As The Gears Turn Slow

For the 12th straight year I’ve made a list of the video games I’ve played in the past 12 months. I’ve tweaked the…

Just when you think you’ve seen it all, the world of video games will surprise you in the best possible way. This…

Stop me if you’ve heard this one: A farmer, a hitman, and a little boy all walk into a bar. Everything’s moving in…

For years, I only played PC games with a mouse and keyboard. For years after that, I played almost entirely with a…

You can judge a first person shooter almost entirely on the strengths of its shotguns. A good video game shotgun is…

Ashly & Anthony Burch (you know, from HAWP and Borderlands) have just written a book. It’s all about Metal Gear Solid…

Back in August of 2012, our Kickstarter for Steam Bandits: Outpost, a free-to-play steampunk townbuilding game, was…

The Kotaku readership has collectively broken many, many controllers. But here are some of the better (read:…

I spent most of my life religious—Christian, to be specific. Semi-recently, however, that small part of me died.…

Four months into its existence, Destiny is a better, more frustrating, more expansive—and ultimately, expensive—game…