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  CulturePokemon

  An Ode To Pokémon’s Ash Ketchum

  With the character’s final episodes coming to Netflix, we look back at the impact of Pokemon ’s original hero

  By Kenneth Shepard Published February 26, 2026
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  OpinionImpressions

  Crisol: Theater of Idols Is A Tremendously Spanish Affair, and A Halfway Decent Survival Horror Game

  The horror shooter is more than just the sum of its middling parts

  Moises Taveras Published February 12, 2026
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  OpinionCommentary

  2025 Is Full Of Historical Blockbusters Trying To Rewrite Old Myths

  Ghost of Yotei, Assassin’s Creed Shadows, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, and Mafia: The Old Country each, to different degrees, complicate our vision of the past

  Reid McCarter Published November 5, 2025
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  The Bests

  The Pixar Movies, Ranked From Worst To Best

  With Elio out in theaters, we look back at the last 30 years of Pixar

  Kenneth Shepard & Zack Zwiezen Published June 26, 2025
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  The Bests

  12 Of The Biggest Choices We’ve Agonized Over In Games

  From Life Is Strange to The Witcher 3 , here’s some of the most difficult decisions games have asked us to make

  By Kenneth Shepard Published March 26, 2025
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  ReviewsYear in Review

  Every Official ‘Kotaku Review’ Of 2024

  From our time with The Last of Us Part II Remastered in January to December's Sonic 3 review, we've put 53 takes in one spot

  By Kenneth Shepard Published December 30, 2024
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  The Bests

  Kotaku’s 15 Best Games Of 2024, Ranked

  This year has been one of the most challenging for the video game industry, so what games managed to stand out among all that turmoil?

  Kenneth Shepard & Claire Jackson & Carolyn Petit & Ethan Gach & Zack Zwiezen & John Walker Published December 23, 2024
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  The Bests

  The Companions From Every Dragon Age Game, Ranked From Worst To Best

  Now that The Veilguard is out, where do its party members stack up against the rest?

  By Kenneth Shepard Published November 18, 2024
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  EntertainmentAction

  Amazon’s Like A Dragon: Yakuza Is Already A Divisive Adaptation Of The Beloved Games

  Reviews suggest that the show struggles to fill the gaps left by abandoning the games’ humor and heart

  By Moises Taveras Published October 24, 2024
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  OpinionImpressions

  6 Cool Moments From Four Hours Of Metaphor: ReFantazio

  The next game from the Persona team has plenty of compelling threads to follow

  By Kenneth Shepard Published August 28, 2024