Riley MacLeod

What Are You Playing This Weekend?

The weekend is for needing to go to my pharmacy in a different borough, but also needing to go on a long run, so…running to the pharmacy? The fun never stops, kids. The weekend is also for playing video games. A friend of mine has just gotten into Red Dead Online, so I’d like to…

Fortnite Has Blizzards Now

Fortnite has gotten into the winter spirit. Snow covers sections of the map, there are Christmas trees to dance in front of, and the Winterfest event features a cabin with presents to open. As of today, blizzards are occasionally whiting out portions of the map. I didn’t encounter any blizzards during the inexcusable amount of…

Riley’s Top 10 Games Of 2019

My 2019 in games was weird. The year’s biggest offerings—games like Jedi: Fallen Order, Death Stranding, and Pokemon Sword and Shield—weren’t my style. My recent sobriety often pulled me away from my gaming PC, as my interests expanded to include running, rock climbing, and being in pain from getting into sports in my late 30s.…

What Are You Playing This Weekend?

The weekend is for running in the cold, which means debating for far too long about what to wear and then ending up being overdressed anyway. It’s also for playing video games. After watching Netflix’s Witcher show, I’m really hankering to get back into Gwent. Risk of Rain 2 and Noita also recently got updates…

Netflix’s Witcher Show Is More About Politics Than Monster Hunting

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is a very long game, but eventually it has to end. Maybe you, like me, have gone searching everywhere for more: the standalone Gwent card game, the source books, the tabletop RPG. Now, you have Netflix’s The Witcher series. It’s definitely geared toward people familiar with The Witcher, especially its…

Here’s January 2020’s Xbox Live Games With Gold

We’ve got Xbox’s upcoming Games with Gold a bit early this month, which might help you plan your holiday shopping. As always, these games are only “free” if you have an active Xbox Live Gold subscription. January’s Xbox Games with Gold are: Xbox One Styx: Shards of Darkness (January 1-31) Batman: The Telltale Series (January…

Fortnite’s 11.31 patch adds Battle Lab, a customizable island that lets you pick from “favorite LTM loot pools, set up combat scenarios with the new Bot Grenades, and create your own mode by setting options like gravity and fall damage.” Playground mode has been moved to the Creative category.

Snowy battle royale The Darwin Project is coming to PS4, as well as getting its 1.0 release in January. I haven’t spent much time with the game lately, which this announcement reminds me I should rectify.

Children of Morta is getting a series of updates in 2020, including hard mode, new game plus, online co-op, and DLC. There are no dates yet.

Fortnite‘s Star Wars Event Was Weird, But Cool

Today, after a rough start, Fortnite’s in-game movie theater showed a brief clip from the upcoming film Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. Director J.J. Abrams and Game Awards host Geoff Keighley also made a live appearance. The event took place at Risky Reels, Fortnite’s drive-in. Prior to the event, Fortnite’s servers struggled under the…

Fortnite’s Star Wars event has been delayed to 2:10 Eastern, as the game struggles under server troubles

The PC Demo For Wooden Nickel Is Worth A Try

Tied to last night’s Game Awards, Steam is hosting a bunch of game demos through Saturday morning. There’s a lot of interesting stuff to check out, but I particularly enjoyed Wooden Nickel, a minimalist story game set in the Wild West. Wooden Nickel is by developers Brain & Brain, who previously made the lovely Burly…

What Are You Playing This Weekend?

The weekend is for not being sick anymore, which means addressing the grungy animal den my apartment has turned into as I moped around being sick. It’s also for feeling well enough to sit up and play some video games. The Long Dark got a new region this week, which I’m super excited to go…

Frostpunk’s next expansion, The Last Autumn, is a prequel that takes place before all the ice and snow. It’s out January 21 for PC

Watch The 2019 Game Awards Here [Update: It’s Over!]

Here we are again: The Game Awards, in which new game reveals and occasional shenanigans are interspersed with people winning things. Join us, won’t you? Things kick off at 8:30 Eastern. You can watch on YouTube, below, or on Twitch, Mixer, Twitter, or Steam

The Long Dark’s “Errant Pilgrim” update is live, adding a new sandbox region with timberwolves (oh no!), the ability to craft ammo and repair ruined firearms, and a new challenge. There’s also new music and new feats

What Are You Playing This Weekend?

The weekend is for finally fixing my endlessly running toilet, a process internet videos say is very easy but has thusfar involved me opening the toilet tank, staring in confusion, and then closing the tank again. The weekend is also for playing video games while I avoid this task. I’m excited to check out Mosaic…

Apex Legends’ latest patch, now live, ups the level cap from 100 to 500. It also adds new gun charms and brings a host of fixes, including rebinding the default “thank you” key and tweaking the final circle location. See the patch notes for the full list of changes.

The Week In Games: Life Is Farming

Happy week after Thanksgiving! Life is Strange 2: Episode 5 launches this week, and Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey comes to Xbox One and PS4. Red Dead Redemption 2 comes to Steam. And, of course, Farming Simulator 20 arrives on the Switch, which I will admit I kind of super want to play. December 2 Trax (PS4)…

Sunday Comics: OK Boomer

Hello! It’s time for Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Corpse Run by Alex Di Stasi. Published Nov. 25. Read more of Corpse Run Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published Nov. 25. Read more of Awkward Zombie Clueless Hero by…