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Cecilia D'Anastasio
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Senior reporter at Kotaku.

Rewatching the original, there’s part of me that wanted it to make more sense, but I’ve never been sure if the original was supposed to be confusing, or if it’s one of those “You’re just too stupid to get it” kind of things. I’m leaning towards the former, since there’s a few jokes implying even the protagonists don’t Read more

Never doubt the power of pissed-off consumers (whether they’re paying for a product or using an F2P/F2A type of service—see also: Facebook) to throw completely unhinged shitfits at the first representative (real or perceived) of the product being consumed that they come into contact with.

I’ll be the first to admit Read more

This is too fucking funny, my friends and I shop there all the time. Poor guys. Read more

Yay! I enjoy Overwatch so much more during events. When it’s in normal mode, I play it just often enough to stay in practice. Read more

a battle royale game where, instead of killing each other, you’ve got to use ingredients you find in your environment to cook the best possible dish. I’d call it Read more

Don’t write for someone without getting paid unless it is a cause you really believe in. If anyone tell you that you will get exposure, your reply should be “Fuck you. Pay me.” Read more

Monster Prom reminds me a lot of those flash dating games you would find on Newgrounds. It has some roguelike elements, obfuscated stat checks. It’s much more about repeated sequences than longer narrative routes. It scratches a weird nostalgic itch I have for that era of game design, though the writing is wildly Read more

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Janelle Monae. Been a fan since “Many Moons” in 2008 and I am loving her latest, Dirty Computer, which is a Prince-influenced banger of a pop album.

I think that franchise is called Fire Emblem lol Read more

Oh man I’ve been trying for so long to find that manga title!! I always found the covers super cool but never knew what the title was! Read more

Well, the holy trinity of Chrono Trigger, Xenogears, and Chrono Cross, to name three. Read more

Many great scholars have asked this question. Throughout the ages, people of wisdom and science have put their greatest heads together in the hopes of answering this true riddle of mankind. We believed we might never know the answer to such things, but thanks to the advance of human knowledge, the singularity, et Read more

Weird? No. It makes me extremely proud. Also, thank you for the article idea. Read more

Fortnite is surprisingly good. Especially the Battle Royale mode. Hopefully we’ll have some coverage soon! Read more

I’ll see it eventually, but Siren has set a pretty high bar for mermaid-related programming this year. Read more