Electronic gadgets are cool. Knotted, tangled cables are not. Yet rarely will you find the one without t'other. » 2/23/15 7:30pm Monday 7:30pm

Here at Kotaku, we don't just play video games all day and night. Sometimes, we read. Sometimes we even read books! Wild, I know. » 2/18/15 7:15pm 2/18/15 7:15pm

It's February! That magical month where we all start to feel like maybe winter will end... and then the weather turns, and it's super awful and dark and cold again. » 2/03/15 5:00pm 2/03/15 5:00pm

With all the excitement of new years eve, I completely forgot to post a "What are you playing?" article at the start of January. This injustice shall not stand! » 1/16/15 7:30pm 1/16/15 7:30pm

The advent of "Smashketball" showed that some of the best parts of this new Smash generation are the ones players create for themselves. Nintendo doesn't make it easy to share custom stages or rulesets with one another, so the best way to share stuff is by talking online. What are the best made-up games you've seen? » 12/26/14 4:00pm 12/26/14 4:00pm

You know the drill: You start Dragon Age: Inquisition. You make a character. You play through the opening cutscene and realize that your character looks like a duck. You restart and try again. » 12/08/14 7:00pm 12/08/14 7:00pm

It's December, which means that there are five thousand new video games to choose from. What to do in the face of so many video games? Start playing, I guess. » 12/02/14 7:30pm 12/02/14 7:30pm

Every year I tell myself I'm just going to sit at home and wait for online sales. Every year I'm at Walmart at three a.m., combing their electronics sections in case someone missed one of the cheap-ass televisions that sold out minutes after they opened. Surely I am not alone. What gaming goodies did you end up buying? » 11/29/14 6:30pm 11/29/14 6:30pm

Like everything else in life, video games come and go. Or, at least, some do. Others stay with you for years at a time. The truly special ones never leave. What are the games you never stop playing? » 11/07/14 12:30pm 11/07/14 12:30pm

The Wii U has taken roughly $300 from your wallet already, but chances are you've purchased more than a few games for Nintendo's newest home console. Just how much money depends on who you are. » 10/09/14 11:30am 10/09/14 11:30am

Sure, Smash Bros. is a game about watching a bunch of colorful characters duke it out. But it's also about arguing over which character is best. » 10/08/14 6:30pm 10/08/14 6:30pm

You're already out 400 bucks for Sony's newest gaming console, but you've likely purchased a few other accessories and games to go along with it. So in the roughly one year since it's launched, what's that number add up to for you? » 10/08/14 11:30am 10/08/14 11:30am

You may have dropped the initial $500 (or, without Kinect, $400) it cost to actually own an Xbox One, but you no doubt pumped more bills into Microsoft's new-generation console than just that since its launch. » 10/07/14 11:30am 10/07/14 11:30am

It's October! A time of turning leaves and too much candy, when the crisp fall air makes it easier to stay in and play video games, and the flood of new games means there's always something to play. » 10/01/14 7:00pm 10/01/14 7:00pm

The Sims 4 came out last week. I've been enjoying my time with the game so far. But I've also seen a wide array of reactions to it online—some pleasant, some less so. I'd like to understand these better, so let's talk about the state of The Sims. » 9/08/14 4:50pm 9/08/14 4:50pm

Do you remember? Our hearts were ringing in the key that our souls were singing, as we played some fun games in the night… » 9/03/14 5:30pm 9/03/14 5:30pm