Ethan Gach's discussions

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Ethan Gach
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Senior reporter at Kotaku. Have a gaming industry tip? You can reach me securely at ethangach@protonmail.com.

Yea, the chrono-verse lore outside of the first game starts to get really wild. Like, arguably Leah from Cross is Ayla’s mom? But that’s a whole other rabbit hole. Read more

When that happened I just assumed I had done something wrong. Like maybe there was a choice in the maze of menus I wasn’t seeing, cause wow turning my bad-ass persona into a floating potato was the worst. Read more

YES. Love me some Vandal Hearts! About once every few months I go on Ebay and play with the idea of grabbing 1 & 2. Something about isometric tactics games gets me good. Read more

Oh wow, I didn’t even realize. That’s kind of amazing. Read more

He’s got a ways to go

I love the Dishonored vibs and I’m honestly hankering for something in the Bioshock realm, which Prey at least seems to be chasing, but I still have my doubts there’s a there, there. Read more

My friend had one of his Persona 5 saves corrupt on him the other week. It was like being transported back in time. Read more

There was a P4 Arena vinyl that came with the pre-order, but nothing for P5 yet that I’ve heard about.

This track in particular seemed appropriate for Earth Day. Read more

Out of all the weird ambient, chillwave, downtempo, and electronic music I’ve gotten into over the past decade, they are by far my favorite. Read more

The older I get the more fascinated I am by how old games and hardware get preserved and the little idiosyncrasies of all the plastic and metal inside. I think mostly because I realized that stuff won’t be around forever. And the Dreamcast is a perfect example—so many great games and unique hardware that’s slowly Read more

The story his comments are from is actually pretty interesting. I think a lot of people in this industry get so wrapped up in the the current trends and hype and forget to take a step back and try to re-center themselves around what it is they actually want to accomplish. Read more

I’m way too psyched for that remaster considering I won’t actually have any time to play it. Read more

How did I leave off Adventure Island

The nice thing about FF6 is how replayable it is with the GBA version. So easy to pick up and run back through. Read more

Ocarina is definitely a Christmas game for me too. Would love to marathon that again with the fam one of these days. Read more