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Nathan Grayson
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Kotaku senior reporter. Beats: Twitch, streaming, PC gaming. Writing a book about streamers tentatively titled "STREAMERS" to be published by Atria/Simon & Schuster in the future.

Is there anything/anyone we can make a sacrifice to in order to make absolutely goddamn sure that doesn’t happen? Read more

Yeah, it’s actually pretty similar (albeit much colder)! If you were into Vanishing of Ethan Carter, this is probably right up your alley. Read more

And now I’m thinking about the terrifying prospect of an Aperture-engineered roomba. It probably won’t suffocate you while you sleep! Read more

I have to admit, it’s often an effective way to get developers and publishers to pay attention and start talking. It sucks that it has to be that way, and I hope we can strive for a better way of doing things in the long run. Preferably one where game makers and their fans communicate frequently and rationally instead Read more

Definitely give it a try, but you’ll want a guide for the first couple hours. I recommend this one. It’s a little, um, gigantic, but there are some really good details in there. Read more

I did mention it, but you’re right, so I also added a mention of Early Access to the beginning of my post. That said, I am slightly worried that this one has deeper, intrinsically conflicting design issues that’ll hurt it no matter what stage of development it’s in. On top of that, I don’t love it when developers Read more

I just realized this game does a thing that really bugs me! Here I am, playing as Captain Biff Space-o from the future, and my health-monitoring ultra cell phone doesn’t have a flashlight. As a result, I’m forced to make a torch and then put it down all the time while using other items. It’s Doom 3 all over again. Read more

Didn’t run perfectly for me, but definitely ran better than Ark. Bear in mind, though, that this is also in Early Access. Probably gonna be a bit before it’s in optimal shape :/ Read more

Updated the post to reflect that. Thanks for the heads-up! Read more

“All the wrong games,” but set to the tune of “All The Small Things.” Read more

It’s this weird double-standard thing. Bigger budget games like Witcher 3 and GTA V got on Steam with nudity intact, but smaller visual novels where sex was a key component had to cover up. Seems like they’re now at least experimenting with letting smaller “adult” games do nudity, too. Read more

No word yet, unfortunately. But there will probably be more open beta weekends soon, and Blizzard’s still adding new people to the closed beta pool. The process is random, but that’s, uh, something, right? Read more