Posts by Mike Fahey
In Real Life

Assembling The Lego Avengers

With the phenomenal success of the Avengers still vibrating in the world’s collective consciousness, the folks at Lego sent a set of Avengers-themed Lego Marvel Super Heroes bricks my way. So I spent several hours putting together a stop-motion video of the assembly of Earth’s mightiest minifigs.


In Real Life

It’s Almost Time To Preorder This $400 Mass Effect 3 M-3 Predator Pistol Replica

Triforce, the creators of many fine video game replica weapons, are getting ready to arm 600 lucky customers with scale replicas of the M-3 Predator Pistol from Mass Effect 3.


PlayStation

What The Holy Hell Is Zack Wearing In Dead Or Alive 5?

I always figured Zack’s ridiculous clothing in Dead or Alive was due to the influence of series creator Tomonobu Itagaki. Turns out he might have been the only thing holding the rest of the team back. In Dead or Alive 5, Zack is a clown with a flower afro. Lei Fang’s in here too, but no one cares about Lei Fang.


PC

Mounted Combat Arrives In Skyrim

Your Skyrim horse is now good for something other than getting accidentally killed in the heat of battle. Update 1.6, available today on PC, adds the ability for players to charge into battle on their faithful steed.


PlayStation

So Why Are There Dinosaurs On Pre-Earth Cybertron? Blame Shockwave

In the original Transformers cartoon, Grimlock and the Dinobots are created by Wheeljack and Ratchet after volcanic activity unearthed prehistoric fossils near the Autobot base. High Moon Studios’ explanation for the Dinobots appearance in Transformers: Fall of Cybertron makes a whole lot more sense.


PC

Mass Effect 3′s Free Rebellion Pack Drops Next Week

Outed earlier this month via Sony Hong Kong, Mass Effect 3‘s free Rebellion Pack adds two new maps and a slew of new characters to the game’s multiplayer experience on May 29 for PC, Xbox 360 and North American PlayStation 3s, with the Euro PS3 version following a day after.


PC

Can Rift’s Player-Versus-Player Revamp Save It From The Oncoming Storm?

Trion World’s MMO rift has done well enough for itself, but with Tera underway and The Secret World and Guild Wars 2 looming, they’ve got to be feeling some heat. Can the newly revamped three-faction Conquest system keep folks playing?


PC

The Origin EON-11s Is An Impressive Gaming Machine Masquerading As A Netbook

The bigger the gaming laptop is, the more powerful it is. At least that’s been the experience I’ve had in my gaming laptop-reviewing career. A bigger chassis means more bells and whistles, better heat management, and a larger, more vivid display.


PC

Tera MMO Log Part 2, Supplemental: Look At All That Rested XP

The plan was to spend a series of four consecutive weeks playing En Masse Entertainment’s massively multiplayer online fantasy role-playing game Tera, reporting back every week leading up to the final review. Then all hell broke loose.


PC

My Entire Diablo III Play Through In Under Five Minutes

Last week I played through the entire story of Diablo III with my Demon Hunter. It took me some 15 hours. Now you can watch the entire thing a little over four and a half minutes.