Mike Fahey

Game Console Colors, Ranked

30. Beige 29. White 28. Coral 27. Black 26. Metallic Rose 25. Green 24. Yellow 23. Black 22. Pearl 21. Turquoise Green 20. Grey 19. Translucent Red 18. Teal 17. Pink 16. Platinum 15. Clear 14. Orange 13. Translucent Blue 12. Smoke 11. Wood 10. Piano Black 9. Royal Blue 8. Silver 7. Purple 6.…

One Of These Will Be Mighty No. 9‘s Heroine. You Decide.

Every spiritual successor to Mega Man needs a spiritual successor to Roll. In Mighty No. 9‘s case, it’s a girl named Call (shush), and she’ll look like one of the nine sketches above, based on your vote. You don’t have to back the Kickstarter project to determine the look of the girl robot in Keiji…

There is no escaping pumpkin spice. Every year it gets worse. Pumpkin spice cookies. Pumpkin spice coffee. Pumpkin spice blood in your pumpkin spice veins. OfficialComedy’s trailer for Pumpkin Spice: The Movie brings the horror home.

Valve Announces A Steam Controller With No Thumbsticks

We’ve got the operating system, we’ve got the hardware, and now we’ve got the human interface device. The third prong of Valve’s all-out attack on living room gaming is the Steam Controller, a hackable gamepad with dual trackpads, haptic feedback and a touch screen. Two clickable trackpads are the most prominent feature of the Steam…

Curt Schilling’s unfinished MMO goes up for auction. Initial bidders are being vetted for the remnants of the Kingdoms of Amalur MMO, Project Copernicus, that was in production when Curt Schilling’s 38 Studioswent under. The state of Rhode Island will sell the property to the highest bidder in November as part of its continuing efforts…

Fresh Single-Player The Last Of Us Content Aimed At Year’s End

There’s an Abandoned Territories multiplayer map pack dropping for Naughty Dog’s post-apocalyptic masterpiece on October 15, but that’s not important right now. What is important, is new story-driven, single-player content coming to The Last of Us in December or January. I’m sure multiplayer fans will be pleased with the four new maps in the Abandoned…

The Original Pokemon Hero Returns In Pokemon Origins

Ash Ketchum was never the very best, like no one ever was. It was always Red, the hero of the original Pokemon Red and Blue. His story is Pokemon Origins, a four-part animated series premiering November 15 on Pokemon TV. This is the Pokemon trainer I became when I first fell in love with this…

The Joy Of Scribblenauts: Unmasked In A Single Screenshot

That’s young Bruce Wayne, standing over the bodies of his dead parents. Tasked with giving the grieving orphan something to console him, I went with irony. Inspired by the opening to Game Informer‘s review of Scribblenauts: Unmasked, which I only glanced at briefly as to not color my own upcoming analysis, I took a break…

Please Stop Comparing Real Life To Video Games

“It’s a bizarre, surreal case of a young man almost acting like a real-life action video game,” said a judge in England earlier this week, regarding a 15-year-old boy involved in a bank robbery. Or maybe he was acting like a bank robber. There should really be rules for comparing real-life events to video games.…

Persona 4 Arena Gets Three New Characters And A Killer Name Extension

Persona 4 Arena is a wonderful fighting game. Persona 4 Arena with an extended story, two new character from Persona 3 and one fresh face is Persona 4 Arena The Ultimax Ultra Suplex Hold. Hell yeah. Coming to Japanese arcades this winter, this update picks up the incredibly lengthy story where Persona 4 Arena left…

You’ve Got Lightning Returns In My Final Fantasy XIV

There is no greater power in the realm of Eorzea than cross-promotion, be it with Dragon Quest or the upcoming Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII. The pink-haired paladin of justice makes a trip to MMO-land to drop off clothes in a special event. They’re called Fates, public quests that spawn all over the open-world areas…

Cut the Rope 2 is coming this holiday season. With more than 400 million downloads between the original Cut the Rope, Cut the Rope Experiments, Cut the Rope : Time Travel and Pudding Monsters, ZeptoLab is finally giving the candy-munching Om Nom a proper sequel, with a number and everything. Unfamiliar? The original was released for…

The Original Game Boy Is Travelers’ Best Friend Once More

There was a time you couldn’t board an airplane without seeing at least a half dozen Game Boys. That time has come again, thanks to Think Geek’s Travel Boy carry-on luggage. Constructed of ABS and possessing a style the gaming community only gets to enjoy in limited edition recolors these days, the Travel Boy is…

What Happens When You Mix Skylanders And Disney Infinity? Don’t.

Two games dependent on physical toys that interface via magical portals? Of course it’s tempting the drop a Skylander down on the Infinity base to see what happens, but we don’t. Not if we want happiness to survive. Skylanders Meets Disney Infinity [The Warp Zone – YouTube]

Listen. That’s The Sound Of The PlayStation 4 Starting Up.

Console startup sounds are the fanfare that signals our journey into the world of interactive entertainment. Let’s listen to the PlayStation 4 version of the tune, courtesy of SCEE PR manager Hugo Bustillos. The sound, with accompanying video, was posted yesterday on Bustillos’ Instagram account. Many jealous comments followed. Doesn’t sound much different from the…

The Attack On Titan Game Looks Much Better In Motion

Our first peek at the 3DS game based on the hottest anime series of the year was a bit disappointing. Seeing it in motion in this first trailer, Attack on Titan doesn’t look half bad. While I would have preferred a major console/PC release, maybe something with Oculus Rift support (*shivers*), whipping about town dodging…

From Death To DuckTales: It’s The Week In Gaming Apps

They say there are only two things you can count on in life — death and DuckTales. Add The Week in Gaming Apps to that list. Then subtract it again, because it’s Wednesday and this was supposed to run on Monday. You can count on it — you just might have to wait a little…

A New Mario Statue Line Begins With The Perfect Plumber Outfit

First 4 Figures and Nintendo are launching a new series of Mario statues, and what better version of of the iconic Italian than the one that’s already halfway there? Gotta love the old Tanooki suit. This is my Mario. Whenever I think of the good old days of gaming, I recall sitting in front of…

Burger King’s Satisfries: The Snacktaku Review

Earlier today Burger King revealed the ridiculously-tagged Satisfries, a new crinkle-cut potato product that’s lighter and leaner than the competition. As it turns out, they are not the saddest fries. They might be the best fast food fries going. Despite its best efforts, Burger King has never been known for its french fries. When I…

Burger King has unveiled Satisfries, a new potato product aimed at making people feel better about eating them using percentages and downward-pointing arrows. I feel healthier already. Thanks, numbers and arrows! Find out more here, while I prepare for a short road trip to see if they’re the saddest fries.