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Luke Plunkett
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Luke Plunkett is a Senior Editor based in Canberra, Australia. He has written a book on cosplay, designed a game about airplanes, and also runs cosplay.kotaku.com.

The problem isn’t so much that the microtransactions exist in and of themselves, but that their existence incentivizes the developer to demand more grinding from a player. Read more

why does 2k18 Luke Plunkett not resemble Keanu Austen? Read more

Compared to most people, I would say I have a very particular view of micro-transactions (MTX) in general. I work as a PM/Systems Designer for a mobile gaming company and MTX is where our revenue comes from... we offer free-to-play games and we offer ways to speed-up or get ‘unstuck’ through item in our store. We are Read more

Went there.

This stuff happens from time to time. True story. Read more

Can’t wait to see Arsenal sponsored by “Left for Dead”. Read more

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Obligatory post of one of my favorite prank calls.

“He, who is both man and DIVINE”

And he resisted the temptation to sprinkle his apology with “Bruce,” “Shiela,” “G’day,” “barbie,” or “bonza.” Admirable. Read more

These are incredible! A great concept as well. GG WP! Read more

It’s because companies like King and Nexon (who make Battlejack) spend millions on psychological analysis of game UI to make it attractive, create excitement, and retain players, which mostly comes down to colours and movement. (Sound also plays a part, but many people play iphone games with the sound off, so it Read more

Lessee, psychedelic, 70's rotoscoped color effects? Check. Heavy synth and sampling work, extremely well blended and utilizing sound-stage? Check. Random digitized ‘tracking’? Check. Bringing it all into a cohesive, trance style progression? Check.
This is SO my jam! Definitely looking into the artist! Read more

OH NO I SWIMMED OUT OF SWIM Read more

Good time to talk about its successful cabinet counterpart.

When I first heard the news, I was under the impression that this was related to a singular incident that the higher ups at Polygon were investigating. That lead me to a Neogaf thread where I saw it was a MUCH more widespread issue, to the point that his other podcast cohosts have cut ties with him. I want to believe Read more

So... I am pretty sure that the stuff that went down was not anywhere close to flirting. Read more