Mike Fahey

Getting Started In Lego Worlds

Before you start building your own worlds in Lego’s answer to Minecraft, you’ve got to learn the roles and earn some gold bricks. Let’s take a look at the opening moments of Lego Worlds. When it launched in early access for PC back in 2015, Lego Worlds was a much more Minecraftian (it’s a word)…

Logitech G Pro Gaming Keyboard Review: Professional Grade

The latest keyboard to come from Logitech’s gamer-focused G series is a compact little number built specifically for esports professionals. I am not an esports professional, but I know what I like. As the line between sports and esports continues to blur, we’re seeing more gaming peripherals made for the esports market. Just like you…

Project Diva Future Tone‘s Second DLC Gives Us ‘Lots Of Laugh’

The second installment of downloadable content for the already ridiculously-huge Hatsune Miku: Project Diva Future Tone has arrived. The Second Encore pack adds more costumes, accessories and four songs to the over 200 in the game, including popular Project Mirai tune “Lots of Laugh.” Watch me play. “LOL – Lots of Laugh -” is the…

There’s A Difficult Decision At The End Of Nier: Automata 

Nier: Automata’s been out in the wilds of North America for a day, which is enough time for dedicated players to reach the tough question posed after the final credits roll—one that could irreversibly affect their save data. Spoilers follow.  SPOILER WARNING Nier: Automata, like much of game director Yoko Taro’s work, features numerous endings…

This Isn’t An Operating System, It’s An RPG

In Kingsway, Andrew Morrish’s upcoming PC role-playing game, monsters are pop-ups, quests are emails and your backpack is a cluttered file folder. That’s right, it’s an OSRPG. Coming to PC later this year via Adult Swim games, Kingsway is a role-playing adventure that takes the form of the Kingsway Operating System, which is basically a…

For Super Bomberman On Switch, TV Mode Is The Better View

As the Nintendo Switch launch title I was most excited about, Super Bomberman R does not disappoint in terms of explosive action, but boy does it make me squint in tablet mode. My first foray into Switch gaming on launch night was purely tablet-based, and so my first impressions of the return of one of…

Nier: Automata Lets Your Corpse Join The Fight

In Nier: Automata you play as 2B, an unstoppable android killing machine tasked with ridding the world of alien robot invaders. When she dies, she transfers to a new body and keeps fighting, but don’t count her old body out yet. If you’re playing Nier: Automata on anything over easy mode, you’re going to die.…

Lego Worlds launches on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One today, slipping out of early access on PC as well. It’s pretty much Lego Minecraft, where players can join together online and build all the Lego stuff their little Lego hearts can dream up.

Breakforcist Is A Tasty Combination Of Breakout And Breakfast

On a weekend where I had access to Nier: Automata and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, I spent at least two hours curled up with my iPad, paddling balls at breakfast. Well-played, Breakforcist. I am not normally one to spend $3.99 on a game I know absolutely nothing about, but there was…

Nier: Automata: The Kotaku Review

Nier: Automata begins as a scrolling shooter. Then it’s a twin-stick shooter, a third-person action RPG and a 2.5D platformer. It’s equal parts comedy and tragedy. It’s a game that’s whatever it needs to be at any particular moment to be completely amazing. There’s nothing simple about Nier: Automata, but I will attempt to simplify.…

Sounds Like Amazon’s Switch Shipments Are A Bit Of A Mess

Online retailer Amazon offered preorders for the Switch several times following the console’s release date announcement, promising day one delivery of Nintendo’s latest console. Now it’s day one, and many preorder customers are still waiting. All it takes is searching Twitter for “Amazon” and “Switch” to see that many customers are regretting their choice of…

Snacktaku Eats Peeps Oreos, Turns Pink

Now thats it’s finishedtasting game cartridges, Snactaku moves on to something slightly more edible. We were unsure about the Easter-themed combination of Marshmallow Peeps and Oreo cookies, but now we are completely certain our entire digestive tract is currently bright pink. There are two very valid reasons to be wary of Nabisco’s latest co-branded cookie…

Doctor Fate Is Our Best Hope Against Superman In Injustice 2

Weaker heroes in the Injustice 2 universe take a pill to make them capable of standing up to the likes of Superman, but there is no pill to make Superman less vulnerable to the magical mastery of the newly-revealed Doctor Fate. Doctor Fate’s signature ankh appeared on some of the earliest marketing images for Injustice…

AMD’s Ryzen CPUs Are Here To Take On Intel

AMD today launches the first three models of its Ryzen desktop processor, a trio of eight-core CPUs that promise power to rival Intel’s finest at a more accessible price point. AMD has spent four years and thousands of hours working on the Zen core microarchitecture, and the three Ryzen processors launched today represent the culmination…

Nintendo Switch Cartridges Taste So Bad [Update]

The Switch is almost upon us, and while there’s still a lot to discover about Nintendo’s latest console, one pressing question has been answered. “How do the cartridges taste?” So bad. Oh god, so bad. Update—Nintendo tells us what we’re tasting. The subject of the taste of Nintendo Switch cartridges was first raised by game…

Dell Inspiron 15 7000 Gaming Laptop Review: It Plays Games

Some gaming laptops are legendary electronic beasts, brimming with the latest in powerful mobile computing tech, built to perform and priced slightly beyond that. Then there is the Dell Inspiron 15 7000 gaming laptop. You want to play games? It can do that. Just don’t go crazy. I’ve reviewed a lot of gaming laptops in…

Here’s What A Mission In Mass Effect: Andromeda Looks Like

Watching cutscenes and trying to woo our teammates is great, but the real meat of Mass Effect: Andromeda is in the gameplay. What’s that like? Watch a full mission play out and see. IGN has posted a nearly 18 minute video showcasing Pelessaria “Peebee” B’Sayle’s loyalty mission in Mass Effect: Andromeda, giving us a look…

New Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2 Trailer Puts Old Game Tech To Good Use

If you’re old enough to have played Mattel’s classic handheld football game, you’ll get a kick out of this reference. The rest of you will have to settle for the other Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 footage in the movie’s latest trailer, like Star-Lord meeting his dad. I still have one of those little…

Rebellion Is Remastering Rogue Trooper

In 2006, developer Rebellion released a third-person shooter featuring a genetically engineered super-soldier outfitted with a sentient helmet, rifle and backpack. Now they’re cleaning it up and releasing it again with Rogue Trooper: Redux for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PC and Switch. Fans of the 2000 AD comic series will recognize one of the more…

Following up on its remaster of the original Turok last year, Nightdive Studios is releasing the remastered Turok 2: Seeds of Evil for PC on March 16, with new enemies, weapons, levels and an online multiplayer mode. Prepare to be Cerebral Bored out of your skull.