Mike Fahey

Kaiser Permanente Has Wii Sports On Its Mind

What better way for insurance company Kaiser Permanente to promote a healthy lifestyle than strapping television monitors playing Wii Sports to the heads of its marketing team? Members of the Kaiser Permanente “Pixmen” marketing team took to the halls of Honolulu’s Ala Moana Center mall yesterday to demonstrate how Wii Sports can help people stay…

What To Play While Boycotting Modern Warfare 2

Yes, we understand that you’ll be boycotting Modern Warfare 2 because you want dedicated servers or are offended by its viral advertising. What will you be playing instead? Here are several suggestions. With a goodly portion of the gaming community tied up playing Modern Warfare 2 over the next few months, those of you sticking…

1 VS 100 Season 2 Premieres Next Week

1 vs 100, the Xbox 360‘s massively multiplayer online game show, makes its triumphant return next week, with new questions, more prizes, and all the Chris Cashman you can stand. More than a half a million unique contestants competed in the 15 week beta season of 1 vs 100, and Microsoft wants even more to…

The Nintendo Download: It’s Old Home Week

Familiar names and face populate this week’s downloadable Nintendo games, with appearances by Frogger, Excitebike, Bomberman, and more Electroplankton than you can shake a stylus at. Perhaps the most exciting game to come out as part of this week’s Nintendo Download is Excitebike: World Rally for WiiWare (1,000 Wii points). It’s not just because it…

EA Acquires Pet Society Creator Playfish

And you thought you spent a lot of money on Pet Society. EA just spent $300 million on leading social network game creator Playfish, the team behind Pet Society, Restaurant City, and Country Story. With more than 60 million active player across all of its Facebook, MySpace, Google, and iPhone games every month, social network…

Northeast U.S. GameStops Selling Modern Warfare 2 Early – Updated

GameStops in Northeastern states such as New York, Pennsylvania, and Ohio are selling Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 early, with one store claiming special dispensation from Activision due to street-breaking mom-and-pop stores. Here in Atlanta we still have to wait until Monday’s midnight launch to pick up Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, but…

Halo Waypoint Will Be What You Make Of It

Yesterday 343 Industries released Halo Waypoint, the Xbox 360 destination for all things Halo. Kotaku spoke to Halo franchise executive producer Josh Holmes about how fans will help determine the direction Waypoint takes. Josh Holmes has been in the industry for around 15 years. He was part of the EA Canada exodus that formed Propaganda…

Gyromancer Takes Over Your Life This Month

Attention PC gamers and Xbox 360 owners – your free time dies in a week and a half. Gyromancer, the unholy union of Square Enix RPG, Pokémon, and Bejeweled Twist, now has a release date. Mark November 18th on your calendar, and then set the rest of the week busy. That’s the date that Square…

Band Hero Track Edits Are Ridiculous

If you are planning on picking up Band Hero because it contains some of your favorite songs, be warned that some of the tunes have been butchered edited beyond enjoyment. I picked up the game for the 360 the other day so my girlfriend and I could play through “Angels of the Silences” from Counting…

Here’s What You’ll Miss In The Bad Company 2 Multiplayer Beta

If you’re not a PlayStation 3 owner or you aren’t planning on preordering Battlefield: Bad Company 2, you won’t be seeing this action until at least next month. Unless of course you are a game journalist like our own Stephen Totilo, who discussed his hands-on time with the game earlier today. Judging by this footage,…

Rock Band Next Week: The White Stripes

Four players will play songs performed by two people next week, when dynamic divorced duo The White Stripes make their Rock Band debut. In order to properly play “Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground,” “Girl, You Have No Faith in Medicine,” and “Icky Thump,” the three White Stripes tunes making their way to the Rock…

To Catch A Modern Warfare 2 Cyber-Thief

Modern Warfare 2 is already making an appearance at torrent sites all over the internet, but it could have been worse. Dean Takahashi reports on how IPCybercrime stopped one pirate from making his big score. It all started with a Craigslist post, as many seedy stories these days do. Last Thursday a listing popped up…

360 Facebook, Twitter, And Last.FM Will Be Accessible To Teens

Right now three major features of the new Xbox 360 dashboard update – Facebook, Last.FM, and Twitter – are inaccessible to users under 18. Major Nelson says that will change weeks after the update launches. Teens participating in the Xbox Live dashboard preview program have been irked by the fact that there was no way…

First Skate 3 Trailer And Screens

To go along with the AJ’s preview, here’s the first batch of screens for Skate 3, along with a trailer featuring a horribly edited version of Steel Panther’s “Eyes of a Panther.” The actual lyrics for the “Eyes of a Panther” chorus are “She’s got the eyes of a panther – She’s got lips like…

And The Next Star Wars: The Old Republic Class Reveal Is…

Do you idolize the grandest Moff of them all, or are you more of a fan of Zam Wessel, the shape shifting assassin from episode 2? Either way, the Imperial Agent class is for you. The Imperial Agent is all about high-tech gear, subterfuge, and subversion. They are the assassins of the Star Wars universe,…

This Is The Warhammer Online Trial That Never Ends

Forget that old 10-day timed trial nonsense. Warhammer Online’s new trial let’s you play any of the game’s 24 careers as long as you like, with the new streaming client keeping things all speedy-like. New and returning players to Mythic’s MMO Warhammer Online can now play the game as long as they’d like for free,…

Zelda Puts The Spirit In Spirit Tracks

You know that little spirit that’s been following Link around in all of the trailers for The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks for the Nintendo DS? Surprise, it’s Princess Zelda! Princess Zelda has been getting herself kidnapped on a regular basis for 23 years now, and Nintendo is ready for a change. Today the company…

Ultimate Alliance 2 DLC Magnetically Released

Master of Magnetism Magneto joins the lineup of five new heroes as Activision releases a new downloadable content pack for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions of Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2. The new DLC adds five new heroes to the Ultimate Alliance 2 roster, along with four new challenge missions for those craving a…

Free LEGO Rock Band With Your Performance Fleece

Picking up that Old Navy gift card for your little sister could pay off this Black Friday, when the clothing retailer will be giving away free copies of LEGO Rock Band with every $20 purchase. Old Navy isn’t known for its video game deals, but they’ll be handing out copies of LEGO Rock Band on…

Game Boy Enters The National Toy Hall Of Fame

It’s time to celebrate chunky black and green portable gaming, as the Nintendo Game Boy becomes the second video game platform to be inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame. The Strong Museum of Play‘s National Toy Hall of Fame has been celebrating the playthings that have had a profound effect on how we…