Mike Fahey

Netflix Adds Downloads For Your Offline Viewing Pleasure

One of the most bandwidth-hungry apps on smartphones and tablets, Netflix has been the bane of data caps for years. Today that changes with the addition of downloads. Find a show or movie, download it to your device and watch it on the subway, in an airplane, in one of the less considerate coffee shops.…

Ubisoft Makes All Its Multiplayer VR Games Cross-Platform

With three major virtual reality platforms currently splitting up a relatively small player base, finding folks to play multiplayer with on a single platform can be tough. Following Eve: Valkyrie’s lead, Ubisoft making its major multiplayer VR releases cross-platform, starting with the Eagle Flight. One of my only major disappointments with Ubisoft’s Eagle Flight when…

Lego’s answer to the blocky building fun of Minecraft, Lego Worlds is coming to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One this February. The game’s been on Steam Early Accesssince mid-2015, and we really dig it.

Nintendo Attractions Coming To Universal Studios Orlando And Hollywood

Announced last year for Universal Studios Japan, Nintendo-themed areas are also in the works for Universal Studios Orlando and Hollywood as well, promising massive areas filled with things to do, eat and buy. Miyamoto seems overjoyed. It’s a good fit, really. Nintendo’s spent decades building fantastic worlds for us to play it, now Universal is…

The King Of Fighters XIV Update Makes The Game Less Ugly

On the top left we have a screenshot from the release version of The King of Fighters XIV, a game that transformed beautiful 2D characters into lifeless 3D husks. On the bottom right, a shot from the game’s 1.10 update, which is looking to add a little life back into the game. This is good.…

Forza Horizon 3‘s Blizzard Mountain expansion pack brings ice, snow, extreme elevations more to Microsoft’s open-world racing game on December 13. Check out Xbox Wire for more details.

What Did Black Friday Make You Buy? 2016 Edition

Once again I managed to make it through Black Friday sales without buying more than one new television set, a lovely 43-inch 4K for $199 that fits perfectly on the console side of my desk. How’d the rest of you fare? This year I ventured out on Black Friday, by which I mean Thursday while…

All I Know About Fantastic Beasts I Learned From Lego Dimensions

I have not read J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter supplemental, nor have I seen the recently-released movie based on Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them. I’ve just played through the Lego Dimensions’ story pack of the film. It’s fun, if a bit disjointed. Watch me play through the first chapter of the story, in…

Snacktaku Eats A Turkey TV Dinner Alone In A Dark Room

Not every Thanksgiving meal is a lavish feast. In honor of those who find themselves alone or with meager means on America’s snackiest holiday, Snacktaku shares the traditional cheap-ass alternative, the turkey TV dinner. Swanson’s Hungry Man turkey dinner is no replacement for a house full of friends and family within one or two words…

The History Of Gaming Balloons In The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade

Since 1927 the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade has been filling the skies of New York with colorful balloon representations of pop culture icons. Video games didn’t enter the picture until 1993, and only three gaming icons have made the cut so far. This piece originally appeared 11/26/14. Some updates have been made for the…

Beware Of Broken Lego Dimensions Marceline Toys

Poor Marceline. She shows up late to the Lego Dimensions’ Adventure Time party, she’s a timed Toys’R’Us exclusive in North America, and while her minifigure is excellent, many seemed to have shipped with broken toy tags, rendering her unplayable in the toys-to-life game. Toy tags are the disc-shaped platforms that Lego Dimensions figures and accessories…

The Lego Batman Movie Minifigure Set Is Magnificent

For the first time in my Lego minifigure-collecting life, I might have to buy a whole box. Lego has revealed the 20-character The Lego Batman Movie blind bag minifigure set, featuring Fairy Batman, Lobster-Lovin’ Batman and so much more. While I love me some brooding Batman, I can’t get enough of Will Arnett’s lighter take…

We have “Boop.” I repeat, we have “Boop.” Symmetra isn’t the only one getting important fixes in today’s OverwatchPTR update.

What Lies Beyond The Boundaries Of Mario Kart Tracks

Built for speed and not exploration, racing games like Mario Kart like to keep players confined to a set track. Since developers always know what the player will be looking at, it’s easier to hide things away, until a YouTuber like Shesez starts using camera tricks to explore beyond track borders. In the latest installment…

Lego Dimensions‘ Sonic Level Is A Mini Sonic Generations

Sonic the Hedgehog made his debut in Lego Dimensions last week with a level pack that sends Sega’s hero through several generations in a quest to find the Chaos Emeralds. We played through a bunch of it on Facebook yesterday. Want to see? The Sonic the Hedgehog level pack for Lego Dimensions comes packaged with…

Open-World Conan Survival Game Coming To Xbox One, PC Early Access In January

Funcom’s taking its Conan license to a much harsher environment next year with Conan Exiles, an open-world survival game that challnges players to tame a barbarian wasteland and uncover its secrets. Xbox One players will be able to get in on the action this spring via the preview program. I’m getting a very Ark: Survival…

Vote For The Best Toys Of The Year

DC Super Hero Girls versus Pokémon. Funko Pop! vinyls versus Lego Disney minifigures. Fossil Hunter Lottie versus Fortress Maximus. We’ve got some tough choices to make to determine the winners of the Toy Industry Association’s 2017 Toy of the Year awards. The TIA probably doesn’t have a special group that just sits around playing with…

Uncharted 4 Is Getting A Co-Op Horde Mode

Keeping in step with themultiplayer roadmap released back in the spring, Uncharted 4‘s co-op multiplayer survival mode is coming in mid-December, pitting Nathan Drake and friends against 50 waves of enemies from merc fodder to flaming pirates. Visitors to next week’s PlayStation Experience event will be the first to try their hands at Uncharted 4:…

Pokémon Go is giving thanks for obsessed players everywhere with a special Thanksgiving event. From November 23 to November 30, XP and Stardust gains will be doubled. Sounds like a lovely excuse to wander away from the dinner table before the fighting starts.

The Best Way To Play New Steam Hit Icey Is To Ignore The Instructions

Chinese indie Icey may look like a simple side-scrolling hack-and-slash game, but that’s only if you do what the narrator and directional arrows tell you. Ignore them, and things get weird. Currently selling for under $10 on Steam and enjoying a spot on the global bestsellers list, Icey is part standard action game, part metagame.…