Mike Fahey

The First Five Claymation Minutes Of Armikrog

What happens when the creators of two of the most beloved games of yore, Earthworm Jim and The Neverhood, join forces to fight crime? I don’t know, but they’ve made a lovely game together. Watch on YouTube here. I’ve been waiting to play the Kickstarter-backed Armikrog for what seems like ages but was actually under…

They Made A Sequel to My Singing Monsters. Tell My Kids I Love Them.

Of all the free-to-play mobile games I’ve”donated” to, none received more of my hard-earned cash than Big Blue Bubble’s magical monster music game. Now there’s a sequel, and I am already hooked. My Singing Monsters is a clever combination of music and monster breeding. You begin with a single creature that makes a sound at…

Behold, The Terrible Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 5

When the first video we see of a game on launch day is a two minute montage of glitches captured within the first hour of gameplay, something’s not right. Perhaps “somethings” is the better term to use there. The problems with the first new entry in the once-premiere skateboarding franchise in years began back in…

Disney Infinity‘s Version Of The Original Star Wars Trilogy Is Way Different

The second Star Wars adventure set for Disney Infinity 3.0 begins with Luke, Leia, Han, Chewie and the droid flying escape pods to Tatooine for their first meeting with Obi-Wan Kenobi. Wait a minute… It’s a kids game, I know, but the Star Wars fan inside me can’t help but go a little nuts over…

The Friggin First Five Minutes Of Guns, Gore And Cannoli 

If you’re a horde of undead looking to devour the living, maybe don’t do it in a 1920s city run by the Mafia. Watch on Youtube Released for the PC back in April, theXbox One last week and the PlayStation 4 when it feels like it, Guns, Gore and Cannoli is a game about what…

So Many Robots Die In The First Five Minutes Of Assault Android Cactus

Aww, look at Cactus. Isn’t she cute? You wouldn’t know just by looking at her that’s she’s a flamethrower-wielding robot-killing machine. Developed by Brisbane’s Witch Beam, Assault Android Cactus is my new favorite twin-stick shooter. It’s everything I want in the genre—fast action, tactile shooting, edge-of-your-teeth escapes—plus things I didn’t know I wanted, like a…

LEGO Dimensions: The Kotaku Review

Gandalf, Batman and Wildstyle walk into the Aperture Science Enrichment Center. Stop me if you’ve heard this one. Chances are you haven’t, as up until now the only place you could have stumbled upon that particular combination is your wildest imagination (or perhaps the imagination of a fan fiction author.) The LEGO Group is no…

A Five-Minute MOBA Is Exactly What I Needed

There are quick fixes, and then there are incredibly quick fixes. When Spacetime Studios says Call of Champions is a five-minute MOBA, they mean it—five minutes is all you get. Available now for iOS, Call of Champions isn’t the first mobile MOBA (multiplayer online battle arena) game, but it’s certainly the quickest. I still love…

The Week In Games: Ballin’

It’s time for the basketball games with the number 16 in the title! Also, Mega Man Legends. Maybe I should have led with that. As part of my current quest to appreciate competitive virtual sports games more I’ve been playing close attention to the rivalry between EA’s NBA Live 16 and 2K’s NBA 2K16. Right…

I’m Going To Teach Myself To Drive Stick With Video Games

“A tough young man like you is going to want a manual, right?” asked the Nissan salesman who sold me my first car 20 years ago. I shook my head timidly and purchased an automatic Sentra at $500 a month for six years. I can’t help thinking I’d have gotten a better deal had I…

The First Gameplay Footage From The South Park Xbox Game That Never Was

The original Xbox never got a South Park game, but if it had it would have looked something like this. The raw work in progress was allegedly discovered on a debug original Xbox procured in August by Nintendo Age forum moderator qixmaster, who posted a few screenshots and a single cutscene from the game. Sometime…

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: The Ugliest PlayStation 4

Earlier this week our own Evan Narcissecalled the upcoming Call of Duty PlayStation 4 “Ugly As Sin.” He wants ugly? We’ll give him ugly. I’m not too put off by Activision and Sony’s Pumpkin Spice PlayStation 4. Black, grey and orange aren’t that bad of a combination, and considering how insane the pumpkin crowd is…

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Thank You For The Amazing Game Cube Collection, Random Game Store Guy

I went to my local video game store on Friday to pick up a copy of Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer, and I walk out with an entire generation’s worth of Nintendo console goodness. Thanks, random game store guy. No, I didn’t get his name. I want to say Dave, but I want to say…

Sunday Comics: Best Gaming System Ever

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 September 25. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published September 21. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry…

A LEGO Dimensions Buyer’s Guide For The Discerning Player

Tonight at midnight $465 worth of LEGO Dimensions product goes on sale. How much does one need to pay to have a good time? Let our buyer’s guide be your…guide. LEGO Dimensions, taken as the whole of the first series of starter and toy kits, is the priciest total game release of the year. Skylanders…

The First Five Rip-Snortin’ Minutes Of A Fistful Of Gun 

My admiration for FarmerGnome’s epic multiplayer Spaghetti Western is rivaled only my my lack of dedication to a fake Southern accent during the first five minutes of A Fistful of Gun. Released last week on Steam for little doggies everywhere to get along to, A Fistful of Gun is a unique little top-down pixel shooter…

Afro Samurai 2 Is Some Bullshit

I was going to record a video demonstrating why the recently-released follow-up to 2009’s Afro Samurai is such a waste, but I couldn’t bring myself to play it any longer. Fuck this game. I wasn’t a fan of the Afro Samurai animated series when I played and reviewedthe first game some six years ago, and…

Couldn’t make it to TwitchCon 2015? It’s okay, I think they are streaming it somewhere. Really it’s amazing anyone showed up live. Check out the full schedule and where to watch what here.