The Best Conversations We Had In 2012
Playing video games is a lot of fun. Kind of goes without saying, right? But talking about games is just as much fun, if not even more so.
Why Is Mitsuru So Hot? (And Other Burning Persona 3 Questions)
Yeah, sure, fine, there are a lot of great new games out right now. But for some reason, Persona 3 has captured the hearts and minds of not one but two Kotaku editors: Me (Kirk) and our resident JRPG expert Jason Schreier. We've been talking about the game pretty much every day, most likely to the detriment of our…
We Like Kid Icarus: Uprising So Far, Because It's Weird.
Kid Icarus: Uprising is Nintendo's big 3DS game of early 2012. Hyped since the early days of the 3DS as one of the major titles for the system, we've now been able to play the finished game.
What did the Skyrim Gamer Say to the Skyward Sword Gamer?
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Michael Fahey has now played Skyrim for more than 60 hours. Stephen Totilo has now played The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword for more than 40. Surely, these two have something to say about how these two games compare.
How Many Interns Does it Take to Cover a Press Event?
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Last week, ace Kotaku Interns Jen Schiller and Joshua Rivera underwent a vital video game journalism rite of passage: their first publisher Press Event. At the suggestion of their mentor and spiritual guide Stephen Totilo, the two met up afterward via the magic of the internet to discuss their thoughts on the…
The GameStop Versus Best Buy Argument Ends With a Shocking Twist
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When Kotaku editorial director Joel Johnson and east coast reporter Michael Fahey launch into an argument over which video game retailer offers the superior shopping experience, one withholds a terrible secret that renders the other's argument moot.
The Harry Potter Game that Never Was...Yet
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Jen: So Sam, If you could have your dream HP video game, what would it be like?