Angry Dad

Harvey Smith—who you probably know as a chief architect of Deus Ex and of last year’s hit stealth/action hybrid Disho…

Candy is dandy, but it's also not very good for you. It's filled with artificial flavors, preservatives, hormones,…

My father has been a tennis umpire for more than 25 years. He's seen and penalized plenty of bad behavior, both…

I've been writing for Kotaku, off and on, since 2007. I've been reading it longer than that. One of the accounts I…

The world of video games is full of mighty people—people whose mere whims control what video games we play, what we…

The tale of how one man from Canada became the kind of person who pays a monthly fee to cheat at video games is like…

The collapse of 38 Studios has been notable not just for the scale and suddenness of the closure, but the manner in…

Many ruder-than-scientific words exist for "homosexual"; the faceless internet crams my inbox with them every day.

The gateway to the mind, the self, who you are, what you believe in—the most complex structure in the universe,…

Why won't my father game with me?