Black Stigma

If you’ve ever been to a Buddhist temple in Japan or looked at a Japanese map, you’ve probably seen swastikas,…

Video games have a spotty history when it comes to addressing mental health. Often, people with mental health issues…

Overwatch has been out for a couple months now, and the honeymoon period is over. Competitive mode is a divisive…

The internet is a vast, unknowable place. The parts you and I interact with on a daily basis are a very small sliver…

Anime might be popular in nerd culture, but that doesn't mean people always understand what anime is all about. In…

Two years ago, Nintendo boss Satoru Iwata made some lofty promises about his company's approach to what was then a…

Back when Kotaku wrote about a troll that targeted women, there was one critical word that kept popping up in…

Not everyone knows the joy of playing as a protagonist that is like them—someone with the same skin color, with the…

Once upon a time, Takafumi Horie was the most feared, loved, and hated man in Japan. That time has passed.

The Xbox 360 was the first of the current generation of home consoles to launch, all the way back in 2005. If you…