Cecilia D'Anastasio's saved articles

this looks so great....can’t wait to play it! Read more

Man, Smash Summit is really fun to both be at and watch from what I’ve seen. Not only do they do tournaments, but they also make hilarious comedy sketches, play fun minigames, and just talk about things in an entertaining way. I’ve been seeing a lot of discussion about how hilarious their Mafia minigames went, and I… Read more

“Actually, we want the Melee community too.” Read more

Wii U Smash was bad. Read more

Gary’s unfortunate legacy of a complete lack of business sense continues to ruin the lives of the people around him still. Gail seems very much like the surviving spouse of a celebrity who is struggling just to keep her head above water trying to deal with stuff that had they had the foresight to have created a trust… Read more

I went to high school at Badger there in Lake Geneva with Alex, and after college when I was still working at the local Caribou Coffee I met Gail. She was sweet and enthusiastic, and excited about the movie deal you wrote about. She was always smiling and saying, “you’ll love what we’re working on,” when she would… Read more

Great write-up. As someone who spent much of his childhood in this area (and who dabbled in AD&D), Gygax’s voice always hovered over Lake Geneva for me, but I never knew why it eventually went silent. Read more

Put this review in the Smithsonian, because it's an absolute treasure.  Read more

I await the R6 Siege patch that makes monitors impenetrable cover.  Read more

There’s so much wrong with this scenario...
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This needs to dovetail with Drew Magary’s “I Fought My Own Reflection” story.

As someone who worked EVO the last few years, the thing I’ll miss most are the electric crowds for Melee. I definitely understand the polarization of the selection and opening slots for some new games (a new Samurai Shodown?!), but man, that game had such wonderful support and it was a joy to walk by the early rounds;… Read more

It will be mourned, but not by me.
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Honestly? Good. I understand it’s a classic, popular fighting game, but it’s time to freshen up that scene, and for every person there was that loved melee, there seemed to be just as many who were pissed and tired that a 15+ year old game kept getting the main stage attention at Evo instead of newer titles, and… Read more

Nothing will replace Melee. Read more

In other news, ticket sales for EVO 2019 suddenly plummet and nobody has any idea why. Read more

I have read many articles by you Gita and you have never seemed angry or trying to bait any one, I hope you keep writing about race and gender. I look forward to your next article, this was a very good read. Read more

Your pieces always give me something to think about and I agree that it’s important to both: Read more

Gita, thank you. I can’t say I always see eye to eye with staff writers, but I can wholeheartedly say that Kotaku is a better place for having you here and that your efforts make a difference, each and every day. Your perspectives matter and it makes all of us a little smarter, more empathetic, and wiser each read. Tha… Read more

These streams are young people playing videogames. That’s it. They aren’t saints or heroes, and they certainly aren’t above the many issues that plague people in general. Read more