Kirk Hamilton's discussions

You know what makes sense? When you punch a dude with a giant robot, he explodes. That makes pretty fuckin good sense to me. Read more

Well obviously the amazing Full Throttle intro requires a nomination. The Gone Jackals!

Good one. I really, really liked the intro to Mass Effect 2. Read more

Totally agree! It got that criticism from some other staffers and I have to say, like, yes, a lot of its appeal is how it channels how it felt to play CRPGs like Baldur's Gate and Ultima VII back in the day, but it has so many new ideas. The co-op being the most front-and-center, but there are plenty of other smaller… Read more

You have my sword! Or, in the case of Divinity, you have my broom!

The Witcher 2 enjoyed a long run on this list - I love it too. That one's tricky, since in our internal debates it basically comes down to The Witcher 2 vs. Dragon Age Origins - we don't really have room for both, mostly in the service of keeping this list from being dominated by epic fantasy RPGs (since we have… Read more

Agree, the ending was a mess. Read more

Yeah, I mean I definitely wouldn't bag on someone who didn't like Snowpiercer. It's a pretty specific thing, not really a matter of smarts, just taste. Read more

I've said it plenty of times in various places on Kotaku, but I might as well say it again: AKG K-240 Studio headphones are the best headphones I've ever owned. Read more

I've said it plenty of times in various places on Kotaku, but I might as well say it again: AKG K-240 Studio…

These are killer! Great work. Read more

Agree re: The Missing Link. I actually never much cared for it to begin with, and found the way it's inserted into the story pretty jarring. Re-speccing your guy midway through the game is odd, as was the fact that I didn't actually get to keep all of the praxis points I earned while playing it (the game caps you at a… Read more

I thought of Journey (and the Souls games) often while writing this, though I left it out since I didn't want to start doing a survey of non-chat communication in games. But yeah, that GDC talk by Chen is really good, and relevant. Read more

"BLAH"

For all I care they can release it in 2018, as long as it's good. Read more

Whoa, I didn't even know that was a thing! Perfect, then. Read more

Right? Put a purple and black controller with it, too. I kinda wish all of my consoles could have huge hearts on them. Read more

Okay here's my thing: This trailer shows a lot of action, but the one thing that makes it cool/remarkable is the song from Return of the King, aka The Most Emotionally Devastating Depiction of Sloppy Tomato-Eating In Cinematic History. Read more

Time to head for change.org! Read more

Not a miniseries, it's an anthology series - FX just picked it up for season 2., which'll have a new cast and take place back in the late 70s. Read more