Mike Fahey

PlayStation’s New VR Mouse Game Is the Best Pet Shop Visit Ever

As a kid I spent a lot of time at the local pet shop in front of the small animal cages. Hamsters and mice went about their business, ignoring my looming presence, but occasionally a pair of tiny feet would press against the glass, beady black eyes peering my way. PlayStation VR adventure Moss feels…

Charizard Is The Best Part Of Pokémon Day 2018

Tomorrow is Pokémon Day, the 22nd anniversary of the Japanese release of Pokémon Red and Green. The Pokémon Company’s got a bunch of treats lined up for fans, from a new Snapchat filter to a special Pikachu showing up in Pokémon GO. My favorite? This giant-sized Charizard Pokémon Gallery figure. Tomorrow marks the first anniversary…

Atari Brings Back Night Driver, Sort Of

Released in arcades in 1976, Atari’s original Night Driver is an outstanding example of doing more with less, simulating first-person driving through nothing more than a series of scrolling rectangles. The new Night Driver, coming soon to Android and iOS, looks like any other mobile racing game. Nothing wrong with a mobile racing game—I’ve enjoyed…

Coming in 2018 to iOS and Android devices, Ghostbusters World is an augmented reality game in which players catch specters, ghosts and the odd free floating, full torso, vaporous apparition. It sounds like Pokemon Go, only every monster is ghost type and there’s no Team Valor. Perfect. Here’sthe official website

Alto’s Odyssey Is A Sequel That Was Worth Waiting For

The long-awaited sequel to Snowman’s wonderful endless snowboarding game is finally here. While Alto’s Odyssey swaps the snow-capped mountains of Alto’s Adventure for sandy deserts and jungle temples, it’s still incredibly chill. Originally planned for release last summer, Alto’s Odyssey took its sweet time getting here, but the agony of seven months of additional waiting…

How to Clean Your Video Game Consoles

Your video game console is filthy. Choked with dust, smeared with fingerprints or riddled with insects. Your game controllers are a horror show, the seams in the plastic filled with unidentifiable gunk. Let’s clean them. The biggest threat to your video game consoles and accessories isn’t a flung controller. Today’s hardware is generally built sturdy…

Rise And Shine, Noctis Lucis Caelum

Players who pick up Final Fantasy XV Windows Edition on Steam before May 1 will receive the Half-Life Pack, allowing Noctis and multiplayer characters to cosplay Gordon Freeman. There’s even a crowbar. It’s completely ridiculous, almost as ridiculous as there being three different pre-order incentives for Steam (a fashion pack), Origin (a decal pack) and…

Fixes for Dragon Ball FighterZ’ connectivity issues are coming. In a video released today, producer Tomoko Hiroki laid out plans for one patch late this month that “might not fix everything,” and another in mid to late March. The plan is to “gradually resolve the issue.” That is certainly a plan.

Injustice 2‘s Ninja Turtles Are In Fine Fighting Form

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are back in a 2D fighting game, thanks to their recent addition to Injustice 2. The excellent new execution of Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello and Raphael shows it’s been too long since these turtles mixed it up. The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles made their Injustice 2 debut for Ultimate Pack and…

The Switch Version Of Rime Is Much Better Now

Beautiful adventure game Rime wasn’t quite as beautiful when it was released on the Nintendo Switch back in November, suffering from severe frame rate drops, bad pop-in, faded colors and poor lower resolution textures. Yesterday’s 1.02 updatedoesn’t fix everything, but the game looks and plays so much better now. Rather than play the earlier Xbox…

Mario Is Getting His Own Fancy Encyclopedia

Having had tremendous success withits trio of The Legend of Zelda reference books, Dark Horse Publishing sets its sights on the Mushroom Kingdom, chronicling three decades of Nintendo gaming in the Super Mario Encyclopedia. The Super Mario Encyclopedia is an exhaustive look at nearly every Super Mario game Nintendo’s made, from Super Mario Bros. in…

The Transformers Studio Series Makes Movie Bots Look Good [Update]

While I am not the biggest fan of the live-action Transformers movies, I do appreciate the “realistic” robot and vehicle designs the series has spawned. Revealed today at Toy Fair 2018, the Studio Series celebrates those designs with intricate figures packaged with movie backdrops. I might need them. Update: And they’re on sale now, apparently.…

If There Is Such A Thing As Too Many Cats, This Game Is It

In Cat Condo, a free idle clicker game now available on Google Play and iTunes, you begin with one cat. Then you get another cat. Combining those cats gets you another cat. Tapping the screen gets you more cats. Not playing at all gets you more cats. The cats never stop. They can’t. They won’t.…

Meet Rough And Tumble, Two Brand-New Sonic Comic Villains

A new era of Sonic comics begins in April, when IDW releases the first four issues of its Sonic the Hedgehog series. The skunk brothers above are Rough and Tumble, a pair of new villains who’ll be causing a stink for Sonic and Knuckles in issue three. Last year Sega surprised fans when it announced…

The New Lego Harry Potter Line Starts With Hogwarts’ Great Hall

Lego returns to JK Rowling’s Wizarding World later this year, with new sets based on the Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts series. Like the Lego Harry Potter Hogwarts Great Hall, a $99 set featuring ten minifigures, two buildable creatures and a ridiculous amount of detail. From the original Lego Harry Potter line that launched in…

The Way You Learn Abilities In Fe (Pronounced ‘Fee-Ya’) Is My New Favorite Thing

Of all the different ways I’ve gained new abilities in video games, singing softly to animals as a baby fox is definitely my favorite. In Zoink’s Fe, players control a small fox-like creature named Fe as it runs, climbs and glides its way through an otherworldly forest. To defend the wilderness from the mysterious “Silent…

McFarlane Toys is teaming up with Activision to create a series of Call of Duty action figures. Due out this fall, the series features fully-articulated six-inch recreations of some of the series’ most recognizable heroes. Like these two. Ah man, these two. The times we had.

The New Lego Millennium Falcon Looks So Fine

Man, I don’t know what it is about it, but this might be the best Lego Millennium Falcon ever. I shouldn’t be this excited—it seems like we get a new Lego Falcon every time Han Solo’s trusty ride shows up on the screen. The $169.99 Solo: A Star Wars Story Kessel Run Millennium Falcon, due…

Wooting One Keyboard Review: Analog Innovation

Most mechanical keyboard switches have two positions—off and on. Either the key is activated, or it’s not. The switches in the Wooting One keyboard are different. Like the analog trigger on a gamepad, they detect a range of motion. I wouldn’t say it’s something every PC gamer needs, but it can definitely change the way…

Hot Wheels RC Brings Rocket League To Life This Fall

Last year, Rocket League developer Psyonix added iconic Hot Wheels vehicles to its popular car soccer video game. This year, Hot Wheels returns the favor, recreating the video game in miniature with the Hot Wheels Rocket League RC Rivals Set. While I would have been satisfied with a couple of traditional Hot Wheels cars and…