Zack Kotzer, Author at Kotaku

Abby And Lev’s Voice Actors Join John Goodman In HBO’s Third Season Of The Last Of Us

While they won’t be reprising their characters from the game, Laura Bailey and Ian Alexander join the rapidly growing cast for the award winning television adaptation

By Zack Kotzer Published September 27, 2026

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Major Tabletop Gaming Convention Bans AI With Few Exceptions

As AI generated material consumes much of the gaming and entertainment world, major tabletop players like UKGE refuse to roll the dice with the unpopular tech

By Zack Kotzer Published September 26, 2026

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Comedic Filmmaker John Wilson Discovers Foundational Metaphor In The History Of Concrete

Building off his HBO series, Wilson’s feature length poetic odyssey examines why it’s hard to get excited about the future when the present visibly crumbles

By Zack Kotzer Published September 26, 2026

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Wild Arms Spiritual Successor Armed Fantasia Seemingly Discontinued By Publisher

Despite a successful Kickstarter in 2022, this could be the end of the trail for the beloved, languishing JRPG series, leaving its gothic sibling project Penny Blood up in the air

By Zack Kotzer Published September 26, 2026

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Family Aghast At Resellers Using 12-Year-Old’s Death To Flip Pokémon Cards: ‘This Does Not Honor Avery’s Generous Heart’

As scalpers turn to misprints and contextual excuses to inflate prices on cards from the 30th anniversary set, one eBay listing sinks to a depressing new low

By Zack Kotzer Published September 26, 2026

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Potential Glimpse At Yoko Taro’s Neon Genesis Evangelion Drops At The Weeknd Concert

The Canadian singer’s stop in Japan debuted a new song dedicated to Shinji and the gang, joined with visuals directed from the anime’s upcoming caretaker

By Zack Kotzer Published September 20, 2026

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Cursed ‘Blood Mew’ Misprinted Pokémon Cards Have Collectors Seeing Red And Resellers Seeing Dollar Signs

While the 30th anniversary set was designed to ease The Pokémon Company’s ongoing stock issues, they've seemingly created a new damned rarity by accident

By Zack Kotzer Published September 20, 2026

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Beloved Super Nintendo JRPG Receives Its First Re-Release But It’s The Sequel You Gotta Get Excited For

After 30 years the first two Lufia games will be ported to modern devices, and while the first may seem rudimentary, fans know the series goes to some amazing heights

By Zack Kotzer Published September 20, 2026

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Theater Gives Fans A Perfectly Faithful Resident Evil Adaptation To Accompany Zach Cregger’s Movie

If the Weapons director is burnt out on adapting video games, there's an assistant manager in O’Fallon, Missouri that Capcom could reach out to

By Zack Kotzer Published September 20, 2026

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Nintendo Gives Mario Those Little Coin Pockets In Newly Updated Renders

Eagle eyed fans spotted a cosmetic change to Mario’s character model, giving video game’s biggest superstar a greater ability to carry a BiC lighter

By Zack Kotzer Published September 19, 2026

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Father Says Nine-Year-Old Spent Over $100K Plugging Minecraft YouTube Videos And Cost Him His Job

'Mighty Mike Plays' spent six figures advertising his Minecraft videos through his father's corporate card, in a now viral video the parent says he has a month to recoup the costs

By Zack Kotzer Published September 19, 2026

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AI Actress Tilly Norwood Glitches Out Mid-Interview And Starts Speaking Cantonese

In a Friday publicity stop for the AI generated movie Misaligned, simulated star Tilly Norwood threw some Chinese on Piers Morgan, flummoxing the interviewer and his human actor co-host

By Zack Kotzer Published September 19, 2026

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Former Capcom Employee Says Western Studios Spend Too Much Time On Jira

In a comprehensive breakdown of Capcom’s new golden age, one former staffer says their micromanaging competition might be missing the forest for the trees

By Zack Kotzer Published September 6, 2026

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Kalshi Prematurely Pays Out Millions In Wagers For Losing College Football Team

The legal standings of speculation markets only gets dumber as Kalshi accidentally made the wrong call in the very state it's being sued by

By Zack Kotzer Published September 6, 2026

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Buddy The Unicorn Kicked Out Of Universal Studios’ Halloween Horror Nights

The theme park’s increasingly popular Halloween season continues to amass more and more movie maniacs, assuming they’re invited

By Zack Kotzer Published September 6, 2026

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Marvel’s Wolverine Ending Leaks Online In Final Stretch Ahead Of Launch

The embattled X-Man began with leaked footage in 2023 and it seems PlayStation's biggest exclusive of the year will have to weather one last online attack

By Zack Kotzer Published September 6, 2026

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Former Old School RuneScape Developer Sentenced For Stealing In-Game Gold From Players

Under investigation since 2019, Andrew ‘Mod Jed’ Lakeman could face three years in prison after crypto laundering half a million worth of in-game loot

By Zack Kotzer Published September 5, 2026