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Chloe Spencer
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Chloe Spencer is the summer intern for Kotaku and recently graduated from the University of Oregon. She enjoys reading graphic novels and playing video games.

Saving conversation keywords makes me think of Final Fantasy II. I always thought more games should do something like that, it’s a neat way to make the player a little more active in the story. Read more

But is it for the better? Or worse? Read more

This legitimately made me tear up. Super heartbreaking. (Which I feel ridiculous for as they are fake dogs but damn) Read more

I stopped playing Animal Crossing New Leaf when Smash Bros was released on 3Ds. I haven’t checked since, I fear I’ll get back to a city in fire/ruins. Read more

I actually regularly revisit my 3DS Nintendogs + Cats because the day after I had to put my cat to sleep due to cancer, I went into the game and created a version of him. Orange tabby named Tiger, complete with the same black collar my Tiger used to wear. I never make “monuments” to people/animals within games but I Read more

I initially thought, “meh, just another clone of the other game” but then I saw this and realized, I NEED THIS in my life.

The world is horrible so we should all be horrible to each other because that’s just the way it is and should be. Read more

This game seems like it would be awesome on mobile Read more

Why is it that an article about a video game suddenly becomes a discussion on an anecdote that the author included, it was a remark about a shirt obviously there is more to the story that does not pertain to this article, you dudes need to calm down. Read more

Why do you immediately doubt the veracity of Chloe’s aside? She provided almost no detail and yet your first response is maybe he was just being friendly. Maybe Chloe is an adult woman who can judge for herself what is boundary crossing for her? Read more

I think the line is crossed when it goes from “hey play pacifist first time through or else you get locked out of the best ending” to “UM EXCUSE I’M NOT WATCHING THIS BECAUSE HE’S NOT DOING PACIFIST.” The first is advice; the second is demanding. Read more

If Kerbal Space Program could teach orbital mechanics, certainly there could be a game that teaches elementary calc. I’ll check it out!
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Hey nice article! Don’t worry for people talking about doing integrals and series, etc. It’s easy to be pedantic about subjects that you know and talking down to people that haven’t even heard about those things. You should feel good and happy that you learned something new (no matter how little), specially because Read more

Math Blaster is the game that blossomed my early math education, leading to years of solid C’s.

I was really good at math, but I discovered calculus and alcohol at the same time. Never did figure out a lick of calculus.
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I would play this game. I hope her being a photographer means we get a mechanic to take photos of cats! Read more