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Arkham Knight. It’s perpetually hounded by complaints about the Batmobile stuff and the initially terrible PC version. But I liked the Batmobile stuff and, more importantly, the game has some of the best writing (the Joker stuff) and most enjoyable gameplay (peaking with the two-character combat routines) of the… Read more

Editors. Sometimes. Read more

My least favorite part of a console cycle is the first year. The games are seldom good and everyone’s arguing about boring specs. I prefer the latter half of a console cycle when developers know the hardware and are focusing as much as possible on their creativity.  Read more

Not that surprising given his run with New Japan. He’s clearly not beholden to just doing WWE for the rest of his life. I’ve not read up enough about how frequently AEW plans to run shows, but they’re going to have to build a pretty big roster to avoid burning through all their best match-ups too quickly. Read more

Should we hire Keemstar to do them? Read more

I’d bet on the Switch refresh. Nintendo likes to put out new models of hardware nearly every year. Last year didn’t have any, so they’re due for something this year. If nothing else, I could see them making the screen a little bigger. Read more

We are drama veterans. This is my 10th year at the company and I can’t recall when we weren’t in the midst of drama.  Read more

He’s recording a video now, so probably not.  Read more

Metroid Prime 2 and 3. And at this point I assume I should wait for a Switch port but don’t know how long that means I’ll be waiting. Read more

I see people ask for that, but ultimately we write these lists on the assumption that most people don’t have the luxury of having two or even three consoles. All of our Bests lists include notes at the bottom about games we’ve added or removed. Hopefully that fine print also can serve to readers as a supplemental… Read more

Read newspapers, read writing about journalism and about good writing in general. Elements of Style is a classic for good crisp writing. Read more

I saw the New York Post report that in the same article that said there were bidders. Weird, huh?
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Right here: https://kotaku.com/whats-a-kotaku-who-works-here-458637663 Read more

It varies. But during the day shift, our east coast writers start sharing ideas about what they’re hoping to work on at 9:30am and then we meet at 10 to discuss those ideas and others. Read more

It isn’t just one, but I’m partial to the day I required the staff to make sure all of the site’s headlines rhymed. Occasionally I present them the delightful opportunity of doing it again. For some reason they always decline. Read more

We started running This Week In Business in 2011. For eight years I’ve gotten a kick out of working with Brendan Sinclair, James Brightman, Steve Peterson and others from the Industry Gamers and Games Industry sites, past and present, to bring interesting games-business-oriented stats and quotes to our readers. Read more

Didn’t play much of it. Read more

I like Tetris but don’t love it. I enjoy Mizuguchi’s musical games, but don’t tend to love them either. So it’s fine for me, but not the magical combo it is for others. Read more

I just haven’t played enough to assess it and heard the open world isn’t filled with that many interesting things to do. But maybe it is! Some people say Assassin’s Creed games don’t have interesting side stuff in them, and yet I find myself enjoying thoroughly exploring them. We’ll see. Read more