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Hitman Absolution: The Army Of Girls That Will Change Gaming

Yesterday I had the most incredible day. Yesterday I visited the studio of Good Game: Spawn Point, at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Good Game: Spawn Point is a TV show about video games, and its target audience are young gamers – under 10s – kids who spend their days playing Minecraft, Smash Bros., and Mario…

Mark Serrels Published May 31, 2012
Dear Santa, Please Send me This Ikaruga Model, Thanks, From Luke

Japanese collectible company Kotobukiya will soon be releasing this small, 6″ version of Ikaruga’s Hitekki Genkei fighter. It’s a model kit in the truest sense of the word: while it comes pre-painted, it also comes entirely disassembled, meaning you not only have to put its 200 pieces together by hand, but glue most of them…

By Luke Plunkett Published May 31, 2012
Play a Game as a Medieval Islamic Ruler. For Once.

Given the fact most big games are made by Westerners for Westerners, we don’t often get the chance to assume the role of a serious, proper Islamic (or even Middle Eastern!) character. And no, Ubisoft, a fairy-tale, clichéd ideal of a Persian Prince doesn’t count. So it’s awesome seeing Paradox give Crusader Kings II players…

By Luke Plunkett Published May 31, 2012
Find Your Way Around DayZ With This Real, Paper Map

One of the things that makes zombie survival sim DayZ so difficult is that players start the game without a map. Even later on, getting hold of one can be tough. Without a map, you can’t see where you are, and if you don’t know where you are, you have trouble finding other survivors. Sure,…

By Luke Plunkett Published May 31, 2012
Meet the Best Halo Figure I’ve Ever Seen, and it was Made by Magic

Well, it was made by a 3D printer, but I refuse to call them “machines”. If you can put materials into something, press a button and out the other end comes entire things, that to me is magic. Dark magic. This Halo figure is being shown off on the webpage of the Objet Connex500, a…

By Luke Plunkett Published May 31, 2012

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