Posts By Luke Plunkett

In Real Life

Forget The Spike’s, Here Are 2011′s Real Video Game Award Winners

5:15PM Yesterday | Luke Plunkett

Those who like to complain about the annual Spike Video Game Awards, and yes, we’ve heard there are one or two of you, you’re missing the point. Don’t complain about the Spikes. Just forget all about them. And concentrate on the Interactive Achievement Awards instead! More »


PC

These Developers Just Took Their Characters Out Back And Shot Them. For Real.

4:30PM Yesterday | Luke Plunkett

There’s retiring old video game characters by not using them any more, and then there’s retiring old video game characters by building little models of them and destroying them. More »


In Real Life

This Ezio Statue Could Be Yours For Just…$375

4:30PM Yesterday | Luke Plunkett

Sideshow Collectibles has released this line of Assassin’s Creed statues which feature star Ezio jumping from a busted building about to stab someone in the face. More »


In Real Life

Why The Internet Gave This Man $1 Million. In A Single Day.

1:50PM Yesterday | Luke Plunkett

In case you’ve missed it, a video game idea on Kickstarter has helped smash the site’s records by raising over one million dollars in a single day. More »


In Real Life

Gamers Donate $400,000 IN ONE DAY To See Their Heroes Make A New Game

9:15PM February 9, 2012 | Luke Plunkett

Wow. Good job, internet! Despite the fact the project was announced less than 24 hours ago, Double Fine’s Kickstarter campaign for a new graphic adventure has reached its goal of $US400,000. More »


In Real Life

This Awesome Music Video Thinks It’s A Very Old Video Game

8:30PM February 9, 2012 | Luke Plunkett

After I posted Sole’s new video yesterday, I was inundated with emails from people saying “OH YOU SHOULD CHECK OUT THIS MUSIC VIDEO THAT’S LIKE A VIDEO GAME”. Most of them were rubbish, but this one, from Polinski, was great. More »


PC

Adventure Time Game Ideas Sounds Like Something For Awesome Old PC Gamers

7:30PM February 9, 2012 | Luke Plunkett

The creators of Adventure Time have long been dreaming of the perfect video game adaptation for the series. So much so they’re starting to write stuff down. And share it! More »


In Real Life

Even Stand-Up Comedy Routines Are Giving The Farmville Guys Shit

7:00PM February 9, 2012 | Luke Plunkett

This is Jason Baily, the CEO of East Side Games, with a mic in hand and some beef with Zynga, makers of Facebook games like Farmville. The world doesn’t have much of it, but it could really do with more video game stand-up comedy. More »


PC

Reckon With Kingdoms Of Amalur’s Concept Art (Sorry)

6:00PM February 9, 2012 | Luke Plunkett

With the game out this week, now’s as good a time as any to look at some concept art from Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning. More »


PC

Middle Earth Is Being Recreated, Tower By Tower, In The Elder Scrolls

5:00PM February 9, 2012 | Luke Plunkett

Ever since EA binned The White Council, I’ve been dying for an open-world RPG set in the world of The Lord of the Rings. I am also far from the only one, as a team of modders has been working on building themselves just that, using Bethesda’s Elder Scrolls games as a base. More »