliver’s stuff at his ArtStation page

Untitled Goose Game’s Boxed Version Is Just Lovely

Untitled Goose Game is coming back to the Switch and PS4 later this year in a boxed version called the Lovely Edition Available from iam8bit, it not only includes a very nice box and cartridge/disc, but a hand-drawn town map, a “24-page retail catalogue featuring useful items and objects that a goose might enjoy collecting,”…

Assault On Hoth: The Empire Strikes Back: The Kotaku Review

Let’s go back in time. Not to 1980, when Empire Strikes Back came out, that’s too far. We’re going to 1988, when West End Games, a company famous at the time for its RPGs and hardcore wargames, released a two-player board game called Assault on Hoth, which I have just played in 2020 and will…

NBA Players Are Living The 2K Life

One of the weirdest (and worst!) things about the NBA 2K series is how the whole experience is built around the idea of a “neighbourhood” of stores, most of them heavily branded in-game advertisements. It’s not how the real world looks or works! But then, the NBA in 2020 isn’t living in the real world.…

At 10am ET/7am PT on Monday, Nintendo will be hosting the first ever Nintendo Direct Mini: Partner Showcase, “a series focused on titles from our development & publishing partners,” where there’ll be “updates on a small group of previously-announced Nintendo Switch games”.

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Roberto Gatto is an artist from Italy working in the games business. You can see more of Gatto’s stuff at his personal site and ArtStation page

Wear A Damn Mask

I don’t care if you’re in Michigan, Manchester or Melbourne, if you have to leave your home and can’t stay away from other people, wear a mask. It’s not hard! And to help illustrate this, here’s every single Smash Bros. Ultimate character wearing one. And these guys are doing sweaty work. This is courtesy of aliigleed,…

Minecraft Players Think They’ve Found The Game’s Title Screen World

Nine years after it first popped up in the background of the game’s main menu screen, some Minecraft players think they’ve finally found the exact same world in the game itself. Some members of the Minecraft@Home team made the discovery over the weekend, using volunteers’ idle computers to help crunch numbers in the name of…

Mecha Pikachu Chooses You

Guillaume Tiberghien is an artist based in Canada who has worked on stuff like Assassin’s Creed, Fortnite, Far Cry, Rainbow Six, Splinter Cell, Thief and Deus Ex. You can see more of Guillaume’s stuff at his ArtStation page

Hey Let’s Watch Henry Cavill Building A Gaming PC

The Witcher isn’t back filming yet, so noted heartthrob/PC gaming nerd Henry Cavill has some time on his hands. Enough to get to work building a new gaming PC, filming it, setting it to sexy music then letting us all watch. Note from the blurred logos that this isn’t a sponsored video. It’s just a…

Chin Up Kylo

Chris Ables is an artist based in LA who has worked in everything from film to advertising to TV to websites. You can see more of Chris’ stuff at his ArtStation page

Konami’s PES Is Just Gonna Take The Year Off

It’s long been a running joke among people who hate sports games that each new edition in a series like FIFA or Madden is really just a $50 roster update. Well, joke’s on them, because this year Konami is going to do exactly that, turning PES 2021 into a DLC purchase for PES 2020 A…

Microsoft’s New Flight Simulator Comes On TEN DISCS

If you want to buy Microsoft Flight Simulator like a normal person and download it, then it will download and you’ll play it and everything will be normal. If you want to hold a box, though, you’re going to need both hands, because holy shit. Simulation specialists Aerosoft have been hired by Microsoft to distribute…

Hello Hi

Connor Sheehan is an artist based in the UK. You can see more of Connor’s stuff at his personal site and ArtStation page

ICBM Wants You To Blow Up The Planet With Nukes

Defcon, released in 2006, was an excellent exercise in mutually assured destruction. The upcoming ICBM is looking to be a more modern take on the same subject matter. Published by strategy specialists Slitherine, it’s coming to PC…sometime in the future, and while a serious game about the destruction of civilization does not sound like something…

Spook Ware Is Wario Ware, Only With Horror Games

I miss Wario Ware, you miss Wario Ware, everyone misses Wario Ware except for Nintendo, who are being assholes and not making more Wario Ware. Ah well! Let’s all get over that together by playing something very similar (and free!), only it involves sawing through human legs. SPOOK WARE, by Adam Pype, is a collection…

The Art Of Disintegration

I know the game came out a little while ago now on PS4, Xbox One and PC, but things on this planet have been busy, you know? And so tonight we’re circling back around to feature some art from Disintegration, mostly because I love a robot with a jacket on. Below you’ll find some art…

Board Game Designer Eric Lang Suspended From Twitter [Update]

Eric Lang, one of the most famous board game designers on the planet, has been suspended from Twitter after what he says was a targeted campaign by a “scumbag serial harasser”. Lang, designer of stuff like Blood Rage and the Star Wars and Game of Thrones card games, has worked with everyone from Fantasy Flight…