Mike Fahey

There is only one way to celebrate this week’s release of the Borderlands 2: Game of the Year Edition. Everybody must Wang Chung. Yes, even you. Stop what you are doing and Wang the living hell out of that Chung. This is not a request.

You Never Realized Fonts Could Be This Exciting

I’ve been waiting weeks to write about Type:Rider. I’ve not been this excited about a mobile game in ages. It’s all about learning the most important human achievement in the history of humans achieving things: typography — the art and technique of arranging letters to make language visible. Without it, kjfdflkjhsdflsdjfhsdg. Having a language people…

It’s Official: Real-Life Pokémon Look Awesome

We’ve seen live-action Pokémon before, but that was all fan-made. Consider these fantastic beasties the official real-life versions of your favorite critters, straight from the folks at Nintendo. None of the screens, trailers or character art have made me quite as nostalgically excited for tomorrow’s launch of Pokémon X and Y as the 15 seconds…

I’m Not Sure, But I Think PETA Is Upset With Pokémon.

Remember when we had to wait years for a follow-up to our pro-animal rights propaganda video games? The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals return to the Unrelated Region a year after Pokémon Black & Blue with Pokémon Red, White & Blue: Loosely Connected to McDonald’s. Last year’s game called out all of humanity…

Track: Karma Slave | Album: Possibilities / Titan A.E. Soundtrack | Artist: Splashdown Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

Oh Prime, What Has The New Transformers Movie Done To You?

Last night during its annual pre-New York Comic-Con party, Hasbro unveiled the first toy tie in for 2014’s Transformers: Age of Extinction. It’s Leader Class Optimus Prime, and he makes me sad. This isn’t general Michael Bay-bot bashing. After three movies I’ve learned to appreciate what he’s done to bring my childhood heroes into the…

The Fables Game Comes Out Tomorrow! What The Hell Is Fables?

The folks behind the astounding The Walking Dead games kick-off a new serialized adventure tomorrow with The Wolf Among Us, based on an award-winning comic book about fairy tale characters. If that sounds childish and prosaic to you, you’ve been reading the wrong fairy tales. Strewn about the stories crafted to entertain us as children…

Puzzle & Dragons How To: Five Tips For Attaining Puzzle Mastery

Millions of mobile gamers around the globe have played GungHo Online’s role-playing hybrid Puzzle & Dragons, but how many are playing it right? We asked the developer for some tips and tricks to help survive the game’s unique brand of match-three madness. Puzzle & Dragons starts off easy — collect colorful creatures, take them into…

I’d Much Rather See This Version Of Thor: The Dark World

The only thing that could possibly be better than a completely LEGO-ized version of the upcoming Thor movie sequel, is a version of Thor: The Dark World where everyone is LEGO except Tom Hiddleston’s Loki. Put together by TT Games to remind everyone that LEGO Marvel Super Heroes is coming October 22, this Thor: the…

Don’t Shoot Yourself Is Pretty Good Advice

Trapped in a bullet hell of your own making, it’s natural to consider taking the easy way out. Don’t Shoot Yourself would rather you didn’t. If 100 Bullets wasn’t already taken I might suggest a name change for this unique take on the mobile bullet hell shooter. The player is trapped in a closed space…

The Greatest Sith Warrior In The Old Republic Is Even Scarier Up Close

Star Wars: The Old Republic couldn’t have Darth Vader, so it got Darth Malgus. Now that I’ve got him standing 20 inches high on my desk in the form of Sideshow Collectibles’ Darth Malgus Premium Format Figure, he might be my favorite Sith Lord ever. I mean, Darth Vader will always be an iconic figure…

Mad Catz’s Ouya-Killer Priced, Dated And Potentially Deadly

At $249.99, Mad Catz’s M.O.J.O. Android micro-console will cost two and a half times more than the Ouya when it’s released December 10. It’ll also be six times as powerful with the potential to stream games from your PC to your television set, so I’d say it evens out. Earlier this year, when Mad Catz…

There’s Far Too Much Eminem In The Call Of Duty Dog Music Video

I just want to listen to some music and look at dogs, but no — here’s Eminem droning on and on about shitting on his microphone and making stupid G-Unit puns. Oh wait, I guess this is supposed to be a video for Eminem’s “Survival”, the song that debuted in part during a Call of…

Adventure Time, LEGO and Linux Combine Into The Perfect PC Life Form

Harnessing the power of the credit card-sized Raspberry Pi microcomputer, the versatility of LEGO bricks and incredibly good taste in television animation, Michael Thomas has created an amazing tribute to Adventure Time‘s unsung hero, Beemo. Who wants to play video games? With a tiny computer and a tiny screen, Beemo or BMO springs to life,…

Ninja Gaiden‘s cyborg vs. zombies spin-off is coming to PC. Tecmo Koei announced this morning that the Steam version of Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z will be launching day-and-date with the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions in early 2014. Thank goodness. Ninja Gaiden and PCs go together like … you know.

What Is Disgaea? A Beginner’s Guide To Tactical Role-Playing Bliss

Years after everyone has caught all the latest Pokemon and the credits roll on Ellen Page, people will still be playing tone of this week’s more low-profile release — Disgaea D2: A Brighter Darkness. What is Disgaea, you ask? Let me explain. If you’re unfamiliar with Nippon Ichi Software’s ten-year-old PlayStation-centric series, don’t feel too…

You Won’t Believe One Person Created This Whole Game

Universum: War Front is an incredibly ambitious game. It’s a combination of real-time strategy, MOBA, role-playing game and third-person shooter, set in a wholly original universe. Impressive, moreso when you realize everything you see and hear in the video is the work of one guy. Cyril Megem has spent the past year and a half…

Amazing LEGO Ninja Fight Will Make You Wish You Were A Kid Again

What goes on inside the head of a child playing with a couple of LEGO ninja? Stop-motion animator supreme Counter656 gives us a thrilling peek. Adult toy collectors (like myself) spend hundreds of dollars trying to recapture the magic that toys held for us as children. Counter656 spends dozens of hours recreating it so we…

The Best Part Of The League Of Legends Championship Was The Anime

I spent a substantial chunk of Friday night at Atlanta’s Battle & Brew game bar, watching the League of Legends 2013 World Championship while my friend tried to explain what was going on. The only thing that stuck with me was this awesome animation of the game’s top players, created by the animation studio behind…

The Weekend Is Cold And Lonely. Fill The Emptiness With Gaming Apps.

Did you guys see theBests update for Android? It signals a renewed effort to cover the latest and greatest games coming to the world’s most popular open mobile platform. That’s going to have to do for this week. I didn’t play many new Android games this week, because I was spending all my Android time…