John Walker, Author at Kotaku

How’s It Going? Labor Dabor Edition

Day off, or off-day? Welcome to our daily open thread, but with an accent. As a Brit, I honestly have barely any idea what Labor Day is, other than you can’t even spell it properly. My primary source is a thousand-year-old Homestar Runner puppet cartoon, and now hopefully you too shall be singing this over…

By John Walker Published September 7, 2020

Culture

Nintendo’s New Mario Games Have A Purchase-By Deadline, And It Sucks

No one does things more strangely than Nintendo. In an ambush Mario Direct this morning, the 35th birthday of the world’s worst plumber was celebrated with all manner of surprise announcements. The most surprising feature of all being that two of the products would be time limited. Both the triple-pack of remastered Super Mario 3D…

By John Walker Published September 3, 2020

Culture

My Son And I Are Trying To Learn Pokémon Go In 2020

Four years ago, the entire population of planet Earth played Pokémon Go. Niantic’s mobile AR game fell perfectly into the timeline, with large-screened phones sporting decent cameras being far more affordable, and VR/AR being the buzziest of attention-grabbing bees. Also, it was actual magic: You could walk around your own local streets and fields, capturing…

John Walker Published August 31, 2020

ReviewsMultiplatform

Carrion: The Kotaku Review

In Carrion you move so fast, so malevolently, it’s genuinely unsettling… even though you’re the one in control. And controlling this repellent offal-beast is never better than when you prepare surprise attacks for well-armed military forces. Two machine gun-toting army boys, with anti-me shields fizzling in front of them, thought they could be the heroes.…

By John Walker Published July 23, 2020