Luke Plunkett

This Might Be My Favourite Video Game Song Ever

There’s a lot to choose from, I know, but this – called simply “The Video Game Song” – is probably my all-time favourite…video game song. I actually picked up the album this is from, Sole’s Learning to Walk, in a second-hand store around 6-7 years ago. First time I listened to it, I blew straight…

Half The PSN Down For Maintenance Today

From 8:30am Pacific Time until around 8:30pm Pacific Time today, June 9, several key components of Sony’s PlayStation Network will be unavailable for users. The PlayStation Store, for example, will be closed. You also won’t be able to manage your account, so if you felt like changing your avatar to that little yellow poo guy,…

Play Final Fantasy XIII As Nature Intended

Want your Final Fantasy XIII experience to be a little more authentic? Import the Chinese version, which has Japanese vocals and English subtitles (and is even compatible with your US/PAL save game).

EA Boss Has Seen The 3DS

I haven’t seen the Nintendo 3DS. Have you? No, you haven’t either. But EA boss John Riccitiello has. “It’s like one of these things here where with Nintendo where you’ve got to be very careful here because they’ve got a lot to say at E3, and I want to be careful to not accidentally transgress…

There May Be Other Developers In BioShock’s Future

The first BioShock game was developed by Irrational Games. The second? 2K Marin. Don’t be surprised if the next game in the series goes somewhere else. “We think BioShock is still one of the most important franchises in the industry,” Take-Two Chairman Strauss Zelnick said in a conference call earlier today. “We do intend to…

New Gears Of War 3 Screenshots Show Mechs Are Good With Their Feet

Epic today released a set of new Gears of War 3 screenshots, and those who prefer actual in-game shots to pre-rendered fluff are being well catered for. Most of these are in-engine, and around half are even proper in-game screens, with ammo counters, rough textures and everything. Bravo, Microsoft, this is the kind of stuff…

Gotta Catch Em All…Oh

You know what they say…photographers should never work with kids, animals or Pokemon. As seen on Facepunch, via Dtoid

It’s Sheer Terror, My Dear Watson

Sherlock Holmes’ trusty sidekick, Dr. Watson, is a trustworthy chap, right? Only in the books. In motion, the guy’s as creepy as a truckload of spiders. This footage has been taken from the PC game Sherlock Holmes: Nemesis, which was released in 2007. It was uploaded in 2008. A while ago, yes, but we’d imagine…

FixPix Micro-Review: Sizing Up The Competition

I like my iPhone games like I like my women: cheap, easy and good-looking. OK, that last bit is a lie. I’m no Burt Reynolds. Sadly. But that is how I like my iPhone games. All these ill-advised ports of flash games and DS titles are forgetting what the iPhone is. It’s a phone. And…

Two iPads And An iPhone Gets You This Racing Game

Pad Racer is a racing game for the iPad that lets you control your car with an iPhone. It’s now a lot bigger You can now combine two iPads and make one large track. A neat trick, but it could really be made better as a “LEGO” style system, where 4-8 people can get together,…

Kotaku Off-Topic: Brrraaaaiiiiinnnnssssss

Is anyone excited about the upcoming TV series based on The Walking Dead? Anyone? I am. I know by all rights I should be expecting horror for all the wrong reasons, but the comic is just so good, and the wisdom in making it a TV series instead of a movie so sound, that I…

Duct Tape And A Bag Of Rice Helps Disabled Man Get In The Game

Steve Spohn suffers from muscular dystrophy, leaving him physically limited. But thanks to duct tape, a bag of rice and an Xbox 360 controller, he can still get his game on. Evil Controllers, a company based in Arizona, specialises in modifying existing console peripherals to suit those with special needs. Like Spohn, for whom EC’s…

Star Fox’s New Friend Fights Like A Dairy Cow

Global dairy superpower Arla sure knows how to sell milk in Sweden: with Starfox, on the Super Nintendo. This new commercial, set in present-day Sweden, kicks off with a small boy in a rad knitted sweater playing some Starfox. There’s even a barrel roll. To keep his energy levels up, he can turn to a…

My Wii Remote Suddenly Isn’t Cuddly Enough

A pair of new Sesame Street games will come bundled with the cutest, furriest Wii Remote accessories we’ve ever seen, transforming the peripherals from hard plastic blocks into cuddly Cookie Monsters. Later this Fall, Warner Bros. will be releasing Elmo’s A-to-Zoo Adventure and Sesame Street: Cookie’s Counting Carnival. They’ll probably be forgettable Wii edutainment/shovelware, but…

The Chinese Transformer Is More Than Meets The Eye

China copies pretty much everything else out there, so it only stood to reason they’d eventually get around to doing their own Transformer. Unlike most other Chinese knock-offs, though, this one’s pretty damn impressive. Built by students at the China Central Academy of Fine Arts and standing 32 feet tall (and weighing four tons), it’s…

Watch The Entire Red Dead Redemption “Short Film”

The half-hour “short film” for Red Dead Redemption, directed by Hollywood man John Hillcoat (The Proposition, The Road), screened on TV a few weeks back. Most of you missed that, though, so here it is. It’s…stylish, in a way, but no more stylish than the game’s regular cutscenes. And the speed at which is blows…

Gears 3 Screens

Modern Warfare Is Already A Movie (And It’s Cheap!)

As seen at reader Garrett’s local Ralphs.

The War Game Where Nobody Gets Shot

If I told you a game cast you in the role of a US soldier in Iraq, would you simply assume you’d be spending your time shooting? You probably would. Which is why I like this game. The “Tactical Language Series” have been developed by Alelo for the US military, which seeks to train soldiers…

Jamie Lee Curtis Loves Her Some World Of Warcraft

Think Jamie Lee Curtis and you think Hollywood star. Maybe that scene from True Lies. You probably don’t think “World of Warcraft apologist”. Yet here she is, cashing in on Avatar, sticking up for World of Warcraft in a way that only a Hollywood actor – or someone who actually plays the game – could.…