Thinking with Time Machine

Put ten game designers in a room together and there’s a pretty good chance someone will bring up Dark Souls.

The first and sometimes the only thing people say about Dark Souls is that it’s hard. Really hard, migraine hard,…

Last week I was on vacation, which was a great time to catch up on some TV. Kotaku’s editor-in-chief Stephen…

Back before the days of glasses-free 3D and touch screens, there was a Nintendo handheld that conquered the globe.

To a collector of classic video games, there’s no sight sadder than a shattered Sega jewel case.

There is a Hollywood action movie adaptation of the video game Rampage, and it is one of the dumbest, most fun…

The Game Boy is so iconic it’s transcended the limitations of its hardware to become something more than just an old…

The more I play Far Cry 5, the less interesting and challenging it becomes. That’s a common problem for a Far Cry gam…

In the first years of my career as a games writer, I got used to a certain reaction from my parents’ friends when…

My Switch backlog is ridiculous. I’m busy juggling Ni No Kuni II and a review copy of Far Cry 5 on my PS4,…