Mike Fahey

Dead Or Alive 5‘s Newest Fighter Is A Respected Japanese Historical Figure

Naotora Ii overcame many hardships to become the female daimyo of the Ii clan in 16th century Japan. She’s time hopping from Samurai Warriors to Dead or Alive 5: Last Round next month.

That Time My Pikachu Was Kidnapped And Held For Ransom

Today marks the 20th anniversary of the release of Pokemon Red and Blue in Japan, and fans are celebrating by sharing their fondest Pokememories. Mine involve a kidnapping, complete with Polaroid shots and a magazine cut-out ransom letter. It all went down at Dragon*Con 1999 in downtown Atlanta. I’d been working security for the convention…

Firewatch Gets Co-op Play Via Printable Maps

Firewatch is a very lonely video game, but that doesn’t mean you have to play it alone. Developer Camp Santo has released printable versions of the game’s Two Forks Region Overview map so you can bring a navigator along for the ride. The two maps, one textured and one plain, were posted in response to…

Band Says New Final Fantasy XIV Boss Battle Music Is Ripping Them Off [UPDATE]

During a boss battle introduced in the latest update to Final Fantasy XIV a song plays that sounds a lot like Powerman 5000’s “When Worlds Collide,” so much so that the band is calling it “a straight up rip off.” If you’re not familiar with the work of Powerman 5000, the American rock group fronted…

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Cheer Up, Baby Batman

Batman’s son, Damian Wayne,has a sad. I’m pretty sure we can fix this. Three days down, three days to go! Why is Damian Wayne, AKA Robin, so sad? Did he not get his Fire Emblem collector’s edition on time? Has his father forgotten he existed? Did he decide to scrub the last ‘Shop Contest entirely…

Pokémon Releases Official Photo App, Whatever Happens Next Is Their Own Fault

As part of its ongoing 20th anniversary celebration, The Pokémon Company just gave thousands of people with too much time on their hands the opportunity to create officially branded mischief on their smartphones. The 20th anniversary celebration kicks into high gear this weekend. Nintendo has an incredibly short Pokémon Nintendo Direct on Friday. On Saturday…

My Only Problem With Ultra Widescreen Gaming So Far

Games look amazing on a curved ultrawide monitor, until they shift to a pre-rendered cutscene recorded at 16:9 ratio. Then come the black bars. As bane of my existences go it’s pretty minor, but I’m always just a little disappointed.

Burger King Makes Hot Dogs Now, And They’re Fine I Guess, Whatever

Looking to stay competitive with gas stations, baseball stadiums and guys with dirty food carts, Burger King today became the biggest restaurant-based seller of hot dogs in the nation. But who goes to a restaurant for a regular hot dog? Aside from me, I mean. I am a huge fan of the sorry sausages that…

Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth: The Kotaku Review

Cyber Sleuth is the most fun I’ve had with Digimon in a long time, though my idea of ‘fun with Digimon’ is quite specific. It’s been nearly 19 years since Bandai launched Digital Monster toys, a more ‘masculine’ counterpart to the wildly popular Tamagotchi. In 1999 we met the DigiDestined in Digimon Adventure, the first…

Halo’s Arbiter Has Been Holding Back On Us

The Covenant’s best warrior has been a bad ass in the Halo games, but not nearly the bad ass he’s being in his appearance in season three of fighting game Killer Instinct As hinted late last month, the third season of Killer Instinct features a cameo from Microsoft’s storied shooter franchise. Instead of going with…

Snacktaku Eats Stale Munchkins And Sadness At LaGuardia Airport

After spending nearly a week in New York City eating Taco Bell and attendingToy Fair 2016 I was more than ready to fly home to see my wife and children. Due to uncooperative weather I spent the night on the floor at LaGuardia instead, eating the worst version of tasty things. My flight to Atlanta…

The Week In Games: Enter The Beastmaster

Thog love kitty. Kitty Thog friend. Thog and kitty always together. Thog name kitty Phsteven. Good Phsteven. Games come. Thog fear games. Games scare Thog. Phsteven keep Thog safe. Thog want to play Agatha Christie. Tuesday, February 23 Far Cry Primal — PS4, Xbox One Agatha Christie: The ABC Murders — PS4, Xbox One, PC…

Today marks the 15th anniversary of the release of Clive Barker’s Undying. Let’s celebrate by sharing our favorite Undying stories orlooking up the game on Wikipedia to remember which one it is. It was great, if I recall correctly.

One Final Twilight Princess HD Comparison Vid Before Our Memories Get Muddled

With the high definition remaster of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess less than two weeks away, Nintendo UK releases a final comparison between Gamecube and Wii U before the jaggy lines go all blurry in our heads. One good thing about Nintendo’s baby-stepping graphics hardware upgrades over the past few consoles is that HD…

The Legend Of Zelda Was Born 30 Years Ago Today On An Ugly Little Floppy Disk

On February 21, 1986, Japan got its first taste of the magical land of Hyrule, though not on the famous gold cartridge Western gamers are familiar with. In early 1986, while gamers in the U.S. were getting acquainted with the Western version of Nintendo’s Family Computer (Famicom), the Japanese original got an upgrade in the…

Sunday Comics: Snake Sex

Welcome to Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira. Published February 19. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published February 15. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and…

LEGO Gaming PC Runs Much Cooler Than It Looks

Building a gaming PC out of standard hardware and LEGO bricks is pretty impressive. Integrating an all new method of air-based graphics card cooling that delivers water cooling performance, Mike Schropp’s LEGO Gaming PC is a mechanical marvel. Constructed of around 2,280 LEGO pieces, Schropp’s distinctive X-shaped gaming system consists of three different sections. In…

Smite‘s God Battles Spill Over Onto The PlayStation 4

Now that last month’s Smite World Championship presented by Xbox One is good and done, it’s time for Hi-Rez Studios to bring its god-based third-person MOBA to not-so-greener game consoles. Closed beta for the PS4 version of Smite kicks off next month. While many higher level PC players turn up their noses at the console…

Well? Would you?

Playing Street Fighter IV And V At The Same Time With One Controller

The folks at Eurogamer’s Digital Foundry hooked up Street Fighter V and its predecessor to the same game controller and started playing. The sync is mesmerizing at first, but then it all starts to fall apart. As explained in the Eurogamer article, Digital Foundry’s “dual wielding” system of controller syncing only goes so far while…