Kenneth Shepard, Author at Kotaku

CulturePokemon

Pokémon Legends: Z-A’s DLC Crushes A Years-Long Fan Dream

Mega Dimension adds new forms for Raichu, and by extension, ensures a dead monster stays gone

By Kenneth Shepard Published December 10, 2025

ReviewsMultiplatform

The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy: The Kotaku Review

One of 2025’s most important games is one you probably haven’t heard about

By Kenneth Shepard Published December 10, 2025

CultureNews

Gooner Gacha Game Abandons Steam Launch After Refusing To Make Changes

BrownDust2 says accommodating Steam wouldn’t ‘preserve the game’s core direction’

By Kenneth Shepard Published December 9, 2025

OpinionImpressions

I Want To Give Skate Story Another Shot, But It Makes A Rough First Impression

The gorgeous, ethereal skate game is available to PlayStation Plus subscribers

By Kenneth Shepard Published December 9, 2025

CultureNews

This Might Be The Worst Thing Overwatch 2 Has Ever Done

The Fortnite-ification of Blizzard’s hero shooter just hit a new low

By Kenneth Shepard Published December 9, 2025

ReviewsPC

I Don’t Think We’d Be Talking Much About Horses If It Hadn’t Been Banned

The horror game was banned from Steam and Epic, and the resulting furor feels needlessly intense after playing it

By Kenneth Shepard Published December 8, 2025

CulturePokemon

Watch Pokémon And Yu-Gi-Oh’s Heroes Duke It Out In A Pure ’90s Nostalgia Bomb

Death Battle is back with a video pitting Ash Ketchum and Yugi Moto against one another

By Kenneth Shepard Published December 8, 2025

Entertainment

Stranger Things Fans Blame Netflix For The Bad Dialogue In Season 5

The streaming service is reportedly telling writers to dumb down their writing for people on phones

By Kenneth Shepard Published December 8, 2025

CultureNews

Tekken Director Katsuhiro Harada Is Leaving Bandai Namco After 31 Years

The fighting game veteran announced that he is leaving the company after decades leading the series

By Kenneth Shepard Published December 8, 2025

Report

I Went To See The Abandoned Yoshi That’s Been Sitting On The Subway Tracks For Weeks [Update]

‘I’m going to save him one day,’ a passerby says as she waits for her train

By Kenneth Shepard Published December 5, 2025

CultureNews

Dragon Age Day Comes And Goes In Complete Silence Just One Year After Veilguard

This comes after a ton of internal strife before, during, and after Dragon Age: The Veilguard

By Kenneth Shepard Published December 5, 2025

CultureNews

Fortnite Frees The Nipple

It seems like Epic Games may have changed its stance on accurately rendering shirtless characters

By Kenneth Shepard Published December 4, 2025

CultureNews

The Internet Can’t Decide If Metroid Prime 4 Is Ugly Or Not

Samus’ latest is getting a lot of drive-by hate on social media, but is it well-founded?

By Kenneth Shepard Published December 4, 2025

CultureNews

A New Leak Is Fueling Speculation That The Pokémon Animal Crossing Game Turns Your Childhood Into A Graveyard

It sure looks like a popular fan theory about Pokémon Pokopia is playing out

By Kenneth Shepard Published December 4, 2025

CultureNews

Metroid Prime 4 Makes You Drive Around The Desert In Silence Unless You Buy This $30 Amiibo

The pricey figures let you do things most games would let you do for free

By Kenneth Shepard Published December 4, 2025

CultureNews

Final Fantasy VII’s Aerith Asks You To Stop Sending Actors Your ‘Smut’

Briana White points out there’s a difference between seeking NSFW content out and being sent it unprompted

By Kenneth Shepard Published December 3, 2025

Willy Wonka telling Flygon he gets nothing

CultureNews

Every New Pokémon Legends: Z-A DLC Announcement Has Flygon Fans Crashing Out

The children yearn for a Mega Flygon

By Kenneth Shepard Published December 3, 2025

CultureNews

Mario Kart World’s New Update Does The Most Obnoxious Thing

Nintendo loves to march to the beat of its own drum, even to its detriment

By Kenneth Shepard Published December 3, 2025

Entertainment

After Days Of Ridicule, Amazon Takes Down Its Awful AI-Generated Anime Dub

Banana Fish’s English dub was provided by a machine and fans were not having it

By Kenneth Shepard Published December 2, 2025

CultureNews

Sabrina Carpenter Just Showed Halo And Pokémon How Easy It Is To Stand Up To Fascists [Update]

The Trump Administration continues to use memes to try to recruit people to ICE

By Kenneth Shepard Published December 2, 2025