Mike Fahey

CellCraft Is One Intelligently Designed Cellular Biology Game

There’s fun to be had and lessons to be learned about cellular biology in CellCraft, as long as you can weather the argument over whether or not it’s a creationist take on the subject. CellCraft is a nifty little free Flash game that takes the complicated process of teaching cellular biology and turns it into…

Questions And Answers About Blizzard’s Real ID Plans

You got questions about Blizzard’s Real ID system and privacy issues? We’ve got answers, in a Q&A issued by the company covering everything from Facebook integration to World of Warcraft plugins designed to steal your info. Now that the dust has settled over Blizzard’s discarded plans to use players’ real names in the World of…

A Girl Gamer Is Not A Tomboy

As seen on Grace-elizabeth1’s excellent “Stereotypes” Flckr photo set

If You Can’t Beat The Zombies, Eat The Zombies

Eating the undead isn’t just for Japan anymore. From the makers of Zombie Blood energy drink comes Zombie Jerky Dead Meat Chunks, “the first slimy, green, beef jerky packaged in a bright-orange biohazard specimen bag.” I feel sick. Harcos, the company that brought you Mana Energy Potion, Blood Energy Potion, and of course, Zombie Blood,…

Stare Down Red Dead Redemption’s Legends And Killers

Rockstar has released four screens of next month’s Legends and Killers downloadable content for Red Dead Redemption. Are you man enough to look Mr. Kelly in the eye? Mr. Kelly from Red Dead Revolver is just one of the new playable characters coming in next month’s new downloadable content, along with nine new multiplayer locations…

Is Apple’s Solution Better Than These Other Hardware Fixes?

Free cases for all iPhone 4 users! How does Apple’s fix compare to some of gaming’s more recent hardware problem solutions? Let’s take a look. Wii Remote Straps The Problem: The flimsy Wii remote straps that shipped with early versions of Nintendo’s console weren’t quite up to the task of securing the controllers to the…

Breach’s Delay To 2011 Makes Things Difficult For Players

While Atomic Games has missed the chance to get “Destruction 3.0” shooter Breach onto Xbox Live this summer, the new January 2011 release window gives the developer time to blur the line between military simulation and video game even further. Breach was so impressive at PAX East in March that one gamer tried to steal…

Aion Goes 2.0 In September

The Elysea and Asmodae take the battle to the Balaur this September, when Ncsoft releases the first major free expansion for the massively-multiplayer online role-playing game Aion, Assault on Balaurea. Assault on Balaurea is the full name of Aion’s 2.0 update, which we’ve discussed previously at length. The expansion pack sized update gives the player…

Getting Prairie Voles Drunk Isn’t Just For Fun Any More

What small furry rodent do scientists turn to when they need to study the effects of alcohol abuse on humans? That would be the prairie vole: nature’s frat boy. Rats and mice just aren’t social enough. Monkeys are too expensive (believe me, I know). There’s only one animal researchers at Oregon Health & Science University…

Images From A New Helicopter Combat Game

The prevalence of helicopters in Call of Duty: Black Ops could lead to uncontrollable cravings for a game that features only helicopters. Do these screens of Apache: Air Assault satisfy the craving? In my excitement I completely missed the fact that Crecente posted the news of Apache: Air Assault earlier today, so instead of harping…

A Novel Introduction To The World Of Guild Wars 2

The novel Ghosts of Ascalon attempts to bridge the 250-year gap between fantasy MMO Guild Wars and Guild Wars 2, but is it a bridge too far? We speak to co-author Jeff Grubb about bringing Tyria’s fiction up-to-date. The world of Tyria changes greatly in the two and a half centuries that follow the events…

What Do Sonic, Chris Redfield, And Assassin’s Creed’s Ezio Have In Common?

What could possibly link Sega’s speedy blue hedgehog with a founding member of the Bio-terrorism Security Assessment Alliance and a Renaissance-era Italian assassin? Meet Sonic the Hedgehog’s new voice actor, Roger Craig Smith. Having voiced two of gaming’s most prominent cold-blooded killers over the past few years, Roger Craig Smith might seem like an odd…

Here’s What Passes For A Dead Rising 2 Special Edition In North America

Exclusive to North America, the Dead Rising 2 Zombrex edition promises to delve deeper into the story of Dead Rising, with the Xbox 360 version containing the 83-minute Zombrex Dead Rising Sun film. That’s nice, where’s our action figure? It might not contain an undead tourist like the European special edition, but the North American…

Assassin’s Creed Goes To Russia In Comic Book Mini-Series

Last month UbiWorkshop teased a secret project featuring the talents of acclaimed comic book illustrators Cameron Stewart and Karl Kerschl. Today that project stands revealed as an Assassin’s Creed comic book mini-series set in Russia, introduced via old-timey film reel. As we expected, Cameron Stewart and Karl Kerschl are indeed lending their talents to an…

APB Human Avatar Project: Stage Two

In the name of marketing, Human Avatar Josh gets an APB-themed haircut. Next stop, septum ring

FarmVille’s First Real-World Crops Sprout Next Week

Zynga’s massive community of fake farmers will plant its first branded crops in-game next week, teaching FarmVille players about organic farming and green living through a partnership with General Mills subsidiary Cascadian Farm. Starting Monday and running through July 26, FarmVille players will be able to plant Cascadian Farm-branded organic blueberries on their plots, a…

Drew Brees Isn’t Afraid Of The Madden Curse

New Orleans quarterback and Madden NFL 11 cover athlete Drew Brees give the audience of last night’s Tonight Show with Jay Leno a special gift for helping him overcome the Madden Curse. The Madden Curse is not real, but if it was, Drew Brees figures he’s managed to find a way around it. He points…

The Battle For Hoth Comes To The iPhone

The huge list of video games depicting the opening battle from Star Wars: The Empire Strikes back gains another entry with Fluffy Logic’s Star Wars: Battle for Hoth for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Fluffy Logic, the developer behind Savage Moon for the PlayStation Network, takes its tower defense expertise and applies it to the…

Science Answers One Of Life’s Greatest Questions

Which came first, the chicken, or the egg? Thanks to a brave group of British researchers, the age-old question finally has an answer. It’s easy to see how the question would puzzle people. Chickens are born from eggs, so surely the egg formed first, right? But wait, chickens lay eggs, so in order for there…

This Tour Of The Hulu Plus PlayStation 3 App Is Brought To You By Skittles

Join me as I take a brief look at the Hulu Plus app running on the PlayStation 3, developing a killer craving for bite-sized candy in the process. As a temporary PlayStation Plus member, I am able to download the Hulu Plus app from the PlayStation Store. Since I am not a member of the…