Months ago, I wrote an elegy for the lost traditions of World of Warcraft Classic for Kotaku. After a long hype…
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Through a bit of luck, I managed to acquire an Xbox Series S for the holidays. I’ve only had it for about a week…
Every time my viking hero Eivor dies in Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, she returns to life drunk. This is a known bug…
I wish I were immortal just so I could play all the games on my backlog. Lost Odyssey for the Xbox 360 is about…
It’s been a rough year for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and me, mostly because with the ongoing pandemic I haven’t…
With the release of the PlayStation 5, I’ve taken the opportunity to go back and play through a few games from the…
There are a lot of “want to play something cyberpunk without playing Cyberpunk 2077” posts going around and I have…
World of Warcraft’s Shadowlands expansion asks players to choose between one of four Covenants, each with its own…
I really didn’t want to have to think about my country’s carceral state while playing a video game and yet, while…
My Shadowlands experience has been an interesting curve. It started poorly in Bastion, picked up in Maldraxxus, and…
Some call it a hoax. Others say it’s no worse than the common cold. But make no mistake: the covid-19 pandemic is…
In addition to battling randos and dodging traffic in the streets of Japan, I’ve spent a lot of time in Yakuza: Like…
The more I think about Bastion, the more I’m glad I put the golden fields and star-dotted skies of that deceptively…
As granite-hewn Viking woman Eivor, I’ve done a lot of things in Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: I’ve run across…
In World of Warcraft: Shadowlands, I’m level 59 and 7/8ths, have completed three of the five new zones, and I still…
I can’t imagine a fate worse than death, but thankfully, the writers of World of Warcraft don’t suffer from my same…
I had high hopes for Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity, particularly for its story. As a prequel, it promised to tell…
In gargantuan games full of quests and characters, it’s hard for any single moment to really stand out. Ubisoft has…
If we’re talkin’ ‘bout games that have come out recently, Bugsnax is an alright, though messy attempt at doing…
One of the best things about the Demon’s Souls remake is that every weapon now has unique animations. And not only…