Alexandra Hall's discussions

lol get the fuck off our site Read more

counterpoint: was a very bad dog. the worst. Read more

Talkin’ about this episode of GameCenter CX that we host? Read more

Here’s one.

It has a handful. Mischief Makers and Bakuretsu Muteki Bangaioh come to mind. Mortal Kombat Trilogy. Not common, but there are some others. Read more

That is correct. If you have your PSX on a good screen connected via RGB (or just use an accurate emulator on PC I guess) you can sometimes see the PS1's telltale texture dithering patterns if you look very closely at the art of 2D games. I seem to recall noticing this in R-Types for example. Read more

Yes, all of this. Thank you. Read more

> I’m also real tired of cutting away the few social interactions I enjoy to protect others who are at this point, willfully engaging in denialism to “own” the rest of us.

I hear that. The problem though is that people who legit can’t be vaccinated, or are immunocompromised, or are affected by other catch-22s, etc.… Read more

I suggested the headline. This is how us queers talk on Twitter, simple as that. It’s a play on “[so-and-so] says trans rights.” I share AuroraBlaize’s take. I am surprised some folks’d think this was official; how likely is U.S. leftist political content to be in this particular Japanese game? Not very in my opinion.… Read more

Yeah, I know. Read more

You are like, the most reasonable Kotaku commenter and I am into it Read more

I hear ya. To be honest I have similar concerns re: hand/wrist strain about Analogue Pocket. It doesn’t look comfy or ergonomic and I really wish they’d gone with a wide original GBA-style design. Read more

Circle is very much its own thing, kind of a hybrid of classicvania and SotN. I also played it after the others so it was an acquired taste for sure. I did end up 100%ing though, or whatever the max is. It has a shockingly difficult (optional) final gauntlet that can really force you to exploit the available game… Read more

you’re fuckin’ merciless, not unlike Shadow at his most vengeful Read more

In my colleague’s defense Shadow was kinda sorta cool in Adventure 2. Wasn’t strapped yet either. Read more

legendary comment
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If I said either way here I’m not sure it would clarify anything 🤔 Read more

oh, so I assume you are a ghost now?
updating the Kotaku lore wiki. Read more

wow i was unaware today was OPPOSITE DAY!!! because that shit rules Read more