Mike Fahey, Author at Kotaku

There’s A New Transformers Game On The Way, And It’s Just Precious

Oh my god, look at their giant heads. They’re so huge! This is what classic Transformers characters will look like in Transformers: Battle Tactics, a turn-based tactical combat game coming soon to iOS and Android devices. Before we get into specifics, let me get this out of my system. Huge! Heads! Ahem. Transformers: Battle Tactics…

By Mike Fahey Published December 10, 2014

Why People Can’t Stop Loving Super Smash Bros.

To an outsider the Super Smash Bros. series may seem like an unbalanced cacaphony of unrelated characters beating the snot out of each other. According to the latest episode of PBS’s Game/Show, that’s exactly why folks love it. Did you know there was a fancy term for creating something out of a collection of otherwise…

By Mike Fahey Published December 10, 2014

The New Guilty Gear Is Breathtaking At 60 Frames Per Second

Guilty Gear Xrd -SIGN- would be the prettiest sprite-based 2D fighter I’ve played, only those aren’t sprites. ARC System Works’ tricksy polygon work results in a game that has to be seen running 60 frames per second at 1080p. What ARC has done with the new installment of Guilty Gear is create intricate cel-shaded polygon…

By Mike Fahey Published December 10, 2014

Mega Man X Makes A Much Cooler Statue Than The Original

Back is September, First 4 Figures revealed thefirst in their new line of Mega Man statues. It was nice, if a bit too Astro Boy for my tastes. Now the company unveils its first Mega Man X statue. That’s more like it. Not that I have anything against the original Mega Man. He’s an adorable…

By Mike Fahey Published December 9, 2014

The Not-Particularly-Secret Origin Of Homestar Runner

From children’s book to web series to Telltale adventure game to a four-year stint as an incredibly quiet thing, Homestar Runner was one of the first really important things on the internet. Where did it come from? Atlanta, of course. Specifically Dunwoody, Georgia, where series creators Mike and Mark Chapman (the Brothers Chaps) attended school…

By Mike Fahey Published December 9, 2014

That’s It, I’m Done With Facebook Games

Today Facebook announced its 2014 Games of the Year. The top winner? Cookie Jam, a Candy Crush Saga clone. If this is the best Facebook has to offer, I’m done. I realize that most of our readership was done with Facebook games from the word FarmVille. They’re bothersome, annoying, formulaic, et cetera. But I’ve seen…

By Mike Fahey Published December 9, 2014

Driveclub‘s Dynamic Weather Update Completely Changes The Game

Two days ago I was bored with Driveclub. Today each race is exhilarating, often terrifyingly so, and all that’s changed is the weather. Now that most of the connection kinks have been worked out, Evolution Studios dropped its promised post-release dynamic weather update on the PlayStation 4’s once-troubled online racer,and it’s pretty much the best…

By Mike Fahey Published December 9, 2014

Apple Picked Exactly The Right iOS Games Of The Year

Apple has released its annual “Best of” list, singling out the top selling, top downloaded, top grossing and all-round top apps of 2014. For “Game of the Year” they picked perspective puzzler Monument Valley and wildly-popular number cruncher Threes for iPad and iPhone respectively. Excellent. I called ustwo’s Monument Valley “the perfect hour”, and now…

By Mike Fahey Published December 8, 2014

Nintendo Warns Not All Amiibo Will Get A Second Run

Following a tweet over the weekend from Canadian game store Video Games Plus indicating the Marth, Wii Fit Trainer and Animal Crossing Villager Amiibo figures had been discontinued, Nintendo tells Kotaku that some figures “likely will not return to the market” once their initial shipment sells out. “Nintendo has officially discontinued Marth, Wii Fit Trainer…

By Mike Fahey Published December 8, 2014

Kotaku‘s 2014 Toy Gift Guide

The holidays are upon us, and and nothing says “Happy Holidays” like the smiles on the faces of loved ones when they unwrap a shiny new toy. From the tiniest pieces of colorful plastic to elaborate collectors items to freaking lasers, here are some choice gifting toys for girls and boys of all ages. Stocking…

By Mike Fahey Published December 8, 2014

Doctor Who Gets Pixelated For Christmas

This week players of the ridiculously reasonable free-to-play mobile puzzler Doctor Who Legacywill get a Christmastime preview of the pixelated stylings of Nathan Skreslet, whose PixelWho art will play a big part in an upcoming in-game adventure. And Who better to usher in this charming 8-bit look than the charming Eight Doctor? Despite never having…

By Mike Fahey Published December 8, 2014

Culture

The Week In Games: Destiny Rising

What a lovely time of year. I’ve got my backlog stack, some warm and comfy sweats, some Christmas cookies and I’m all ready to… play more Destiny, dammit. Actually I think I might be finally done with Destiny. There’s too many other games for me to play for me to get all wrapped up trying…