Mike Fahey

I’m Off To A Slow Start In Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns

I’ve been spending the early days of Guild Wars 2’s Heart of Thorns expansion pack trying to remember how to play Guild Wars 2. So far it’s not going well. For example, after I took the screenshot at the top of this article I tabbed out to begin writing, then tabbed back to this. Not…

Having Way Too Much Fun With Disney’s PlayMation

There is a good chance I am having more fun pretending to be Iron Man with Disney’s PlayMation toys than any child ever could. One of the hottest toys going heading into the holiday season, Disney’s Marvel-themed PlayMation gear and toys is an interactive electronic way to run about the house or yard pretending you’re…

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: It Could Be Worse, Luke Skywalker: Winners! 

Two weeks ago I asked our readers to picture worse places for Luke Skywalker to be than being teabagged by Imperials in Star Wars: Battlefront. What I got back was a photo tour of Skywalker nightmares. This week’s winner not only picked one of the most nightmarish Star Wars scenarios ever—inside the Star Wars Kinect…

Sunday Comics: Unfounded Rumors

Welcome to Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your pretty much weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira. Published October 23. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published October 19. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry…

Being Eaten Alive By Rats In Warhammer: Vermintide Is So Good

Holy shit that’s a lot of rats. I do not use “holy shit” lightly kids, so when I say “Holy shit that’s a lot of rats,” I mean there are enough rats to fill a high school auditorium. Enough rats to make an entire fall fashion line. Enough rats to craft 100 horses made entirely…

Batman: Arkham Knight Gets Re-Released On PC October 28

Four months after being pulled from sale due to poor performance, bugs and various other inadequacies, the PC version of Batman: Arkham Knight goes back on sale next week, along with all the DLC early PC players have missed. Warner Bros. promised the end of this month, and here we are. The game goes back…

The most hardcore fans of Supercell’s free-to-play mobile sensation Clash of Clans have gathered in Helsinki, Finland forthe first-ever ClashCon. Check out the scheduleat the event’s page, and watch it live here.

Bask In The Wonderful Badness Of A Cheap Coast Guard Game

Feeling seasick? Don’t worry, Finn Asdair and the brave men and women of generic country’s Coast Guard are here to help. This bold new $19.99 simulation adventure on Steam is bold, new, $19.99 and on Steam. For more than that, watch me play. Launched this week on that digital distribution platform I mentioned previously, Coast…

The First Five Minutes Of Archer Pinball, With A Side Of Bob’s Burgers 

Three years ago we ran a story titled “Oh, Dear God, Please Let an Archer Pinball FX 2 Table Happen.” Guess what? Released this week as part of the “Balls of Glory” pack for Zen Studios’ various pinball platforms, the Archer table joins offerings from other popular animated television shows, including Bob’s Burgers and Family…

Here’s A Game That Could Make Up For That Abysmal Afro Samurai 2

The first installment of the Afro Samurai 2 video game is horrible. The Game Bakers’ newly-announced Furi, featuring character designs by Afro Samurai creator Takashi Okazaki, looks like it might help us forget that other game ever happened. We’re off to a good start, what with Afro Samurai 2 removed from PSN, unreleased on the…

Payday 2 Players Up-In-Arms Over Newly-Added Microtransactions [Update]

Starbreeze Studios kicked off Payday 2’s 10-day Crimefest community event earlier this week by introducing random weapon-filled safes which require drills purchased with real money to open. Update: Starbreeze has added drills to the game’s loot table so players can receive them for free. “Payday 2 Joins The Steam Economy” reads the announcement posted on…

Indivisible Is An Amazing Action RPG, And It’s Still Only A Prototype

With gorgeous art and animation, gameplay that’s a one part Metroid, one part Valkyrie Profile and music by a legendary Japanese composer, the prototype for Lab Zero’s Indivisible is more exciting than many fully-developed games. The makers of Skullgirls, the little indie 2D fighting game that could, turn their animation prowess and the power of…

Guitar Hero Live: The Kotaku Review

Guitar Hero Live is two separate games united by a single plastic guitar. One is the first game in the series to truly live up to its name. The other is decidedly different. The core idea behind the Guitar Hero series is right there in the name—make the player feel like a rock (or pop…

Racing Into The Future With Phone-Controlled Robot Cars

When I was a kid I had a slot car racing set, but not many friends, so I used to play against myself with a controller in both hands. If only the robotic race cars of Anki Overdrive had been around back then. Anki first rolled onto the consumer robotics scene back in 2013 with…

I’ll Never Skip Tales Of Zestiria‘s Opening Movie

Nothing gets me ready for buttoning through endless expository dialog like the music from the opening of Tales of Zestiria. There are Japanese role-playing games with openings I watch once and then skip, and then there are JRPGs that I turn on just to watch the opening sequence over and over again. Grandia III is…

The Week In Games: Two Weeks, Three Wii Games

Sure there are more popular games coming out this week than Just Dance 2016 and Just Dance Disney Party 2, but none of those are coming out for the original Wii. What’s more, they aren’t the only Wii games coming out over the next two weeks! Monster High: New Ghoul In School is coming next…

Happy 30th Birthday, Nintendo Entertainment System

On October 18, 1985 Nintendo of America took a huge gamble, releasing a console into a North American market that seemed to have washed its hands of video games completely. Thirty years later those hands are filthier than ever. While Nintendo’s Family Computer (Famicom) system enjoyed massive success in Japan following its 1983 launch, getting…

Sunday Comics: Tales From The Bush

Welcome to Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your pretty much weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira. Published October 17. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published October 12. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry…

The First Five Minutes Of F.E.A.R. On Its Tenth Birthday

Ten years ago today, Monolith Productions did not release a sequel to Shogo: Mobile Armor Division. Instead they embarked on a horror-filled first-person saga that would leave players questioning supernatural age of consent laws. I won’t spoil anything about the F.E.A.R. series here—well, any more than I just technically did, but not really. The original…

Destiny Addicts Finally Getting The Help They Need

My name is Michael Fahey, and while I am not a Destiny addict myself, I’m beginning to suspect I work with several of them. Maybe Rooster Teeth’s imaginary support group can help. Over the course of the past nine years of working at Kotaku I’ve developed a habit of jumping from one game to the…