Mike Fahey

Custom Batmobile Baby Stroller Is Just Asking For Trouble

At least young Colin Earl won’t have to wait for a bat to come crashing through his window for vigilante inspiration — this custom-built Batmobile stroller should do the trick nicely. The nice folks at Super-Fan Builds, makers of the lovely BioShock aquarium, tackle a Batman super-fan in this latest, ill-fated episode. Well-meaning wife Maressa…

Advanced Warfare Cracks Down On Players Killing Themselves On Purpose

In a fireside chat over the weekend, Sledgehammer Games’ studio head Michael Condrey discussed ongoing matchmaking optimization for Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare and cracking down on players who spend entire matches sitting in a corner killing themselves. It may be hard to get into a match with players you can actually kill — Condrey…

Man Opens Extremely Rare Counter-Strike: Go Weapon, Goes Insane

The lovely gaming couple responsible for TecAssault were enjoying a quiet evening opening weapon cases in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. Then they opened one of the rarest items possible, and the husband completely loses his shit. While CS:GO weapon cases are earned through normal play, the keys to unlock them must be purchased, so every time…

The Week In Games: Let The 2015 Games Begin

Two of them are remasters and one’s an incredibly quirky downloadable role-playing game, but there are definitely games coming out this week. Will the trend continue? We’re slowly making our way out of the year change drought, that quiet period of time where the only titles released (for consoles at least) are things like Pure…

Prank Transforms Living Room Into Gigantic Ball Pit

I am not generally a fan of being pranked, but I fully endorse anyone who wants to fill my home with colorful plastic balls while I’m out running errands. YouTuberRoman Atwood has pulled some pretty horrible pranks on his poor wife in the past, including my personal least favorite, pretending he accidentally threw their toddler…

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Make Your Own Damn Zelda New 3DS XL

So you might not get the Majora’s Mask New 3DS XL. It’sreally no big deal. Besides, you could make a better one. All you’d need is Photoshop or something. Hey, I have an idea! The internet is swimming with artwork from The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask. This post is swimming with PNG images of…

After This Smash Bros. Rap Nothing Will Ever Be Okay Again

Smosh‘s lewd and crude Smash Bros. rap has generated more than two million views since Friday’s debut, with countless Villager-induced nightmares to come. I’m never getting this out of my psyche. While the chorus is catchy as hell (We used to be tight like brothers / By the end you want to murder each other),…

Sunday Comics: He’ll Be Fine

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 January 16. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published January 12. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and…

Red And Black New 3DS XL Preorders Still Available Everywhere

“Holy shit.” That’s what I said when I first saw the limited edition Majora’s Mask New 3DS XL during the Nintendo Direct earlier this week — when I first felt that overwhelming need that fueled apost about limited availability that’s so far racked up over 1.5 million page views. I had the money. I had…

First 4 Figures is launching a The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker statue line this year, and they’re starting big. Here’sa teaser for the first piece in the series. Look for more pics of Toon Ganondorf when he goes up for preorder later this week.

A Fan Is Rebuilding Jak II In CryEngine, And It Looks Amazing

With Naughty Dog occupied withUncharted 4 and folks clamoring for more The Last Of Us, Deviant Artist Floordan has taken it upon himself to please 3D platforming fans with his own HD remake of Jak II. Recently released on YouTube (via Reddit), the preview of Floordan’s recreation of Jak II‘s Pumping Station level demonstrates a…

The Saturday Stream Attempts To Play Smite (All Done)

Having spent last weekend at the Smite World Championships here in Atlanta, I am now a certified expert in all things related to Hi-Rez Studios’ third-person action MOBA, with the possible exception of playing it. There’s something about attending a live event that makes a person brave. During the quieter moments of the competition I…

Don’t play video games for three days straight or you could die. That’s what happened to a 32-year-old Taiwanese man, found slumped in his chair dead following a three day gaming bender at an internet cafe in Kaohsiung city, as reported by Yahoo News. This is the second such death in Taiwan this year, and…

Razer Atrox Arcade Stick For Xbox One: The Kotaku Review

When Razer first announced their Atrox Arcade Stick for the Xbox One I gave it a hard time, mainly because the Xbox One only had one fighting game at the moment. Then I found something to do while I wait for more. As far as the Xbox One is concerned, I consider the purchase of…

Parks And Recreation‘s Absurd Board Game Could Become A $500 Reality

Created by Ben Wyatt in a season six episode of Parks and Recreation, the Cones of Dunshire has come to represent everything wonderful and horrible about overly-complicated fantasy board games. Now Mayfair Games is Kickstarting a full version — but it’s not cheap. Having dabbled in tabletop role-playing game design in my youth (there’s a…

I Picked The Perfect Time To Get Back Into Final Fantasy XIV

After spending the better part of 2014 exploring other MMO avenues, in 2015 I’m getting back into Final Fantasy XIV, just in time for the massive two-part pre-expansion patch 2.5, “Before the Fall.” Yesterday Square Enix released a lengthy trailer detailing the new content coming in patch 2.5, an update so large it’s coming in…

Hatsune Miku Charms Western 3DS Owners This May

Drunk on the success of its virtual idol rhythm games on North American and European PlayStation 3 and Vita, Sega prepares to conquer Western 3DS owners in May with Hatsune Miku: Project Mirai DX. The result of a partnership between Sega and Good Smile Company’s Nendoroid line of figures, the Project Mirai series offers all…

Our First Look At Princess Kitana In Mortal Kombat X

Of course Kitana is going to be in Mortal Kombat X. You try telling the adopted daughter of Shao Kahn to stay home and watch Gilmore Girls on Netflix. Kitana, named because one of her parents must have seen a katana somewhere, has been a fixture of the fighting game series since Mortal Kombat II,…

How Amiibo Work In Nintendo’s New Games, And At What Cost

This morning’s Nintendo Direct was chock full ofnew Amiibo toys and Amiibo-enable games. Here’s how the colorful pieces of plastic will work in Nintendo’s upcoming titles, including the one you might have to delete existing Smash Bros. Amiibo data to play. First off we’ve got the toys: a newly-announced third wave of Smash Bros. Amiibo…

Two flavors of Puzzle & Dragons comes to the North American 3DS in May 2015. Nintendo is bundling two 3DS versions of the popular mobile game — Puzzle & Dragons Z and Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition — in on package this spring.