Sisi Jiang, Author at Kotaku

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League Of Legends Player AOC Mocks Crypto Disaster Bro For Being Terrible At Ranked

A U.S congresswoman enters her toxic gamer era and I’m here for it

By Sisi Jiang Published November 16, 2022

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Amazon’s MMO Forces Players To Pay Higher Tax Rate Than Jeff Bezos IRL

New World just doubled taxes for players who want to use the Trade Post

By Sisi Jiang Published November 16, 2022

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Xbox Automatically Banned 4 Million Accounts For Cheating Or Botting In 2022

According to Microsoft’s Digital Transparency Report, most bots get proactively kicked off the Xbox platform

By Sisi Jiang Published November 15, 2022

OpinionCommentary

‘Games For Impact’ Is A Meaningless Awards Category

The Game Awards’ most misguided category is back for 2022

By Sisi Jiang Published November 14, 2022

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7 Things We Learned From Pokémon Scarlet And Violet Leaks

Paradox Pokémon, shinies, and terrifying Bisharp have all been posted across the internet

By Sisi Jiang Published November 14, 2022

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An Open-World Game With Ghost of Tsushima Vibes, Tight Combat

Project: The Perceiver has Ghost of Tsushima vibes, but with heavier political undertones

By Sisi Jiang Published November 11, 2022

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Netflix’s Dragon Age Show Taps BioWare’s Lore, Which Makes Me Hopeful

Netflix’s spinoff has some interesting tie-ins to existing Dragon Age lore

By Sisi Jiang Published November 10, 2022

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YouTube Streamer Ludwig’s Fans Are Buying Twitter Blue Just To DM Him

The record-breaking former Twitch streamer has been inundated with DMs from users who paid to have their messages seen

By Sisi Jiang Published November 10, 2022

OpinionCommentary

We Need To Start Holding Japanese RPGs To Higher Standards

Respecting Japanese video games means not treating them with kid gloves

By Sisi Jiang Published November 9, 2022

OpinionVG Chat

Let’s Talk About How One Piece Film: Red Is The Best Anime Movie We’ve Seen This Year

This jubilantly stylish movie has a lot to say about celebrity and oppression

Sisi Jiang & Isaiah Colbert Published November 8, 2022

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Pokémon Scarlet And Violet Leak Shows New Monsters, Including A Starter Evolution

Fuecoco and Smoliv’s new evolutions are lurking in the social media wilds

By Sisi Jiang Published November 7, 2022

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Sonic Frontiers Is Nostalgic But Tedious, Say Critics

Reviewers praise the open-world game's modern interpretation of Sonic but don't love the execution

By Sisi Jiang Published November 7, 2022

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Final Fantasy XVI Dev Has A Terrible Answer For Why The Game Is So White

Naoki Yoshida feels that racial diversity would be a violation of 'narrative boundaries'

By Sisi Jiang Published November 4, 2022

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Hideo Kojima Is Still Being Harassed About The Silent Hill Conspiracy Theories

Kojima dismissed the rumors about Blue Box Game Studios on his Spotify podcast

By Sisi Jiang Published November 4, 2022

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Genshin Impact Players Say They’re Being ‘Cockblocked’ From The New Content

The community is advising fans not to unlock certain character quests before completing the latest main quest content

By Sisi Jiang Published November 3, 2022

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These Genshin Impact Fans Spent $1,000 to $90,000 On Its Characters

It turns out that the biggest spenders in Hoyoverse’s popular gacha game have very different opinions about money and value

By Sisi Jiang Published November 2, 2022

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5 Years In, Fortnite Finally Adds A Tutorial

Epic finally teaches you how to play Fortnite after millions of players are already playing it

By Sisi Jiang Published November 2, 2022

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Fortnite Is Giving Away Pickle Rick For Free, Cursing Us All

All you have to do is complete a few quests in the Zero Build Horde Rush mode

By Sisi Jiang Published November 1, 2022

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Gorgeous Retro Soulslike RPG Looks Just Like Octopath Traveler

Duel Corp. features a procedurally generated world and custom character classes

By Sisi Jiang Published October 31, 2022

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Report: Man Behind Pelosi Hammer Attack Was Radicalized By Gamergate

Alleged posts from David Depape’s now-deleted blog suggest that he was connected to the far-right movement

By Sisi Jiang Published October 31, 2022