Kirk Hamilton's discussions

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Kirk Hamilton
kirkhamilton
Kotaku Editor-at-Large

Glad you like the new theme music! It was fun to record. Looks like the RSS finally updated, so, hooray. Read more

For real, thanks everyone for reading and for the support, every time one of you says something nice about the site or our work it means a lot. Probably more than you think. Special thanks to everyone who has tweeted at me about Suikoden 2. <3 <3 <3 Read more

You actually can go in and manually map everything to use HOTAS, it just doesn’t work automatically so it’s a pain. Read more

During the Ubisoft conference, drink every time you feel uncomfortable Read more

My best memory of E3 is sitting in a hotel room with Jason and covering press conferences while eating Carl’s Jr. I’m not even kidding, it’s a really great memory.
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I think it’s def a good move for AC to take some time off. I love that series but I’m fine with a break, and hopefully it’ll let them iron out some of the perennial issues that those games can suffer from. I’m also optimistic about WD2; the first game had enough cool raw ingredients to make for a really good sequel. Read more

I’m glad you like Split Screen! We like doing it. We’d love to play more with readers but it gets a little overwhelming. It’d be cool if we could do a staff vs. staff Overwatch throwdown. Maybe we’ll recruit from our sister sites and see if we can make that happen, enough people might actually be playing that game. Read more

I wrote about the most recent change to our review system back in January: Read more

If Sucker Punch announces something, I hope Nate Fox finds a way to do this on stage

And at the end I had to just... wait a week. The final boss was waiting for my bank to get its shit together. So good. Read more

Cheers! Psyched to be back. Here’s my take on the games of May:

Hi! Yeah, I just haven’t played the new R&C. I hear it’s good! I’ll play at some point. Read more

It crushes so hard. Using it ‘till they nerf it, then I’ll probably keep using it out of habit Read more

Ha. I don’t mind the dogs. As long as I keep my shield up, they just bounce off and then I own them. Read more

Yeah, they’re bad. I’ve gotten to where I can handle them one-on-one but the shitty thing is how they always roll in pairs. And their sword art attacks! Goodbye, three quarters of my health bar. Read more

Yeah, they’re bad and I hate them. Though I almost always turn them into a pincushion at range. Read more