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Dammit Kirk. Read more

As someone who had never seen your articles on jazz before, I will say I wish you’d done more of them. We might disagree on what the “greatest jazz album of all time” is but the whole piece seems absolutely delightful. Read more

I’ve always enjoyed reading your work over the years (but you’re too hard on mini-maps) and am a regular listener of the podcast. Sad to see you go but good luck on your future endeavors!  Read more

I don’t think Kirk will be *too* embarrassed if I share here what I emailed to the staff: Read more

I’m happy you’re pursuing music full time again. I remember when you posted the Undertale cover. I was hoping you would make a series of posts that were like it. But I’ll definitely check out Strong Songs, and I’m super pleased you will continue to be on Splitscreen.  Read more

I am going to miss your sense of humor on the site, but I’m glad you’ll still be podcasting and I hope that all your future endeavors are gold.
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Damn! Damn Damn Damn. Read more

Damn. End of an era indeed. I’ve been reading Kotaku since the mid-2000s, and it’s always been bittersweet to see writers come and go. In 2012, I remember I sent you a tip about a nerd-culture-inspired music piece, which you spun into a brief article on Kotaku. Your path has always oddly resembled mine, too - I lived… Read more

Good luck Kirk,

You’re one of the best reviewers for games I’ve seen around and I can always respect your views even if I don’t agree. Read more

Noooo. Gonna miss your words. Best of luck in the future. Read more

It’s been an honor to work with Kirk for the past seven years. Kirk’s love of games and his desire to communicate about them with readers shines through his work. I’ve valued that a lot, but I’ve valued just as much, if not more, his love of writing good sentences and paragraphs. Anyone can write about video games,… Read more

Same, except I haven’t played Hitman 2 yet.

Since I just got Hitman 2016 from last month’s Humble Bundle, I’ve been rerunning Paris over and over, knocking out each challenge, memorizing the map, contemplating my methodology. I’m still trying to figure how to get the auction invitation and do the chandler drop, not to… Read more

When I only had the prologue and Paris, I definitely replayed Paris a bunch of times and got a really good feel for it. But, didn’t get the rest of Hitman 2016 til I got the Legacy Pack for Hitman 2, and I actually am just gonna do every level once to completion all through Hitman 2 to fully “complete” the campaign,… Read more

It’s a bit of a bummer that this game isn’t episodic, really. I finished 2016 Hitman largely because I had a new episode each month or so and I got to feel excited about getting back into it along with everyone else, even if I backed out from some after a playthrough or two. Read more

While I’ve just completed each storyline mission at least once (got the Gold edition so I’ve been playing it for about a week), I’ve already gone back to Miami 3 times. Mostly because I wanted to try out the briefcase + sniper rifle feature of H2, but also because I really liked the level and in Hitman 2016 learned… Read more

It’s almost like taking LMGs out of D2 was a mistake or something.
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Oh, my sweet, sweet Baron’s Ambition.........

Thanks, Kirk, now I’m sad. Read more

Well shit, this looks like it makes up for Ace of Spaces being a pain in the ass to get. Read more

I don’t think either approach is wrong. Players just need to know what they’re getting into beforehand. Read more