-
D.E.H.T.A. Urges You To Save The Murlocs
The Druids for the Ethical and Humane Treatment of Animals issue a desperate plea to World of Warcraft players – stop killing the noble Murloc, and possibly buy some t-shirts from Hot Topic. J!nx, creators of fine gaming apparel, and Hot Topic, the store that helps millions of teenagers be unique and edgy, riff on…
By Mike Fahey -
Left 4 Dead 2 Sells 2 Million In 2 Weeks
Despite early concerns that it was too soon for a sequel, Left 4 Dead 2 has sold more than 2 million copies at retail, doubling the sales to date of the original game. Gamers made noise when the sequel to last year’s cooperative survival horror title was announced earlier this year, but the quick follow-up…
By Mike Fahey -
Final Fantasy XIII Box Art, Now With More Xbox 360
There is definitely something eerie about seeing Final Fantasy box art with the Xbox 360 logo at the top. This is an image I would have sworn was fake prior to July of 2008, when Microsoft and Square Enix outed Final Fantasy XIII for the Xbox 360. It was one of the most exciting E3…
By Mike Fahey -
Lost Planet 2: Introducing Akrid X
Episode 2 of Lost Planet 2 pits you against the massive Akrid X, who may or may not secretly be the brother of Speed Akrid. Okay, he’s probably not related to Speed Akrid, if such an akrid even exists, but he does throw fireballs, breathes fire, and hurls train cars at you, all of which…
By Mike Fahey -
Brutal Afterthoughts With Jack Black
A bit late to the party, this latest installment of Brutal Legends’ Brutal Thoughts with Jack Black videos suggests you will excel at multiplayer by being the first to buy the game. Oh, and your mother is not a whore. Strange that this video should be released after the game has already been out for…
By Mike Fahey -
Reviews
Tony Hawk: Ride Review: Time To Bail
The latest edition of the venerable Tony Hawk skateboarding video game franchise slides across your carpet on a plastic skateboard in Tony Hawk: Ride. Losing ground to EA’s Skate franchise, Activision tapped developer Robomodo to help take the Tony Hawk franchise in a whole new direction, eschewing standard controllers for a new plastic skateboard peripheral,…
By Mike Fahey -
Battle Orphan Diseases With Your Used Games
Why buy and sell your used games to the benefit of some retailer when you can donate and buy used games from DonateGames.Org, where all proceeds go towards helping children and their families fight rare and neglected disorders. Donate Games is a charity that works a bit differently than most. While other charities have had…
By Mike Fahey -
Ubisoft’s Big Franchises Win, Wii Games Lose – Update
Reporting its full first-half 2009-10 financial results today, Ubisoft stresses its confidence in franchise titles like Assassin’s Creed II, while some of its Wii titles continue to under-perform. Much like the company’s sales results call earlier this month, today’s Ubisoft earnings call was all about the big-name franchises in the company’s lineup. Along with mentions…
By Mike Fahey -
Ubisoft Turns Back Time With Prince Of Persia: The Forgotten Sands
Ubisoft uses the Dagger of Time to roll back the Prince of Persia franchise with Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands, a new game in the Sands of Time storyline to coincide with the release of Disney’s feature film. With the major motion picture purely focused on the Sands of Time storyline, Ubisoft puts it’s…
By Mike Fahey -
Games Even Babies Can Play
How young is too young to play internet computer games? If they can move their limbs, they can play with Kneebouncers. Kneebouncers is the brainchild of Jim Robinson, the father of three non-brain children who was frustrated that his slightly older children could play on the computer while his young daughter could not. His solution?…
By Mike Fahey -
Final Fantasy XIII Gets Its Cid
Every Final Fantasy must have its Cid, and for Final Fantasy XIII it’s Cid Raines. While the above image was borrowed from the Final Fantasy Wiki, information about Cid Raines comes by way of a scan from a Final Fantasy XIII spread in Shonen Jump. According to Final Fantasy Union, this time around Cid is…
By Mike Fahey -
The Nintendo Download: Can’t Read My Foto Face
EA takes advantage of the DSi camera in Foto Face; Guybrush Threepwood continues his quest; and more Sudoku, all in this week’s expansive installment of the Nintendo Download. Despite adding a grand total of ten new titles across Nintendo’s three downloadable game platforms, this week’s update is relatively tame. The only real big-name title is…
By Mike Fahey -
A Little TNA On Your PSP
SouthPeak Interactive picked up the license for TNA Wrestling from the now defunct Midway, and now we get to see what they are doing with it with screens from TNA iMPACT!: Cross the Line. Cross the Line is coming out later this winter for the PSP and Nintendo DS, so the turnaround time on the…
By Mike Fahey -
Puzzle Quest 2 Charges Into Battle This Spring
In spring 2010, D3Publisher unleashes the only cure for Puzzle Quest addiction on the Xbox 360 and Nintendo DS – Puzzle Quest 2. I’ve played the original Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords on every possible platform, and even today it will keep me occupied for hours at a time. After the relatively disappointing Puzzle…
By Mike Fahey -
Super Street Fighter IV’s Cody, Adon, And Guy In Pictures
If the trailer we posted early this morning was too fast for you, these screenshots and artwork for Super Street Fighter IV’s three new fighters should slow things down nicely. Cody is one of my favorite characters in Street Fighter / Final Fight history. Not only does he share a name with my mother’s dog,…
By Mike Fahey -
The Battle Of The Brick Is Coming
Coming in early 2010 from the creator of LEGO Zanzibar, The Battle of the Brick is a 25-minute LEGO Halo video made entirely out of LEGO bricks. Check out the extended reveal trailer below! We featured Alex Kobbs’ impressive LEGO recreation of the Zanzibar multiplayer map back in 2007. Now he’s getting ready to release…
By Mike Fahey -
Alderaan Makes Its Explosive Debut In The Old Republic
BioWare has announced the latest playable planet for Star Wars: The Old Republic, Alderaan – an lovely place to hide your bastard children from their corrupted, guilt-crazed fathers. The planet of Alderaan wasn’t always a smoldering cloud of debris. No, back in the day it was a lovely, peaceful planet – perhaps the closest thing…
By Mike Fahey -
LittleBigPlanet Online Create Coming Monday
LittleBigPlanet is getting a LittleBigUpdate on Monday, adding new save game functionality, improved connectivity, and the ability to create levels online with up to three friends. Until the new Leerdammer update hits on Monday, the only way to create LittleBigPlanet levels with your friends was to gather around the television set or coordinate online and…
By Mike Fahey -
Black Friday Deals Round-Up
Black Friday is upon us, and that means there are some pretty good video game deals lurking out there. We’ve compiled a list of some of the best. Feel free to add your own! Amazon.com: The Black Friday video game deals are in full swing, with more game discounts being revealed all day long. Right…
By Mike Fahey -
$3 Billion Worth Of Call Of Duty Sold
Activision somehow managed to shake off its turkey-induced coma this morning to announce that the Call of Duty franchise has generated more than $3 billion in sales. With Modern Warfare 2 pulling in $550 million in sales within the first five days of release, the $3 billion certainly makes sense. From the original Call of…
By Mike Fahey
Mike Fahey
Mike Fahey's posts