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  CulturePokemon

  Let’s Rank The Pokémon Spin-Off Games From Worst To Best (Now With Pokopia)

  From Pokopia to Detective Pikachu, here’s our ranking of the games where you don’t catch ‘em all

  By Kenneth Shepard Published March 12, 2026
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  CultureFeature

  20 Extraordinary Indie Games To Slam On Your Wishlist This Black Friday

  Another incredible selection of unknown games, both out now and coming soon

  By John Walker Published November 28, 2025
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  The Bests

  Nine Digimon Games Worth Going Back To After Time Stranger

  If you’ve never played a Digimon game before, the series is a bit of a mixed bag with one definitive standout

  By Kenneth Shepard Published September 26, 2025
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  Tips & GuidesTry This Out

  Kotaku’s Weekend Guide: 6 Great Games We’re Saying Goodbye To May With

  This weekend were off to dystopian city streets, mirror realms of fantasy worlds, a virtual card table and much more

  Claire Jackson & Carolyn Petit & Ethan Gach & Zack Zwiezen Published May 30, 2025
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  Tips & Guides

  Kotaku’s Weekend Guide: 4 Awesome Games We’re Ready To Kick Back With

  This weekend we’ve got motorcycles, spaceships, and dinosaurs (oh my!)

  Claire Jackson & Carolyn Petit & Kenneth Shepard & Ethan Gach Published January 31, 2025
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  Tips & Guides

  FFXIV‘s Hippo Pet Is Now 900% More Expensive Due To Moo Deng

  On certain servers, the MMO's hippo minion has gone from 17,000 Gil to nearly 300,000 Gil

  By Zack Zwiezen Published September 30, 2024
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  CultureNews

  This Cozy Virtual Pet Sim Is ‘Microsoft Clippy, But Better’

  Weyrdlets mixes Animal Crossing and Clippy into a Tamagotchi -like game that hopefully stands out from the crowd

  By Zack Zwiezen Published June 20, 2024
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  CultureOdds and Ends

  R.I.P. My Tamagotchi

  My 2017-era virtual pet is gone too soon—here is his in memoriam

  By Ashley Bardhan Published August 18, 2023
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  CultureFeature

  Experts Taught Me How To Score A Boyfriend In World of Warcraft

  It turns out that dating isn’t so easy when you’re a Blood Elf

  By Ashley Bardhan Published February 14, 2023
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  CultureNews

  Oculus Quest Update Helps You Not Punch Children

  Space Sense is all about making sure you don’t hurt someone while lost in virtual reality

  By Ian Walker Published November 2, 2021