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LeVar And Mica Burton Tell Us About The Games They Love
12.4.2023
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Former Rooster Teeth Director Says She Was Underpaid And Called Slurs
17.10.2022
Iconic Halo-inspired web series Red vs. Blue put online content company Rooster Teeth on the map. Over a decade later it’s branched out into gaming Let’s Plays, reality TV shows, and even anime, but it’s also increasingly the subject of allegations over an internal frat boy culture and toxic...
18 Things I Wish I Knew Before Starting Cult Of The Lamb
18.8.2022
Despite what Hollywood may have you think running a cult is tough work—or at least it is in Cult of the Lamb. Out now for consoles and PC, Cult of the Lamb is, depending on who you ask, an action roguelike with city-builder elements or a city-builder with action roguelike elements. Either way, it’s...
Anime Expo Drops Attendee Vax Proof, Negative Covid Test Requirements
9.6.2022
Today, Anime Expo, the “largest celebration of Japanese pop culture in North America” announced an update to its covid health and safety protocols that disappointed many voice actors, cosplayers, and artists alike.Read more
Elden Ring Looks Tiny, Adorable With ‘Tilt-Shifted’ Camera
12.4.2022
Elden Ring is not an adorable game. Literally everything, from the ferocious wildlife to the beefed-up Starscourge Radahn, wants to bury your Tarnished and stop you from restoring order to the Lands Between. But the idea that FromSoftware’s famously difficult Souls-like could be cute sent YouTuber...
April’s Game Pass Lineup Is No Joke
5.4.2022
Over the past few months, Microsoft has bucked expectations and irritated games journalists everywhere by dropping gems, like Tunic and Paradise Killer, on Game Pass without warning. Then it went silent on the Game Pass front for weeks. For a while there, some reasonable observers (hi) assumed...
Elden Ring's Wolf Pack Ashes Are Loyal Pups, And Therefore The Best
25.3.2022
Elden Ring has a bunch of spirit ashes, ethereal summons you can call forth to aid you in battle. Some, like Banished Knight Oleg, are highly effective damage dealers, capable of wiping out even the toughest of bosses. Others, hm, not so much—looking at you, spirit jellyfish ashes. While each...
Report: Billion-Dollar Hedge Fund Fir Tree Eyes Shorting the Stablecoin Tether
11.3.2022
The hedge fund Fir Tree Capital Management’s investors claim it has developed a method to short the stablecoin tether. A report notes that “clients of the firm” said the potential to reap big rewards from shorting the world’s largest stablecoin is great. Investors...
The Batman Review: This Could Be the Dark Knight You’ve Been Waiting For
4.3.2022
Batman movies are kind of like seasons of Doctor Who. Every now and then a new season with a new Doctor will come along and give a perspective on a classic character that will appeal to a new group of fans. In a similar way, The Batman employs a new pool of creative talent to give us a version...
One Of The Weirdest Resident Evil Games Is Getting An Unofficial 3D Remake
14.2.2022
Not to be outdone by its more respected siblings, the handheld Resident Evil Gaiden is being remade by a group of independent developers.Read more
Report: The Biggest Lego Star Wars Game Ever Meant Extensive Crunch
20.1.2022
The good news for fans of brick-built sci-fi games is that the oft-delayed Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga is finally coming out on April 10. The bad news, according to a report from Polygon, is the ambitious project spanning all nine Star Wars films is alleged to have led to a whole lot...
Trans Jeopardy! Champ Breaks Records, Becomes Highest-Earning Woman In Show History
30.12.2021
Last Friday, Amy Schneider became the highest-earning woman in the history of the quiz show Jeopardy! That makes her the fourth-highest-earning contestant overall for regular season games, and fifth for overall winnings. After her latest game yesterday, she’s tied with Julia Collins, who had...
Zack Zwiezen's Top 10 Games Of 2021
26.12.2021
Well, 2021 was a wild, awful mess of a year. I don’t need to recap what made 2021 so bad because, if you are reading this, you already know. We all live on Earth (I assume) so no point going over it all. Just, yeah, what a shitty year, huh?Read more
What Lost In Random, 2021’s Most Innovative Game, Shares With Star Wars
22.10.2021
“Random rules! Random rules!”Read more
Lost In Random: The Kotaku Review
24.9.2021
I play a lot of games for this job. That’s not a brag, it’s just a fact. And while many of those games are good, most of them tend to blend together. But whenever something comes along that is not only great but also feels fresh and incredibly memorable, it reminds me of how awesome games can...
LeVar Burton No Longer Wants To Be Jeopardy! Host
19.9.2021
The internet’s mission to help LeVar Burton become the host of the long-running game show Jeopardy! has come to an end now that Burton himself ain’t interested in the gig. This adds another chapter into this Summer’s odd saga of “Who Will Host Jeopardy!”Read more
Jeopardy!'s Mike Richards Is Getting A Babysitter Instead Of Getting Fired
26.8.2021
Mike Richards, the Jeopardy! executive producer who gave himself a high-profile hosting gig and then immediately lost it once everyone realized he was a jerk, will remain on as the game show’s boss, The New York Times reports. Many observers expected Richards to hammer out an exit deal with...
Oh No, Jeopardy!’s Other New Host Is Pretty Bad Too
24.8.2021
Mayim Bialik, neuroscientist and sitcom actor, is the last remaining host of Jeopardy! following the high-profile departure of executive producer Mike Richards as the late, great Alex Trebek’s replacement. But where Richards was taken down by his skeevy treatment of women, Bialik is courting...
Jeopardy!’s Skeezy New Host Sure Didn’t Last Long
20.8.2021
Mike Richards, executive producer of long-running quiz show Jeopardy!, is leaving his seemingly self-appointed role as the program’s new host following a damning report by The Ringer about his shitty behavior, both on his personal podcast and in his previous role as executive producer of The Price...
Jeopardy! Serves Up A Steaming Pile Of 'Gamer's Delight'
13.7.2021
Last night, popular human and YouTuber, J.D. Witherspoon appeared on Jeopardy!, to ask the contestants questions about something called “video games”. Have you heard of them? They’re available to play on a device called a “PlayStation 5.”Read more