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Final Fantasy VII Writer Doesn't Want To Talk About His Games On Twitter
18.1.2022
Kazushige Nojima is one of video game’s most famous story and scenario writers. Some of his past credits include Final Fantasy VII, Kingdom Hearts I and II, and even Super Smash Bros. Brawl’s Adventure Mode, among many others. Recent credits include Final Fantasy VII Remake, Stranger of Paradise:...
Moviecoin․com to Transform Movie Financing on Blockchain
10.1.2022
PRESS RELEASE. London, England, January 10, 2022: Moviecoin.com brings movie funding and decentralized finance (defi) to both independent movie-makers and larger budget movies. Moviecoin.com will allow any budding movie producer, director, or writer to finance their own script and movie....
Keiko Nobumoto, Writer For Cowboy Bebop And Tokyo Godfathers, Dies At 57
11.12.2021
Keiko Nobumoto, the acclaimed writer behind Cowboy Bebop, Tokyo Godfathers, and Macross Plus, passed away on December 1 after a battle with esophageal cancer. The news of her passing was confirmed by fellow anime writer Dai Sato on Facebook. A private funeral service was held for her on December...
Jenkins the Valet founder wants to create a decentralized Web3 content company
2.12.2021
Cointelegraph spoke to the co-founders of NFT storytelling project Jenkins the Valet for insight into the character's debut novel and vision for the future
Spider-Man Writer Claims Aunt May Almost Wasn't In The Game Because She Was Too Old And 'Wrinkly'
24.10.2021
It’s hard to imagine Marvel’s Spider-Man on PS4 (and later PS5) without Aunt May. She plays a pivotal role in the game, appearing in many cutscenes alongside other main characters in the story. Yet, according to Dan Slott, Insomniac wasn’t sure if it could create a realistic and good-looking...
SEC Denies Freedom of Information Act Request Concerning Tether Documents
26.9.2021
On September 24, the staff writer for The New Republic, Jacob Silverman, tweeted about a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request he filed that was ultimately denied. On the social media platform, Silverman wrote that he got Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) responses to his FOIA requests...
As the Stock Market Dives Report Shows ‘US Households Now Have Record High Exposure to Stocks’
19.7.2021
While inflation has kicked up in the U.S., following the massive stimulus issued by the Federal Reserve, investor and financial writer Lyn Alden Schwartzer published a report that shows “U.S. households now have record high exposure to stocks.” The news comes at a time when many...
Games Writer Chris Avellone Files Libel Lawsuit, Denies Sexual Misconduct Accusations
28.6.2021
Famous games writer Chris Avellone, whose credits include Planescape: Torment and Fallout: New Vegas, broke his silence on sexual misconduct allegations made against him in 2020. In a series of blog posts on Medium, the game developer also revealed that he recently filed a libel lawsuit...
Big Block Breakthrough: 1 Gigabyte BCH Scalenet Block Mined With Raspberry Pi4
2.6.2021
While it seems the big block vs. small block debate is over, it is still relevant in the cryptocurrency sphere and some users are still delving into the limits of big blocks. Mtrycz, a writer leveraging the read.cash blogging platform, claims to have mined 1 gigabyte (GB) block using a Raspberry...
Andreessen Horowitz Discusses Raising Third Crypto Fund to $2 Billion, Sources Say
31.5.2021
In May 2020, back when the crypto economy was still tumultuous from the coronavirus outbreak fears and gloomy global financial outlook, in general, the private venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) revealed the 500 million-dollar “Crypto Fund II.” A report published on May...
Writer Torrey Peters Wants a Punk Utopia for Trans Girls and a Cuisinart Mixer
8.3.2021
My friend and colleague Harron Walker once found it difficult to preface the force that is Torrey Peters. Now, here I am, repeating that confusion, at a loss for how to possibly describe a writer who refuses to be pinned down by other’s expectations. Her debut novel, Detransition, Baby, published...
Black Panther: Sins of the King Writer Geoff Thorne Wants to Ask the Tough Questions
4.2.2021
Though we’re still a long ways out from Ryan Coogler’s follow up to the first Black Panther movie and the recently-announced Wakanda series heading to Disney+, there’s quite a bit going on with T’Challa in the broader landscape of Marvel stories about mortals stepping up to the plate to become...
Mass Effect 2 Writer Confirms Jack Was Originally Pansexual
22.1.2021
During a recent interview with TheGamer, former BioWare writer Brian Kindregan finally confirmed something that everyone who played the game already knew in their bones: Mass Effect 2 crew member Jack was originally pansexual, rather than exclusively romanceable by a male Shephard.Read more
Remembering Kotaku Writer András Neltz
7.1.2021
András Neltz, a Budapest-based writer and editor who worked the morning shift at Kotaku from 2012-2016, died last month at the age of 31. Today, we mourn the loss of a cherished former colleague.Read more
Hi Kotaku, as always, it’s been a huge honor getting to be the guest writer for the weekend.
28.12.2020
Hi Kotaku, as always, it’s been a huge honor getting to be the guest writer for the weekend. I love reading the comments and so many of you share so many awesome things, I always feel I’m learning so much (and also getting some really cool game recommendations). Please have a safe holiday season...
Dragon Age Voice Actor Potentially Out After Twitter Attack On Series Writer Mark Darrah
4.12.2020
Yesterday BioWare general manager Casey Hudson and lead Dragon Age series writer Mark Darrah resigned from BioWare, spawning a wave of concern in fans over the continued health of the studio’s popular franchises. Today, Greg Ellis, the actor who voiced Dragon Age’s Anders and Cullen, took...
Report: Blockchain Price Oracle Manipulation Produces Millions in Losses, Shows No Signs of Slowing
12.11.2020
On November 9, a writer from the website samczsun.com published a report that shows a number of issues with price oracle manipulation stemming from a few blockchain applications. The researcher notes that price oracle manipulation has resulted in “over $30 [million] in losses so far.”...
News.Bitcoin.com Lead Writer Jamie Redman Named One of the Best Crypto Bloggers
19.7.2020
Lead Writer at News.Bitcoin.com, Jamie Redman has made Redeeem.com’s list of twelve influential go-to crypto bloggers. Redeeem says the list comprises names behind some of the most informative crypto news articles. In its citation, Redeeem says Jamie Redman, who is also a crypto meme...
How to Italicize Text
18.7.2020
HTML and CSS offer us the ability to italicize text. I’m talking about text like this. Let’s cover everything you’ll need to know.
What is italic text and why would you italicize text?
You italicize text most often to call attention to it. Literally to emphasize a word, so that someone reading...
The Popeye Moment
25.11.2019
Frank Chimero is redesigning "in the open" and we should pay attention to it because (1) we should listen to anything Frank has to say because he's a great designer and writer and (2) working in public is awesome.
But the gut punch for me in this opening article is the way Frank pulls zero punches...