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CultureKotaku Game DiaryCultureKotaku Game DiaryDisco Elysium’s Voice Acting Is Good Enough Not To SkipI recently picked up Disco Elysium, an introspective detective game that launched on PC a couple of weeks ago. Like…ByIan WalkerPublishedOctober 31, 2019
CultureKotaku Game DiaryCultureKotaku Game DiaryI Made A Radical (Literally) Playlist For The Outer WorldsWhenever I really love a piece of media, I make a mixtape of songs that remind me of it. As soon as I finished The…ByGita JacksonPublishedOctober 30, 2019
CultureKotaku Game DiaryCultureKotaku Game DiaryI Can't Bring Myself To Play Public Betas AnymoreBeta testing periods and public test realms give players the opportunity to test out new online multiplayer games…ByMike FaheyPublishedOctober 28, 2019
CultureKotaku Game DiaryCultureKotaku Game DiaryIt Sucks To Get Outleveled By Your Friends In World Of Warcraft ClassicThe best thing about getting together to play an MMORPG with your friends is knowing you’ll have people to shoot the…ByCecilia D'AnastasioPublishedOctober 25, 2019
CultureKotaku Game DiaryCultureKotaku Game DiaryI Deleted An Endless Service Game And I Am Finally Free, Like My Hard DriveEarlier this week, I finally deleted Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 from my hard drive, a video game that I had spent…ByJoshua RiveraPublishedOctober 24, 2019
CultureKotaku Game DiaryCultureKotaku Game DiaryAfter Leaving A Game For A While, Sometimes It's Best To Just Start OverAfter finishing The Outer Worlds, a dense role-playing game, I did what any sensible person would do and returned to…ByGita JacksonPublishedOctober 23, 2019
CultureKotaku Game DiaryCultureKotaku Game DiaryI Want To Play Trails Of Cold Steel III But Can't Force Myself To Skip The First 2The third game in Nihon Falcom’s The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel JRPG series finally arrives in North…ByMike FaheyPublishedOctober 22, 2019
CultureKotaku Game DiaryCultureKotaku Game DiaryI Will Always Love Where A Good 2D-Style Background Takes My ImaginationLike a lot of things, it started with Street Fighter II. I was a kid, not nearly as good at the game as my extremely…ByJoshua RiveraPublishedOctober 21, 2019
CultureKotaku Game DiaryCultureKotaku Game DiaryHelp, My Console Shelf Is A MessI have a problem. It’s probably a fixable problem with a little ingenuity and time, but for now I live with a…ByHeather AlexandraPublishedOctober 18, 2019
CultureKotaku Game DiaryCultureKotaku Game DiaryCharacter Creation Should Take 5 Minutes, No More, No LessI love creating a character whenever I start a new role-playing game. I also love stressing myself the hell out over…ByJoshua RiveraPublishedOctober 17, 2019
CultureKotaku Game DiaryCultureKotaku Game DiaryDestiny 2's New Grind Might Be Asking Too MuchDestiny 2: Shadowkeep is made with the dedicated Destiny player in mind. It’s an expansion that foregrounds much of…ByJoshua RiveraPublishedOctober 15, 2019
CultureKotaku Game DiaryCultureKotaku Game DiaryI Fall Asleep To Puzzle Games And For Some Reason I Am Not Better At PuzzlesOne of the poorer habits I have is playing handheld games in bed before I fall asleep. It’s not the best move—even…ByJoshua RiveraPublishedOctober 14, 2019
CultureKotaku Game DiaryCultureKotaku Game DiarySorry I Made You Look Stupid John WickJohn Wick Hex, a new game recently released and based on the popular John Wick films, is a top-down pseudo-turn…ByZack ZwiezenPublishedOctober 13, 2019
CultureKotaku Game DiaryCultureKotaku Game DiaryThe Tension Of Playing Overwatch During A Blizzard ControversyYesterday, like I do every day, I wrapped up my workday, closed my Chrome tabs and, without pausing, hit the Windows…ByCecilia D'AnastasioPublishedOctober 11, 2019
CultureKotaku Game DiaryCultureKotaku Game DiaryI Succeed At This Game By Trying The Silly Shit You'd Be Punished For In Other GamesI love old-school adventure games so damn much, but sometimes I just can’t manage to finish them. I get stuck on…ByJoshua RiveraPublishedOctober 10, 2019
CultureKotaku Game DiaryCultureKotaku Game DiaryThe Wonderful Feeling Of Clearing Three Destiny 2 Quests At The Same TimeThe best feeling for me when I play Destiny 2 is not a perfectly landed shot, nor is it the widely acclaimed…ByStephen TotiloPublishedOctober 9, 2019
CultureKotaku Game DiaryCultureKotaku Game DiaryI Found A Family In A Mario Kart TournamentI fell off my barstool for the second time that night. My vision went blurry, my legs buckled, and the floor spun.…BySeung ParkPublishedOctober 8, 2019
CultureKotaku Game DiaryCultureKotaku Game DiaryI Did Not Expect Untitled Goose Game To Trouble My ConscienceIt was his last rose. I was waddling around the nice man’s garden in Untitled Goose Game and passed by this meager…ByCecilia D'AnastasioPublishedOctober 7, 2019