1. What is a blog?

   Jeez, get with the webhead doofus terminology already. A blog is a web log. A log as in, "logged entries". This one is about video games.

2. Why is it called Kotaku?

   Because Matt didn't get his way. Otaku is a Japanese word meaning unhealthily obsessed. In Japan, otaku are further sub-classed into being creepy crazy for either video games, anime, manga, or idol singers. In the U.S. it's been mostly associated with fans of anime and manga. We are told that using "ko-" at the beginning of the word instead of "o-" adds an additional connotation of small, but Matt is 5"10", which in Japan is lavishly vertical. So you see, it all makes sense.

3. If I tell you a secret, will you ever told anybody I told you?

   Your anonymity is assured. We never told anybody who told us that Valve would never make a September 30th, 2003 ship date for Half-Life 2 and we'll never tell anyone about you. If you want to be referred to by a code name, that's OK too, as long as it's not something lame like "d4rth m4rio".

4. Can you buy a post on Kotaku? You liked Satanic Bloodfest/Lucky Drum Soldier a lot, did they buy a post?

   No, you can only buy ads here. We'll make weekly posts thanking the people who bought ads, but if you want us to say something nice about you in return for your advertising dollar, tough. Ad dollars buy ads, not posts. If you want us to say something nice about you in a post, make something we like. Even then, watch out. At the same time, don't mistake dumb jokes as actual criticism. We're having fun at everyone's expense, and that includes both advertisers and ourselves.

5. What's the coolest game ever?

   X-Com: UFO Defense.

6. Can you talk more about Madden?

   We'll try to talk about all kinds of games, but the truth is we don't play Madden, or many other sports games. We also don't like games in which the best feature is bouncing breasts and shapely buttocks, not because we respect women necessarily— even though we sort of do— but because we've found that real porn is far more efficient. Our gaming urge is just in a different part of our brains.

7. So who is this "we"?

   Kotaku is published by Gawker Media, which also publishes Fleshbot, Defamer, Jalopnik, Wonkette, Gizmodo, Screenhead, and Gawker. Nick Denton is in charge of everything, so talk to him, officer.

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