Luke Plunkett

Sheik Looks Great In Overwatch

Shayleen Hulbert is a 3D artist based in the UK who has worked on games like Heroes of the Storm, Spyro Reignited and Borderlands 3 This, though, is her part of a team’s shot at what Zelda’s Sheik would look like in Overwatch, as “a fearless non-binary hero, a lone wolf raised and trained by…

Now For Some Pokémon Boots

Chinese Zara stores have started selling these Pokémon boots, which don’t just look surprisingly cool, but are also downright affordable. Normally when we post about some weird Pokémon collab with a fashion house that sits anywhere above Uniqlo or Adidas on the prestige chain, the price tag looks like the $250 Glamb were asking for…

Please Don’t Bury These Real Animal Crossing Items

Wanting to bring a little Animal Crossing into the real world, props builder Kiril Hearn from Flux Tide Designs has gone and made replicas of some of the game’s items/icons, like the furniture leaf and fossil. They’re small enough to fit on your desk (6cm long, 7cm high), but what I really like about these…

Overwatch Anime Opening Was Made By One Guy

Joshee Kis to thank for this amazing Overwatch video, imagining the series was an anime with this being the intro. Any one-person animation job is impressive, but the fact it runs for 1:55—an eternity in this situation—makes it even moreso.

Riot Games Executive Resigns Following “Abhorrent” George Floyd Comments

Ron Johnson, Global Head of Consumer Products at Riot Games, has resigned from his position after saying that the murder of George Floyd by police was caused by his “criminal lifestyle”, comments Riot later described as “abhorrent” and “against our values.” As ESPN reports, Johnson’s resignation was announced to the company on Thursday night by…

American Garlic

Rashad Pozdnyakov is a concept artist and illustrator from Russia. You can see more of Rashad’s stuff at his ArtStation page

Look At The PS5’s Cute Little Taco Camera

I do not like the PlayStation 5, but I do very much like its wee little sidekick, the Taco Camera. It’s officially called the “HD Camera,” features two 1080p lenses, and its purpose is pretty much limited to allow, and these are very much Sony’s words, “gamers to broadcast themselves along with their epic gameplay…

The PS5 Does Not Look Good

I don’t mean the console as some kind of overall experience, or as a platform upon which to play games upon. Who knows what’s going to happen, it’s not even out yet! But I do know that the PlayStation 5 hardware itself, for all of Sony’s experience and money, looks…bad? The entire show today was…

Board Gaming’s Industry Body Refuses To Say A Word About Black Lives Mattering [Update]

An increasing number of prominent board game industry and community members have pulled out of an upcoming show over The Game Manufacturers Association’s (GAMA) continued silence over Black Lives Matter. UPDATE 6:53am, June 11: GAMA has since released a statement on their Facebook page, cancelled Origins Online and offered to “match, dollar for dollar, any…

Shields Up

Julian del Rey is an artist and illustrator at Riot Games. You can see more of Julian’s stuff at his ArtStation page

Riot Games Executive Says George Floyd Was Murdered By Police Because Of His “Criminal Lifestyle” [UPDATE]

Ron Johnson, Global Head of Consumer Products at Riot Games, has shared an image on his personal Facebook account that lists George Floyd’s prior convictions before saying “this type of criminal lifestyle never results in good things happening to you or those around you”. He is now being investigated internally by the company. As Vice…

13/10, Would Lead Into Battle Again

Ilse Gort is a Dutch artist who has done some incredible work on Magic: The Gathering cards. You can see more of Ilse’s stuff at her ArtStation page

New Toy Story x Reebok Pump Sneakers Are Very, Very 1995

Clothing store BAIT, Reebok and Disney have gone incredibly 90s with this pair of Instapump Furys, taking the 1994 sneaker and dressing it up in a Woody and Buzz livery that is incredibly fun to look at. I’m not sure about wearing them, but looking, definitely fun. Your eyes aren’t deceiving you on the colour…

Fancy Coffee Table Turns Into Arcade Setup

Swedish designer Love Hulten is behind this very Scandinavian, very lovely coffee table. That just so happens to also magically transform into an arcade setup. As you can see, what from the outside looks like a pair of handles, designed to pull out a draw that maybe has some magazines or remote controls in it,…

Nemesis, set in a universe that’s basically Alien without the license, is a very good and popular board game about escaping a bug-infested ship while also fucking over your friends. It’s now also becoming a video game.

NYC Prisoners Given $15 Bootleg Game Boys

Because prison visits and social mingling have been curtailed recently as part of Covid-19 precautions, the New York City Department of Corrections have decided to buy 5500 handheld gaming machines at a cost of $15 each to try and give inmates at the city’s prisons something else to do. As the Daily News reported last…

Warhammer 40K, But For Kids

Cole Marchetti is a concept artist at Epic Games. You can see more of Cole’s stuff at his ArtStation page (And yes, this is real, it’s a whole series Games Workshop are putting out).

Sony Fined $2.4 Million Over Australian Game Refunds

Sony Europe (of which the company’s Australian branch is a subsidiary) has been fined AUD$3.5 million (USD$2.4 million) after it was found to have presented “false and misleading representations” to local customers who were trying to refund PlayStation game purchases. As Gizmodo Australia report, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) took Sony to court…

Controversial Taiwanese Horror Game Returns With Beautiful Physical Edition

Devotion, a horror game that disappeared from Steam last year after players discovered a controversial “Winnie the Pooh” joke aimed at Chinese president Xi Jinping, is coming back as a boxed game. Preorders for this physical edition are open now and run until June 15. Instead of simply sticking the game in a box and…

Adidas’ Pokémon Slides Are Very Cute

Continuing their recent series of footwear collabs, Adidas this week have released a very nice pair of Pikachu slides. The good news? They look great and are only $20! The bad news? They’re only in kids sizes, and are already sold out. If you’ve got kids or tiny feet though don’t despair, a lot of…