Mike Fahey

Is the Star of Harvey’s New Eyes a Harmless Little Girl or Deranged Serial Killer? Yes.

Lilli is a soft-spoken orphan that does as she’s told. It’s not her fault that the tasks given her by her friend Edna and the cruel Mother Superior result in the horrible death of nearly everyone she knows. Released today on Steam, Daedalic Entertainment‘s point-and-click adventure game Edna & Harvey: Harvey’s New Eyes is a…

You Have One Day to Get Carmageddon Free for the iPhone and iPad

The most gloriously violent racing game ever made is making a Kickstarter-funded comeback. To thank the folks that gave their money so the vehicular genocide could continue, Stainless Games is offering the iOS re-release of the original Carmageddon for free. What are you waiting for? Reworked with touch screen controls, achievements, and the ability to…

Ayopa’s incredibly additive iOS word game W.E.L.D.E.R. is now available on Android. Avoid it if you like free time.

The MOGA Will Change the Way You Play (Several) Android Games

On October 21 Power A makes a bid for the blossoming Android game controller market with the MOGA, the innovative game pad/phone dock I’ve been pretty excited about since its announcement earlier this year. Now that I’ve had a week alone with the MOGA I’m still enthusiastic, but the unit’s success hinges on much more…

Explore Your Family’s Dark Past with Family Village

Did you know October is National Family History Month? I did not, at least not until the makers of the social genealogy game Family Village tipped me off. Sounds like a good time to build a village and learn about your past. Developed by Funium, Family Village (Zynga probably wouldn’t let them call it FamilyVille)…

Fresh from Zynga getting all pissy, the iOS game once known as PyramidVille Adventure is now PyramidValley Adventure

This Week’s Android Charts: This Little Piggy Went to Minecraft

Yesterday we brought back the weekly top ten iPhone app chart. Today we debut the Android version, which is a lot like the iPhone one only you can hack it easier and it doesn’t involve dealing with Apple. Yes, this is the sort of list you can get by hitting up Google Play and clicking…

There’s No Running in the Next Mobile Sonic the Hedgehog Game

He’s blue. He’s spiky. He’s the fastest character in the video game universe, at least when he’s running. This Thursday Sega releases Sonic Jump for iOS. Today Sega tweeted the first screen for Sonic Jump, a reworking of a game Sega released in Japan back in 2005. It looks like Doodle Jump. It probably plays…

The Walking Dead Social Game Finally Makes it to Atlanta

When last we left the Facebook game based on The Walking Dead television show it was pretty horrible. Shane, Lori and Carl were in a hellish limbo somewhere on the highway to Atlanta, walking endlessly but never getting even a step closer. Chapter 2 is here, allowing them to move on to even more horrible…

There is Now an Official Temple Run Store. It Sells All the Temple Run Things.

CafePress and Imangi Studios take an endless run at fan’s wallets with the launch of the official Temple Run merchandise store, packed with shirts, bags and other apparel that will identify you to others prone to rubbing their mobile device for long periods of time and then shouting “Dammit!” Temple Run has been downloaded more…

Beneath Max McMann’s Stupid Grin is an Incredibly Intelligent Courtroom Comedy

Last week I argued that Devil’s Attorney, a courtroom battler for iOS and Android, could never be more entertaining than its over-the-top inspirational 80’s theme song. Chalk up another win for Max McMann. I made an assumption. I assumed that any mobile game that went to such great lengths to play up its wacky 80’s…

This Week’s iPhone Charts: Bad Piggies Gangnam Style

We used to track the iPhone charts, back in the day. Each week we’d gather the pertinent data, update figures, calculate gains and losses—it got to be a tremendous hassle. Now we’re bringing the charts back bigger, better and more of a hassle than ever before. I am a glutton for punishment, so today marks…

The My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Video Game Screenshots are Here!

It’s is absolutely ridiculous how excited I got when I saw an email in my inbox from Gameloft with the subject line “New My Little Pony screens”. I’ve built villages on my iPhone. I’ve played character-driven mini-games on my Android tablet. These are not new things. I have not, however, built my own Ponyville, nor…

Pop-Tarts: The Snacktaku Review

The Pop-Tart was originally created as a way to capitalize on fancy new dog food foil freshness technology. True story. In the early 1960s, Post created a method of wrapping dog food in foil, preserving its freshness without the need for refrigeration and effectively ending hilarious primitive sitcom dog food eating gags. Looking to expand…

The Dorkly Weekly: An Incredibly NSFW Interpretation of Mortal Kombat‘s “Finish Him”

Oh come on, you’ve thought it too. In case you missed it in the headline, this video might be a little bit unsafe for most workplaces. “Come on, boss! It’s not like he actually puts the metal penis in his mouth!” is not an argument anyone wants to have to put forth in an exit…

The GameCube Controller Lives On in the Hands of Fake Gamers

Next month’s release of the Wii U marks the end of the GameCube’s distinctive controller as a method for manipulating Nintendo games, but the color-coded buttons and sticks will always remain a method for making well-dressed attractive people look as if they are playing video games and not just smiling vacantly into a camera. It’s…

Say Hello to Your Little Friends — Scarface Mobile Goes Multiplayer

What good is a drug-fueled murderous rampage if there’s no one to share it with? Fuse Powered and Hothead Games’ single-player mobile Tony Montana adventure game goes multiplayer today, giving players a chance to make friends, recruit friends, and rob friends. Scarface for iOS was sort of a graphical Mafia Wars, only without the social…

Modern Combat 4 Probably Doesn’t Employ CRAP Technology

I am relatively sure lead artist Vince Coupal doesn’t say “technology called CRAP” in this first developer diary for Modern Combat 4: Zero Hour, but part of me wishes he had. Gameloft’s latest first-person shooter, coming this fall to iOS and Android, looks fine. Heck, it looks more than fine; that’s pretty gorgeous. It would…

I Like Girls Like Robots

Though I am her favorite male human, I’m pretty sure my wife would leave me in a heartbeep if the right robot came along. Adult Swim and Popcannibal’s Girls Like Robots is a painfully true game of love and logic. Logic puzzles have never been so cute, quirky and entertaining. Popcannibal takes the boring old…

What Facebook is Playing This Week: In a World Without Zynga, Candy Crush Saga is King

Two straight weeks of FarmVille 2 being at the top of the daily active users Facebook game charts is plenty. This week I’m bending the laws of time and space to imagine a chart without Zynga—a chart in which Candy Crush Saga reigns supreme. It’s a silly concept, really. Without the success Zynga’s had in…