Screenshot:: Capcom / Kotaku Annual reviewAnnual reviewWe look back at the ups, downs, surprises and special features in and around video games this year. I can’t believe the year is almost over. 2020 felt endless. Between work, taking care of my child, releasing a new book, various writing assignments, and everything that life did to me, my free time was …
Screenshot:: Mistwalker Kotaku game day bookKotaku game day bookThe latest thoughts from a Kotaku employee about a game we play. I wish I were immortal just so I could play all the games that were behind me. Lost Odyssey The Xbox 360 is about immortals who have lived and lived through a thousand years. Maybe too much. Life has taken …
illustration:: Capcom, Kotaku Hello Kotaku, as always it was a great honor to be guest author for the weekend. I love reading the comments and so many of you are sharing so many great things, I always feel like I’m learning so much (and getting some really cool game recommendations too). Please have a safe holiday season and I sincerely …
Screenshot:: PlatinumGames I asked this question last year and when I look back on the list of games I wanted to finish, I’m actually surprised I got some of them. That includes Deadly premonition, Radiant Historia, Pikmin 3, connection between worlds, trace memory, and No more heroes. The connection between them all is that they were available on the Switch …
Screenshot:: Naughty dog I go for a walk with my child almost every day. She is little more than two. There is a strange serenity in the isolation of entire city blocks when so few people are around. In the first few months of the pandemic, we felt like we were walking through an abandoned city. I lived in my …
Screenshot:: Access to games I crashed eight times during my playthrough Deadly premonition on the switch, often at critical moments. In a long loading screen game, this seemed like an unforgivable sin. “So good it’s bad,” tested my patience, even if I knew I would get around to it Deadly premonition was a flawed cult classic. This wasn’t the original …
illustration:: Konami in the Time HollowTime travel is a painful, tangled, and sloppy mess that makes history worse with each intervention. A spiritual sequel to another game I liked to name Shadow of memories It actually took me a while to track down this obscure visual novel from Nintendo DS, published by Konami in 2008. When I found out that …
Screenshot:: Konami Hello Kotaku! The last time I was weekend editor for Kotaku was in February and honestly, it seems like a lifetime ago. So much has happened since then that even when I look back at my old articles, I feel like I am looking at a time capsule from a different age. As always, I am honored to …
illustration:: Supergiant Games Annual reviewAnnual reviewWe look back at the ups, downs, surprises and special features in and around video games this year. 2020 was tough. There were nights when we wondered where and how this year would end. Just when things looked like they couldn’t get any worse, they kept doing it. Getting through the day was difficult at …
Screenshot:: Konami / Kotaku The last generationThe last generationA look back at 2013-2020, the age of PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. The PS4 had some great horror games. The best had a way of subconsciously sneaking into my mind, dwell until a vulnerable moment, and strike terror when I least expected it. It’s interesting that as graphics performance increased, the …
