Mike Fahey

Slay Along With Season Seven with Dexter’s Disciples

While season seven of Showtime’s critically acclaimed serial killer drama (I prefer serial killer comedies) Dexter doesn’t start until Sunday, the Facebook app that allows fans to play episode-specific trivia is already alive and kicking. Challenging players to answer questions about lines spoken and actions taken during the first episode of season seven, “Are you…?”,…

Dead or Alive 5: The Kotaku Review [Update]

The Dead or Alive series has always felt like it was my fighting franchise. From the moment I first button-mashed my way to my first counter in the 1997 Sega Saturn import, I knew that I had found the fighter for me. I was entranced by the flow of battles, the block and counter, the…

Lucky Battle is a Massively Multiplayer Online Fighting Game, Only Without the Fighting

True to its name, no fighting skill is required to rise through the ranks of Nine Waves’ colorful anime fighter Lucky Battle — blind chance, diligent weapon upgrading and a bit of backstabbing are the keys to success here. Ah, me, once again lured by the cuteness of an icon into an addictive little iPhone…

My Current Facebook Game Obsession: Song Pop

Despite listening almost exclusively to talk radio for the past two decades, I’ve managed to amass an almost encyclopedic knowledge of popular music from the 70s to the present day. Freshplanet’s Song Pop has me testing that knowledge against Facebook friends at a disturbing rate. When I was younger I knew a great many things…

It’s the Pokemon MMO I’ve Always Wanted

Somehow this is the first time I’ve gotten my hands on World of Warcraft‘s version of Pokemon. This short video will give you a basic overview of what the next few months of PC gaming hold for me. You can capture them, heal them, eat them should you run out of food (probably not that…

Mists of Pandaria is Live in North America, and Today I Am a Panda

World of Warcraft‘s next expansion has gone live in North America, and the first thing I did was transform my Worgen into a Panda. And give him a sex change, because tails. So far things have been going rather smoothly on the Ysera server. I was disconnected once early on, but could log right back…

Transformers: Fall of Cybertron‘s Multiplayer Gets Infinitely More Buggy Today

The recent introduction of the Dinobots to Transformers: Fall of Cybertron’s multiplayer seems to have been a rousing success. Now comes the time of the Insecticons. The Insecticons downloadable content hits later today, adding Shockwave’s big bad bugs to the online battle. High Moon has morphed the mechanical critters so they fit into the four…

Totino’s Pizza Rolls: The Snacktaku Review

In 1968 Jeno Paulucci, the creator of the Chun King line of pre-packaged Chinese food, took an egg roll wrapper and stuffed it with pizza toppings. America has had terrible heartburn ever since. Jeno’s Pizza Rolls, now Totino’s Pizza Rolls, have become a staple of snack cuisine around the world, the poster snack for putting…

The Dorkly Weekly: Wrong Backpack, Banjo!

Banjo is a bear with a bird named Kazooie in his backpack. What is Banjo without Kazooie? Dead, apparently. For more sick and twisted video game comedy, follow the link to Dorkly.com

The Tiniest Mobile Game Controller Will Help You Find Your Keys

Creating convenient game controllers for mobile phones and tablets is a big thing. Black Powder Media’s iMpulse is a tiny thing. The keychain game controller / key locator is looking to Kickstarter as a sort of early release program. The iMpulse is a Bluetooth controller with four buttons and a control pad, which should be…

What Facebook is Playing This Week

With six of ten of the most-played games this week from one development studio, perhaps I should call this new weekly feature “What Zynga Games Facebook is Playing This Week”. Of course that wouldn’t be fair to the fine people at King.com, whose Bubble Witch Saga and Candy Crush Saga make a fair showing in…

God of Blades is An Entirely Different Sort of Blade Runner

A nameless king swings a vast array of bladed weapons to the left while running through Roger Dead Yes album covers in God of Blades, coming to iTunes on September 27 from White Whale Games I grew up listening to the band Yes, so a game that combines pulp fantasy and 70s synth-prog style holds…

The Japanese Version of Demons’ Score is a Much Better Deal

Last week iNiS’ rhythm-shooter Demons’ Score hit the North American app store, disappointing many fans by padding the $6.99 game with nearly $40 of additional content. Meanwhile, in Japan, the entire game costs just $20. NeoGAF poster StarCreator popped into the Japanese app store this weekend, where they discovered that the native version of Square…

At Least Doctor Who Still Appreciates the Nintendo Wii

While the people from this particular planet are packing up their Wii consoles and preparing to trade them in for the next big thing, the last survivor of the planet Gallifrey is having a wonderful time flailing about in front of the television. In yesterday’s episode of Doctor Who, Matt Smith shows Wii Sports Tennis…

DJMAX Technika Tune‘s Limited Edition is Extremely Limited and Ridiculously Fantastic

Korea’s finest export comes to the PlayStation Vita on October 26, but waiting until then to buy would be ill-advised. The spectacular $100 limited edition goes up for preorder on Monday, September 24, and if you want DJMAX Technika Tune, you want this. With it’s lovely musical mix and often insane difficulty, DJMAX is an…

This Week in Gaming Apps Has a Slightly Bigger Screen Than the Previous One

The iPhone 5 started dropping into the eager fans of people that like to play games and make phone calls across the country, and those people need gaming apps. We’ve got your gaming apps right here, buddy. I didn’t order an iPhone 5 myself, because AT&T didn’t want me to. I used to have my…

Lost in the Wilds of Pandora, Eight Game Critics Band Together to Review Borderlands 2

Pandora is a harsh and unforgiving planet to the unwary. What chance do eight video game critics have against the insane brutality of Handsome Jack and his minions? Perhaps these review scores will earn them a stay of execution. Only a stay, mind you; Handsome Jack isn’t exactly known for not killing people, at least…

These are The Best Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Action Figures Ever Made

There have been several different lines of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles toys since the half-shell heroes first appeared in plastic back in 1989. None of those were half as good as the series hitting store shelves right now. Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello and Michelangelo; the TMNT team is made up of these four brothers, each with…

A Mystical Journey Inside the Box of the Mists of Pandaria Collector’s Edition

How many pandas can you count inside the box to World of Warcraft‘s next expansion? If you answered “all the pandas”, you’d be on the right track. Warning: this video may contain brief moments of singing. Mists of Pandaria is unleashed upon the World of Warcraft next week, ushering a new era of furry jokes…

Medal of Honor: Warfighter gets an Xbox 360 multiplayer beta in October, with a chance to unlock a Linkin Park video.