A few days ago, I accidentally deleted a batch of saved games. Collectively they represented a couple hundred hours’ worth of time spent playing a dozen or more games. Years of hard-won progress, gone in the blink of an eye.
This Was A Good Video Game Joke
I like jokes, which is why I’m here to celebrate a good video game joke from last year. No time like the present, eh?
This Was A Good Video Game Joke
I like jokes, which is why I’m here to celebrate a good video game joke from last year. No time like the present, eh?
Destiny Private Matches Are Finally Here, And They’re Really Fun
I hadn’t realized just how badly Destiny needed private competitive matches until today, when Bungie added them to the game. I also hadn’t realized how much fun I’d have going up against my friends.
Hitman Season One: The Kotaku Review
It’s the middle of the day, and I’ve spent the last couple of hours trying to figure out how to kill this stupid cameraman. You’d think it would be easy, but I have to make it look like an accident and I can’t harm the newswoman he’s working with. Much harder than it sounds.
Bungie has detailed the weapon rebalances coming to Destiny in the Rise of Iron expansion.
Bungie has detailed the weapon rebalances coming to Destiny in the Rise of Iron expansion. Lots of little tweaks: Year 3 Thorn gets a range nerf, No Time To Explain gets built-in headseeker (nice), and Touch of Malice will no longer let titans use Bles…
Let’s Talk Overwatch!
Let’s Talk Overwatch! We’re back for another episode of our weekly chat series where we get together to talk about the ups and downs of the week in Overwatch. This week Cecilia, Nathan and I cover the new competitive season, how we feel about competitive play in general, and which character is going to be “the new Genji” now that Genji’s been nerfed.
Up 1-0 with a fully stacked hand.
Up 1-0 with a fully stacked hand. Feels good, man. I’m finally getting into Gwent and, to no one’s surprise, I really like it. I do wish my AI opponents were more clever, however. If you play Gwent in The Witcher 3, what kind of deck do you play and where can I find an opponent who’ll actually put up a fight?
Echo was a standout at the PAX Indie Megabooth last weekend.
Echo was a standout at the PAX Indie Megabooth last weekend. The concept is very cool: You have to infiltrate and explore a futuristic techno-palace. Every so often, the whole place reboots and goes dark. With each reboot, your past playthroughs “echo” as AIs that try to take you down using whatever tactics you used before the last reboot. It’s a visually arresting game with an interesting central idea—definitely one to keep an eye on. It’s coming to PC and console, no release date yet.
Podcast: Straight Outta PAX
Jason and I are both at PAX West in Seattle, so we recorded Kotaku Splitscreen a little later in the week than usual. It’s a rare episode where we’re sitting in the same room, at the same microphone, interrupting each other with much greater clarity and resolve.