Mike Fahey

Should I Replace My Damaged Nintendo Switch?

There is a hole on the top of my Nintendo Switch where the vent grill used to be. It’s been growing for the past year and a half and It is very concerning. A replacement console may be in order. What do you think? I’m pretty sure the gaping hole is my fault. It started…

Fahey’s Top 10 Games Of 2019

Can you pick out my top ten games of 2019 from the image above? Of course you can’t, there are only seven games shown there. Want to find out what the other three are, maybe read my justifications for them being on my list? Gonna have to click. That’s how I get you. I spent…

Cyberpunk 2077’s Keanu Action Figure Is Mildly Breathtaking

Today McFarlane Toys announced a three-year agreement to produce action figures based on CD Projekt Red’s Cyberpunk 2077. The first wave includes two different sizes of Keanu Reeves’ character Johnny Silverhand, because who cares about any other Cyberpunk 2077 character at this point? Oh, and there’s a generic male figure as well. Retailing for $24.99…

Fahey’s Favorite Toys Of 2019

2019 was U.S. toy fans’ first full year without Toys’R’Us, or at least Toys’R’Us as we once knew it. Desperate Americans were forced to buy from non-dedicated toy sellers, with their lower prices and convenient one-stop shopping. It was a nightmare, but somehow we made it through with some pretty cool stuff. Let’s check it…

The X-Men Update Adds Friendly Competition To Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3

Rise of the Phoenix, the second installment of paid downloadable content for Switch exclusive Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3, is now live. The level cap has been upped to 200; Iceman, Phoenix, Cable, and Gambit join the fray; and the new Danger Room mode gives players a cool new way to team up and compete. As…

Lego’s New Apple Arcade Game Is A Quiet, Thoughtful Puzzler

Lego Builder’s Journey, out today on Apple Arcade, is a far cry from the usual lighthearted and playful Lego video games. It’s a quiet, thoughtful puzzle game that wordlessly tells the tale of a father and son discovering the importance of play. It’s an incredibly nuanced toy commercial that hits me right in the dad…

Visions of N’Zoth, the final major update for World of Warcraft’s Battle for Azeroth expansion, goes live on January 14. Among other things, the update adds the foxlike Vulpera as a playable Horde allied race, gluing Faheys to their computers for days at a time.

Cyberpunk Adventure Evolutis Looks Like Playable ‘80s Anime

Coming in 2020 from PM Studios and Portuguese developer Poke Life Studio, Evolutis is a 2D cyberpunk action adventure channeling the realistic adult animation of the ‘80s. It’s a little bit Akira, a little bit Blade Runner, with a dash of Heavy Metal thrown in for good measure. It looks so fine. Set in the…

The Neo Geo Arcade Stick Pro Is A Decent Retro Console In A So-So Fight Stick

I can’t get over how pretty the Neo Geo Arcade Stick Pro is. The curvaceous white housing, the brightly colored buttons, the candy-apple-red joystick—it’s just so pleasing to my eye. It’s almost more fun to look at than it is to use. Announced in September and available now, the $130 Neo Geo Arcade Stick Pro…

Fall Asleep To The Soothing Sounds Of Shovel Knight

Scarlet Moon Records’ “Prescription for Sleep” series remixes video game music into jazzy lullabies perfect for sleeping, napping, or chilling. In the latest release, Prescription for Sleep: Shovel Knight, performers Gentle Love work their magic on 20 tracks, including music from the game’s latest expansion, King of Cards. Have a listen. In creating Prescription for…

Custom World Of Warcraft PC Cases For The Horde (And The Alliance)

Having created PC cases based on Fallout and PUBG, hardware maker NZXT teams up with Blizzard for the latest limited edition enclosures in its CRFT series. The $200 World of Warcraft H510 is a gorgeous crimson beast of a PC case. It also comes in blue. NZXT’s H510 is one of my favorite PC enclosures,…

New Sony Gadget Adds Two More Buttons To The Dualshock 4

One of the most prevalent features in high-end third-party PlayStation 4 controllers is rear paddle buttons. Sony’s new Back Button Attachment, coming in January for $30, adds a pair of programmable buttons to the back of the Dualshock 4. The Back Button Attachment, announced today via the PlayStation Blog, connects to the bottom of the…

Forza‘s Battle Royale Is Only As Cutthroat As You Want It To Be

A round of Eliminator, Forza Horizon 4’s new battle royale multiplayer mode, begins the same as one of my casual online driving sessions. It’s me in a car, bouncing and rolling across the countryside, trying to avoid other players. The main difference is that my choice of vehicles is extremely limited, and eluding human contact…

Wattam Is Complete Nonsense And I Love It

At the beginning of Wattam, the latest PC and PlayStation 4 game from Katamari Damacy creator Keita Takahashi, I control a green cube with a face and a bowler cap, sad and alone in a dark world. Then I make friends with a small rock. Then a large rock. I tip my hat to my…

Mortal Kombat 11‘s Joker Gets A Much-Needed Makeover

In August, when Netherrealm Studios revealed the full roster of downloadable fighters for Mortal Kombat 11’s first Kombat Pass, many fans were put off by the buff, well-groomed version of DC Comics villain Joker. Apparently Netherrealm took those concerns to heart, as last night’s video announcing a January 28 release for the character stars a…

The Elder Scrolls Online is getting more Skyrim “Explore the dark heart of Skyrim”, reads the teaser text at the end of the Video Game Awards debut of the latest cinematic trailer for the game’s Season of the Dragon event. We’ll find out more during a global reveal event on January 16.

Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II Announced For Xbox Series X

Following the official reveal of the Xbox Series X at the 2019 Video Game Awards, Microsoft showed off a trailer for Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II, the follow-up to Ninja Theory’s Senua’s Sacrifice. All the footage seen in the trailer below is captured from a build created to make the most of the new Xbox hardware,…

Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3 gets four more X-Men on December 23. The Switch exclusive’s second DLC pack, Rise of the Phoenix, adds Iceman, Gambit, Phoenix, and Phoenix’s, time-displaced son, along with a Danger Room mode where players can fight against the AI or each other.

The Contents Of The Secret $375 Inside Collector’s Edition Have Been Revealed, And 🤮

In March of last year, iam8bit and developer Playdead announced a very special collector’s edition for indie adventure game Inside. The $375 box contains a PlayStation 4 copy of the game, Steam codes for Inside and Limbo, and a secret something from sex-mannequin maker Realdoll. Now that the collector’s editions are about to ship, iam8bit…

Black Desert Mobile Is Out Globally Today, And It’s Good

Black Desert, the fantasy online role-playing game with the character creator we wouldn’t shut up about a few years back, started on PC, then jumped to Xbox One and PlayStation 4. Last year, developer Pearl Abyss released a free-to-play mobile version in Korea, Japan, and Taiwan. Starting today, everybody can play the tablet-taxing MMO on…