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Patricia Hernandez
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Kotaku's EIC. Beats: internet culture, gaming communities, fandom, Pokémon, and Nintendo. When not at a computer, typically boxing or reading.

I think it’s pretty hilarious that you can trick an AI into doing things just by telling it to pretend to be someone else. Read more

Yep, Shadow Okumura bounced me. Loved the rest of the game, but if you’re going to waste my time that heavily for no particular reason then I’ll go spend my time somewhere else. Read more

More reviews by Toby, please. My new favorite Kotaku reviewer. Read more

Yup, getting rid of these will take care of all their problems of onlookers and disruptive tourists. I mean where else are they going to go? Certainly not the stairs and house from The Exorcist which are literally next door. Read more

Fun fact, Martinett has also voiced his characters in other language dubs. The ones that I’m 100% about are both Spanish dubs (as in, European and Latin American) and... Catalan! (a regional language in northeast Spain). This is because Martinet lived in Spain several years in his youth, so he speaks the language Read more

I’d rather see Slytherin be redeemed than abolished. There’s some interesting things to examine there that I think would be more powerful than just getting rid of it.  Read more

What really turned me around on my views of Slytherin was the sequel book/play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, which did take place in a post-Voldemort world. I was introduced to my two favorite characters of the series who were both sorted into Slytherin and it showed that kids from other houses can be just as Read more

I am glad that you teased out some of the nuances here surrounding the Wizarding World here. That you likened the Sorting Hat to a Myer’s Briggs test made me smile. Thank you for taking us through your journey and breaking down some of these more arcane corners of Potterdom so that perhaps it can chart a Rowling-less Read more

I’ve been in multiple collector communities, ranging from gaming to figures to statues to original art. The dudes who stack up (and usually post photos of) multiples of the same “grails” are some of the weirdest, thirstiest, emotionally neediest people on the plant. Read more

Lets be clear about it, this is one of those “feature, not a bug” situations. Read more

This sounds like the directors and casting’s fault, if any blame is to be laid anywhere. They knew what they were getting. Shrug. Read more

Guys, be gentle. Taking away a Gamer’s(tm) upskirt opportunity is like their own personal 9/11.   Read more

Honestly when it comes to Resident Evil and skirts the only thing I want to know is why Jill was wearing a mini skirt and halter top in the original RE3. It’s not like she was going out on a date when the outbreak occurred; she had spent days preparing to escape Raccoon City and zombies had already started showing up Read more

So what you’re saying is that my dad will come back some day, and those cigarettes were really hard to find. Read more

I’m going to say this without being ugly or mean (unlike quite a few of these responses - since when did commenting on the internet HAVE to be about being a dick?).

Ellie, in the games, makes no sense. Just like Nathan Drake makes no sense. Just like, honestly, Joel hardly makes sense. To be able to go out of your way Read more

Everyone seems primed to react to these articles defensively or whatever, but honestly, in this case, it’s something I picked up on as well during my first watch of the show. They’re definitely treating Ellie differently and trying to push that she is more innately violent than in the game. To me it seems clear to be Read more

I like how video games lay bare how silly all “best x” lists are, since it’s immediately clear how someone can fail to connect with a game that have basically nothing to do with artistic decisions.  Like “I don’t like first person games” or “I don’t like rhythm games” or “I don’t like turn-based games” are all valid Read more

I really loved the show, super entertaining, but there’s zero way going in a controversy like this wasn’t going to rear it’s head eventually. Too many roids, too much ego, too many opportunities for bad people to get selected for the show because “big body and abs”. Read more

My biggest gripe is how the hell Riley found out about the fatalities
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This really feels like one of those “things are going to get much worse before they get better” situations and God knows that’s probably the best way to describe this decade so far. I think about all the people who have poured their heart and soul into creating only to get rejected for one reason or another, but keep Read more