Kotaku: House-keeping

Live in China or South Korea? Write about Games?

Brian Ashcraft — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 07:30:00 EST

Not only is Kotaku going through applications for Tokyo correspondents (we are currently no longer accepting applications), it is also looking to expand its coverage beyond Japan to China and South Korea. More »

Live and Breathe Japanese Games? Kotaku Is Now Hiring.

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 02:30:00 EST

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Occasionally, people ask me, "Brian Ashcraft, is Kotaku ever hiring?" To which I reply, "No, random person, it is not." But if you were to ask me that same question today, I'd have a very different answer. More »

A Week In Comments

Brian Ashcraft — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 03:00:00 EST

Call Of Duty Is Nothing Like The Real Thing More »

Heads Up About World of Warcraft Password Reset E-mails [UPDATE]

Stephen Totilo — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 15:30:00 EST

An e-mail some of you may have received that appears to be a request for a password reset for World of Warcraft is a phishing scam. Consult this official Blizzard thread for information. [Update: Blizzard is sending legit warnings, too.] More »

On Kotaku's Compromised Commenting Accounts

Brian Crecente — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 12:00:00 EST

Some time over the weekend a group compromised Gawker Media's servers, resulting in a security breach at all of the Gawker sites, including this one. Editors and tech are here for all the Q&A you can handle about what happened. More »

Happy Thanksgiving! Don't Worry, We're Still Here

Brian Crecente — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 09:30:00 EST

While most of us (really all of us) are busy eating Turkey or sleeping, there will still be a steady stream of stories coming to you from Kotaku. More »

A Week In Comments

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 03:00:00 EDT

I Can Explain This More »

On Reviews

Brian Crecente — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 15:00:00 EDT

Game reviews are a contentious thing. More »

Follow Us On Twitter

Brian Crecente — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 11:20:00 EDT

Did you know that Kotaku has its own Twitter account? More »

Kotaku Brasil Now With More Arkanoid

Brian Crecente — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 13:00:00 EDT

Kotaku Brasil is live with a countdown clock and a playable game of Arkanoid. More »

A Week In Comments

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 02:00:00 EDT

A Game About Insurgency More »

Tall And Tan and Young and Lovely, The Kotaku From Ipanema Is Coming

Brian Crecente — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 11:00:00 EDT

Fact: Many of the most important moments in my life have been marked by Antonio Carlos Jobim's wonderful song, The Girl from Ipanema. That song seems to drift through my best moments. More »

Fall's Here, Summer's Dead

Brian Crecente — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 10:00:00 EDT

The corn mazes are open, the pumpkins on sale, the leaves are turning brown and, if Mother Nature didn't hate us, it would be getting cooler here in the Northern Hemisphere. More »

Why I Won't Be Liveblogging The Tester Season 2

Michael McWhertor — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 22:00:00 EDT

Earlier this year, we all had a laugh along with/at the expense of a handful of video game industry hopefuls competing in the PlayStation Network reality show The Tester. Sadly, I won't be liveblogging the series' next season. More »

New Commenting Tools Add Scolding, Teleporter, Dunce Cap to Banhammer

Brian Crecente — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 10:40:00 EDT

We've always said that the community and their inciteful and insightful comments are one of the best things about Kotaku, and we mean it. That's why our wonderful tech folks are always working to improve how comments work. More »

A Week In Comments

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 02:00:00 EDT

Weekend Talk Amongst Yourselves More »

A Week In Comments

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 01:00:00 EDT

Nintendo UK Hints At 3DS Pricing More »

One Year Of All This, In Japanese

Brian Ashcraft — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 08:45:00 EDT

Kotaku Japan, the Japanese version of Kotaku.com, is celebrating its one year anniversary. Congrats to the entire Kotaku Japan team! More »

How To Read Kotaku Filtered, Extra Smooth

Brian Crecente — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 13:00:00 EDT

I think Kotaku is 1000 percent great. I love all of the articles on the site and all of the diverse topics, but there are some of you who don't want to read about certain things. More »

Site Borked

Brian Crecente — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 16:25:59 EDT

Bear with us as tech deals with some server issues that are impacting some pictures, stories and commenting access. We'll be back up.. soon? More »

Beware The Commenter Foreign Legion

Brian Crecente — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 15:40:00 EDT

Are you up on your commenting etiquette? I sure hope you are, because we just brought in an army of ban hammers. More »

Your Mails May Be Published Unless You Tell Us They Are Off the Record

Brian Crecente — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 23:29:00 EDT

Something important to keep in mind when you write to us: Unless you say it is off the record, we reserve the right to publish the email. If it's a tip, however, we'll keep your personal information completely confidential. More »

Up Close and Personal With The Most Important People in Gaming

Brian Crecente — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 10:40:00 EDT

Starting this month we'll be running a series of profiles on some of the most important people in gaming. More »

Review Round Up: Street Racin', X-Scapin' & Back Breakin'

Michael McWhertor — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 21:00:00 EDT

Wondering whether Blur is worth taking for a spin? Does Alpha Protocol feel like a game still in beta? What the hell is X-Scape? Let a week's worth of Kotaku video game reviews answer those questions and more. Round up!! More »

This Guy Lost Everything In A Fire, Gamers Help Him

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 08:30:00 EDT

Chris Hu, a member of fighting game forum Shoryuken.com, lost everything in fire in New York's Chinatown. Hu and his family are now homeless, and Shoryuken.com is doing what it can to help. More »

It's Over!

Brian Ashcraft — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 02:00:00 EDT

Did you survive? Starting right now, it's April 2nd KT (Kotaku Time). Thank goodness! Hopefully the internet can get back to, you know, "normal" — or close to it. Next up, an imaginary bunny carrying a basket of eggs! More »

Not Apple, Anything But Apple!!!

Brian Crecente — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 16:40:00 EDT

Have an irrational or rational hatred of all things Apple? Don't care about the iPad? Then you might want to bookmark this link to avoid all of our coverage on the soon to be launched tablet. More »

Got Facebook, Twitter? Then You Need To Fan and Follow Kotaku

Brian Crecente — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 12:20:00 EDT

Did you know Kotaku has Facebook and Twitter pages? Neither did I!!! OK, I did, but I bet some of you didn't. More »

You Got Your Kotaku In My Steam!!!

Brian Crecente — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 14:00:00 EDT

We've always been big fans of Steam, Valve's game delivering and online game hosting service, but now we have one more reason to love it: Kotaku is an official news provider for the system. More »

The Kotaku RSS Feed Two-Step

Brian Crecente — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:00:00 EST

You may have noticed, if you're reading this through an RSS reader, that we're not all quite there anymore. Have no fears, there is a solution. More »

Are You A Gaming DIEHARD?!

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 09:00:00 EST

There are those who like certain video game platforms. Then those who like certain video game platforms. Which one are you? More »

Kotaku, Your Complete Reader Guide

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:00:00 EST

Commenting. Regular features. Kotaku culture. If you are new to the site, there's a lot to absorb. It would be great if somebody condensed everything into one easy to follow guide. Somebody did. More »

One Click to Tablet-Free Kotaku

Brian Crecente — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 10:20:00 EST

If you're already worn out over our drip-feed of Apple Tablet speculation and rumors, then you might want to skip the Apple Tablet news that will be hitting the site later today. More »

How to Comment and Not Get Banned

Brian Crecente — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:00:00 EST

When we first started our Star commenting system, someone emailed me to ask that their Star be removed. More »

You Have the Power

Brian Crecente — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 08:00:00 EDT

You may have noticed some changes to Kotaku this morning. Specifically to how important you have become to the site. More »

How To Find Our Tokyo Party

Brian Ashcraft — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 23:20:00 EDT

Next Monday we are having a Kotaku event in Shibuya, Japan. I will be there. Crecente, Totilo, McWhertor and Tim Rogers will be there as well. Other people, too! But how do you find the damn place? More »

Heeeeeeeello Monday. Ban Monday.

Brian Ashcraft — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 02:00:00 EDT

Our favorite Kotakuday? Ban Monday. While we don't have any problem banning on regular days, we turn up the Ban Hammer sensitivity to MAXIMUM on Ban Monday. Here's how it's works: More »

Turning Japanese, Kotaku's Turning Japanese

Brian Crecente — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 20:00:00 EDT

If you live in Japan you may have noticed that you're not able to read or even see this right now. In fact, you're probably reading a very similar Kotaku, except entirely in Japanese. More »

Starred Commenters, Listen Up!

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 07:00:00 EDT

Last week, we rolled out a re-organized and revised version of our comments. Our star commenters's comments will now get much deserved top billing. But that's only half of it. More »

Kotaku Comments Get Star Power, Edit Option, Tiering

Brian Crecente — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:20:00 EDT

I've often said that more important than the stories, the writers, the pictures and videos to Kotaku, are the commenters. More »