Mike Fahey

This Game Gets a Little More Sonic the Hedgehog Every Time I See It

A new trailer appears for PagodaWest Games’ Sonic-inspired iOS platformer, Major Magnet, making me wonder if maybe this new hero is the offspring of two older ones. Could Sonic and Robotnik have a baby? He’s got the speed. He’s got the body shape. He’s got a strong attraction to mechanical devices. Sure, they’re both guys,…

A Sunglass-Wearing Bowling Polar Bear Signals WildTangent’s Move to Mobile

The company famous for making step one in setting up your new computer removing the WildTangent Games App takes its casual gaming show on the road with Polar Bowler 1st Frame, the iOS extension of the original inner tube polar bear bowling PC game. WildTangent is the casual version of Steam, giving potential players access…

Wiki Quiz is an Excellent Way to Learn Moderately Accurate New Things

Available free today on Google Play, Wiki Quiz (as seen on SlideDB) is as simple little Android app that randomly generates multiple choice questions from the digital repository of the world’s accumulated knowledge, expurgated edition. The questions and answers are all pulled from Wikipedia, and most of the time the correct answer is fairly obvious.…

Are You Hitting on Me, LEGO City Undercover?

With the latest trailer for LEGO City Undercover my desire for an open world brick-based game for my Wii U reaches dangerous new heights. At the risk of sounding vain, I’m pretty sure TT Fusion has crafted this game for the sole purpose of seducing me. It’s working. Call me. LEGO City Undercover hits the…

Why is There a Tower Defense Game Based on the Movie Old School?

You know what we need? A tower defense game based on a 2003 Luke Wilson, Vince Vaughn, and Will Ferrell movie about 30-something men partying at college. Someone had that thought, and now we have an Android and iOS game. A game developed by Big Blue Bubble no less, the developer behind the wonderful My…

This Week’s Android Charts: Why Hello There, Super Hexagon

Slipping quietly onto Google Play over the weekend, Kotaku game of the year contender Super Hexagon performs its seductive dance on Android owners, spinning it’s way into this week’s top charts. The spiraling shape will make you go insane, but that hasn’t deterred Android gamers from getting a taste of the game that’s drove iOS…

I’ve Been Smitten By This Hauntingly Sweet Pixel People Trailer

I’d not heard a single word about LambdaMu‘s Pixel People until Chillingo sent word that the game was coming soon to iOS this afternoon. Now I’m completely charmed. The game involves rebuilding the human race from scratch using a series of carbon copy clones and the profession-mapped genes of folks that bought it in the…

Feed Starving Children and Build Them a Place to Play in Safari Challenge

Launched this week by Desert River Games, Safari Challenge is an example of the sort of Facebook games I admire the most, one that harnesses the actions of gamers sitting at computers in their comfortable homes to create a living charity engine. I feel much better building a virtual village when I know my lazy…

If Donkey Kong Country Were an Endless Runner, It Would Look Something Like This

With Temple Run 2 whipping endless runner fans into a inevitably doomed frenzy, FDG Entertainment gets ready to release Banana Kong, game that’s just a Nintendo license away from being a Donkey Kong Country spin-off. FDG and developer Gamaga call Banana Kong a cross between Donkey Kong Country and Sonic the Hedgehog. While that second…

Wave Trip is a Marvelously Melodic Mission of Musical Salvation and Creation

Sharp geometric shapes, gorgeous alien landscapes and mellow beats define the latest musical adventure from the makers of Bad Hotel. That the melodies you generate while weaving waves through space free your friends from the clutches of evil is merely a bonus. Lucky Frame knows how to bring music and games together to create charming…

The Game That Got Us Excited About a Retina iPad Finally Comes Out

In March of last year, a week before the announcement of the iPad 3, developer Pixels on Toast showed us how good its game would look on the device’s rumored retina screen. Today that game, Food Run, finally arrives on iTunes, and it’s just as pretty as promised. Food Run is an easy-to-digest little platform…

This Week’s iPhone Charts: The Temple Run Effect

It’s the second week of our re-revamped iPhone game charts, and also the week after the release of Imangi’s Temple Run 2, a free sequel that has folks so excited they’re lining up to pay for Temple Run Brave Normally when you release a new free thing that’s better than any old paid thing, those…

No Sugar Added Fudgsicle: The Snacktaku Review

Every once in a while I like to take a break from the calorie-rich, salt-infused, flavor-coated Snacktaku reviews to focus on lighter fare, if only to repress the popular notion that my entire diet consists of nothing but complete and utter crap. As much as we enjoy food dipped in melted cheese and fried in…

Now through January 27, Kemco’s line of Japanese role-playing games for Android devices are dirt cheap. Go get ’em

In Four Days Temple Run 2 Has Been Downloaded 20 Million Times

Last week Imangi Studios surprised everyone with the stealthy release of the Temple Run 2. Being the finely-honed sequel to one of the most popular mobile games in the world, I can’t say I’m surprised by massive reaction. Today Imangi Studios announced that in just four days—from Thursday’s release to Sunday evening—Temple Run 2 was…

Let’s See How Konami’s Beat Gather Handles Space Unicorns and Dinosaur Lasers

Released late last year on iTunes, Beat Gather is a rhythm game that lets players use their own music library to create finger-tapping levels and share them with the world, so I am sharing a couple with you folks. Warning: my taste in music is odd. First up we have “Space Unicorn” from Parry Gripp,…

Infinite Lives in Candy Crush Saga Isn’t Cheating, It’s Time Travel

Since King.com released the mobile version of popular Facebook puzzler Candy Crush Saga, I’ve been praising the developer’s flawless implementation on iOS and Android. While fiddling about with my iPhone’s time settings over the weekend I discovered that’s not entirely the case—the mobile versions will let players cheat. It’s not quite cheating in a traditional…

The Only Thing Missing From My Mobile Arsenal is This Robotic Battle Tank

The phone-controlled robotic pet battle escalates significantly today with the launch of Desk Pets’ Battle Tank, the tiny tread-borne desktop terror, ready to roam about your work surface narrowly avoiding obstacles until it’s needed in battle. The Battle Tank might not have the sleek futuristic style of Desk Pets’ TankBot, but it makes up for…

The Week in Gaming Apps, Inaugural App Review Edition

Last week we bid a fond farewell to our regular Gaming App of the Day feature, swapping the aging and uncompromising system for something that gave us the flexibility to be more critical. How’d that work out? See for yourself! Before you get to the six gaming app reviews we posted this week (five of…

The Sequel to a Game Played By Millions Dropped This Week, and No One Knew It Was Coming

Imagine Activision releasing the latest Call of Duty game without telling anyone it was coming. No developer diaries, no screenshot packages, no media events—just a quick heads up that it would be in stores tomorrow. Preposterous, right? Yet on Thursday a sequel to a game played by more people than Call of Duty: Black Ops…