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Levi Winslow
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staff writer, kotaku. they/them. beats: esports, creator culture + internet discourse, preservation + sustainability, news. send me tea and tips 🖤

ah good catch, thanks for the correction. updated the story to reflect that Read more

just surreal that i was talking to the twitch streamer jesus christ (though it’s just artificial intelligence) which helped me reconnect with my late grandma Read more

very that and it’s part of why i became a writer. i love the adaptation and mutation of words and their meanings. it’s so fascinating to me Read more

yeah i mean queer spaces aren’t the origin of a lot of slang as you pointed out tho i will say i’ve heard it more often in queer spaces than black spaces and i occupy both. not saying it isn’t there, just that it isn’t my experience. still absolutely, you’re spot on regarding etymology of the phrase Read more

i like the way you painted that, the idea of the game’s world being so large you’re almost physically holding it between two discs. it’s evocative. also re: headline, you’re reading that right. the phrase “it’s giving...” is used a lot in queer spaces to describe a particular vibe someone or something is giving off Read more

ofc ! i always try to be communicative about what’s going on and what happened. that candor and openness is important as a journalist imo Read more

ty so much for saying that solipsisticsloth ! it really means a lot, both that generosity and thinking the advice in here is great. ngl i worked for a solid week on these tips in the hopes that it was helpful to noobs and vets alike so i greatly appreciate you reading this gigantic blog and finding some use outta it Read more

i’ll admit that this is something i wanted to address but didn’t really have the time considering the constraints the staff and i were up against. in short, yes you should do as many side quests as you can but the mount is very important for the copious backtracking you’ll do so it’s not a bad thing to mainline most Read more

i disagree here. while yeah the rogue is pretty powerful, i’ve noticed a stark difference in strength between my necromancer and my rogue and even my partner’s druid versus my necromancer. it’s wild so i’m floored by these tweaks but maybe that’ll change once i hit the late-/end-game. i guess we’ll see Read more

tbh my skeletons weren’t dying when playing the game. in fact, with seven in tow, i was fucking up just about every enemy in my path without having to worry about their numbers dwindling as often as the open betas so that the necromancer was buffed as much as it was seems a little absurd to me Read more

you’re right, don’t want blizzard to nerf the hell outta the necro. i’d be sad Read more

that’s crazy ! well shit, glad you could get there quicker than i could lol Read more

so wild because everytime i tried to get my partner to join, she couldn’t. i tried getting her to create a character through her account on my ps5 and that didn’t work. i had her create a character through my account but she couldn’t access that character when logged into her account. i even played through the Read more

yep ! my partner and i are having a blast so if you already enjoy the game then you and ms. bindolaf should have a good time with diablo 4 as well :)  Read more

NANI??? That’s wild because whenever i tried with my partner the game forced us to play through the prologue separately before we could play together. weird Read more

it really is one of the most memorable quests from my time with the game thus far Read more

just been thinking about the quest for a while so i figured i’d blog it Read more

ah cool, glad to know it’s coming to xbox too. idk why but i kinda always associated the alan wake franchise with microsoft and its consoles Read more