Final Echo

The other day on Twitter, fellow Kotaku writer Kate Cox mentioned she had just finished Xenogears, Square's classic…

We spend a lot of time watching video game characters talk.

Futsuno Fantasy might look like Final Fantasy—or maybe Dragon Quest.

Game design, particularly for big-budget, blockbuster console titles, is an incredibly tricky and intricate…

A symphony is a long-form composition, a collection of musical ideas tied together by shared themes and motifs. The…

Why won't my father game with me?

And so we come to the end of our "Best Game Music of 2011" series, where tradition dictates we crown a victor. I'm…

Our retrospective letter series concludes with part four.
An index of all letters can be found here.

Should you spend your vacation time on Techland's Dead Island? Normally in this situation looking at a range of…

Mom and gamer Winda Benedetti writes why she's not a big fan of Electronic Art's mom-centric Dead Space 2 marketing…