Mike Fahey

Oh Good, The 3DS Ninja Breast Physics Sim Is Coming To North America

The original Senran Kagura was created because designer Kenichiro Takaki thought it would be a good idea to use the 3DS to look at breasts in 3D. Thrilled with the results, he made a sequel, and now that sequel is coming to North America this fall. Oh boy. Considering the current gaming climate in North…

Tips For Playing Tales Of Xillia

The latest North American entry in Namco Bandai’s beloved Tales series of role-playing games has arrived for the PlayStation 3, and the urge to dive right in is strong, but it’s dangerous to go it alone — take these tips. First thing’s first — if you are new to the Tales series, do not worry.…

Dragon’s Crown: The Kotaku Review

Vanillaware’s tribute to classic side-scrolling action role-playing games has garnered a lot of attention over the past few years for its exaggerated, overly-sexualized character designs. An hour into playing the actual game, I stopped noticing. Those designs don’t go away, of course. There isn’t a piece of equipment in the game capable of covering up…

Make Your Own President In Saints Row IV‘s Inauguration Station

Hello there, Mr. President Smurf. Are you ready to become the leader of the free world when Saints Row IV launches on August 20? Of course you aren’t. Not until you’ve been through the Inauguration Station. Available today for the Xbox 360 and PC through Steam and August 13 on PlayStation 3, the Inauguration Station…

3DS Update Adds StreetPass Relay Points, Removes Need For Real People

Hear that? It’s rural America’s sprawling masses roaring their approval for Nintendo’s latest 3DS update, allowing North American owners to exchange StreetPasses for games via one of the country’s more than 29,000 Nintendo Zone locations instead of sitting in the empty mall cradling their console and crying. Living in the suburbs myself, I only get…

A Week In Gaming Apps Everyone Can Love

Last week (well, technically last week) I introduced you all to the all-new, all-video Week in Gaming Apps. Some of you loved it. Others wanted a return to the classic format, with the giant pictures. So I did both, and that’s why it’s Monday now. Do not question my decision. I do what I do.…

MSI Debuts The World’s Thinnest, Lightest 17-Inch Gaming Laptop

Razer’s Blade Pro gets its first serious competition in the small form-factor gaming laptop category in the form of MSI’s GS70, a 17-inch gaming laptop that’s only .85 inches thick and weighs less than six pounds. My god. When hardware manufacturers begin battling over who can make the thinnest gaming systems, everybody wins. Not only…

Apple Rejected This Game To Keep You From Killing Your iPhone

Rejected by Apple for “encouraging behavior that could result in damage to the user’s device”, Carrot Pop’s Send Me To Heaven arrives on Google Play, because no one cares if your Android device shatters on the pavement. “Throw your phone as high as you can” reads the primary instruction on S.M.T.H., a free game that…

EverQuest Next Could Fix Everything Wrong With MMORPGs

I’ve played every major massively multiplayer role-playing game released since 1998, yet it feels like I’ve spent the past 15 years playing the same game over and over again. That’s a problem. EverQuest Next is the solution. The original EverQuest established the basic layout that nearly ever subsequent MMORPG has followed. Players create a character…

SOE Debuts EverQuest Next Today. Watch The Reveal Live Here.

Sony Online Entertainment announced EverQuest Next back in 2010, and then ran silent for three years. Now it’s time to show off the evolution of one of the longest-running MMO franchises on the market. You’ll want to watch this. And thanks to Twitch, you can. Enjoy the show. You can also read our report about…

If Privateer And Star Wars Had A Casual RPG Baby…

In Starborn Wanderers, you play a hotshot Jedi-esque starship pilot tasked with mining ore, running trade between solar systems, blasting pirates to ashes in turn-based battles and just generally saving humanity from extinction. I’m a little bit in love. I’m used to seeing Moscow-based developer Game Insight’s name next to hidden object games and city…

A Lovely Intergalactic Puzzle Game From An Unexpected Source

From Firebrand Games, a studio that’s mainly handled ports and licensed games, comes a beautiful puzzle game about exploring a universe in a state of decay, breathing new life into the stars. How odd. I mean, considering Firebrand’s most recent release was the relatively horrible Fast & Furious: Showdown, Solar Flux is not the sort…

Finally, A Dragonborn Statue For The Dragon Priest Fans

As soon as I acquired the Dragon Priest Morokei Mask is Skyrim, I never — NEVER — took it off. So this new, extremely limited edition Dragonborn statue is the one for me, as long as I can convince my accountant to let me part with $370. Only 250 of these 16 inch, poly-stone beauties…

Taco Bell is debuting a new Doritos Locos Taco flavor on August 22. They’ve done Nacho Cheese and Cool Ranch. What could it be? I’m hoping plain.

The Drowning Changes The Way Mobile First-Person Shooters Are Played

Last year former DICE Sweden creative director Ben Cousins promised to revolutionize touch screen controls for mobile first-person shooters. He’s kept that promise with The Drowning, but the game’s free-to-play structure is dragging it down. It really is a joy to play The Drowning with its default, two-fingered control scheme, so much so that trying…

$99 Unlocks A Ton Of Stuff In The Free-to-Play DC Universe MOBA

Quickly becoming the standard for free-to-play PC games, Founders’ packs give players a chance to forego post-launch nickle-and-dime content into one massive down payment. What does $100 get you in the DC Comics take on League of Legends? For starters (pun mildly intended), anyone that buys one of the three Founders’ packs — basic, standard,…

Total War: Rome II Is Impressive, But Can It Handle Hannibal?

While no mere video game could ever hope to accurately emulate one of the greatest military commanders of all-time, Total War: Rome II has the power, scale and versatility to give Hannibal a good run. Now I’m not saying anyone should march an entire army packed with pachyderms over the Pyrenees and Alps into Northern…

Temple Run 2 gets its first-ever guest star today in Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt — the world’s fastest man. Being a sprinter, I expect him to fall over and be trampled by the game’s evil gorilla after 400 meters. Usain is available as a $.99 in-app purchase.

Industry luminary Ian Bogost demonstrates why I put the words “industry luminary” in front of his name, with this beautiful answer to a nagging Facebook survey question.

Here’s An Incredibly Novel Way To Handle Text-Based Adventure

From Simogo, the creators of the surreal Year Walk, Device 6 is a text adventure, a puzzle game, and a mystery rolled into one. It’s like nothing I’ve ever seen before. Here’s a description from the game’s website: DEVICE 6 plays with the conventions of games and literature, entwines story with geography and blends puzzle…