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Disgraced Fighting Game Pro Returns To Tournaments, Prompting Outcry
4.3.2024
A fighting game competitor who was once accused of sexual assault and banned from several tournaments appears to have returned to play over the weekend. Read more
Multiple Fighting Game Tournaments Ban Competitor After Woman Says He Beat And Raped Her
4.3.2024
Multiple organizations have banned fighting game competitor Andre “OmGiTzAndre” Howard from competing at their events after a fellow community member said he raped and assaulted her. The woman described the abuse last night after her boyfriend spoke about it in a podcast on Tuesday.Read more
There Would Have Been A Woman At Summer Game Fest, But She Couldn't Make It
19.6.2023
During 2023's Summer Game Fest, something really rather awkward became all too apparent as the gruelling hours of commercials wound on: there were no women on stage. At the time, Kotaku and others wondered of frontman Geoff Keighley why this happened, but answers weren’t forthcoming. Since...
Report: California Governor Gavin Newson Accused Of Interfering In Activision Lawsuit
13.4.2022
California’s Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) recently lost the top two lawyers in its ongoing gender discrimination lawsuit against Activision Blizzard. The chief counsel was fired by the state governor, Gavin Newsom, while the assistant chief counsel resigned today in protest....
Hi, I’m New Here. Nice To Meet You, Kotaku
16.8.2021
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The Weight
8.4.2021
More than 20 years later, I can still remember my grandmother handing me the silver diet book with the cartoon cover and the sense that I needed to do something. I was probably around 13; the specifics have mercifully faded with time, but the cover and the feeling are burned into my brain. And...
Amid Covid And Unemployment, Gaming Was My Happy Place
18.3.2021
I remember feeling so optimistic on New Year’s 2020. It’s hard to say when, exactly, that optimism was shattered due to the pandemic. Like many with the privilege to do so, I started working from home as much as possible weeks before it became mandatory. Maybe unlike others (or more like other...
Pour Out a Bourbon—Wynonna Earp Will End After Season 4 on Syfy
6.2.2021
Gather ‘round, Earpers—it’s time to say farewell.Read more