Mike Fahey

Look At These Star Wars: Forces Of Destiny Dolls

Disney and Lucasfilmjust announcedStar Wars: Forces of Destiny, a series of animated shorts showcasing heroic women from a galaxy far, far away. Hasbro compliments the shorts with a lovely line of 11-inch “Adventure Figures.” It’s okay to say dolls. They’re very nice dolls. The official announcement from Hasbro says the Forces of Destiny toys, which…

Switch Charging Case Could Fix One Of The System’s Glaring Design Missteps

InDemand Design’s SwitchCharge gives Nintendo’s new console a stronger stand, onboard cartridge storage and promises up to an additional 12 hours of portable battery life, but the coolest thing it does is move the Switch’s charging port from the bottom to the side. Playing the Switch in tabletop mode without third-party enhancements can be a…

Check Out This Cool New Music Game You Guys

Just when I thought I’d seen every way imaginable to mix music and gaming, along comes Mad Fellows’ Aaero, in which players trace beams of musical energy through beautiful and deadly environments. Aaero came to my attention yesterday evening, after our managing editor, Riley MacLeod, sent me the following message: “Yo I’m playing this new…

Transformers: Forged To Fight Is Too Complex For Its Own Good

Transformers: Forged to Fight is a game about giant transforming robots fighting each other. When said giant transforming robots are fighting each other, it is very good. The rest of the time? It’s complicated. As I mentioned earlier this month,beating up Transformers is a good time. Developer Kabam promised an exciting mobile fighting game with…

Toy Time Plays With DC Icons Justice League Rebirth Action Figures

DC introduces a whole new audience to the Justice League in theaters this fall, and we’re begin bombarded by pictures the upcoming movie’s take on Wonder Woman, The Flash, Batman, Cyborg and Aquaman. The DC Icons Justice League Rebirth box set couldn’t come at a better time. Unless the movie somehow flops miserably (like that…

Call of Duty: Black Ops II is now available for play on the Xbox One via the magic of selective backwards compatibility. The shooter has been topping BC request chartssince Xbox One backwards compatibility became a thing.

The Switch Can Be A Good Gaming Tablet, Too

You don’t need Joy-Cons or a plastic dock to have fun with the Switch. Lately I’ve been playing a whole lot of Voez, a rhythm game that shows off how good a gaming tablet the Switch can be. Voez is a rhythm game from mobile developer Rayark, originally released for iOS and Android in 2016.…

Fnatic Gear Rush Silent Review: The Softer Side Of Pro Gaming Keyboards

Between the quiet keys and modest decoration, it’s hard to tell the Rush G1 Silent is the product of one the world’s biggest esports organizations. Perhaps we can fix that. Rather than license the brand name to a third party, Fnatic created Fnatic Gearback in 2015 in order to make its own gaming hardware. Since…

My Beautiful, Perfect Child Deleted My 40-Hour Persona 5 Save

“I tried to stop him,” my wife said as I opened the save menu

The Entire Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm Saga Gets Bundled Up This Fall

Naruto Shippuden has ended and theBoruto spin-off series has begun. Seems like a good time for Bandai Namco to bundle together four video games covering the entire saga, which is exactly what’s happening with Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Legacy and Trilogy for Xbox One, Ps4 and PC. Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Legacy collects…

Beating Up Transformers In Forged To Fight Is A Good Time

Unable to wait for its nebulous spring release in the United States, I went undercover as a Canadian to get my hands on the massive robot battles of Transformers: Forged to Fight. It was worth it. This piece originally appeared 3/28/17. We’ve bumped it up because Transformers: Forged to Fight is now available. Transformers: Forged…

Put A Little Overwatch On Your Keyboard

Not only are Overwatch mechanical keyboard caps a fine way to show loyalty to your favorite character, they also help you remember which key does what thing. There’s a group buy going on over at Reddit’s MechMarket through April 2, featuring caps for almost every character. A group buy is where someone gets a whole…

Hardware Maker Mad Catz Dies

Following a lengthy struggle with financial insolvency, gaming peripheral maker Mad Catz has formally ceased all operation. The company’s directors and officers have all resigned, and its assets will be liquidated. The company that spent nearly three decades pumping out PC and console gaming gear is no more. According toan official announcement released today, yesterday…

Destiny Armor Shaders Are A Great Excuse For Variant Action Figures

McFarlane Toys really lucked out with the Destiny license. Not only does it get to make some cool figures and replica weapons, with Destiny’s armor shader system the repaint potential is massive. Here are four retailer-exclusive variants dropping in July. For reference, here are the original paint jobs for the Hunter, Warlock and Titan figures…

New Tom Clancy Mobile Game is Clash Royale With Sniper Rifles

Creating an army of collectible units and sending them down set lanes to attack enemy bases is all the rage right now. Even the Tom Clancy brand is getting in on the act, though ShadowBreak livens things up by giving the player control of a high-powered sniper rifle. Everybody wants to make a Clash Royale…

Unicomp Ultra Classic Keyboard Review: The Good Old Keys

In 1984 IBM introduced the legendary Model M, a beast of a mechanical keyboard that utilized a unique buckling spring key switch to make sweet love to the user’s fingers, along with a lot of noise. Unicomp’s Ultra Classic is the Model M’s direct descendant, and it’s almost as good as the original. If you’ve…

Club Penguin Island Launches And The Profanity Bans Continue

YesterdayDisney closed Club Penguin, the kid-friendly online game that had been delighting children and quickly banning potty-mouths since 2005. Today Disney launches Club Penguin Island, a subscription-based mobile game, bringing kid-friendly fun and high-speed banning to a new generation. Club Penguin Island, available today in the U.S. for iOS and Android devices, aims to give…

Taking The Battle To The Burning Legion In World Of Warcraft Update 7.2

World of Warcraft’smassive Tomb of Sargeras update went live this week, giving players a chance to unlock the new Broken Shore zone and punch the demon invaders right in the junk. Here’s a quick look at how to do that when you’re a warlock who’s forgotten how to warlock. I’ve been neglecting my gnome warlock…

Fans Bid Farewell To Club Penguin 

For nearly 12 years, children and trolls of all ages flocked to Disney’s browser-based Club Penguin for all sorts of kid-friendly (mostly) shenanigans. Today the game closes down for good, and players past and present are paying their respects. Disney is shuttering the long-lived and well-loved browser game at 12:01 AM Pacific this evening. While…

Funcom Relaunches The Secret World As A Free-To-Play Action RPG

Despite a unique setting, inventive quests and genuinely creepy vibe, Funcom’s supernatural MMO The Secret World doesn’t get a lot of play, so they’re taking all of the content from that game and putting it into a free-to-play online action RPG called Secret World Legends Funcom is calling it a relaunch, but traditionally relaunches involve…