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Great comment. Read more

I’m enjoying it, but am only a few hours in. Read more

Hm, good point. Who knows! I spent a good 30 seconds trying to run over her. Read more

After reading some responses to this piece, I wanted to note that I did talk to the /r/Arms mods. /r/Arms moderators believe the game has a very bright future. Although they admit there’s a post-Splatoon 2 dip in popularity, they said over e-mail that “When it comes to the current state of ARMS as a whole, it is… Read more

I got some intel that that post was actually written by a furry. Read more

Hey, I don’t hate on furries. Also, they pay for art. That’s awesome. Read more

Amazing. Read more

kotaku slack was a bloodbath this morning... Read more

More Splatoon 2 and Pyre! Woooooo Read more

It’s really, really fun. Read more

haha, do you really think a female games journalist is gonna be excited about an anime that’s all about fetishizing female gamers? sorry to disappoint! Read more

I mean Anime Strike, Amazon’s very flawed subscription service that somehow manages to have all the good shit. Read more

They’re so long!! I think it’s supposed to be evocative of the kind of grace ballroom dancers go for. Read more

Hey, so I only include new anime in these guides. That way, anyone can jump in. Read more

Same. I would love nothing more than for Blizzard to convince me otherwise, though. Read more

My greatest regret as a journalist is full-throatedly recommending the 2017 Berserk immediately after seeing its first episode. Read more

Lain is amazing!! Great recs. Read more

Thanks for reading! Read more

Haha, yeah I’ve definitely shown newbies FLCL and seen that brain damage in action. One quote I’ll always remember: “I will never be stoned enough to enjoy this.” I’ve also shown it to newbies who said that it blew their mind in the best way. They went on to enjoy stuff like Kill la Kill and One-Punch Man and Gurren… Read more

You bring up a lot of good points, especially about “warrior” woman tropes (I just read a cool book on this called Beautiful Fighting Girl. That’s a hard one for me to get past sometimes. These things aren’t in all anime and they’re not in most of the ones I recommend. It sounds like you’ve seen a lot of shonen, which… Read more