Mike Fahey

The 7th Guest Takes Another Stab At Crowdfunding A Sequel

Back in the early days of CD-ROM technology, there were two games everybody had to have — Myst and The 7th Guest. Myst‘s legacy lives on, but the horror puzzles of The 7th Guest and it’s sequel, The 11th Hour, haven’t gotten the same love. Perhaps The 7th Guest 3 can help, if its second…

Rovio’s Answer To Flappy Bird Is A Whole New Level Of Frustrating

The incredibly addictive Flappy Bird captivated mobile gamers with its cruel challenge and simple single tap controls. Rovio’s Retry, now being tested in select markets, takes that same punishing hook to the next level. The basic idea is simple. The player must fly their plane from one end of a level to the next. The…

Nazi Trucks Don’t Stand A Chance In Sniper Elite 3

Why headshot a single soldier, when you can headshot an entire evil Nazi vehicle? The lengthy new gameplay trailer for Sniper Elite 3 is filled with such terrible greatness. There is much more to a Sniper Elite game than just shooting things from far away, as the trailer below demonstrates. There’s just nothing quite as…

The Unofficial Mario And Luigi Transformers

In the Transformers Animated universe there exists a pair of Cybertronian plumbers who bear a striking resemblance to Nintendo’s most famous bros, and now they’ve got their own third-party action figures. Paying homage to first generation Transformers and Nintendo’s Super Mario Bros., character designer Derrick J. Wyatt debuted this pair of plumbing hopefuls in a…

Kingston Makes An Excellent Gaming Headset, Sort Of

When one thinks of Kingston Technologies, memory and storage are what immediately come to mind. The Kingston HyperX Cloud Gaming Headset is a step towards adding high-quality game audio products to that list. How’d they do? WHAT IS IT? The HyperX Cloud Gaming Headset from Kingston is a device that people can place upon their…

Classic Adventure Shadowgate Has Come A Long Way Since 1987

Shadowgate started life in 1987 as a point-and click adventure game for the Apple Macintosh. This summer Shadowgate is reborn for the PC, Mac, iOS and Android, and it looks so lovely. From a simple, black-and-white, largely text-based adventures to wondrous hand-painted beast designed to look amazing at even 4K resolutions, this new version of…

The digital version of MLB 14 The Show is experiencing a game delay. Several tipsters alerted us to the digital delay earlier today, upset that the game, slated for release at 12:01 am this morning, was still a no show. An update to the release announcement post on the PlayStation Blog cites “unforeseen technical issues”…

In Case Anyone Forgot How Bad 2005’s King Kong Was

If you ask me, CinemaSins wasted a whole lot of time and effort putting together a 10+ minute video detailing the problems with 2005’s King Kong. All they really needed was this single still. I’ve never finished watching King Kong, though I still have the copy that came free with my Xbox 360 HD-DVD player.…

How To Build A Warplot In WildStar

A couple weeks ago I wrote an article about Warplots, the build-a-base endgame player-versus-player mode in the upcoming science fiction MMO WildStar. Shortly after that, the fine folks from Carbine and NCsoft came knocking at my door, peering through the keyhole and asking “Do you want to build a Warplot?” Sure, let’s do it! I…

Does Science Equal Truth? 8-Bit Philosophy Ponders The Answer

Thug Notes’ 8-Bit Philosophy might be the best way to learn about Nietzsche’s Critique of Scientific Positivism. See? You’re already falling asleep, but add a little Mega Man action, and you’ll perk right up. For those of you new to philosophy, it’s the study of blowing people’s minds with meaningless words that actually sound incredibly…

Bound By Flame hits PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC and PlayStation 4 on Friday. Focus Home Interactive’s hack-and-slash action role-playing game is flying low under the radar — I had to look it up when I posted The Week in Games on Sunday. Strange, as it seems like the kind of game I’d really dig.…

The Amazing Spider-Man 2: The Kotaku Review

Activision has released seven free-roaming Spider-Man games since 2004, each criticized for one particular flaw. Activision has released seven free-roaming Spider-Man games since 2004, each criticized for one particular flaw. Activision has released seven free-roaming Spider-Man games since 2004, each criticized for one particular flaw. What, doing the same thing over and over again isn’t…

Learn How To Kiss With Spider-Man And Gwen Stacy

During this weekend’s episode of Saturday Night Live, real-life couple Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone took the stage to demonstrate how real kissing gets done, unless I am completely missing the point. In other news, my wife is never going to trust my kisses again after I get finished emulating this skit all over her…

Exactly The Colorful 3D Platformer I Was Looking For

Whenever I get to feeling nostalgic about the 3D platformer-saturated days of the Nintendo 64 and PS1, Gears for Breakfast’s upcoming PC game A Hat In Time arrives to cheer me up with a new trailer and fresh screens. I’ve yet to get my hands on A Hat in Time, unlike the completely smitten Patricia…

The Week In Games: Stories Of The Shinsengumi

It’s the perfect week to curl up in an air conditioned room with a pair of remastered visual novels for your PlayStation 3. It’s a week filled with remasters and re-releases. We’ve got Borderlands 2 for the PlayStation Vita, but only if you buy a system bundle — otherwise you’ll have to wait a week.…

A Hack That Gets You The Most Taco Bell Food For Your Money

It’s late at night, you’ve got a pocketful of crumpled bills and coins, and your hunger exceeds your self-esteem. Thanks to a clever hack, now all you have to do is send your budget to a special email address to generate a maximum calorie Taco Bell menu. The Taco Bell Disrupt, created during the hackathon…

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Star Wars The Next Generation

Earlier this week we met the cast of Star Wars Episode VII, an intriguing mix of old and new faces. Now it’s up to our Photoshop-savvy readers to take those actors and put them into some Star Wars. We could leave it up to J.J. Abrams, but he has important lens flares to place, so…

100 Days Of The Same Dance, All At Once

For more than 100 days, YouTuber Project One Life performed the same dance routine in his bedroom. Then he spliced all of the footage together into a two minute video. The result is downright inspirational. He’s got some killer dance moves, this guy, though that’s coming from someone whose only dance move is the ‘sit…

Sunday Comics: An Amazing Honor

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 2. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published April 28. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and…

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Excavated Extra-Terrestrials: The Winners!

Last week’s discovery of the for-some-reason-fabled E.T. landfill was so exciting I completely forgot it happened. Imagine my surprise as I prepare to post the winners of last week’s ‘Shop Contest and discover 20 million entries based on the subject. Luckily for my sanity, there can be only a couple dozen. This week’s overall winner…