It's no secret that Kotaku and our sister sites at Gawker Media got walloped this week after our datacenter was flooded by Hurricane Sandy and our sites were knocked offline. We've taken to Tumblr, setting up alternative versions of our sites, where we've worked to give readers as much of a proper Kotaku, Deadspin, … Read… 10/31/12 10:29pm 10/31/12 10:29pm

"Here. Right here," he said, almost triumphantly. "He said it would be right fucking here." Read… 10/31/12 6:53pm 10/31/12 6:53pm

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A Sega Motor Raid cabinet lies washed up on a street in Keansburg, New Jersey. Image courtesy of Marijane Gray. Discuss… 10/30/12 11:46pm 10/30/12 11:46pm

We here at Kotaku aren't the only ones with servers in storm-beset New York City. Activision, too, has servers in the zone affected by wind, water, and power outages, and those servers are having a rough time of things right now. Read… 10/30/12 5:10pm 10/30/12 5:10pm

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We'll be posting here until our site is back online. Kotaku and the rest of Gawker Media's sites were knocked offline yesterday as our main data center lost power due to flooding. We're awaiting word on when it will be up and running again, but with so many people out of power in Manhattan and surrounding areas, it's… Read… 10/30/12 11:38am 10/30/12 11:38am

I'm one of the lucky ones. I've still got power, and despite some flickering, I never lost electricity when the hurricane hit New York City last night. Read… 10/30/12 10:57am 10/30/12 10:57am

What you see above is an electrical fire in Queens, NY that I took last night at around 8pm. Read… 10/30/12 9:37am 10/30/12 9:37am

Among other things, today is the day that the new Assassin's Creeds are out (III and Liberation) as well as the new Need For Speed. We have reviews in the works for all of them and will share at least some of the review material here. Read… 10/30/12 8:11am 10/30/12 8:11am