Crack-Up

I had never played Civilization V prior to last week. Not to any meaningful degree, at least. I grew up with…

When I traded correspondence with writer David Brothers last week, I made the argument that video games needs its…

E3 is never a time for social calls. It's nonstop work. Last June, the only developer I met with outside the walls…

I admit that I’ve had my doubts about Assassin’s Creed III in the three months since I had last played it.

Let's make something clear. Japanese RPGs are not dead. They have never been dead. They will not be dead any time…

Two years ago, Nintendo was in trouble. The House of Mario had just released a brand new handheld system with…

Even with the console now out, there's a lot of mystery surrounding the design and capabilities of the graphics…

Dwarf Fortress is, even with mods helping it out, one of the ugliest video games on the planet. It's also one of…

Before there was Macross, before there was Gundam, there was Yamato. Space Battleship Yamato (called Star Blazers in…

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