Mike Fahey, Author at Kotaku

There Is Absolutely Zero Reason For Iceman To Be Fired

Okay, Pete Holmes — you’ve had your fun. Wolverine, Angel, Gambit and Jubilee deserved to be fired, but Iceman? I’d sooner fire Professor X. Yes, why don’t we turn the tables here? One of the most powerful telepaths on the planet, armed with a machine that can influence entire populations through subliminal suggestion, and mutants…

By Mike Fahey Published November 21, 2013

Cats And Laser Pointers Are The Ultimate PS4 Accessories

“What do I need a PlayStation 4 camera for?” That’s a question I asked myself several dozen times in the days following the launch of the PS4. This is the answer. My cats, Sprite and Pixel, love laser pointers almost as much as my children love drawing on the wall with markers and crayons. Watching…

By Mike Fahey Published November 21, 2013

Plants Vs. Garden Warfare Could Sell A Few Xbox Ones Come February

If I hadn’t already purchased an Xbox One for work purposes, Plants Vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare‘s Team Fortress 2-meets-HGTV vibe would surely have me in line for a console come February 18. Or February 20 if I am in Europe, 21 in the UK. Look, where I am does not matter. What matters is that…

By Mike Fahey Published November 21, 2013

Three Things You (Probably) Didn’t Know About Skylanders

Did you know Skylanders was originally going to be an adventure set in a magical land where no one had to pay $10 for a small plastic statue? That’s not one of the three facts presented in Lore‘s latest Fast Facts video. I still want a game where Spyro the Dragon is king of all…

By Mike Fahey Published November 20, 2013

A Remarkable Rhythm Game With A Touching Tale To Tell

There are plenty of rhythm games out there that deliver snippets of story in-between bouts of tempo-matching finger tapping. The haunting Deemo is the first one I’ve played that lets the music tell the tale. It’s not quite like any rhythm game I’ve played before, and I’ve played more than my fair share. The genre…

By Mike Fahey Published November 20, 2013

You Can Play PS4 Through Xbox One, But You Probably Wouldn’t Want To.

What happens when you plug a PlayStation 4’s HDMI cable into the back of an Xbox One? The same thing that happens to everything else. The fine folks at DigitalFoundry plugged their PlayStation 4 into the Xbox One’s HDMI input and — contrary to my fevered speculation — a singularity was not formed. Instead, they…

By Mike Fahey Published November 20, 2013

The first (by a hair) official iOS 7 controller for iPhone and iPod Touch is now ready to buy. Power A’sMOGA Ace Poweris available today for $99 at Apple Stores online and off, as well as the MOGAanywhere website, which also contains a handy list of more than 160 iOS games with controller support.

By Mike Fahey Published November 20, 2013

Vlambeer’s wondrous Ridiculous Fishing is now on Android, if the price is right. Purchase the Humble Mobile Bundle 3, with its Rymdkapsel and Epoch goodness, beat the average price for the pay-what-you-want pack, and all the Ridiculous Fishing you could ever want is yours.