Mike Fahey

Guild Wars 2 Antagonizes Dragons With Chocobo Racing

The world of Guild Wars 2 has survived another (the first, technically) year, despite the looming threat of dragons so powerful they could easily destroy the entire world if they so desired. Next week ArenaNet launches the Dragon Bash festival, a month-long celebration packed with events that would make me incredibly cross, were I an…

The Next Game From The Makers Of Rock Band Is Fantasia: Music Evolved

If I had the power of Disney’s legendary sorcerer Yen Sid, the first thing I would do is break out the Bruno Mars and take control of the beat, and I would look freaking spectacular doing it. Fantasia: Music Evolved is coming to the Xbox 360 and Xbox One, courtesy of the music masters at…

Peanut Butter Pop-Tarts: The Snacktaku Review

Stop — just stop. I know what you are going to say. “Fahey, you already reviewed Pop-Tarts. You even suggested a new slogan for Kellogg’s — I believe it was ‘Pop-Tarts: F*** Breakfast.'” That’s true, but these are not Pop-Tarts. These are new Pop-Tarts Gone Nutty Exclamation Point, and they are beautiful monsters for your…

What’s Defiance‘s Next Big TV Show Tie-In? Zombies.

What, you think just because SyFy and Trion Worlds’ cross-media project Defiance is set in the future it’s immune from rotting, shambling, flesh-hungry beasts? The game plague reaches the show in two weeks, unless the players can stop it! Well, that’s probably not true. I’m sure the June 17 episode of Defiance has already been…

The 3D remake of Final Fantasy IV is now available on Google Play for Android devices. For $15.99, I’d make damn sure your device can run it before purchasing.

Interested in Tegra 4 gaming but don’t want to drop $350 on a Shield handheld? Asus’ newly-announced Transformer Pad Infinity will be one of the first non-Nvidia devices to feature the world’s fastest mobile processor.

I’ve Never Played With Color And Shapes Quite Like This

Show me a collection of squares arranged on a grid and filled with color, and I’ll show you a game I’ve played before. That’s what I was thinking as I downloaded Blip Blup, a game that would shortly be proving me wrong. Created by ustwo Studio, the developer behind the popular Whale Trail, Blip Blup…

Plants Vs. Zombies 2 Travels Through Time On iOS July 18

Crazy Dave is the Doc Brown of a new generation in Plants Vs. Zombies 2: It’s About Time, an appropriate title for the eagerly-anticipated sequel in more ways than one. If anyone could figure out the mysteries of time travel, it’s the mad botanist who saved the world from zombie infestation through vegetation. In what…

The Week In Gaming Apps Is Sorry It Tried To Kill You

Look, we all make mistakes. None of us are infallible. Sometimes I forget to pay my cable bill until after the due date, Stephen Totilo thinks Majora’s Mask is one of the best Zelda games ever, and the Week in Gaming Apps plotted your demise. Let’s all just make up and move on. Look, Week…

If WarioWare Were An Epic Fantasy Adventure, It’d Be This Game

Welcome to another one of those app reviews where I spend all day planning on reviewing a specific title but then get so caught up in something unexpected and new that I go completely off-track until I’m peeing on a brush fire. Peeing on a brush fire is just one of many activities in G.O.L.…

Why Is Company Of Heroes 2 Poking At World Of Tanks?

You want tanks? Oh, Company of Heroes 2 has your tanks. It’s got an entire world of tanks. It also has things that aren’t tanks, which is something you can’t say about World of Tanks why are we doing this? Perhaps you are confused, Sega, being new to the whole Company of Heroes thing. You…

In Borderlands 2, “I Love You” Is Pronounced “Poop Train”

Oh Krieg — dear, sweet Krieg. The Psycho Pack addition to Borderlands 2‘s roster had already won my admiration with his fire and axes. With this bittersweet peek at the man behind the madness, he’s won my heart. I’ve always wanted to get a heart tattoo on my arm, complete with a flowery banner that…

Here’s what’s going on at Talk Amongst Yourselves, Kotaku’s reader-written blog: GiantBoyDetective flexes his gargantuan smallness at the digital versus physical conundrum, Jbronin puts the fate of the entire gaming industry in the hands of Sony and Microsoft, and Zarnyx calls for the community’s ideal anime waifus and husbandos. And you can always go join…

Assassins’ Creed IV Cosplay Begins With This McFarlane Toys Creation

Okay, any Assassins’ Creed cosplay is going to start with a white hood, but soon after that you’re going to need a weapon. Comic book legend Todd McFarlane provides, with a replica of Edward Kenway’s Hidden Blade Gauntlet so pretty you can barely tell it’s plastic. McFarlane Toys is doing lovely things with the Assassin’s…

Razer Debuts The World’s Thinnest Gaming Laptop

Ever since Razer started making their skinny 17-inch Razer Blade laptop, I’ve been wondering when a gaming PC company was going to come along and deliver a powerful gaming laptop with the slender form factor of an Ultrabook. That would be today. Meet the new Razer Blade, a 14-inch gaming laptop that’s skinnier than Apple’s…

HeroClix TabApp Elite Turns DC Superheroes Into Skylanders

Late last year the HeroClix folks introduced TabApp, an iOS and Android app that utilizes physical toys to play a relatively limited video game. This year they spice things up with TabApp Elite, giving the toys a Skylanders-esque base station and a much more interesting game to play. My main complaint with the original TabApp…

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Returns To Sell You An iPad

It’s the 10th anniversary of one of the greatest Star Wars video games ever made, and BioWare has teamed up with Aspyr Media to bring Knights of the Old Republic to the iPad, a gift to the series’ devoted fans. Well, a gift to the series’ most devoted fans who also own an iPad —…

London Comic Con Rocked By Musical Borderlands Cosplay Explosion

The Borderlands cosplay group hit up the London Comic Con earlier this month, andmusical cosplayarchivists SneakyZebra were on hand to capture the epic gathering of Gearbox Software’s biggest fans in motion. I love cosplay groups, because I always feel sad for the one guy or girl showing up at the convention as the only person…

Here’s what’s going on at Talk Amongst Yourselves, Kotaku’s reader-written blog: DanimalCart eloquently discusses Anita Sarkeesian’s sexism in gaming videos, DamsonRhee refuses to let Ghost Writer die (again), and SylverFyst shares some reader-friendly comics of the DC variety And you can always go join the voices talking about video games and life in TAY Classic…

With The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons and Oracle of Ages as well as The Denpa Men 2: Beyond The Waves hitting the 3DS eShop, it’s a good day to be a RPG-loving portable Nintendo gamer. Check out the rest of this week’s Nintendo Download here.