Mike Fahey

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Bowser’s Big Interview

Earlier this week Nintendo of America proudly announced that it had hired Mr. Doug Bowser as its new vice president of sales. What I want to know if how he dressed for that interview. I think our readers can help. Or Steve thought our readers could help and I used his suggestion, even though I…

The Week In Games: Splat!

It’s that giddy, all-too-rare sort of week where we get to be deliriously excited about a Nintendo console release! I’ve managed to play exactly zero Splatoon over the past several weeks, so I’ll be going into Friday’s release clean, free of any worry over potential connectivity issues that may arise or preconceived notions about which…

Snacktaku PSA: Snacking While Sleepy Can Kill A Pizza

This was once a pizza. Now it is a cautionary tale. The once proud frozen disc of dough, meat, cheese and sauce was transformed late last night in a three-hour, 375 degree ritual I can only imagine was excruciatingly painful. It certainly smelled painful, and if I know anything it’s the smell of pain. At…

When Witcher 3 Bears And Cyclopes Go To War, Everybody Wins

Well, except maybe Geralt, but you can’t stage a massive battle between 20 bears and 20 cyclopes without breaking a few Witchers. YouTube’s Geo “Tyrannicon” Paradissis’ got a brand-new game, and he’s wastes no time laying waste to the untouched grasslands of CD Project’s latest. Such glorious chaos, and this is only the beginning. Tyrannicon…

Just Cause‘s Grapple Gun Is Exactly What Grand Theft Auto V Needed

Anyone who called Grand Theft Auto V a perfect game before the release of this Just Cause 2 grapple gun mod is a lying liar who lies. As seen in the video below from GTA X Scripting (via GameSpot), modder JulioNIB has given PC GTA V players the most entertaining accessory of all time. It’s…

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Hot Pockets: The Winners!

So many amazingly horrific entries inlast week’s “food”-themed ‘Shop Contest, but the winner is a simple, iconic image of Link from The Legend of Zelda playing the lovely “Song of Ass Storms.” All we wanted to do was show the folks in charge of Hot Pockets marketing how toproperly tie their product in with video…

The Perfect Weekend For A Waterslide. Maybe Not This One.

You must be exactly this height and weight to ride this ride, or else. Using the keen powers of sadistic evil automatically bestowed upon a person upon booting up RollerCoaster Tycoon 3, Redditor DaHrakl created the ultimate waterslide. And by “ultimate” I mean “final”, as only a very sprecific subset of park visitors would be…

Sunday Comics: Go Forth In Style

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 May 22. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published May 19. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and…

Til Morning’s Light Explores The Softer Side Of Adventure Horror

If Erica Page can’t battle her way through a haunted mansion filled with horrific beasts and break an ancient curse before sunrise her life is forfeit, her soul trapped for all eternity. Doesn’t that sound like fun? In my experience a game that begins with the protagonist trapped in a haunted house can go one…

Bad Lip Reading Assembles The Redneck Avengers

Remember the chilling scene in the first Avengers movie in which Loki tells Black Widow to run to Piggly Wiggly to get him Skittles, cigarettes and Big League Chew? Oh wait, that’s Bad Lip Reading’s Redneck Avengers. Bad doughnuts, spurned incestuous love, bad pig—I know a lot of you were worried by Joss Whedon’s departure…

Five Minutes With The Aperture Science Heuristic Portal Pinball Device

Because Aperture Science would never release something as plebeian as a pinball table. Coming next week to Zen Pinball 2, Pinball FX 2 and whatever other pinball platforms Zen Studios has running about causing trouble, Portal Pinball reunites fans of Valve’s first-person puzzler with the likes of GLaDOS, Wheatley, Atlas, P-Body and the ever talkative…

Persona 4: Dancing All Night In Women’s Clothing

It’s wouldn’t be a proper Persona 4 spinoff without tons of crazy costumes. Last week Atlus revealed swimwear for the ladies. This week, something much more entertaining. With a little over a month before Dancing All Night’s Japanese Vita release, Atlus demonstrate’s the cast’s amazing ability to make any outfit work, from swimwear… …to Yu,…

Snacktaku Reviews S’mores Oreos, AKA S’moreos

Remember when you’d go camping as a kid and sit around a campfire roasting marshmallows for s’mores? I don’t, which is why I used a cigarette lighter on a S’mores Oreo instead. Available tomorrow at participating retailers across the country, S’mores Oreo is the latest in Nabisco’s ever-increasing limited-edition attempts at making Oreos taste like…

Snacktaku Tries Mountain Dew’s Latest Throwback, Dewshine

Mountain Dew’s latest limited edition flavor does not contain alcohol, but it really, really wants to. There’s been some understandable confusion over Dewshine, the crystal clear beverage from PepsiCo’s Mountain Dew brand that’s been sporadically popping up across the country over the past month or so. It comes in four-pack bottles emblazoned with Mountain Dew’s…

Watch Me Die Four Times In The First Five Minutes Of Steredenn

A lovely pixelized combination of shoot-em-up and roguelike, Steredenn changes every time you play, which is the excuse I’m using for all the deaths. Oh come on, it’s hard enough playing a shmup when you aren’t trying to talk about it at the same time. At least if this glorious beast were a standard shooter…

Doc Brown Comes Back To The Future To Hype LEGO Dimensions

Christopher Lloyd is a man who’ll jump at any chance to don a Hawaiian shirt, stand in front of a wind machine and shout “Great Scott!” A new LEGO Dimensions trailer is as good a reason as any. Good old Doc Brown is getting his own Fun Pack when LEGO Dimensions launches this September, adding…

Puzzle Quest And Adventure Time, Together At Last

Coming this summer to a mobile device near you, two lovely things in a colorful free-to-play sandwich. Developed by the fine folks at WayForward in cooperation with the okay folks at Cartoon Network, Adventure Time Puzzle Quest sends Finn, Jake and friends on an adventure across the Land of Ooo, taking on enemies in fierce…

Hatsune Miku: Project Mirai DX for 3DS gets a special launch edition—and a four month delay. Originally due out next f***ing week, the game will now arrive on September 8 in North America and three days later in Europe, packed in a retail box full of stupid crap to try and make fans feel better.…

Disney Infinity 3.0 Does Away With Blind-Bagged Power Discs

The most frustrating aspect of Disney Infinity has been trying to collect all the game-enhancing Power Discs randomly packed in stupid blind bags. Almost as exciting as adding Star Wars characters, Infinity 3.0 is selling its Power Discs in a far less shady way. Power Discs themselves are a cool idea—augmentations that unlock textures, items…

The First Five Butt-Blazing Minutes Of Action Henk

In which an out-of-shape action figure hero from the ‘90s uses his ass to get ahead. We featured an early version of RageSquid’s indie racing game last year, but it’s come a long way between then and its recent Steam release. The environments are much richer, the butt-sliding is about as satisfying as sliding about…