Mike Fahey

The Triumphant, Mildly Expensive Return Of 2nd Edition AD&D

I could not quote scripture in my late teens, but I could tell you how many gold pieces a 25 foot length of rope cost. The 2nd Edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons sourcebooks were the religious texts of my teenage years, and today they’ve returned in truly epic form. Just in time for Father’s Day,…

How The Xbox One Harnesses The Mighty Power Of The Cloud

The cloud — that’s a powerful term these days. If you release a product that doesn’t do something with the cloud, then you probably shouldn’t even bother putting it out. Snack foods, floor cleaners, maid services and even consumer electronics like the newly-announced Xbox One use the cloud to do great and magical things. Like…

First Shots Of Forza Motorsport 5 For Xbox One Are Ridiculously Pretty

Turn 10’s Forza Motorsport 5, launching later this year with the Xbox One, looked pretty amazing in motion, but these first screens are just so beautiful it’s stupid. Look at that tire. It’s not just wet, it’s wet on the way to drying. And are those bits of rubber being kicked up? Insanity. I mean,…

Now that they’ve got regular content updates in the bag, ArenaNet hopes to bring more players to its subscription-free MMO Guild Wars 2 by lowering the cost of entry to $49.99 for the regular edition and $69.99 for the digital deluxe. Hooray, $10 off.

A Mutant Crop Of Plants Vs. Zombies Blooms On Facebook

While fans of the war between plant life and human undeath wait anxiously for July’s Plants Vs. Zombies 2, the eternal battle has spilled over into Plants Vs. Zombies Adventures, a Facebook game where planting virtual crops could save your life. Rather than the corridor-based battles of its big brother, Plants Vs. Zombies Adventures reverts…

I Couldn’t See Star Trek This Weekend, So I Built My Own

I love Star Trek. Some of my fondest early memories are of staying up late to watch reruns on the old black-and-white television we had on the third floor of our duplex on Oakwood Avenue in in good-old Norristown, PA. With the exception of Enterprise (It’s been a long…no) I’ve watched it all, but I…

Cracker Jack’D : The Snacktaku Review

Earlier this year I posted a list of five snacks I must eat in 2013, and on that list was a product from Frito-Lay that promised to shake up the status quo, challenge conventional snacking and fly in the face of more than 100 years of molasses-coated history. Cracker Jack’D, subtitled “Snacks with Impact” seemed…

I Want To Love This Game So Much, But I Can’t

“Hold me,” This Is Not A Ball Game begs me with her adorable French accent, tears running down her cheeks. Whimsical music plays against a backdrop of cardboad circus silhouettes, the lions and strong men and acrobats bearing witness. I hold up my hands, each finger a tiny gaming app critic, waiting to slice her…

And That’s Why Doctor Doom Is So Damn Awesome

Doctor Doom’s schemes figure big into Gazillion Entertainment’s Diablo-esque Marvel Heroes. It makes sense — he’s second only to Galactus when it comes to go-to Marvel video game bad guys, and in this first installment of the “Chronicles of Doom,” a four-part motion comic leading up to the game’s June 4 launch, Victor Von Doom…

Not One Of This Week’s Gaming Apps Will Cut Your Throat In Your Sleep

I know you’ve been worried. You’ve been keeping your phone in that heavily-padded case in a locked lead box under your bed. Your iPad is in a safe, and not for its own protection. You’ve got handcuffs for your Nexus 7, and not the kinky kind. Well do not worry, my friends. None of this…

Inheriting Civilization V‘s Brave New World, One Trade At A Time

I’d like to think I’m a people person. I might not agree with 75 percent of what other people say or think or believe, but I get along. It’s what I do. In today’s society it works, for the most part. In Civilization V it didn’t, at least not until now. It’s a Brave New…

The Greatest Comic Book Cover Ever Printed

Pretty sure I just had a heart attack. Coming exclusively to Transformers Botcon in San Diego from June 27 – 30, this variant cover for issue five of IDW’s My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic micro-series is artist artist Tony Fleecs’ way of reaching into my chest and grabbing hold of my heart with his…

Snails Smoke Fast And Furious In The Battle Of The Mobile Movie Racers

This movie season sees not one but two different racing films hitting theaters — one aimed at a younger, less-mature audience, and the other an animated snail movie from the folks at DreamWorks Animation. One of the two scored a rather entertaining little mobile game tie-in this week. The other just adds drifting to CSR…

New Super Luigi U Gets A Full Retail Release August 25

Nintendo’s Luigi-centric remake of New Super Marios Bros. is hitting the Wii U in two varieties this summer. Owners of the original game can download New Super Luigi U for $19.99, while folks that may have say, traded in their original copy already, can purchase the game as a standalone product for $29.99 on August…

And Now I Have To Pay $25 For A Bag Of Chips. Happy, Lay’s?

Last week Lay’s decided to award the U.S. potato chip prize to Cheesy Garlic Bread, the least interesting of the three “Do Us a Flavor” competitors. A little over a third of America voted for it, allegedly. That leaves a little under two-thirds of America to the mercy of price-gouging jerks on Amazon and eBay…

The Largest Transformer Ever Made, Until Metroplex Ruins Everthing

The late 80s was the best time to be a toy-obsessed child. Back then toy companies weren’t afraid to release a toy that looked like a gun, contained toxic paint or weighed more than the kids it was being marketed to. It was a time when Hasbro, a couple years after releasing a toy aircraft…

Has A Single Piece Of Concept Art Ever Sold You On A Game?

Before I knew a single piece of information about Lords of the Fallen, I knew I wanted to play it. Whatever is going on in this image, I want to be a part of it. Has that ever happened to you? I didn’t know Lords of the Fallen was an upcoming role-playing game from Poland’s…

Everything Wonderfully Insane About Harley Quinn In One Perfect Figure

I’d say the exclusive head on Sideshow Collectibles’ new Harley Quinn figure has a face only a deranged lunatic could love, but I’m worried about what that says about me. Sporting a full cloth costume, a giant wooden mallet and her trademark jester headgear, the standard version of Sideshow’s premium format rendition of Harleen Quinzel…

Creators Discuss How Awesome Diablo III Will Be On The PlayStation 4

As part of its continuing mission to make sure everyone’s all excited about the next console, the PlayStation Blog has posted seven minutes of three Diablo devs talking about how great Diablo III is going to be on the console oh my god you guys. They’re excited.

Space… The Final Fantasy Card Game… This Is Star Trek Rivals.

If you loved Triple Triad and Tetra Master, the collectible card games included in Final Fantasy VIII and IX respectively, then you’ll probably be quite annoyed by the format being utilized in this cash-hungry free-to-play movie tie-in. Just in time for the theatrical release of Star Trek: Into Darkness, Rivals takes pictures of people and…