Mike Fahey, Author at Kotaku

Kerbal Space Program Is All Fun And Games, Until The Moon Explodes

Squad’s sandbox space exploration game, Kerbal Space Program, is about constructing space-worthy vehicles and exploring the stars. Thanks to a healthy modding community, it’s also about blowing things up with lasers. Yay, modding community! Give humanity the tools to better itself, and it builds better weapons. While Kerbal Space Program only joined Steam’s Early Access…

By Mike Fahey Published August 9, 2013

Amateur Surgeon 3 Keeps The Trauma Center Dream Alive… Barely.

I loved the Trauma Center series from Atlus. It was over-the-top dramatic and played fast and loose with real medical procedures, but games were amazing fun. I miss them, so much so that Mediatonic’s stupid parody, now on its third installment, feels good to me, even if kicks off with me operating on a pug…

By Mike Fahey Published August 9, 2013

Search YouTube For “Bronies.” It’s Magic.

What happens when you search YouTube for the word “Bronies”, you ask? First you get a listing of videos about Bronies. Then something magical happens. It’s another aspect of YouTube’s Geek Week, which also brought us yesterday’s impromptu games of Missile Command. I’ve been watching it for 10 minutes now. I should probably just boot…

By Mike Fahey Published August 9, 2013

Very Special Edition of Saint’s Row IV Costs $1,000,000

They’re calling it the Super Dangerous Wad Wad Edition, there’s only one available, and it’s exclusive to UK’s Game. It costs a million dollars. In case you can’t read images, here’s what’s included: Saints Row IV : Commander in Chief Edition A full sized replica Dubstep Gun A full day of spy training A trip…

By Mike Fahey Published August 9, 2013

Here’s How Pokemon X And Y‘s New Mega Evolutions Work

Yesterday we caught wind of a new type of evolution coming in Pokemon X and Y. Today we learn how Mega Evolution works, where to learn the technique, and which Mega Pokemon will only be available through a special launch day distribution event. Oh, and there are three new Pokemon at the bottom, so if…

By Mike Fahey Published August 9, 2013

While Anomaly: Korea was lovely, it wasn’t much of a sequel to the right war game for the iPad. 11 Bit Studios delivers a proper follow-up to the reverse tower defense hit this fall, when Anomaly 2 goes mobile.

By Mike Fahey Published August 9, 2013

A New Ultima For A New Age, With New Problems.

Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar was a revolutionary role-playing game from a legendary game designer. Ultima Forever: Quest for the Avatar updates the classic with shiny new graphics and modern free-to-play social features that might be more trouble than they are worth. Ultima IV was a revelation. After three games spent sending players on…