Through the Mirror

The Final Fantasy franchise has been many things to many people in the decades since the series debuted in 1987: a…

Let’s say you’re an up-and-coming streamer. You’ve done it for a while and you make decent money, although you’re no…

After seven years, the haunting episodic adventure game Kentucky Route Zero is finally complete. The game’s first…

A Netflix reality TV show lets contestants “catfish” each other in competition for a $100,000 prize. But just like…

Joshua Rivera, Kotaku staff writer and noted Metroidvania hater, has decided to venture back out into the wilds of…

When people ask me to name my game of the decade, I pause. There are so many. I took away hard-won lessons from some…

It’s true: Five is a ridiculous number for summing up a decade’s worth of video games. It’s far too small. One can’t…

Clumsy, awkward, and stiff. Those are some words you can use to describe Shenmue 3. Rustic, charming, and cozy.…

Japan is known for its video arcades, from the tiniest little collections of claw games in basements to entire…

The equation underlying Sophia “Djarii” White’s Twitch stream is really pretty simple. She loves video games, art,…