-
Teenagers Try To Play Contra, Fail Spectacularly
Watching today’s teenagers fumbling around with a game that was second nature to gamers nearly three decades ago is heartwarming, in an evil old bastard sort of way. The latest retro gaming video from the REACT YouTube channelis all sorts of cathartic for the aging gamer tired of being schooled by relative youngsters in today’s…
By Mike Fahey -
Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Wild Junk: The Winners!
Last week we asked our readers to fix The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt’s missing penis problem. Our readers responded with the stuff of endless nightmares. The only rule was no actual genitalia, which only encouraged them. When you scroll through this week’s runners-up, you will see things you can never erase from your brain. You…
By Mike Fahey -
Now You Can Play Splatoon In Minecraft
Intrigued by Nintendo’s competitive online multiplayer painting game but don’t own a Wii U? Thanks to the magic of custom maps, anyone with a PC and a copy of Minecraft can enjoy a fairly accurate Splatoon experience. Minecraft artist Sethbling (via Polygon’s Owen Good) doesn’t have access to a Wii U himself, so he tagged…
By Mike Fahey -
Fake Nintendo E3 Leak Generator Reveals Zelda: Mountain of Poultry
I’m not sure what excites me more—Star Fox Colon, Mario Shooting, TLOZ: Mountain of Poultry or a web page that generates fake Nintendo E3 Direct lineup leaks every time I refresh it. Every year around this time internet hoaxters spend hours putting together fake versions of documents that would never exist in the first place…
By Mike Fahey -
Culture
Sunday Comics: Look At My Face!
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 June 6. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published June 1. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and…
By Mike Fahey -
The First Five Minutes Of Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game
With thefourth numbered installment on the way it’s the perfect time to take a short trip into the past, to an era when Fallout games needed lengthy explainer sub-titles and a man could proudly kill a rat by shooting it in the crotch. Putting the First Five concept to the test, 300 seconds is barely…
By Mike Fahey -
Think Twice Before Entering Dirty Words In Video Game Text Fields
Earlier this week, while playing Square Enix’s Chaos Rings III on the iPad, I was asked to name my favorite food via text field. I am not proud of what happened next. Warning: I am a horrible dirty potty mouth. I am milking my time with Chaos Rings III, a choice of words that will…
By Mike Fahey -
Nvidia Makes Batman: Arkham Knight Look All Fancy
Interactive smoke and fog, dollar bills that flutter across the floor, enhanced rain that beads off Batman’s cape—that’s right, it’s Nvidia’s obligatory “look-how-good-Batman-looks-on-our-hardware” video for Arkham Knight! While I’ve never caught myself playing an Arkham game on a console or AMD-powered PC and lamenting the lack of fluttering debris, I am a big fan of…
By Mike Fahey -
When Secret Wars Ends A New Era Of Iron Man Begins
Tony Stark’s Iron Man is easily one the most popular character in the Marvel movie-verse. Once the Secret Wars smoke clears, Brian Michael Bendis and David Marquez are tasked with making him just as popular on the comic page. It’s not going to be easy. Before Secret Wars mixed up the Marvel Universe, Tony Stark’s…
By Mike Fahey -
Bandai Namco Reveals Tales Of Berseria And Its Lone Female Protagonist
Main entries in the Tales series of role-playing games have traditionally featured male and female leads backed up by the supporting cast. Announced today for PlayStations 3 and 4, Tales of Berseria has one hero, and you’re looking at her. Her name is Velvet, which is exactly the sort of name you give a character…
By Mike Fahey -
The Official Big Bang Theory LEGO Set Looks Awkwardly Cozy
Having made it through a previous round of LEGO Ideas vetting, Alatariel and GlenBricker’s Big Bang Theory set is now a real product, including all you see here for a mere $59.99 later this year. For those unfamiliar, the LEGO Ideas Project is a website where LEGO builders can submit their ideas in the hopes…
By Mike Fahey -
Vehicles Make A Massive Difference In Skylanders: Superchargers
Adding land, sea and air vehicles to the mix gives this fall’s Skylanders game an exciting new twist. More importantly, it gives children toys they can actually play with. This is Hot Streak. It’s one of the 20 vehicles being introduced in Skylanders: Superchargers this September. Like previous Skylanders figures, Hot Streak will be placed…
By Mike Fahey -
Infinite Crisis Is Shutting Down
It had a nice long run, but—wait, no it didn’t. Having officially launched in March of this year, DC Comics MOBA Infinite Crisis will be shutting its doors on August 14, some six months later. The news was delivered via a forum post on the game’s official website from community manager Celestrata. After much deliberation,…
By Mike Fahey -
Sorry Hot Topic, GameStop Is The Proud New Owner Of ThinkGeek
In the face of a purchase agreement from GameStop Corp. valued at $140 million, ThinkGeek parent company Geeknet terminated the $122 million deal with Hot Topic it announced last week. From the official announcement: GameStop Corp. (NYSE: GME), a family of specialty retail brands that makes the most popular technologies affordable and simple, and Geeknet,…
By Mike Fahey -
So That’s How LEGO Dimensions Will Keep Players Rebuilding
I was a little worried that LEGO Dimension’s gadgets and vehicles would be one-time builds, toys you assemble once and then never touch again. As it turns out, every vehicle and gadget in the game has three different builds. Phew. While I wouldn’t mind a game that treated LEGO minifigures like Skylanders, bringing them to…
By Mike Fahey -
The Last Five Minutes Of Hatred, As Far As I’m Concerned
Do I really have to do this? Fine. Let’s get it over with. Mind the foul language and overall lack of enthusiasm. Purposefully controversial game Hatred is live on Steam today. In it players take on the role of a psychotic ‘90s metal front man consumed by the teen angst that caused him to buy…
By Mike Fahey -
Tanya Pops Into Mortal Kombat X Tomorrow
Kombat Pass owners can start making their way through the competition as the evil Edenian when the Tanya Bundle goes live tomorrow. Tanya’s been through a lot since her debut in Mortal Kombat 4 as a yellow and mask-less female ninja, and judging by the official gameplay trailer she’ll be going through a lot more.…
By Mike Fahey -
The First Five Joyous Minutes Of LEGO’s Minecraft
How much delight can one pack into five minutes? Watch and learn. Outed last week as LEGO video games often are—via a physical instruction booklet—fans could only hope that the brief description of LEGO Worlds on paper (Explore. Discover. Create.) meant what they thought it meant—LEGO Minecraft. It is exactly that. It is better than…
By Mike Fahey -
Killer Instinct‘s Shadows AI Even Learns Your Dick Moves
Last week Killer Instinct added Shadows Mode, which analyzes a player’s fighting style and creates an A.I. clone that does everything they do—including celebrating a win with a good teabagging. In TGF1Gaming’s video below (via Polygon), we see a fierce battle between a Jago player in white and his game-crafted shadow in blue and red.…
By Mike Fahey
Mike Fahey
Mike Fahey's posts